Royal Ontario Golf Club

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.

Enjoyed the course. Most drives are pretty tight so hitting the ball straight is a definite advantage! Tees weren't in great condition, but otherwise the course was well maintained. Some laying-up required off the tee, which makes it difficult the first time you play. We played the blue tees, but gold was probably a better option. Would definitely play again.

This is the 2nd time I have played this course. The poor practice of the greenskeeper for this track is that they have their crew cutting grass and grooming bunkers the entire morning of our round. We had the lawnmowers at every hole throughout the course. A Marshall agreed with my observation but said it was out of his hands. I'm sure business is just fine for Royal Ontario but we won't be going back there again. On top of that their lawn mowers would back fire on occassion when you're putting or teeing off which was just ridiculous. The cut grass was even left on some fairways which was just incredible. The first time I played here many years ago, they were also spraying a liquid foam on the fairways in front of us where we were teeing off which was the first and only time I've ever experienced this on a course.

It was a great day and the course was in excellent condition despite the heavy rains during the week. Enjoyed playing the course and plan to play again!

We have discovered a little jewel and even though the course suffered from the terrible rains it recovered pretty well, most probably due to the very good quality of the greenkeeping team. The design allows you to stroll in nature and to fight with the hole you are playing.

The most beautiful holes are the holes nr 9 and 18, not only do they offer a nice view back on the clubhouse they are pretty challenging.

!st time playing here nice large greens lots of water a little over priced I think but that's GTA pricing.

The course makes you think hard about your second shot. It's about making the smart decision rather than powering towards the green. Considering the fact that there is water on 17 of the 18 holes, a few lost balls will help emphasize that. A strong iron game would be good for this course.

Only one issue with the maintenance guys running the mower right next to one of the tee-boxes. But overall, love playing this course.

Like most Kaneff courses, it seems to have a brand identity problem. It wants to be positioned as a upper tier course but it also wants to put through as many golfers as humanly possible. So you have a nice course, lots of nice detail touches like flower beds. But then the tee decks are severely beat up. Lots of slightly cheesy signs urging deals. And we had a group of four in front of us who took, no word of a lie, about 10 minutes to play each of their four shots every time. Groups were backed up for miles and no sign of a course official all day. Drinks cart appeared every ten minutes in the beginning then suddenly disappeared altogether. But it's a nice layout, the fairways and greens were in good condition. The clubhouse is good with a beautiful back patio overlooking the course and the setting sun. They just need to decide who they are -- if they want to be an upper tier course, they need to clean up the ragged edges.

On 2 separate holes there were grounds crew mowing the green as we were approaching, about 80 yards out. In one case we got their attention and they stopped their machines, one of the mowers was stopped in front of the green?!?!?! On the other hole we weren't able to get their attention at all. Couple that with a wait staff in the club house that forgot to order the meal for someone at our table, and then not even noticing that 1 person had no food, I'm going to give this course a pass, too expensive for this kind of service. I've received better attention at municipal courses.

Course was well maintained and greens were rolling fast and true. However, 6 hours for 18 holes is too much and it wasn't the first time it had happened. Seems to be like it every time I golf here.

I thoroughly enjoyed the golf course. It was in excellent condition, challenging, but very fair. I was extremely disappointed in the pace of play. It took me over 6 hours to play this course on a Saturday afternoon. For some reason, the club felt it was a good idea to send foursomes out in the middle of a scramble tournament.

Club staff was very helpful and friendly.

GPS of golf carts would be helpful as there are many subtle dog legs and blind shots...I would have been lost without my iPhone GPS.

Not only will you use all fourteen clubs, make sure the putter is working. This is a well designed course with water and trouble in the right places. Picking your lines and targets are important. You'll have a fun challenge, and I'd be surprised if your score is the best score you'll shoot this year compared to other courses.

Play it, you won't regret it ,...in fact you will want to play it againg because it will beat you the first time but if you change your approach it's winnable!!! very mature course setting.