Thundering Waters GC: #18, #9
Aerial view of the 18th and 9th holes at Thundering Waters Golf Club
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4.0
880 Reviews (880)
5 Stars
298
4 Stars
401
3 Stars
115
2 Stars
35
1 Stars
31
Conditions
3.6
Value
4.1
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.7
85.1%
Recommend this course
749 out of 880 reviews
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4.1
17 Reviews (17)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
5
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.7
Value
4.4
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.8
94.1%
Recommend this course
16 out of 17 reviews
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3.9
78 Reviews (78)
5 Stars
25
4 Stars
30
3 Stars
16
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.5
Value
4.0
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.5
79.5%
Recommend this course
62 out of 78 reviews
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Course Highlights
The course layout uses natural terrain beautifully, delivering a challenging and varied round that consistently earns high marks from recent players. Friendly staff and a smooth pace of play make this an excellent value for the experience offered.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6530 yards
Slope 143
Rating 71.8

Thundering Waters Golf Club, so named for its proximity to the Canadian Horseshoe Falls, has a unique layout that combines a parkland course with the tricky elements of a heathland golf course. There is an interesting combination of drivable par 4s and scenic par 3s that will provide a formidable test for even the most skilled players. The golf course first winds through heavily wooded patches and then finds its way to rugged hills dotted with thick fescue where true links-style holes with deep bunkers and large, undulating greens await you. The layout also features several doglegs and more than 100 bunkers strategically placed throughout. Water hazards come into play on 10 holes. Thundering Waters Golf Club was Canada's first John Daly signature golf course.

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Course Details

Year Built 2005
Golf Season Year round
Architect John Daly (2005)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Teaching Pro No
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed No
Dress code Proper attire is required.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

4.0
880 Reviews (880)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 16
19th Hole Scenic Views 7
Patio Dining 7
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 54
Water Hazards 42
Undulating Greens 34
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 34
A Weekend Splurge 26
Locals 25
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 44
Near Local Attractions 41
Worth the Drive 23

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Played On
Reviews 141
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Wake up early and enjoy

Only complaint is that the greens did not have enough bite in them. Overall it was a great day.
Play from tips as course is short.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Very Slow Play - Disappointed

Had to leave after 11 holes because the play was just too slow. Feel as though course was overbooked. Nearly 4 hours to get to hole 12 and could not wait to finish.

Conditions Excellent
Value Poor
Friendliness Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

slow pace of play

we had a 10:22 T off. when we arrived they were alerady more than 30 min behind..They had 3 tournaments out there..so we left

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Nice Golfcourse but equipment is aging

I have played on this course many times over the years and every year it seems that no money is spent on maintenance of the equipment. This year alone 4 times I had cart with GPS that broke down while playing or the cart was beat up that I could barley drive it. I can play without GPS but that has bad taste in my mouth. Either pull it out or fix it. Few times we had people waiting on 18 hole to take our carts because they were short of carts, because they have a lot of them broken down.
The course over all is very nice and I like to play there but not with that equipment.
I hope that next year we will see new carts with new GPS.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Course in excellent condition

Our twosome second group off the tee. We arrived to a very courteous staff. Allowed us to sit and take pics in John Daly's cart. A lot of risk reward holes, especially on short par 4's. Have read reviews in the past about the condition of course, but we found it impeccable. We will most definitely be back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great Day

The course is in excellent shape. We had a great day!

Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

Challenging and picturesque course.

First tee time of morning so did have to wait for anyone. The course overall is in great shape but some bunkers good use some work. Grounds crew were the only ones slowing us down as they were trying to rake out the bunkers as we were trying to tee off on the first 6 holes.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Every hole a new challenge

Great course to play. Each hole has it own challenges. Plan your shots and you can score good. Take a chance and be prepared to suffer. Some of the fairways were a little spongy makes it easy to hit fat. greens can be deceiving be careful if your above the hole it can be slick especially as the day progresses.
Lack of Marshalls can be frustrating when slower groups slow the pace of play.
Overall great day, nice scenery, be back soon.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

thundering waters

sand bunkers need a lot of work the last time i played here it was much nicer

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Used cart

Good Value

The course is well kept even with somewhat crowded weekend. I would say not for beginner's as there is trouble everywhere from bunkers to tall grass, trees, creeks etc..

The area around clubhouse looks unfinished as they have are trying to sell homes around the course. No driving range only nets is one big miss.

Overall enjoyed the track for the price and I would come back and play.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Very nice course but...

Very nice course but very short. I was expecting something a little tougher and longer especially for a john daly designed course. I would play again but it would have to be a good deal

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

challenging but very nice

Excellent condition. Very nice course. Would recommend to everyone.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Average course - priced right through Golf Now

Course was in pretty good shape. I was expecting a little more since the course was using John Daley as a source. 18th hole was about the best the rest were average looking. Pretty sad to see a set of sand bunkers under repair with 3 foot high weeds growing out of them - really,,,- how long should a John Daley course have sand traps under repair ( looked liked pretty well the entire season). Worst of all we had to compete with a flying drone - as they were videoing each hole - asked to play through them and they tried a sales pitch on us thinking we would like seeing the drone in use - NOT. Nice course but only going back. We did eventually get let through!!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

The marshel was not seen the whole 18 holes.There was no rules followed and noone to enforce them.

Would play this course again and again.The only problem was thereis no enforcement of the four hour rule for 18 holes.You might get stuck behind a foursome that turns your round into 5 hours.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Know the course!

Played here on an Early Bird Special with Golfnow. We were off at 6:45 and done at 10:30 as a 3some.
Knowing where to put the ball off the tee is a definite asset when playing this course. Some tee shots that you put exactly where you wanted them off the tee often end up in trouble (in bunkers or lost) so 2nd time out this course will play easier but it is still a strong test from the Black tees from where we played it. Some bunkers were not raked or under repair but greens were good. Also the GPS was not working right at times. Overall great value for the $19.99 we paid! I would not play this course at full price.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Very Enjoyable Layout...Will Play Again For Sure

Very fun course to play...Had heard lots of mixed reviews since it opened. Unfortunate that there must have been a pinch for cash to take the driving range and 700 yards from the course to build condos. The result is still a beautiful and very enjoyable (yet short) course to play. Shot 73 from the blacks, despite the starter's "stern recommendation" that I play the whites or at most the blues (even though he never asked my handicap or what kind of player I was). He also made it sound like there was no option but to layup on #1 which was also bad advice. Besides his ignorance, it was a very nice course. Greens were not fast but very true and besides some rough spots on some tee boxes, the course was in GREAT shape. Very strange routing, but excellent electric carts allowed you to zip around and it was just fine. Now that it is finally priced right, I will definitely be back and have already recommended to a friend to bring his kids up.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

fun track

Saturdays are probably not the best day for a steady moving round

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Beautiful course.

all was perfect except for a 3 some in front of us that were slow.

NO MARSHALL ON COURE TO MAKE A COMPLAINT AND HAVE SLOW PLAYERS MOVE ON.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Nice Course

Very nice course and staff. The GPS on our cart failed a few times. When this happened it was difficult as there were no other markers for yardages.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 36
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Poor weather
Used cart

It was a rainny day.......

We began with a 1 hour (heavy) rain delay. We were told that no rain checks would be issued because we booked a "hot" tee-time with Golfnow. As a result, we decided to play in light rain, which stopped after 5 holes.
The course was very wet in spots, and played long from the blues although it was only 5800 yards. Cart path only, made it even more challenging. To our surprise, the greens drained well and played quite fast. The fairways were green and well kept.
I played here some years ago. I noticed some changes were made to accommodate housing and make the course more playable. I did find it a bit easier to play, especially the first couple of holes.
I would play here again, but will make sure it's a nice sunny day!!!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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