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4.6
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4.6
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Pace
4.0
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Course Highlights
Dragonfly's notably large, immaculate greens and lush fairways consistently impress golfers seeking well-maintained conditions. Friendly staff and outstanding value for money make this underrated layout a course worth returning to.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Style Links
Par 72
Length 6630 yards
Slope N/A
Rating N/A

Dragonfly Golf Club is located in the upper Ottawa Valley in the town of Renfrew, which sits along the Bonnechere River. The course sprawls across rolling hills speckled with exposed rock faces, mature trees, and sparkling blue ponds, all of which come into play throughout. The scenic surroundings can be distracting because of the panoramic views overlooking the Ottawa Valley, but the design will demand your attention. The front nine has a traditional links layout while the back nine plays more like target golf. Despite offering two unique nines, they blend together seamlessly to form a golf course that will test all of your shot making skills. In addition to the golf course, Dragonfly has a driving range with 20 hitting stations and the option of tee matts or natural grass. Chipping and putting greens with a practice bunker are also available adjacent to the range.

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Course Details

Year Built 1997
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy No
Golf Simulator No
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice No
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole No

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Yes
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire.

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4.6
361 Reviews (361)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 19
Patio Dining 13
19th Hole Scenic Views 8
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 30
Water Hazards 24
Thick Rough 23
This course/club is great for:
Locals 18
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 18
Advanced Golfers 16
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 35
Convenient to the City 8

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Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

Great course for the money

Dragonfly is getting busy due to its great rates and is good value for the money.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 08/14/2014

Hello,

Thank You for the feed back on your golf outing with us. We appreciate the comments you have submitted with us and are extremely happy you had a great day.

We always strive to offer all our golfers The Best Value for their Money!

We look forward to you coming back before seasons end, please make sure to stop in and say hello

Again, Thank You
Team Dragonfly

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Dragonfly links

Quality/price you can't beat, to bad this course is not closer

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/05/2014

Hello dewdadrew,

Love the feedback you have provided for us here.

We are so happy your outing with us was an amazing experience. We look forward to having you back soon for another game of golf.

We may be a bit out of the city, But...."It's Worth the Drive."

Thanks again
Team Dragonfly

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Enjoyable Course

#18 plays shorter than you think. My nine iron trickled off the back into the pond. My wedge went to 10 ft. for my double boggie.

Really liked putting those greens. My best round of the year.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/05/2014

Thank you so much for your feed back.

Yes we will agree with you on Hole #18. It is a beauty hole with the elevated tee box, this does play tricky for some of our golfers. We are glad you enjoyed your day with us and we look forward to coming in and seeing us soon.

Make sure to stop in and let us know when you are here.

Team Dragonfly

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Course features

Every hole is different and challenging, beautiful course. If you like nature this is the course to play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 07/21/2014

Hello Pegpenney,

Thank You so much for your feedback, it is so nice to see you had a "Excellent Time" at our course the day you played.

We look forward to you coming back and hitting up the links for another round, we appreciate your comments and keep them coming, so we can only improve on your experience here at Dragonfly.

Team Dragonfly

Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Friendly staff

Great day of golf friendly staff and had a good relaxed pace

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/10/2014

Hello stealb,

Thank You so much for your feedback on your day with us. We love to get comments on Golf Now.

We noticed you rated us a 2/5 on our Food. We would love to speak with you in regards to this, as your feedback is very important to us. A bit more detail will only help us improving in this area.

Please give Andrew a call at 1-888-275-3838 to discuss this in further detail as we want to improve all our service to all our clients.

Overall it does seem you had a "Good" day this makes us happy, however we want to also make you Happy :)

Thanks
Team Dragonfly

Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great value

Course was in great shape. Staff was fantastic. Definitely worth the drive.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 07/03/2014

bayviewwindows

Thank You very much for the comments.

We 100% agree with your comment "worth the drive" we have been working hard at letting people know that for that extra 10/15 minutes we are defiantly WORTH THE DRIVE!

Thanks again, we look forward to see you again

Team Dragonfly

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Très belle scene

Les verts sont impeccable. Les alleys sont en très bonne condition. Le service est à la haute.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/02/2014

Thank You so much for the kind comments, I tried to answer your amazing comment in French, however Golf Now would not allow it to go through.

I guess my French writing is not up to PAR.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Team Dragonfly

Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Fantastic, Friendly Staff, at a moderately difficult course

This course is a lot of fun as long as you stay out of the rough. I found the rough to be very challenging and I lost many balls in it because the grass is thick and deep.

The staff were incredible. They treated us as if we were members, even though we were simply GolfNow customers.

We took advantage of the "all you can golf" and managed 34 holes before dark. This was a great deal!

Would I golf here again? That depends on whether I can stand to lose a dozen golf balls again.

Over all, a great experience... but if you plan to golf here either bring lots of balls, or plan to be looking for your ball many times!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 06/25/2014

Hello RevJay,

Thank You for the amazing comments. Love it!

To us you are NOT GolfNow customer, you are our members! Everyone who walks through our doors are treated like family.

As for the rough's, yes I agree. Our rough mower broke a week and half ago, we were out for 4 days until our rental came in, then we had to play catch up on the rough. Sorry about this. We are now just almost caught up with only a few more holes to go.

Thank You so much for the feedback it goes a long way for us to improve our service to all our golfers who come out for the day.

Thanks
Team Dragonfly.

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Very scenic

Course is in very good shape greens are challenging really enjoyed my day

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 06/23/2014

Hello Didanco,

Thank You so much for your comments, we love to have all our golfers give their thoughts on the course and our staff.

Look forward to seeing you again very soon

Team Dragonfly

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Love this course, beautiful scenery with the dragonflies

The rating for the pace was due to a foursome who were a mix of intermediate and beginner golfers and never felt the need to let a twosome (us) pass through. The marshal was very concerned and very considerate to make sure people allowed for those to go forward. But I kill time searching for balls.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 06/24/2014

Hello stewysteph,

I am extremely happy with all your great feedback here you have provided.

As I stated in another comment in regards to this day (copy & paste) I noticed you did give us a 1/5 on pace of play. I will not argue that for the day you played. We had our Father's Day Special on that day and there was many kids on the course with their dads, Normally we get you off on a busy day in 4 to 4.5 hours on a busy day. I am so HAPPY that this did not "ruin" your round and that you understood the situation.

We are very Happy that are Marshall's were working hard at trying to resolve the issues and that you understood the situation. We THANK YOU for that :)

We look forward to you joining us again very soon.

Kind Regards
Team Dragonfly

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

Wow, great experience!

Wow, what a great experience.
Was greeted by staff in a very friendly manner and was showed around as this was my first time golfing at Dragonfly.
Course was in great shape and it has many challenges. You are punished if you miss the fairway and each green has slopes which make them difficult. Fairways and greens were excellent and if you miss them it is actually thick grass, not weeds or clover.
Manager actually drove out in his cart to ask us how our round was going, what a nice welcoming touch.
I will definitely be back and it was well worth the 50 minute drive from Kanata/Stittsville area.
Thanks for a great round of golf!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 06/19/2014

Hello dwplanning,

THANK YOU so much for the kind words. We take great pride in everything you have said here (blush) I will also pass on your kind words to our "Super" and his crew. These guys (and 1 gal) take great pride in the work they put into the course.

I noticed you did give us a 3/5 on pace of play. I will not argue that for the day you played. We had our Father's Day Special on that day and there was many kids on the course with their dads, Normally we get you off on a busy day in 4 to 4.5 hours on a busy day. I am so HAPPY that this did not "ruin" your round and that you understood the situation.

We look forward to you returning again this summer, please make sure to say hello to us all :)

Kind Regards
Team Dragonfly

Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Great Course!

Had a great round at Dragonfly. Fantastic staff, course in fantastic condition, and worth the drive from Ottawa!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 06/11/2014

Thank You Very Much brogers1977.

We 100% agree with your comment "worth the drive from Ottawa"

We may be a tad farther then some course in The Ottawa area, but look on the bright side, you don't have to battle traffic lights, traffic and city building views.

Nothing but clean driving with fantastic views, then you end up golfing an amazing course and hanging out with The Dragonfly Team for a few hours.

Look forward to seeing you soon :)

Team Dragonfly

Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Dragonfly Golf Course

Course was in good shape. Nice course that is in very good shape.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 06/11/2014

Hello rgallinger,

Thank You for your feedback. We really do appreciate all the comments we get on our course. We are so happy to see your round was 3.5 hours long, that our staff was rated a 5/5 this is GREAT.

We are concerned about the 3/5 overall rating you have given us, we strive for 100% customer satisfaction, and with your 3/5 rating we are troubled by this. We do not take these comments lightly and we would like to speak to you in regards to this, without feedback like yours we cannot get better.

We are hopeful you can contact Andrew our club manager at 1-888-275-3838 and let him know your concerns. We Thank You so much for this valuable feedback you have provided. We will continue to improve and strive for that 5/5.

Look forward to speaking with you

Thanks
Team Dragonfly

Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Fantastic

Course was outstanding. Greens were very nice and we'll kept.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 06/04/2014

sanmartino,

Thank You so much for your comment. We truly do appreciate the great feed back you have given.

We look forward to seeing you again very soon.

Until then, keep striving for that Hole in One !

Team Dragonfly

Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart

Great ay to Golf

Dragonfly is a good course. With the rain recently it has greened up quite nicely. Like most courses around it still needs some more heat for the greens to be good but they survived the winter pretty good.

Had a great time. Was paired with 2 members and we had a good time. Sun came out and a bit of wind kept thebugs away.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 06/01/2014

Hello robertgeorge,

We are so glad that you had a great time with our 2 members the day you came for a game.

We did notice that you gave a 3/5 stars for "pace of play" for a round of 4 hour 15 minutes.

I reviewed the tee sheet for the day and I noticed that we had the High School gym glass out that day and a normal round on a very busy day would be 4 hours 30 minutes. On the day you came and played you should have been done in less the 4 hours or around the 4 hour mark.

If you have any issues with this please call Andrew at 613-432-3838 he would love to talk to you in regards to this.

Overall it looks like you had an amazing time and we are very happy about this.

Thanks for your comment as we are always looking to improve our service for all our golfers.

Team Dragonfly

Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Dragonfly

Great value for the money.Extremely friendly staff.Fairly easy front 9 but challenging back 9..

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 06/01/2014

graldine43

Thank You very much for the great comment. It is nice that you have pointed out "extremely" friendly staff. This is so nice of you. We take great pride in our staff.

We hope to see you soon! Look forward to your visit again!

Team Dragonfly

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

A beautiful round!

Being from Northern California and having played courses around the world and the United States I am particular about courses. Dragonfly offers some tight and picturesque lies. I was very pleased with the layout and the distinct difference between the front and back nines. Beautiful scenery abounds and the elevations on the back nine were very.challenging. I'll be back. The prices were excellent and it was a great day overall. Incredibly wonderful and friendly staff.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 05/20/2014

Hello reinergeoffrey

We are so happy you enjoyed yourself on the course. Your feedback is important to us and we really do enjoy reading them

We look forward to having you back very soon, until then,

Team Dragonfly

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great greens, ok course layout

The course layout, in my mind doesn't stand out. Some holes are blind and you're staring at bush. I believe that a hole should guide your eye towards the green/flagstick. The owners have planted trees on the first and second hole which will help as they have the potential to be great holes. The positives are that the greens were awesome, barely any ball marks, and there are some fun holes. Things I dislike about this course and any course is having to walk back 20 yards to get to the tee deck. It's a pet peeve.
All in all, awesome greens, great value but don't expect a championship golf course.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Countryside gem

It's a tale of 2 9's. The front is links style and the back is target. Well maintained, beautiful scenary. Premium placed on course management and ball striking

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Can I give it 6 stars?

This was the best course I've played in the courses I've played in Ontario and Quebec yet. This is also the most difficult course I have played.

The course came highly recommended by others from the area that golf, and it truly did not disappoint. From the 1st tee to a photogenic 18th tee, this course is absolutely phenomenal. There is truly not a single negative I can find with this course. The tee boxes all have repair kits, the greens are immaculately well kept, and the fairways are exceptional. The rough, where I found myself plenty during my round, is just that. Rough.

With the change in Autumn and the leaves turning, this is the best time to play. The weather was magnificent today, and the scenery is unparalleled.

All of the staff I encountered and talked with today were extremely cordial and professional, capping off a perfect day of golf

I will without a doubt recommend this course to anyone and everyone I talk with, it was well worth the 1 hour drive to get there.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Commented on 10/07/2013

pisguared,

WOW 6 stars, sure you can. Thank You so much on your thoughtful comments. We really do love hearing things like this.

We are so happy you had an amazing day with us and we look forward to you returning to the course soon.

The Dragonfly Team

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