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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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Challenging, great condition and great service!
A good challenge for any golfer. This is a very well maintained course, beautiful fairways and very fast undulated greens!! Great staff helped to make it a wonderful day!!
had fun playing
Was well kept. Pace of play we good. Course was fun to play.
Awesome course.
Meticulously kept fairways and greens. Great mix of open fairways and challenging doglegs. We enjoyed every minute. We will definitely play again.
Worth playing
Beautiful and challenging course. Recommend players purchase the yardage book. Some difficult holes that are a little easier if you know where to play your ball. Very scenic and well maintained. Definitely worth playing. My husband and I truly enjoyed our round.
fun course to play
course was in excellent shape except the sand bunkers considering we had 4 inches of rain a day and half ago.
this course was fun to play
great day ,not to busy,good value,would play it again
tough
Challenging for length. Have to carry hazards more often than not to reach green.
Speedy Round
Played the Escarpment and the Canal 9. The Escarpment course had fairly generous fairways and sloped greens that were in great shape. The bunkers were muddy in the bottom and were difficult to play out of. Overall though, this 9 was great for your average golfer.
The Canal 9 was quite difficult for your average golfer. A lot of forced carries; however, the course was in great shape. Pick the appropriate tees for your level or you will be looking for your ball quite a bit.
Played the round in 3 hours 45 mins with 2 of us.
The pro shop staff was exvellent and the starters had things well in hand and were very organized.
Poor greens due to ball marks
Inconsistent greens, many ball marks and old non-repairs
Great Course
Enjoyed everything about this course. Marshals are great kept things moving and always checking around the course. Each hole is a new challenge. Greens were fast and somewhat deceiving, need to look close to find the breaks.
Go back any chance I get
Over rated
Just not the quality expected. A target course with forced layups. Greens were very inconsistent in speed and conditioning. Fairways were soft and fluffy grass. Was not suited for less than experienced golfers with good skill set. Not friendly to female golfers who can not carry the ball over the forced layups
Beautiful Day
Played Iron Bridge/Escarpment from whites. Both courses in good shapes except for the sand traps which were terrible and lots of them.
Enjoyed the challenge.
neighbours are a ROYAL pain
Love coming from TO to play this course....unfortunate that the neighbours have forced Kaneff to turn a wonderful finishing par 4 into a ridiculous par 3....golf course was here first people! The other 26 holes are terrific,,,,blind shots, elevated, tiered greens and friendly staff make for an enjoyable day....even if sometimes your scoring doesn't co-operate
Glad I played
This is a course that drove I by and often wondered what is was like. Well it turned out to be a pleasant surprise. Course was in great shape, lots of challenges and we'll layed out. I will make this a regular stop from now on.
hidden gem
beautiful course ,totally goes under the radar.
Iron bridge 9 is as good as any 9 in the province
Good test of golf
We were to go off as two 3-somes, but one of our guys had to return home. Pro shop did not collect for the 6th guy, even though he could have; that was customer service friendly! Staff offered to let us play as a 5-some if we kept up the pace. Worked out great. Had a cold sandwich at the turn - bread was soaking wet with water. I should have taken it back, but not enough time. Another guy had a burger and was unimpressed. Loved the golf - challenging layout.
good value with Golfnow
would only play this course with golfnow.Elevated greens force you to hit good iron play
good challenge
We played escarpment to old canal. Course was in great shape. Overall challenging course and great value. Staff very friendly and the pace was perfect. Played as a foursome, and we were done our round in just over 4 hours. I would recommend playing this course, and will be back out to play again this summer. Greens were consistent and in good shape.
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