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Royal Niagara Golf Club - Old Canal Course
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The Old Canal Course is one of three nine-hole courses at the Royal Niagara Golf & Country Club. Situated between the scenic Niagara Escarpment and the Bruce Trail, the Old Canal Course is named after the historic 120-year-old Welland Canal that borders it. The challenging layout was designed to championship standards, employing several tricky elements including carefully sculpted fairways, rolling greens, and king-size bunkers. True to its name, the golf course features plenty of water throughout. There are several dramatically placed tees perched on the edges of the canal, providing stunning scenery that is unmatched in the Niagara region. All three courses at Royal Niagara Golf & Country Club were built to the same high standards, but each one offers a unique set of challenges.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 36 | 3563 yards | ||
| Blue | 36 | 3307 yards | ||
| White | 36 | 3099 yards | ||
| Red | 36 | 2739 yards | ||
| Green | 36 | 2240 yards |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 72.5/140 | 382 | 521 | 413 | 426 | 218 | 576 | 171 | 443 | 301 | 3451 | 6984 |
| Blue M: 70.7/134 W: 77.1/142 | 363 | 505 | 385 | 400 | 177 | 538 | 148 | 415 | 280 | 3211 | 6515 |
| White M: 68.2/128 W: 74.5/137 | 340 | 482 | 356 | 374 | 154 | 519 | 127 | 390 | 270 | 3012 | 6080 |
| Red M: 65.6/112 W: 70.3/131 | 312 | 439 | 292 | 334 | 133 | 432 | 107 | 364 | 265 | 2678 | 5407 |
| Green M: 62.2/106 W: 66.2/119 | 235 | 360 | 225 | 275 | 133 | 385 | 107 | 290 | 265 | 2275 | 4450 |
| Handicap | 12 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
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they need to open up the other nine and pace of play will improve.
Good layout, slow pace of play, average conditions
Disappointing as the layout could be great, but the pace of play was terrible (5hrs 10) and we did not see a single marshall all round. Staff seemed limited and disinterested. Cart girl went home at 5pm, not great as play so slow. Great potential but course conditions average, many greens with issues.
Wet conditions but playable
It was cartpath only, course was in decent condition considering all the rain locally this year. Found this course challenging for my skill set but had fun being challenged, still broke 100
Course does not accommodate handicapped players
First time to the course with with 3 friends one of which recently had a kidney removed and is still not back up to full strength. On arrival we were informed that it was cart path only so for my friend we asked for a handicapped flag and were told that the course will not accommodate handicapped players when it is cart path only.
We thought that was very strange not to accommodate a guest and found it even stranger since there was no standing on the course at all except for 3 sand traps.
Cart path only in almost perfect conditions makes no sense at all. And because of that the round lasted 5 hours.
Tee boxes all in bad shape and most are slanted.
Greens are full of ball marks and don't seemed to be repaired.
Wouldn’t return
Awful from bag drop to course conditions to fairways to abandon bunkers ( likely ownership reduced operating costs by eliminating them in numerous locations) this is a total waste of money and time considering what available in and around the region .
Just awful
From pro shop check in to awful conditions. Clearly a coarse interested in vacation crowd who haven’t gambled their money away . It’s horrible value horrible fairways and rough and in a cost reduction situation they removed bunkers and let weeds grow over as though they planed grass bunkers . I would quit golf if that was the last coarse left on earth .
Everything was great, the only complaints were the old guy in the first tee around 920 when we teed off. Was really miserable and a unfriendly. The marshal also seemed to hover abit when our pace of play was under 15 mins a hole and I was walking, maybe just read into that too much. Course was fantastic shape, all other staff was very friendly. I’ll be back!
Really Nice Course
Great course. Picturesque with challenging holes. I've played 3 times mid-week and all 3 times we pretty much had the course to ourselves.
Great Course & Staff
The Escarpment course was in fantastic condition. Fellow golfers were friendly and allowed fast players to play through without fuss.
I played independently, and it took me 1 hour and 10 minutes (I just started golfing consistently this year, so I'm relatively new).
Great Course
They need to cut back the rough on the Canal course you can't see the greens from the fairway the rough is so high in front of the green. The staff was excellent very friendly and helpful kudos to the staff
Great Pace of play
We played early morning and didn't wait even for a minute. The course in in ok condition. Tee boxes are taking a beating and fairways are full of divots and clumps of grass left from those divots. People aren't fixing ball marks in the greens or fairways. The layout is fun and challenging, but the course is taking a beating from the lack of self responsibility of other golfers. Price was fair and staff was very friendly. We did have 2 way overpriced chicken salad sandwiches at the turn. Overall I will play this course again but I won't be expecting pristine course conditions.
