Hamilton Area Courses

[davevandyk]

I am moving to Hamilton in May and am looking for a good course to become a member of. I will still be an intermediate golfer and want a nice course but can't afford more than $1300 plus bar tab. Ideally i am looking for a course about 7,000 from the tips with rating of 127/72. Let me know of any courses that might fit the bill! Not interested in Clublink courses.

Courses can be in Burlington, Ancaster, Dundas or Hamilton anything within 20 of Hamilton.

[rgk5]

King's Forest fits the bill perfectly. Rates are as follows:

Adult, full seven day $1520

Intermediate (18-21) $1042.

We have a strong group of guys who play a regular Wed. and Friday afternoon game for $12 each. Monthly championships and many other events. Take a look .

http://old.hamilton.ca/Visiting-Here...st/default.htm

Ciao,

Bob

[davevandyk]

thanks thats perfect. Have you played there before? If so, how busy does the course get in the summer?

thanks

[rgk5]

It is busy but times are not to difficult to get. I've been there for three years and off and on since 1986. My son Chris and I play every Mon. and Thursday after 10:00 during the summer and I play in most of the "Wed. Boy" games for $.

Chris and I play every Sunday after 12:00 noon from opening till the end of June.

[whogerfello]

I agree with rgk5. It's one of the best deals in the area. It's a good challenge. However, it can get really crowded and slow on the weekends during prime-time. I guess that's to be expected when it's not a private course. From my research, no where else really competes with this price unless you want an evening membership.

[rgk5]

Last year, Sunday games averaged 4:35-4:45. Only once did it hit five hours.

[davevandyk]

i think me and my buddy might have to check out King's Forest this summer then. Do you know the course's website? Or a link to where i can get a registration form for a membership?

[rgk5]

You will need to log unto the City of Hamilton website.

http://old.hamilton.ca/Visiting-Here...st/default.htm

[Feathery Balls]

Two other good courses in the area are Copetown Woods and Willow Valley. They are both nice, somewhat links style courses, but Copetown is about $20 cheaper .. and a nicer atmosphere.

Kings Forest is nice, but could be a thousand times nicer, if the lazy city workers knew what they were doing to maintain it. The property is amazing, but it just isn't conditioned good enough to be a top course.

[davevandyk]

I know that Copetown Woods is a great course and would love to play there, but they don't have memberships, just package deals on rounds of golf. Being someone who plays 80+ rounds a year, the package round deals are not good deals for me. Willow Valley is the same problem for me, i was looking for either a public or private course where i can get a summer membership for less than $1300 as an intermediate member, 22yrs old.

[rgk5]

The other issue is that with no membership, you give up all the club competitions.

[whogerfello]

Hey again,

Hope you enjoyed King's Forest, but if not, try Mystic. It's very reasonable for an intermediate membership ($1,250 if 25 or under). Remember that you have to use a cart so that'll cost $14 a round for members or there is a yearly membership.

Anyway, if interested, here's the website.

http://www.golfnorth.ca/index.html

I joined this fall for next year. The course was still in great shape. No real clubhouse, so don't expect much there.

Have fun!

[davevandyk]

Hey again,

Hope you enjoyed King's Forest, but if not, try Mystic. It's very reasonable for an intermediate membership ($1,250 if 25 or under). Remember that you have to use a cart so that'll cost $14 a round for members or there is a yearly membership.

Anyway, if interested, here's the website.

http://www.golfnorth.ca/index.html

I joined this fall for next year. The course was still in great shape. No real clubhouse, so don't expect much there.

Have fun!

ya i have been thinking strongly about Mystic if i do stay in the Hammer next summer. Lochness links is another option, although in Welland i have a few buddies who live in St. Kitts, so it will hopefully entice them to become members as well, giving me some guys to play with.

Hope if all goes well i might be in Perth, Aus in Feb though!