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Value
4.0
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.6
Amenities
4.2
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Style Links
Par 72
Length 6405 yards
Slope 129
Rating 72.1

Course Details

Year Built 2000
Fairways Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Graham Cooke (2000) Darrell Huxham (2000) Graham Cooke

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $25 - $36
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper attire is required.

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Ontario (2014 #9)

Reviews

4.1
104 Reviews (104)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 7
Course Challenges Include:
Undulating Greens 19
Bunkers 15
Water Hazards 14
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 11
Locals 11
Walkers 6
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 13
Worth the Drive 13
Near the Airport 9

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Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fast becoming my favorite Hamitlon area course

Good value and really friendly staff. Course is in pretty good shape

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 30
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

as expected-good as usual!

The course conditions were excellent. the greens were in great shape. the bunkers were raked. The speed of play was average.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice layout

Course not just driver wedge or driver iron. Get to think off tee box. Great sand and great ongoing efforts to maintain and improve course. Can get this course if you are willing to course manage a little.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Excellent and enjoyable course

Very nicely designed course in perfect condition. Every hole is different and have its own point of challenge. There were some damages in the course due to severe cold during last winter what impacted all courses in Southern Ontario but maintained perfectly. Very kind and supportive personnel made play more enjoyable. Strongly recommend to play!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Driving Range?

The driving range for a nice course like this was very disappointing. It only had 4 flags to shoot at with no indication of distance at all. Very tough to warm up properly and discouraging after paying $11 for a large bucket.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Willow Valley Worth Playing

An excellent day at Willow Valley. The front 9 was very interesting and much more challenging than the back. Course is not long but fun to play.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Nice Course

A fair course for the price for a Father's Day round.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

large tricky greens

Course has nice variety of holes. Greens are in good condition but very undulating & tricky to putt. Slower than they appear. Rough is extremely punishing & usually results in lost ball. Overall nice challenge & enjoyable. Staff are very friendly and make for a pleasant experience.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

A Memorable Day

Played Sunday June 1st 10:00 AM course was busy, but not crazy busy. Weather was perfect.

The course was in great condition the greens were the best I have played this year so far. Fairway's were nice, bunkers need some work.

Played Gold tee's which makes it a pretty challenging course, layout is good greens are so undulating that putting it on the green is not good enough, you have to put it in the correct portion or you are asking to three putt (4 times for me).

The best part of the day was 17 where coming off a nine on the par 5 16th I hit a 7 iron that look pretty good...and it was. Landed 15 feet from the hole and rolled into the cup just like a putt. After 40 years of playing can finally take that off my list. I know I have not had the following 3 hole scores before 2-9-1. They were awesome in the pro shop and clubhouse when I told them...it was appreciated. Golf Now's tag line applies to Willow Valley Go play!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Poor weather
Used cart

GREAT COURSE

I had played the course before and new what to expect. It had rained previously and the course was wet (soaked with accumulation) I got in 12 holes
of which the first 9 I had no rain then gave up after 3 holes of rain. Will go back again when better weather occurs

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 43
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Reasonable price,staff very friendly ,course in good condition ,fairways & greens.

People very friendly,course in good condition,fairways &greens,bunkers very wet,weather just changing from winter to spring.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

Spring golf

Staff awesome. Overbooked tee times so pace of play was slow over 5 hour round. But seeing it was second weekend open I can live with it. I will return for hopefully the weather will be better. Thanks again to the all the staff.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This is an excellent course. Just beautiful.

Great fairways. Challenging holes from the blue tees. The staff was very friendly and the course was in awesome shape. It was a perfect day with nice wind to cool it down a bit.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

excellent

super friendly staff. Course was in great condition for the time of year. Enjoyed it very much. Good bang for the buck.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

nice course

Nice course with rolling hills. Fairways and greens were awesome.Challenging golf.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good Value

this course is always in great condition from tee boxes, fairways to green. Traps could use a little attention

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

A good test for your game.

First time I played here. I enjoyed the challenge of the course but felt that it was very fair in its demands. Flat lies are hard to find. Greens were quite slow. Only criticism would be the golf cart paths. They take you on such round about routes that I would never want to play the course under "cart path only" restrictions.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course! Keep it in play!

One of my favourites in Ontario. Expect to be challenged and play safe.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Course, poor customer service

Booked through Golf Now, arrived at course early to find that our tee time delayed due to 3 tournaments booked plus other paid tee times. Had we known this we would have booked elsewhere. Golf Now can post aeration warning , why not warnings about large or multiple tournaments.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 37
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Attractive, never-boring course

I haven't been here for a while because the fairways and greens were pretty damaged and poorly maintained, but, when I played here yesterday, this beautiful course seemed to have recovered about 80% of its original charm. Luckily, there were only a few aircrafts flying right above the course for some reasons. Considering every aspect, it surely is one of the best public courses in the Hamilton area. I'd like to thank the starter, Mr. Nice Guy, who kindly squeezed us in to start earlier.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
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