Lionhead Golf and Country Club - Masters

Great layout - greens are coming through the winter kill. Great weather - an enjoyable day.

So. Let me start by saying I like the Masters course at this club. I typically book with Golf Now when playing here as the deals are great. I would start of by saying that if you were paying the standard green fee of 155.00 a round you would be deeply disappointed.
- 7 of the greens are in terrible shape
- 7 are in decent shape
-4 are in great shape
I estimate around 5 holes had sections that was like hitting off concrete
So to summarize, If I had to cough up 155.00 for a round I would be angered. I did not, I paid 70 and was slightly disappointed. The facility is fantastic and I will give the staff a great review as they deserve but I go there for golf and the course was not a 155.00 course in the current condition.

Really makes you think on some holes, greens are still recovering from the rough winter

I would have thought that if the course was in bad shape, either they close off certain holes and greens and/or provide discounts. Disappointed.

The day was perfect...The price was cheap owing to the greens that had winter kill on them...Ruff to putt..Overall the price expressed the conditions of the greens and some fairways!!!

I played here many times before ... But the conditions right now are terrible ... Honestly so disappointed .... I don't recommend this course.

It appears that long winter has really taken its toll on this course. Number of trees were down but those are cleaned up and taken away from the course. The course itself is really not ready for play. There are sons of completely bold spots in fairway, the greens are not green at all and for the price of that course I felt that it's way over priced based on current conditions. I played here many times before and this is worse I have seen this course.

Staff was friendly. Marshalls were considerate and kept play going by focusing on bottleneck areas and helping people know when it was safe to hit into blind landing areas.
The green fee wouldn't be bad on its own, but stuff like a 9 dollar charge for a warm_up bucket of balls and extra cart fees are a bit much.

The round was a bit on the long side at 5 hours but that seems to be normal for this course. Greens were not great but for the winter damage most courses got this year it was playable. I would never pay more than $75 to play and ride this course. Regualar green fee price is too high for what you get. Beer and food is very expensive. The island green can kill your score!

Winter hurt this course but it usually is in great shape greens not the greatest expected better but was not overly disappointed (rough winter)

Course was in average condition @ best, many portions of the greens were still brown and bare from the winter.

The pace of play as a twosome was exactly 4 hours which was very good; however, the number of course maintenance and workers all over the course was off putting and distracting. The course management needs to do a much better job of instructing and/or teaching the greens crew how to deal with playing/paying guests when they are in the vicinity of players.

The bunkers were inconsistent; some had much to much sand while others were virtually barren as if one was playing a shot from a hard pan lie.

The course needs to create a booklet that provides information for the hole including distance to different land marks etc and especially the greens with details providing depth and width of the greens not simply red, white and blue flags to indicate front, middle and back pin placement as they are of not much help without the knowledge of the greens width and length of the green. In 7 instances I found myself putting from 50 or 60 feet simply because I did not have an accurate distance (because I was guessing).

I would play the course again in the future @ the same price but not pay much more.

Always enjoy playing Lionhead but Winter took it's toll on the course this year. Greens were not in very good condition but some other Toronto courses are much worse due to Ice Storm and colder than normal winter. I am sure that lionhead will be in better condition in a month or so.

This is a nice course, but there's NO way I'd pay the $155 full rate. And you've got to be kidding, range balls not included? The fairways are in decent shape, but the greens did not winter well at all. Very poor. Cart paths are in rough shape. Where is Kaneff spending the money? Not on maintenance. I paid $49 with a 'hot deal' & I wouldn't pay much more. Value for the money rating is because of the deal I got. I would recommend this course but only at the discounted rate.

On Sat went to Banty Roost nobody was there because the forecast called for showers the rate was $68 with cart (crazy) so I offered him a deal 3 guys $50 each with cart and he refused lol.... Looked on golfnow and lionhead was $59 with cart way better value for price... After I booked the guy from banty roost said he will take the deal but to late already booked lionhead... Had a beautiful game that day...

It is spring so not expecting best conditions yet but the greens were just terrible and didnt weather very well; most greens were a least 50% damaged. They were top-dressed but some just had a thick layer of sand which you couldnt putt through. Fairways were pretty good and were fairly dry.
Starters were too busy talking then to ensure timely directions to get to first tee. Pace of play was slow.
Hoping that course can recover!

because of the brutally hard winter and ice storm, all courses are struggling to repair the damage done over the last 5 months. Lionhead is no exception, and due to all the trees on and around the course, it may have suffered worse than most. Hundreds of trees damaged or lost from the ice storm and lots of winter kill on the greens......but I have no doubt it will bounce back over the next month or two. If you play this course over the next month or so, keep in mind that mother nature is to blame, not course superintendents. The course is very playable, just not the same course you may have played last year. Ground crews are busy cleaning up the remainder of the tree debris around the outskirts of the course and between holes. Due to winter kill on many of the greens, that element will also affect your round. Also, the clubhouse is under a major renovation right now. Make sure you pay your green fee according to these set-backs, all of which will play a roll in your booking and experience there this spring.

one of only a few courses that was open mid April. Not only has it suffered great damage due to ice storms this winter, but the clubhouse is undergoing extensive renovations. Additionally, recent residential developments have greatly diminished its rural appeal. Was disappointed.

Few courses were open in West GTA in mid April so I got sucked into paying $100(!) for about as pathetically conditioned a course as I have ever played in my life. When I say this please consider that as a senior I have played over 200 courses in 12 different countries in North America and Europe so I have a pretty good idea of what constitutes horrible conditions.

Yes, the GTA suffered a rotten and long winter and yes there was a major ice storm in December which devastated trees throughout southern Ontario.

The result at Lionhead is a course that is not nearly ready for play. The greens are a beige , bumpy joke. The fairways are winter murdered with either patches of dangerously wet, slippery swampland or riddled with millions of twigs that have not been cleared since December.

And to top it all off, the washrooms are not even open.

I understand that it was a ridiculously challenging winter. Fine. Either do not open your course until it barely exceeds the level of embarrassment or do not greedily ask us to pay $100 for the privilege of playing your worthless piece of garbage.

Your greed is disgusting.

A little too difficult for me (14 HCP).
The greens were uncharacteristically slow and bumpy/

We got a great deal for a very expensive course, on GolfNow! It is kne if my favorite places to play, and yhe GolfNow deal made it affordable, which it is usually not! Both courses are a must play, day hey rank among the toughest in Ontario!