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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, scenic, but bring lots of balls and tic spray
Solid course. Greens play excellent, fairways are in good condition, brand new cart paths, and plenty of majestic gooses' to make this course feel truly Canadian.
All Staff needs customer service training
We’ve played here for years because of course not staff. Definately won’t be back. From check in in clubhouse, girl was not friendly. They have one of those cart girls that doesn’t know not to drive towards your group when you’re hitting and she did it half a dozen times.
Maintenance crews were working on the sprinkler systems on course as needed and 1 crew had to be asked to move to the side as they were right in front of the tee box. They had no intention of moving. Never experienced that before.
Course itself has always been good but they’ve let brush and trees overgrow in some of the valleys making those holes harder then they need to be as they are hard enough.
No gps or signs with distances to hazards so mobile apps needed if you plan on playing but I wouldn’t.
Great value for the money
Fantastic pace of play, great value for the money. Was a little surprised that the restaurant/bar was closed at 1:00pm on a Saturday as we wanted to stay and have lunch after our round. Regardless, great round at a great course.
Beautiful course
Great conditions, friendly staff, pretty good value as well. I played by myself and completed the round in two hours and 15 minutes with a cart.
Great Course
The course is in great shape and all the cart paths have been freshly paved. I have played here for years and this is the best shape I’ve ever seen it. Highly recommend.
Course too Difficult
Course was very dry. Almost impossible to keep the ball in play. Also, the foliage has grown significantly leading to several blind shots. The course was as always difficult with its narrow fairways and small greens, but now its just unplayable for mid-high handicappers.
Great golfing
Never played this course but I have played a few other Kaneff courses ( lion’s head and Carlisle) overall nice layout and clubhouse was great! Staff were very pleasant to deal with!
Great day. Great golf course
We all had a great day. Staff were very nice and friendly! Would highly recommend booking a tee time!
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Hutch
Golf Course Improving Every Day
Love that they are working to improve the course, but it will take some time for all 3 nine courses be completed. Still a pleasure to golf there.
Improving Every Year
Nice to see that Kaneff is putting money into this great golf course, once a jewel of Niagara. Lets hope it comes back like that.
