Lionhead Golf and Country Club - Masters

The staff were friendly but aloof. The course was in excellent condition and the greens were fast and true.
The carts were less than expected from a course of this calibre, no gps or range finder ability. At a posted $150 a round I would have expected better. The pace of play was excellent.

This course requires you to pay attention to your major course management - it's not a course you can hit driver on every hole. It's in good shape, and the edged bunkers and second cut were a nice touch. There are lots of elevation changes, and shorter holes are lengthened by elevated and undulating greens.

I found the cart guys were a bit out to lunch, but the pro shop team was nice. It's not worth 150 bucks - especially when having to pay for a bucket of warmup balls, but it's a good play for 60 bucks. We lucked out and happened to be the first ones off after a tournament and didn't see another group all day, making the round much more enjoyable and take 4 hours for some alright golfers.

Strong layout but greens need attention, slow and covered with pitch marks. Managed to repair 3-6 pitch marks on every green and up to 10 on island green #16.

Even with some rain, this challenging course still had pristine fairways and roughs. The greens were quick to dry and made putting less difficult.

Lionhead is a great course, and would be amazing, if it wasn't for the terrible pace of play. Been there a few times this year now (always afternoons), and each time the round has been over 5 hours, with this latest round being 5h 20m. Too bad too because the course itself is fantastic.

Great course and ambiance. Pace of play a bit too slow for a high end course: To 5:10Hrs

First time playing Lionhead Masters. It was a good course - loved the bunker layout. Maintained well.

Lionhead Golf & Country Club - The Masters Course was in great condition when I played there. The greens rolled true and fast. Fairways were in great shape and the rough was cut fair. Good pace of play.

I can appreciate waiting a bit during a busy round, but 5+ hrs is just plain sad. We waited on every shot right from #1 tee. Marshal did manage to drive by and comment that we should keep cart on path around greens (parked on side hill 15 yds behind bunker) and drove in waste/rough area around back of green (25 yds from green) to get to next tee - insignificant issues as there would have been no dammage done (grass cutters would be using same areas). we appologized both times. How about dealing with the more pressing problem of the day, providing feedback and an apology to us on why so slow in front of us and what you are doing to make it faster?

Pace of play was good, employees were attentive and friendly. Has all the services and amenities that you expect from a great golf course

Took 2 of us almost 3 hours to play nine holes due to no Marshals on the course and a bunch of first time players that wouldn't let us play through.... When we complained about the pace we were treated like second class due to the fact that we booked on Golf Now.... Used to be one of my favourite publics.... Sticking to club link from now on

This is a very challenging but also very scenic course with lots of terrain changes. Course was in great condition.
First timers beware; it's often hard to figure out the hole layout even though on some holes a precise layup is crucial. A GPS device (not provided) and a 'scout' of each hole is almost essential. There are too many 'gotchas' for the unfamiliar. There are very few bail out areas, so a poor shot gets really penalized. The course requires consistent accuracy, shot after shot.
Pace was slow; almost five hours. But that's not surprising given the difficulty. Our round was made worse by the fact that many tees and pin placements were back adding over 200 yards to the course.
How good are you really? This course will help you find out!
Would I play it again? Absolutely, but I'll expect a bruised ego.

Price was good. We only play this Course when there is a special as it is very expensive.

Conditions were great. Greens are huge, fast and undulating.
The lack of friendliness by the staff was disappointing and this included everyone from the bag drop guys, to pro shop and the starter. The only person that made us feel welcome was the woman in the Shack at the turn.
Also, can't understand why a course that charges this much doesn't have GPS on the carts????
It was a treat to play both courses on the same day but the replay cost was disappointing as well.

We were started on the back 9 (which has more hazards and is more difficult) with greens that appeared to be running around 11. After 4 or 5 holes (during which we were right on the back of the group in front of us) we were asked to speed up as there was a tournament scheduled for 1:30. I told the marshal we were right behind the group in front of us-his response was that he told them to speed up as well. At this point we were playing on a 4 hour pace-which is what we finished at. It seems dumb to be rushing us when we were on schedule!!!
There was a substantial speed difference in the speed of the greens between our front and back. It caused us no end of frustration to leave putts short that would have gone past the hole on the other 9. Other than that, a great course and a lot of fun playing it.

I'm giving this course a 4/5. I paid a pretty good price on Golfnow but had I paid regular price ($150 I believe, as per the Kaneff website), I would've felt pretty ripped off! I've played National Pines once, which I believe is a $100 course and I recall that course's layout and conditions being a lot better than this one's!

Greens were suspect, the rough was pretty rough, and conditions weren't 'pristine' at all! Some holes were pretty memorable, hence my 4/5 (no boring holes to speak of). It's my understanding that Lionhead's 'Legends' course is much better than Masters so maybe had I played that one, my review would've been much better.

Our round was at 8:00 am - a lot of machines on the course at that time cutting grass - and they would not stop between shots.

The course was nice. The greens didn't have much break in them which messed me up after playing a "nicer" course where the greens had much more subtlety in their breaks. The worst problem was the pace of play. Often we would arrive at the next tee box and there would be a group ahead of us still on the tee! At one hole, there were 4 groups on the tee. Needless to say, it was quite a long round of golf on Sunday morning which took us well into the afternoon.

First time playing the Masters course. Played Legends last fall. I don't thing I would ever play either of the courses full price but the golfnow deal was great. That was decent value but still on the high side of my price point.

The course itself is for most par asthetically pleasing to the eye. All the greens were consistent, reasonably paced (fast) and rolling true. Few minor areas with unrepaired divots. The majority of greens are defended with elevation in addition to sand and grass bunkers. Fairways are laid out so when you look out, they inspire fear but they are very fair - landing areas are more than reasonable but the safety of them aren't readily apparent at first glance unleass you've played the course before. The back nine is slightly shorter but is a little mre complex due to t the many doglegs.

What I didn't like was the back nine rough was longer than the front and with the wind in play made for a more difficult time if one ever found themselves in the rough.

Don't know if I could play it ever at their retail rate but as a treat I'd definitely expect to play both courses again through golf now

We were the first group out for the day.
The golf was great despite the fact the area had been hit with a lot of rain during the week, the course was in great shape.
The bunkers had not been raked yet so were very wet but other than that the course was in great shape.
Beverages and food were not available until we had completed 9 holes.
Will definitely be back.