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Royal Ontario Golf Club sprawls across gentle hillsides blanketed in mature trees and thick fescue. Formerly a stable, the course features large meadows and dense groves of trees that frame the fairways and greens. The layout has a more traditional, links design that features occasional water hazards, most notably on the par-5 ninth and 18th holes that share a large lake, but the tree-covered hills are the true challenge of the golf course. Although there are many difficult elements on this course, five sets of tees make it accessible for players of all skill levels. Royal Ontario Golf Club is often compared to the Masters Course at Lionhead Golf & Country Club.
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Conditions3.9
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Value3.7
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Layout4.1
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Friendliness4.3
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Pace3.8
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Amenities4.0
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Tough course. Nice Layout.
Lots of narrow fairways with tree lines and thick fescue.
Price is a little steep for just walking.
A few picturesque holes to be sure.
Amazing Course
I Love this Royal Ontario Golf Course. This is a stunning, well maintained golf course with such variety on every hole. It demands different shots in the bag. The maintenance crew is the best in the biz. Course is always in top notch condition. You pay a little more to play here but it’s worth it. The course is carved beautifully into the surrounding forest. I highly recommend this course.
the day was perfect and so was my score, I had fun with my friends
The day we had was excellent had not been golfing in a while it was such a nice time with my friends and family a real treat ,
Silly layout
Royal Ontario takes great pride in being one of the highest slope ratings in Ontario. One would think that that would translate into a memorable course but instead it means a bunch of blind shots and quirky holes (225 par 4 90 degree dogleg). Definitely a course you need to play this course a couple of times to know how to play it.
Could use some TLC
The course has a nice layout , with many holes having tight landing areas off the tee. Easy to donate balls if you’re not accurate from the tee. Greens were both thick and also filled with unrepaired ball marks. Very frustrating to see a good layout not respected by the staff and players.
Bad design that isn't worth it
I had expected a course with a "Royal" designation in its name to be a top notch place but, don't let the name fool you. I thought that it was a really badly designed track with a lot of water features that couple be presented better instead the overgrowth around all the ponds. If I was the owner of this course I would not be too proud of how this course has been taken care of. Its not the superintendents fault its just that the surrounding forest and bush has been allowed to grow over and consequently covers a lot of the natural features that this course has. Because of this overgrowth its not a particularly attractive course to play. A couple of suggestions I would have is to clean up the overgrowth along the ponds and other water features, divot the fairways better and take the large stones that can be found out of the bunkers. I expect a lot from a course with the Kaneff brand on it and this one definitely was a disappointment. Might be a while before I come play this track again?
In response to the Kaneff Golf comments on my past comments. This is just a deflection of blame when it comes to my comments about the course conditions. I'm sorry but, I'm not interested in coming back to play this track again because of what I commented on previously. I'm sure that the conservation authorities aren't that strict about the areas mentioned previously?
Many areas around the ponds are now protected areas by conservation authorities. Being able to cut and trim everything is not possible due to various enviro restrictions. Along with spraying chemicals to help with this are now heavily regulated.
Difficult Course
You'd better him them straight or this course is not for you. Put the driver away on a number of holes and you will be happier.
Rotal ontario
Course was in excellent shape. Much much better than when i played here a couple of years ago.
Good times
Course was in great shape, play was a little slow. This a challenging course, and some tight fairways. Ton of fun was had, only downside was we paid more than what the booking on GolfNow indicated.
Tee boxes, greens and sand traps all in pretty bad shape
We are on it each day, divots and ball marks. Thanks!