Royal Stouffville Golf Course

Although little over 30 years old the challenge presented by a layout that used natural features and strategically planted trees to provide a great test of golf - It rewards good shots and punishes bad shots. If you are looking for golf at its' best in a quiet setting head for Ballantrae. This course reminded me of some parkland layouts back home in Scotland it was only missing the bad weather!

Friendly staff. We played during a weekday and the course was wide open. Greens and fairways are in good to excellent condition. Absence of Johnny on the spots. The snack cart made frequent rounds and assisted in finding a 'lost' club. No breakfast service but coffee available. Very good food service from late am on. A good course with some challenging holes.

Although this is a short course, the front nine present some challenges with its narrow fairways. It opened up in the back nine after hole number 10.

Staff were very friendly and Marshalls were diligent about maintaining the pace of play. Nice course and reasonably close to TO.

Putting was a nightmare as the greens were pretty slow and were not in very good shape. Pace of play was ridiculously slow as it took us almost 5 hours to play on a Friday afternoon.

Course is normally decent but I wouldn't say great by any means. There are some nice holes and some poorly designed ones. I have never been a huge fan of Maples but will play it once a year as part of my rotation.

Started early. Had a slow group in front, but still managed to finish in great time. Didn't lose as many balls since the trees are fairly forgiving. Had a group behind us that was very loud and disruptive which marshal didn't catch but was only noticeable on 2 holes.

Really liked the course, maybe partly because I shot the best I've ever shot, but will definitely be back.

The Maples of Ballantrae - Great location, not far from TO. Beautiful course, well maintained and friendly staff. Had golf buddies in from Montreal and they all enjoyed the course. 18th was scary and challenging, what a way to finish!

Definitely would play this course again.

I have played here a few times and the pace is moderate but never atrocious. For some reason this round, if I can call it that was horrible. We were supposed to tee off around 215 but we did not hit till 250 pm. Readers digest is that we pulled the plug after 2 hrs which only brought us to the 6th hole. We spent more time waiting than actually playing.

The staff was understanding and gave us a rain check minus 5 holes which wasn't too bad I guess.

At least it was sunny out and the refreshments were cold.

Not at all what I expected in a good way. Unfortunately my game was in a lousy state for my round. Hopefully I'll check back in when I have control of my driver. But the course was really nice and I would recommend to anyone looking for a place to get a round in. Well played Maples of Ballantrae!

Played late during the week. Course was in great condition and absorbed rain well. Golf cart was very bouncy - might have been less tiring to walk.

Maples of Ballantrae, 18 holes, was a nice course to play. A lot of challenging holes. Good course for both the long and short game. The course was in good condition, with only a few wet spots although it had been raining the night before. Greens were bumpy. Still a bit spring-like. Play was slow but typical for a weekend. Took 5+ hours should take 3.5. Will play this course again.

Either overbooked or not well marshalled but it took way too long to finish this round

Mature course, excelent shape. The is not a bad hole on it ! I am now calling this my favorite course for the summer !

I can't think of another course that has such bad cart paths. Coming down some of those paths at full speed in their rickety golf carts is really hard on your backside. An average course that is not worth full price.

Course is fun to play and the conditions are ok. Some staff members were a bit pushy and dismissive while others were friendly. Maybe a bit over priced for the conditions.

Waited to check in for 15 minutes while the gentleman in the pro shop, took call after call, making bookings on the computer, answering the walkie talkie as well. Almost missed our tee time. The groups on the coarse are spaced out at 8 minute intervals. This caused a severe back log. I think a 10-12 minute spacing would improve pace of play and ultimately get more groups through the coarse. Cart paths could use some work as well. Other than that, the coarse condition and layout are wonderful.

Frost delay back everyone up, but it was packed. Had to wait, on every shot. Not the fault of marshals they were out there all day. Just every time time was booked.

Course was in real good condition. Recommend

course was nothing more than okay
no halfway house
very limited cart food cash only

Interesting course. Pretty good condition. Very friendly staff.

Always a good course to come back to.
The first hole is good and the last is memorable.
Others are equally scenic and challenging.