Royal Ontario Golf Club

Pace of play too slow. Groups ahead of us playing blues & blacks & shanking it all over the place. My group plays the whites or whatever is around 6,000 yds. My take is that 90% of golfers should be playing 6,000 yds or less. Leave the longer tees to the really good players (which I hope to be one day)!

Overall we had a very nice experience. Course was very well maintained. Marshal was very rude; our pace of play was a little slow over the first couple of holes due to our inexperience; groups behind us blocking our fairways; having to wait for them to clear the fairway for us to tee off. We picked up the pace as requested by the marshal; however as we got a full hole ahead of the group behind us the marshal kept on us as if we were holding people up in their game. He would sit and watch us tee off consistently; which as a player new to the game (6 rounds under my belt) made me uncomfortable. Additionally the marshal told me that we should be teeing up at the white (we used blue); I found the manner in which he spoke was not acceptable!!

Greens require work Beer girl never around other golfers fail to replace their divots.

The golf course is well layed out and provides enough challenge from the blue tee. The greens have not been maintained and was very bumpy and uneven. Good patio and restaurant amenity.

I have played this course 3 times this summer, and it is always a great challenge to our round. The course is always in excellent condition, and the greens are quick, but fair. It is always a good day on this course, and the layout is fun.

I've played this course for a number of years. Every year it seems that the condition gets worse. (ie greens have ball marks that haven't been repaired, tee decks are in rough shape and uneven, etc). Its really too bad because I love the layout, and its a good challenge for all. My favourite holes being the 9th and 18th. I do hope that management starts putting money back into making this the course the way it used to be a number of years ago. It used to be worth the high green fees it charges these days not so much these days.

I enjoyed playing the course and for the most part played very well but I didn't know the course so I didn't know where to hit to. Many times I hit a straight drive and I was in trouble. From the tee box I really had no idea where to hit to. But now that I have played the course, I can't wait to play again.

This course has a nice layout with a good variety of holes. I found the conditioning to be generally pretty good, however the greens were inconsistent in speed and had a relatively high number of unrepaired ball marks. There were quite a few groundskeepers on course (I played early AM), so they are making an attempt to keep the maintenance up. Would play again for the Golfnow rate (with 25% discount code), would not be very happy if I paid rack rate ($~115!!).

I have played this course many times over the past years and I enjoyed everything about it. This year I was very surprised at the lack of detail. The greeting at the bag drop area was very disorganized and the staff at the Pro Shop were not very helpful or interested in assisting me. They were having a tournament and they weren't sure where my foursome was starting from. Usually you have to fill in a form for the cart and hand it in to the Starter however there was no starter so no form was filled out. The fairways were in poor shape with divots everywhere that were not attended to.The greens were also in disrepair with multiple ball marks not repaired on most green, scuff marks from spiked shoes and patched areas of grass on 4 of the greens. The attention to detail was obviously lacking. The refreshment cart came around twice on the back 9 and only once on the 8th hole on the front nine. I wanted to pass on my observations to the Staff after the round however the 3 gentlemen at the Pro shop were not interested in listening to my opinion about the problems and chalked up the conditions to heavy rain. We haven't had heavy rain this summer and other courses in the same area are in great shape. There is allot of room for improvement.

It's a challenging course at a 142 slope from the gold tees. I found the maintenance to be poor....sight lines from the tee were blocked by overgrown vegetation. These are not trees but weed like vegetation. The course is generally flat and the sight lines off the tee were not very good. It was the first time we have played the course so it was particularly challenging to know where to hit the ball. It's just not a well designed course and poor value for money. Our foursome were all single digit caps and it was a death march waiting for the groups ahead.......there are much better options out there.

Great value for what I paid. Would not pay full price. Very nice course.

Lovely property...Mix of very challenging to moderately challenging holes. Every tee shot demands your attention because (unfortunately) there isnt one level tee box on the course. Par 5's to end each nine are some of the hardest holes on the course but too many very short Par 4's and Par 3 with almost unfair greens to compensate for lack of length to be classified as an elite course.

This course has great potential to be outstanding. Love the challenging design. Unfortunately when we played this course, sand traps were as hard as rock or under repair. More importantly, the greens were marred with days of un-repaired ball marks.

Played first thing in the morning. Course was wet with dew and we got around in about 3 hours. Lost many balls but had lots of fun. Bring your A-game for sure and don't get greedy. Course was in tip-top shape.

We played Tuesday morning on a $45 + taxes Red hot deal rate. The pace of play was great.

But the staff didn't smile at all and the course was not manicured well. At the Red Hot deal rate I'd play this course many times.
But at a regular price, I would not recommend this course

Staff are friendly and courteous. The course was in excellent condition. It has six tee decks for all skill levels. I would classify this as a difficult but fair course. You are punished if you miss the fairway but can score if you get in the right position. Bring a lot of extra golf balls.
One criticism is that the pace of play was slow despite not being fully booked. I would like to see more marshalls who enforce better pace of play as the groups ahead of us were easily a hole apart from each other causing our group to wait on every hole we played.

Playing from the blue tees in order to test our games, my golfing partner and I were indeed put to the test. That is the point isn't it? To face the challenge of great holes, amid great scenery. The day was a rewarding one.

Course in good condition
Staff friendly
Marshalling poor
1 st group off slow held up whole course
Complained to Marshall,claimed he spoke to them
Did not improve situation
2 nd group jumped ahead
We ended up playing in just over 4.5 hours

Expensive vs. other courses. Poor pace of play - did not see a marshal the entire day, yet the course was backed up.

It was a hot and humid day when our foursome played Royal Ontario for the first time. We followed a tournament, so things were a bit slow and the greens were somewhat chewed up. Nevertheless, it is an interesting course with many challenging holes. If you are not straight off your drives, trouble abounds.