Affordable Quality Golf, Right In The City
There is nothing that feels quite as invigorating yet at the same time as relaxing as a really good game of golf. You know you are on a good course when you are surrounded by perfectly maintained beauty with nothing but lush and manicured greens, tall trees that reach for the blue skies, stunning spots of sand, and beautifully incorporated water pieces. With a background like that, it’s hard to feel any kind of stress or anxiety. And if you’re on your game and you’re hitting those power drives and watching that little white ball fly through the sunny skies only to drop right on the green, how can you feel anything but exhilarated?
Fanshawe Golf Course is a wonderful course here in London located in the Cedar Hollow Park neighbourhood. You get quality golfing without the expensive membership fees, as it’s a pay and play type of course. Affordable golf with well-maintained courses is what you’re going to get at Fanshawe Golf course.
The Courses
Fanshawe’s Golf Course has different courses designed for different skill levels and types of play so anyone can experience quality golfing, no matter your skill level. And the best part is that this golf is affordable golf!
Parkside 9
The Quarry
The Traditional
The History
This course was built in 1958 because the Thames Valley Golf Course was the only public golf course in the city and it was too busy and was being overplayed. So the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority and the London Public Utilities Commission took some farmland and converted it into a golf course. At this time is when they built the Traditional course. Interestingly, most of the Traditional course is still intact from that original construction in 1958. There were some shifts and changes to only a couple of the holes when the Quarry course was added on. 1991 is when four golf employees Mike Olizarevitch, Al Stoyles, Fred Kern and John Cowie were asked to add new land into the course design. They wanted to preserve as much as they could of the Traditional, which is how they came up with the idea to add the Quarry as a second course.
Reviews
Fanshawe golf course gets great reviews on golfing websites and apps. In fact, 97.1% would recommend the Traditional course to other golfers, base on golf advisor. People say that it has a great variety of hole layouts and that its courses are in great condition.
One golfer said that the Traditional course was a “personal favourite of all the city courses, open on some holes to let the driver go, challenging on others to force smart play.”
Another golfer said that the Traditional was a “Very good all around course, marks off all the boxes needed for enjoyment”.
Events
Golf is a great way to hose fun tournaments for workplaces, family reunions, churches, or as a way to raise money. Fanshawe Golf Course can handle events from 30 people to 300 people. The staff are helpful and informative and can provide the planner and the players with a wonderful tournament experience.
Whether you want a shotgun start or staggered starting times, they can help. If you want to have a dinner afterwards and want to have prizes for things like longest drive, or best foursome score, or best player, they can certainly help with that as they are very well equipped in both of those functions. They also have lunch options available like hamburgers and hot dogs or packed sandwiches.
Things To Know
- There is a dress code for this course, but it’s not as strict as at private courses.
- They have a clubhouse where you can buy drinks and some food items. There is also a vending area on the course where you can also buy drinks because we all usually want a beer while we’re golfing halfway through the course.
- You’ll probably see at least one gopher while you’re playing.
- The course is well maintained in the fall as well, so don’t restrict yourself to only visiting in the summer.
- Golfers must get off the course at first sign of thunder or lightning. Rain checks will be provided if you get stormed out of the course.
- According to Google, peak times on weekends are from 12-5 and people spend between 1-3.5 hours at Fanshawe Golf Course
- You can rent clubs there
- As long as you’re 18+ and have a valid driver’s license, you can rent a cart
If you’re a golfer or even just enjoy the sport on occasion, then you can rejoice. London has you covered with affordable golf and a quality golfing experience right here in our very own city. You get a choice of three different courses (one that is fully accessible) for various skill levels, a nice variety of hole layouts, stunning views of Fanshawe Lake, tree-lined fairways, and a variety of tricky par 3s to try and navigate.