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Cardinal Lakes Golf Club - Sparrow Course
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Cardinal Lakes Golf Club offers two 18-hole courses, a championship and an executive. The Sparrow Course is the original executive layout and while it may only be 4,909 yards, it offers the same challenges as its championship sister course. The generous fairways, many of which are doglegs, are flanked with rough areas and there are numerous ponds and lakes that come into play. Surrounded by trees and bunkers, the small greens demand accuracy. It may be a short layout, but this formidable golf course requires careful course management, proper club selection, and solid short game skills. While it may often be overlooked because of its length, the Sparrow is Niagara's most formidable short track
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 67 | 4909 yards | 63.8 | 107 |
| Blue (W) | 67 | 4909 yards | 68.0 | 120 |
| White | 67 | 4528 yards | 62.1 | 100 |
| White (W) | 67 | 4528 yards | 66.7 | 118 |
| Red (W) | 67 | 4034 yards | 64.1 | 111 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 63.5/107 W: 63.3/117 | 335 | 155 | 327 | 294 | 318 | 153 | 474 | 335 | 129 | 2520 | 355 | 156 | 131 | 459 | 387 | 169 | 330 | 264 | 163 | 2414 | 4934 |
| White M: 62.3/101 W: 65.8/113 | 315 | 127 | 304 | 276 | 299 | 114 | 446 | 310 | 106 | 2297 | 311 | 137 | 113 | 441 | 378 | 153 | 308 | 248 | 142 | 2231 | 4528 |
| Red M: 61.1/95 W: 63.4/106 | 294 | 108 | 274 | 254 | 252 | 93 | 367 | 290 | 87 | 2019 | 286 | 113 | 94 | 393 | 359 | 132 | 288 | 216 | 134 | 2015 | 4034 |
| Handicap | 3 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 12 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 67 |
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Poor customer service.
When we arrived, we were told that we could only play 9 holes as they had their league playing off the 1st and 10th tees at 4:00 p.m. This was a terrible disappointment as we had booked for 18 holes.
Great Shortgame Test
Except for the unseasonally cool temps and gusty winds, today was excellent.
The course was in great shape, divots were repaired, no ball marks on the SPECTACULAR greens, the fairways, fringes were cut nice, and the rough wasn't too "narly". Another perk that often goes unnoticed - the Blue tee boxes were level and you didn't have to go hunting for a good place to tee your ball.
Love Sparrow Lakes
Not the first time we've been here and we'll keep going back. The course is always in very good shape and pace of play is never a concern. It's easy to walk and although not overly challenging, if you don't play the fairways, it can jump up and bite you. Overall, a great day of golf!
Course is ok, but the staff is not friendly
Played with under par deal, first round ended at 12:30pm, tried to book the next tee off, but was told to wait until 4pm, actually the course iwas almost empty that afternoon - August 24, 2013.
Sorry, I had to selecte the year 2014 to proceed to write this comment. 2013 date is not available.
Very bad experience, I had to transfer my 2nd voucher to my friend to avoid the painful experience.
NB: actually, we talked to the starter and he allowed us to started the 2nd round earlier becaus no any other group at all. Not sure why the staff inside was doing that towards us even we explained to him we were from far away.
Sparrow Lakes- Sparrow Course
Great course to work on your irons/approach shots as is not a long course. Great value.
Sparrow Lakes
Course was in good shape, the greens had been aerated, which is expected for this time of year, but would have been nice to know before booking.
Overall good experience, will go back.
Goose City
A lot of geese and goose droppings everywhere. Maybe just late season birds? No map on score cards or hole signs. A bit difficult to follow if you don't know the course. Nice course layout and fast greens. Paid for 18, only did the front 9.
Great weather
The course was in good shape, fairly short with too many par 3's. Still enjoyed the day and ythe round. Good value.
Great shape
I like the sparrow when I walk 18 it a short coarse with challenging approach shots to very fast greens that are in great shape
What's not to like?
Friendly staff, course is in fine shape
Great weather
Thanks for another great day at Sarrow!
Sparrow
The pace of play was great...18 holes in 3 hours. Course was over watered (not by rain) so wet for summer time conditions...some balls were plugging and little or no roll. Parking lot was very dusty...everything else was good. TJ
Short but sweet
Greens were very good, course is very short and great for beginners. No really memorable signature holes, no "wow" factor, but great value.
Great little course!
Great value at 10.00 for 9 holes! Electric cart price...ridiculous at 16.00! Per person....Course in good shape, no waiting. Will be back.
Sparrow lakes
Very good the only thing I didn't like was for our group was asked to take on fourth player who didn't fit our pace. It would be better to be asked when the guy isn't standing right there.
long day
this course was jammed. Had to wait every hole. There is no diagram of any of the holes on the course nor scorecard. It would be nice to know where hazards are on the course. We saw a marshall at the start but nowhere to be seen afterwards.
Sparrow Lakes - Sparrow Course
It was my first time playing the facility which has two 18 hole courses. I got a great deal to play the Sparrow Course for only 10$ - unfortunately, the deal didn't state that this was essentially an executive course - 4900 yards with a couple par 5's. It was in great shape with excellent greens. Just wished I could have been placed on the longer course of 6500 yards.
Great Course
I have played this course 3 or 4 times this year already and it has always been excellent. It is only about 5000 yards but great for walking. The fairways and greens are in excellent shape and way better than one would expect from a course of this size. This round only took 3 1/2 hours (twosome)as not many golfers out early morning after rain the day before, but the longest it has ever taken to walk 18 has been 4 1/2 hours. Thouroughky enjoy this track every time out.
great value
Some challenging holes, soft lush fairways,fast greens, lots of water, decent tee boxes, not too long. The only problem I had was where to go. No map on the scorecard and no hole layouts at the tees left first time visitors unsure of where to hit.
Overall lots to like. I will definitely be back.
mich
excellent course, easy to walk, great value challenging course ,not as easy as it looks .
like the fact you have option to play their different
courses, which are very challenging .
Money we'll spent
There is no other course in the niagara region that can touch the quality for the price of sparrow lakes. Soft fairways and fast true greens. Amazing deal!
