GolfPass Icon
Rating Index Rating
Tooltip Information Icon
3.6
345 Reviews (345)
5 Stars
93
4 Stars
199
3 Stars
35
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
11
Conditions
3.3
Value
3.5
Layout
3.5
Friendliness
3.6
Pace
3.3
Amenities
3.3
73.1%
Recommend this course
317 out of 345 reviews
Read Reviews
Average Rating
Avg Rating
4.0
2 Reviews (2)
5 Stars
0
4 Stars
2
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.0
Value
4.0
Layout
3.0
Pace
5.0
Amenities
3.0
StaffFriendliness
4.0
100.0%
Recommend this course
2 out of 2 reviews
Read Reviews
Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.2
12 Reviews (12)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
4
Conditions
2.7
Value
3.1
Layout
2.9
Pace
2.8
Amenities
2.9
StaffFriendliness
3.1
66.7%
Recommend this course
8 out of 12 reviews
Read Reviews

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 67
Length 4909 yards
Slope 107
Rating 63.8
Book a Tee Time at
Cardinal Lakes - Sparrow
Powered by GolfNow.com

Course Details

Year Built N/A
Golf Season Apr 1 to Nov 1

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
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 golf attire is required at all times NO - jeans, short shorts, sweat pants or cut-offs NO - tank tops, T-shirts, or team jerseys

Reviews

3.6
345 Reviews (345)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 15
Patio Dining 9
Brunch 8
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 19
Bunkers 18
Undulating Greens 14
This course/club is great for:
Seniors 22
Walkers 22
Beginners 17
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 19
Worth the Drive 10

Numbers based on reviews tagged with attribute.

Advanced Filters
Overall Rating
Recommended
Handicap
Age
Type of Golfer
Gender
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

MYSTERY TOUR

Basically a nice course but if it's your first time there it is somewhat of a mystery trying to figure out where the next hole is.. Very poorly marked! Lots of water hazards. A couple of interesting holes but mostly straightforward. I think its not competitively priced as there are much better course for the same money or less!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Used cart

Tough Greens for a Short Track

For a short course the greens were the biggest challenge. Hard to hold when flag mostly on an incline. Good tract to practice your irons for sure. Conditions went from rain to sun, overall a little chilly but great staff made up for it.. Cart paths were a disaster not being paved. Overall was a good day as we head into our No Golf season...

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 80
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Course was in great shape

I enjoy this course but hate getting gouged on the price per person for the cart, it really puts me off coming to this course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

PACK EM IN

Decent course , expect 4 groups per hole and to stand around for 10-15 before each tee.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Crooks

Cardinal lakes has two 18 hole courses the difference between the two is incredible,the sparrow which is the shorter of the two courses is quite inferior to the conditions over at the Herron course also the day I played the Herron course i pre-payed for tee time on GolfNow and proceeded to call the course and ask what the cost of the user of a power cart would be which I was informed that it would be 20 per person so we proceeded to golf course paid our 40 dollars and played.My question is why when I played the Sparrow course why the power cart fee now was 48.50 for two players , I feel that the green fee I pre-paid for as a hot deal through GolfNow was a manipulation tactic by the course because what fee they lost by giving a hot deal through GolfNow they made back by ripping me off with an overpriced power cart ....40 dollars for two people one day to use power cart ,too 48 dollars and 50 cents the next day for the same two people to use the a same power cart at the same establishment “Cardinal Lakes Golf” . MAKES NO SENCE WILL NOT RETURN!!!!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

To crowded

They booked way to many golfer
When you are waiting at every hole more then 10 minutes to play its not fun

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Sunday Afternoon Stroll

Not enough driving carts to meet the demand.
Staff around are competent and courteous.
Too many hackers out on a Sunday afternoon so play was slow slow slow. 4.5 hours on a course that I had played on earlier in the summer in 3.0 hours (same # of people in our group - ie. 4 players). Did not see a Marshall on the course at any point during play.
Greens and fairways were good.
Will play again but not on a weekend.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pin placement

Course was in good shape, pin placement was very tough, definitely tested tour putting.
All in all fun day

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

nice course ...very slow

nice course....lovely friendly staff....but pace of play was terrible...had a foursome in front who would not let us play thru...kind of silly....would come back hopefully not the same people in front of us.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Cardinal Lakes

A good challenge but it is a shorter course. Fun to play, you can be finished in under 4 hours.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 49
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Double charged

Golf now charged me. Then I get there and they said no payment was processed so required me to pay again so i did, and now I have 2 charges from them

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pace of play to slow.

This course needs a marshal . The pace of play is exceptionally slow. We were walking and had to wait on every hole some times up to six mins.

They also have issues with their irrigation systems.

To bad as it could be a great course

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 6
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 91
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Always worth the round

Always enjoy a fair price round at Cardinal Lake Sparrow course. Pace and f play good at 4 hours. Course in pretty good shape. Men’s washroom in clubhouse in bad shape. Staff friendly.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Nearby Courses
Welland, Ontario
Semi-Private
3.7249882353
362
Pelham, Ontario
Semi-Private
4.1042176471
629
Welland, Ontario
Semi-Private
2.6519176471
126
Fenwick, Ontario
Public
4.3224764706
391
Welland, Ontario
Private
4.0468
299
Fenwick, Ontario
Semi-Private
4.1753647059
491
Pelham, Ontario
Private
5.0
2
Fenwick, Ontario
Semi-Private
4.1753647059
491
Fenwick, Ontario
Semi-Private
4.1753647059
491
Port Colborne, Ontario
Semi-Private
4.3468058824
249
Welland, Ontario
Public
0.0
0
Port Colborne, Ontario
Public
3.94445
13
Golf Packages

Shadowbrook Stay & Play Package

FROM $87 (USD)
TUNKHANNOCK, PA | Enjoy 3 nights' accommodations at Shadowbrook Resort and 2 rounds of golf at Shadowbrook Golf Course.

Oglebay Golf Around Package

FROM $167 (USD)
WHEELING | Enjoy 3 nights’ accommodations at Oglebay Resort’s Wilson Lodge and 2 rounds of golf at Oglebay Resort – Palmer & Jones Courses.

Seaview Stay & Play Golf Package

FROM $197 (USD)
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ | Enjoy 2 nights' accommodations at Seaview, A Dolce Hotel and 2 rounds of golf at Seaview Golf Club - Bay & Pines Courses.
Now Reading