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King's Forest Golf Course
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About
Dating back to 1973, King's Forest Golf Course in Hamilton is among the top public golf courses in Ontario. The conditions are top-notch especially for a municipal course, and Ontario Golf Magazine has recognized King's Forest as a "Hidden Gem." King's Forest has hosted the Canadian Junior Golf Association Ontario finals, the Ontario Men's Amateur Championship Qualifier and the Ontario Men's Amateur Championship.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 7150 yards | 74.3 | 129 |
| Blue | 72 | 6765 yards | 72.7 | 124 |
| White | 72 | 6322 yards | 70.4 | 120 |
| Red | 72 | 5580 yards | 67.3 | 111 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 74.2/136 | 455 | 407 | 437 | 503 | 248 | 525 | 192 | 407 | 424 | 3598 | 448 | 395 | 405 | 453 | 182 | 491 | 420 | 203 | 555 | 3552 | 7150 |
| Blue M: 72.0/131 | 436 | 389 | 411 | 480 | 224 | 504 | 171 | 378 | 398 | 3391 | 426 | 371 | 385 | 436 | 165 | 468 | 404 | 185 | 534 | 3374 | 6765 |
| White M: 70.3/126 W: 76.0/139 | 432 | 369 | 346 | 460 | 203 | 473 | 150 | 358 | 376 | 3167 | 398 | 361 | 364 | 411 | 145 | 425 | 387 | 168 | 496 | 3155 | 6322 |
| Red M: 67.5/120 W: 72.4/129 | 414 | 358 | 331 | 390 | 191 | 451 | 136 | 347 | 312 | 2930 | 308 | 256 | 311 | 367 | 125 | 413 | 273 | 157 | 440 | 2650 | 5580 |
| Handicap | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 8 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
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Photo submitted by Eunhyelee on 05/24/2023
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Photo submitted by JKraakman on 05/08/2023
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Tee deck #11 Photo submitted by u314163471522 on 10/13/2022
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Photo submitted by smitty10905 on 07/09/2022
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View from No. 11 in mid April. Photo submitted by williamsca on 05/01/2022
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Photo submitted by tomofbra on 09/30/2020
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Photo submitted by u314160486722 on 07/29/2020
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Photo submitted by wheezy on 08/31/2015
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the Bobbsey twins Photo submitted by wheezy on 08/31/2015
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King's Forest 10-3-2013 Photo submitted by u000006492075 on 10/04/2013
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Photo submitted by bigh27 on 07/26/2013
Kings Forest
Course in great shape. Surprised restaurant was closed in middle of the day. Water refill station not handy.
Beautiful Layout, Rough Greens
Beautiful day, beautiful course, bumpy and uneven greens. I suspect the locals are abusing the course and it is tough to keep in decent shape.
Members shooting gall balls at us trying to push play
Members trying to push play and hitting ball up at us and when getting mad marshalls told us to relax . No course respect.
A good walk mostly UPHILL.
A scenic track but a challenging walk for a senior.
Course could use more sand in their sand traps IMHO.
Great Muni in Hamilton
Kings Forest is always a challenge and fun to play but would say this isn't the place for beginners. It requires solid ball striking throughout. Considering the lousy Spring we have had, the course was in good condition especially the greens. Rakes were available in the traps but the standard practice of people not raking traps after use was evident. Only complaint I have is they had 3-4 holes where the regular tee blocks were being renovated and we weren't advised before we booked.
Kings firest
Beautiful course but conditions were very wet. Maybe shouldn’t have charges full pop
Good early season round
Overall conditions were good.
Still very wet in some places.
Greens were better than I expected.
Few tee boxes are closed for renovations.
No 5, the par 3, had a temporary tee area in the fairway down the hill.
It was a little uneven around 100 yards if I remember correctly.
Glad I found out before the tournament I’m playing there in May.
I’ll always come back to kings forest.
Course is just too good not to come back.
Love at first sight
I liked the course as it has very good layout, moderate to high level of difficulty, fairway surrounded by lot of trees, fairways with high and low elevations, friendly staff at both pro shop and starting point. I would love to play again on this course.
However, this time, due to rain effects the fairways were very wet and no carts were allowed on front- nine. I hope next time I will use the cart for all 18 holes.
I highly recommend this golf course, you will enjoy.
