Royal Niagara Golf Club

Course has made huge strides since Spring 2024. In fairways are plush, Greens are fast and immaculate. I consider it the best Value in Southern Ontario, never an issue to get guys to drive a hour for it. My only complaint and it’s a recurring fail of the golf course is the Goose shit on 18 of Old Canal. Either needs to be cleared by greenskeeper every few hours or experiment with Coyote/Fox decoys on the fringe or opposite ends of green where flag is considering Green is long as a Football field.

Here's the truth about Royal Niagara. The course is great, not top notch but still a decent track. However the staff and starters is where the issues are. They don't make you feel welcome and look down on you and make it seem like once they have your money they don't care about the experience First off, you check in. Then you have to sign a waiver and wait a few minutes for the person in front of you to do all that first. And don't even think about taking your cart to your vehicle to get your clubs. The starters only give you a key to your cart less than 5 minutes before your tee time. So you're walking back to your vehicle to carry your clubs, walking to the putting green that isn't near the clubhouse, and you get your cart 5 minutes before teeing off. Then if your lucky your electric cart won't run out of battery on the back 9. Both our carts dies on the 11 and 12 hole and had to wait to get other ones brought out. Again, the course is decent but it's run like a dictatorship. Go play Legends On The Niagara, Whirlpool, Rockway Vineyards or Peninsula Lakes. These courses are just as nice or nicer and they care about your experience.

Played the Iron Bridge and Old Canal nines at Royal Niagara on July 29th and overall, it was a great round. Course conditions were impressive given the recent dry and hot weather—fairways were well maintained, and the greens were fast and challenging. While it’s not the most difficult course, accuracy off the tee is key, and there are several well-placed “safe” landing areas to take advantage of. The pace of play was excellent—finished in just under four hours—and the staff were polite, professional, and welcoming throughout. Definitely a course worth visiting if you’re in the Niagara area and looking for a solid, enjoyable round.

Great golf course that boasts 3 unique 9 hole layouts. You have the Escarpment, Iron Bridge and Old Canal. The course is well taken care of with its massive fairways and challenging roughs. Greens are no easy feet here as they are massive and make you strategically try to approach the flag. Tee boxes were not in the best of conditions, they need to be rolled out and made nice and flat. Great course overall!

Played the Old Canal and Escarpment. Old canal is very difficult and makes escarpment seem like a cake walk. It was a little wet but the pace was decent. They should probably not let walkers on the course as one group did cause a backlog. Overall it was great with some beautiful holes. I would play it again for sure.