Royal Niagara Golf Club - Old Canal Course

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.

Overall, we were very pleased with the round here. Each hole was interesting and enjoyable. The fairways were reasonably maintained but not great. The bunkers were horrible and pretty unacceptable. The greens were good.

Royal Niagara is an interesting course, and a difficult one to review because it has good days and ugly days. This particular day was closer to ugly. After a heavy rain that happened two days earlier in the week, nearly every bunker had 5+ inches of water in it. I ended up losing 2 balls because of this, however on other holes i found 5 from people that lost balls in a similar fashion. The green were slow, and roughed up with ball marks, spike marks and weren't consistent. The rest of the course was in good shape.

Maintenance aside, the layout, elevation changes and uniqueness of the holes make this course very fun to play over and over. Many of the holes have scenic views and aren't spoiled by the maintenance issues of the greens and bunkers.

We played iron bridge (definitely my favorite) and Escarpment. The pace was slow on the first 9 due to a morning tournament, but the back was pretty open.

I find many of the reviews here are overly hash, but like i said this course will always have good and bad days and I've seen it on both sides. For $50 or less from golfnow this will always be a great value and an enjoyable golf experience, but i wouldn't pay more then that.

Poor tees, poor greens, very disorganized, very slow play

Played Iron Bridge and the Escarpment. Nobody in front of us and completed 18 in 3hrs. 45min. Holes were enjoyable but conditioning seemed to be lacking. Greens were slow and needed to be mowed yesterday. Staff was friendly, great value on Golfnow, and all in all a good experience.

This was a good golf outing for us. The course is well maintained. It was a busy Saturday, and play was slow. Marshalls could have done a little more to spped up slow groups.

My wife and I would definitely play this course again.

The course is very beautiful and wide open fairways

I played with my wife and son (high 70's player). Our scores were higher than normal with 138 slope from the blues. Every hole on the Iron Bridge course was interest particularly with the stiff wind. The Escarpment course was more wide open but still presented it's challenges. Small greens were guarded by strategically placed bunkers. Great experience!

Two people cancelled at the last minute due to their child being injured. Can I get credit for the two players?

I've played this course a few times now and enjoy it. Some holes are very forgiving and some you have to thread your ball into perfect position. On the recent day I played a couple fairways were a bit on the spongy side... too much water. So it was a lift...clean and place area. But overall a good course.

Perhaps a victim of the Niagara Golf Boom and Bust, Royal Niagara is an excellent course let down by poor course conditions. This poor track was screaming out for a little TLC. Tee decks were shaggy and lumpy, fairways were scruffy, and greens were quite possibly the slowest I have ever played. The greens literally looked like they hadn't been cut in three days, so putting was nearly impossible. Bunkers looked reasonable although I didn't play from any. Some greens were obscured by overgrown reeds that desperately needed to be trimmed down. It's really a shame, because it is a nice layout with plenty quality holes with nice hazards, bunkering, and mounding.

I'd love to return if/when the course receives the kind of conditioning it deserves, but I suspect that Royal Niagara is working hard at cutting operating costs.

Greens and fairways were well taken care of. It was a little dry not the courses fault " little drought".

Very nice course but I don't believe that walls of vegetation should take away your ability to see the green from the fairway. This happens on more than one hole

Play was slow . Ball washer stunk...water was black and smelly.

Played here in a foursome. We found the staff nice, ran into marshals a few times during the round and we were always on time. We all thought this course was in excellent condition. I would agree that the greens were slower then I expected but with the practice green rolling the same it didn't really affect us as it's the same speed throughout. The bunkers and fairways were in very good condition, we all enjoyed this course.

Always in top shape, fun, challenging course. Great scenery! Often play there with the wife. She can score well, & enjoys it.

The staff was not friendly. Did not greet us upon arrival. They did not monitor golfers teeing off. On our back nine we had a single tee cut in and tee off between us and 4some in front of us. Then a twosome tried to cut in on the 11th?
Greens were slow and terrible condition as were the tee boxes(not level and all chewed up) No wonder they have so many tee times on GolfNow.