Royal Ontario Golf Club

Royal Ontario is a great course, well manicured and very challenging, but fair. It is a course you need to play more than once unless you have a pro guide book or range finder with slope rating (there are just too many holes that play a club longer or shorter than one would think). Even with very little wind, this is a challenging, but fun layout.

Course is great. It is kept in pretty good condition. Staff is friendly and helpful. Only complaint is that it gets overbooked and usually takes me 5 hours to play a round in the summers.

This was a 4 hour round, things kept moving along.

The greens were 'tined' and a lot of sand was on the green and not in the tined holes

Admittedly, the course did call to advise of the tining prior to going to the course

I wish they would learn a lesson from Scotland and Ireland, there they do one half of the green one week, placing the flag on the side not tined, then the following week, they do the other side, thereby allowing play to continue with enjoyment.

Found a hot deal on golf now for Royal Ontario on Oct 12. We were told at the clubhouse that 9 of the holes were being aerated. 16 of the holes ended up being aerated and about 5 or 6 being totally unplayable with a layer of sand covering the green. It would have been nice knowing what the conditions were before booking, otherwise we would have not played here.

Course was in excellent shape. There was some waiting at every hole. Pace was about 4:40, so it should have been half an hour faster. Greens were fast and undulating and some pin placements quite unfair, although most were ok. Course was very tight in spots. Overall, a very nice track...

This is a great course and will test good golfers. The greens are in great shape and lots of undulations make them tough to read.

We enjoyed the course quite a bit. There were several holes that you could not hit the driver on as you would run out of fairway or by design you need to hit a lesser club. Lots of blind landing areas from the tee which is not ideal.

The marshal was annoying to say the least as he was on us for a good portion of the front nine even though there was no one behind us or on the tee. Totally inappropriate if you pay $250 plus for threesome with tax and you get bothered for no reason.

I certainly won't play this course again because of the marshal system.

Challenging course with not too many easy holes. 9 and 18 are their signature holes and making par on either requires a careful approach. 7 is an easy drive with a approach into a narrow green virtually surrounded by water/hazards except for one side. The on course service is good as well and staff are friendly. Prices seem to have come down so you are getting good value for your money.

Very well maintained course. Fairways, greens and bunkers were in great shape. Played early morning on a weekday so pace of play was great. Very reasonably priced for the quality.

Very nice course kept in great condition. Very tight not much room for error

I play this course a lot and always enjoy it. Looks fairly benign, but can be very hard on the score card if you do not hit your ball straight. The greens are sneaky quick and always in A-1 condition and consistent from start to end of season.

I enjoyed the course as I usually do, however 5.5 hours for a round is way to much for me. Avoid playing this course on weekends if you can unless you want a whole day experience.