Royal Niagara Golf Club - Old Canal Course

7$ to hit range balls before your round?

Rough was not cared for and a lot of old bunkers grown over.

Missing fairways even by little tends to result in lost balls or a long search. Pace of play would improve greatly if they kept the rough manicured.

It rained the whole week prior to the round and the course was dry and in great condition.

The 9th on old canel has changed from a par 4 to a par 3. I guess to avoid errant tee shots and new homes being built. Not a great finishing hole. Temporary fix???? Not sure

Marshalls have no idea to maintain pace of play.
Sand traps were more like mud traps

Rough thick

Tee markers not in place on Bridge nine (this was at 11:20)

Wind howled, but the rain stayed away - no bugs! The course is drying up and cart rules were 90 degrees - better ride than it would be a walk - walking would be a long round. The staff need to spruce up the visual appearance driving up, and around, grass and weeds not tended to for some time - looks sloppy for a Kaneff course. Marshall had some great tips off the 1st with the water well in play. Play guide for $2 is a bit of a money grab in my eyes, but worth it; especially for 1st time playing. Look forward to playing it again soon.

well maintained course, nice landscaping.
A bit chalenging, made the game interesting.
I will go back and play this course again.
Got my money worth!

Hi there,

I played Royal Niagara yesterday.
On the website here the price said 30$ plus taxes and the tee time was for 7:24am old canal.
Another one said Iron Bridge at 8:00 and was 42.00. I figured that it was a hot deal because we booked it the night before.
Now I use to work at Royal Niagara and I know that they have 27 holes. so my assumption was that you started on the old canal then they would send you to the next nine when you were at the turn. But when I got there they told me that it was only nine holes that I would be playing and that it would cost me 55$ if I wanted to play all 18, so I decided to just play the 9. The only reason I agreed to play the nine holes is because they were going to charge my visa card if I did not play.
I am really upset with this I have a new baby at home and I only get out to golf maybe once every couple of weeks and I was not expecting to play 30$ plus taxes and online service charges (total about 75$ for 2) to only play nine holes and when we got to the ninth hole the tees were closed and we were teeing off from the fairway this was also not mentioned to use when we signed in.
Nowhere on the confirmation or on the site does it say that is only nine holes .
I am a frequent user of golf now and I love the services and flexibility that It gives to golf when I want a where I want for a good price.
With that being said this is the worst experience that I have ever had with trying to book a tee time. I don’t put the blame on the web site but I do put the blame royal Niagara for not telling listing if you are golfing 9 holes or 18. I assume that I am not the only one that booked this thinking that they were playing 18. And as we were finishing the Marshall escorted us to our car to make sure that we were not playing another nine. Something needs to be done with the service provided by this golf course. I believe that me and my playing partner are entitled to some sort of compensation.

Course was in very good shape considering our spring weather. Greens were in excellent shape but were very slow (needed cutting and rolling). Fairways were dry and the need for a 90 degree rule was annoying. Traps were in the process of being groomed and where in terrible shape. Sand in the traps where not uniform and depth of sand was not good.

Greens a little rough but it is early in a horrible spring

For the time of year the greens were in good shape. Fairway s were great.
Bunkers well mantained.

We played very early in their season, but the conditions of the course were great considering it was so early. We could almost watch the greens get greener as the day went on. Challenging enough for an experienced player, but good for beginners also.

Will definitely try to play there again!

would easily pay $50 to play this course in the great condition it is in

For a fire sale price of $20 this was a good deal. I would never pay full price though. When we got there our tee time was wrong by 30 minutes and they had also split up our group. The starter worked magic and fixed the problem (thumbs up for that). It's been over a week since we had rain and the bunkers were more like ponds. A few inches of water in each and sloppy muck for sand. Greens hadn't been cut and were terribly slow. Poor yardage marking (only 100, 150, 200). No sprinkler head yard markers, no GPS and no reflectors. Even with Pin Seeker I could only bounce a reading off the people ahead. Pace of play was too slow. 4hr 45min is unacceptable. People say 4.5 hrs is 'normal' and even that is too long. It should never go over 4 hours.

Very nice course, picturesque layout,,,the only negatives were really provided by mom nature!! The sand traps were mostly full of water, they were pumping them out while we were there,,but 3 inches of rain will do that! One of our foursome actually lost a ball in a bunker! This also meant the greens were alittle slow,,,but very well maintained. Overall, great course,,,good experience all round!

great course, greens are challenging and great shape, very good tee boxes and super fairways. sand traps were very wet and unplayable due to rain 4 days ago, may need better drainage

Ok thanks. Some good holes. Played in oct so it was wet

Unfortunately, the considerable rains we had leading up to my tee off had a great effect for my round, so my review will be negatively influenced. The fairways were saturated, which surprised me since I teed off after (what I thought would have been) enough time for the course to drain. We were not allowed to leave the paths with our carts which lead to a very frustrating round. The lack of yardage markers compounded to our frustration. Understandably the fairways had not been cut, which led to poor lies in the fairway, the bunkers had been washed away, with no signs of repair.

Played the 'iron Bridge' and 'Escarpment' courses. Tees, fairways and greens all in excellent condition. The weekend golfer will enjoy forgiving fairways and outstanding scenery. Low handicappers will be challenged from the 150 yard marker with green side bunkers and thick fringe grass. Definitely a 'must play' for the avid golfer.

I,ve played here many times over the years. Conditions have improved. Fairways, greens, and tee offs all in good shape. The staff are very attentive and polite. I was so impressed I just booked another round this weekend. Keep moving forward Niagara.

tees in poor condition. Greens needed to be cut very slow. Could be a great course with some up grades. Nice layout. Needs GPS for true yardage was surprised they didn't have them on the carts. Overall I did enjoy would play again.