Royal Niagara Golf Club - Old Canal Course

Staff in pro shop - 2 out of 10

Maintenence staff , course etc ..is excellent 10 out of 10

Starters - 5 out of 10 - Friendly but do nothing to keep the pace of play moving ...many times have gone home after the 11th or 12th hole as its getting into a 6+ hour round...Weekends are particularly bad. Played course six times and its like that every single time! waiting 15 to 20 mins per hole usually from the 10th to the 18th hole just to tee off is frustrating to say the least.

My friend got his first hole in 1 =ACE ..30 yr adventure ..spoke to management and was told they would put together a package together for him for his Life long achievement .. A certificate + swag ...gave all info about the ACE ...2 weeks go bye no response ,no email nothing.. called course and spoke with manager personally ...said he lost info ...it happens ...now friend is disappointed no certificate / plaque ...to hang on wall .. 2 weeks go bye again nothing ..call course back left message for manager that i will be messaging head office , about this FALSE HOPE. Sent message to head office responds in 1 day ..great .. was told / explained new manager ...got it ..head office will take care of it ...69 days later to the day ..friend gets envelope with a photocopied congrats and a free TWOSOME , no cart must be used before 8 am or after 3 pm monday thru thursday ... WHAT A JOKE ...big company KANEFF ...MR.IGGY KANEFF must be proud of his management TEAM ... don,t think so !!! I personally have had 2 ACES and received on the spot a golf shirt with COURSE LOGO , ball marker ,divot repair, and FOURSOME with cart to relive THE MOMENT ..well done BURLINGTON SPRINGS , the other a hat from COURSE with LOGO a dozen LOGO balls of COURSE , PLUS nice CERTIFICATE... well done CARDINAL ..these guys / MANAGEMENT A JOKE ... don,t BOTHER telling these people 69 days of Frustration...could have made friends DAY ...PERFECT on the SPOT ...BLEW IT BIG TIME .... WILL NOT BE BACK . Spend my monies on a course who appreciate their CUSTOMERS ...

Course was nice, greens were challenging, fairways in decent condition with all the rain we've got. The course would have received 4 stars but the tee boxes are in rough shape on all par 3s and not a single playable bunker on the Iron Bridge or Escarpment nines. Looks like greens crews gave up on the bunkers.

Staff was nice and club house amenities are decent.

Could be a really good course with some extra attention to maintenance.

Great course , requires some challenging placed shots .

Would definately recommend course for must play .

I did really enjoy the service this Golf Club provided. It is an overall good course to play at. The maintenance of the course could be improved (like the overwhelming geese poos on mainy of their fairways). During our 18 hole round the snack cart only went by once; which was during our very first hole, we would of liked it if it went by again when we would actually want things. The portable toilets were completely disgusting and the one I tried, ran out of hand sanitizer. I may do this course again if I were back in the area, but I will bring more snacks for myself next time around.

I have played this course many times over the years and it has gone in the wrong direction. They have permitted the fescue to grow off the fairways to the point that any ball not too far off line becomes lost, even if you saw where it landed. Made the playing experience much less enjoyable. Spend some money, Iggy! This is a good golf course if you maintain it.

Nice course , good scenery good layout . Would play it again

Course was wet given all the recent rain, but that can't be changed. Everything else was excellent - quick pace, great staff, good conditions, all for under $50.

The price is right but I found the service and the attitude of staff in general quite poor. First off, my husband usually does the checkin a the pro shop and then gets the car while I arrange for beverages and snacks before we tee off. They gave him a hassle about taking the golf cart to the car to get our clubs. Have never had this issue at any other golf course and we golf often!

When I came out with the beverages from the bar (two for each of us) the Starter commented on "stocking up" and said that there's a cart girl out today. I thought he was extremely rude and not at all professional.

I agree with other comments and the "sand traps" were nothing but huge holes with grass.

All in, we would play there again but not our preferred course at all, which is a shame given that they have the ability to make it an awesome golf destination!

If you are going to take a fee to play your course then provide a product that is worthy of a $50 fee. Your traps are literally a joke. If you don't want to put sand in them then fill them in and don't ruin the playing experience, no one want to his out of mud and or rock hard dirt, I mean really. Also I know you are public but, if your players won't fix the ball marks and divots with the brown woody stuff you provide on the cart (yes we used it), then you need to fix them. Some of the ball marks of which there were hundreds on each green are weeks old.

We are high handicap players and found the Escarpment nine challenging.

The Iron Bridge nine was more user friendly.

Fairways were excellent and greens rolled true.

We will go back again.