Granite Ridge Golf Club - Ruby

enjoyable round.some tough water holes.very good pace of play

I've played this course twice, once in the peak of summer and once in late April while it was still warming up. Both time, I thoroughly enjoyed the course layout - its challenging but allows you the opportunity to be aggressive if you desire.

In summer, the greens are just spectacular and the fairways are in prime condition as well. If you can get a deal here, you won't regret it.

The only con is that this course books up pretty quickly but I guess that's a good sign.

course plays well, conditions not great but its early in the year.

Starter was extremely lazy. We found out about the temporary green when we hit our approach shot on the Ruby first.
They had a banquet so no food or drink after golf.
It was soaked. It wasn't ready to play.
Every drive was plugged. Even approach shots around the greens were plugged.

My son and I played at Cobalt Course. This is our third time played in Granite Ridge (Cobalt) and first time in 2014 season. Fairways & greens condition were better then we expected for early spring.
Staffs were friendy and pace of the play was just 4hrs even on Sunday afternoon, value for the money if you got a deal.
We like this course and enjoyed.Recommed for any golf players.

This was a good course to get back in the swing for this season. It needs some tlc but that's to be expected so early in.

I will definitely play here again

The course was decently maintained however the staff at this course are very rude. Perhaps they weren't thrilled to see people show up as there was no one else playing that day. There was a lady driving around the course nitpicking every single detail, she pointed a golf ball that wasn't even mine and said it's the one I hit , later on she came by again and said that we need to take the carts off the path when it was literally an inch in the grass. I was also harassed for driving the cart back through the course for forgetting a club at one of the holes. Mind you, I had already dropped off the rest of my clubs In the car. The course itself is not that challenging because most of the holes are quite straight forward and boring to play through. The main plus point is the view because it overlooks some hills or ski slopes in the distance. Cobalt is the one we played in, but I'm sure it's the same staff members.

Tee off at 1:30pm and finished at 6:30pm.
Marchal was extremely rude and once raise the issue of slowness, go other courses which I will.

Good value for early season round. Really soft on some holes but the greens were in pretty good shape. Good place to play for mid to high handicaps.

This is normally a good course in the summer but with the winter we had this year really took it's toll on this course. The review just to put in perspective is a reflection of the conditions it was in, when I played it. Bumpy greens, unplayable areas, damaged fairways. I'm sure a month of good weather and some good greens keepers with turn it around to what it is normally.

Ruby Course greens were in better shape, cold day as it got warmer in aft greens sped up, some fairways were very wet, balls lost due to plugging, but to be expected with spring golf.

Good value for this time of the year. Course wasn't in great condition though as you'd expect at this time of the year. Ball had no roll on the fairways, greens were very slow and the ball hopped a lot while putting. Had a good time though.

Pretty good shape for April. No complaints really. Just some wet spots. Will get much better with the weather.

Nice course to play. A little delay in play due to wet course, windy and weekend however it was acceptable pace. Some teeing grounds are too close to previous green, need to watch the ball especially windy day like yesterday.

Good value to replay.

Just happened to log on and see the Cobalt is still open? Its been winter like for weeks. The ground is frozen solid!
Kaneff properties are always the first to open and the last to close but this is nuts.
Its an ok track. Greens and tee boxes are too close. When its busy, say on the weekends, watch out!
Staff is always friendly.
There use to be tons of high fescue there years ago which made it a tuff track. Now it very straightforward. Kaneff probably figured they could cycle us through faster! They seem to be all about the money...

They have two courses, Cobalt and Ruby, the latter being shorter, and, based on my experience, they always looked like over-booked. At this time of year, I really enjoyed a stress-free round and hit my first 70's. Actually, I haven't played here since they stopped giving good deals for GolfNow at the beginning of this season. In short, both courses are good practice courses unless they're not over-booked.

Good course to play on with challenging holes for an average player like myself. Great view of the Niagara escarpment, feels like you're in the Rockies (well, almost). Great staff.

I was addressed as " You Golfnow guys ", I feel unwelcomed if I booked my tee time through Golfnow.com.

I enjoy Granite Ridge (Cobalt side)! I know others dismiss it as easy, not challenging, etc but I don't go to play golf to get beat up. Don't get me wrong; I like challenges in golf and this course offers me plenty of those: shots into and with winds, shots over water, holes where you just can't bomb it out there, where club selection and course management are paramount, etc. Throw in the prettiness of the property (located below the escarpment), the amazing restaurant food and people running said restaurant and you'll have a pretty enjoyable day!

We golfed the Ruby course, first time. Course was busy but a very helpful marshal kept things moving very well. He did a great job, which made our round very enjoyable.