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Dragons Fire Course

Dragons Fire Golf Club

Carlisle, Ontario, CA
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Michael Fozard
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About this course

Dragons Fire Golf Club occupies rolling terrain in Carlisle, a rural community in the Town of Flamborough within the Greater Hamilton area of southern Ontario. Designed by Bryan DeCunha and opened in the early 2000s, the course takes advantage of natural elevation changes and wooded corridors typical of the Niagara Escarpment's outlying landscape. The routing moves through a mix of open farmland and mature tree-lined fairways, with several holes playing along or across natural drainage features that add strategic interest to club selection and approach angles. The layout presents a variety of hole styles, from straightforward par fours that reward accurate driving to more demanding par threes that require precise iron play over hazards or elevation change. Water comes into play on multiple holes, and the green complexes feature moderate undulation and bunkering that test short game skills. The property's natural contours create several risk-reward opportunities, particularly on par fives where longer hitters can consider aggressive lines. Dragons Fire operates as a public-access facility serving golfers from the Hamilton and Burlington areas as well as visitors traveling the southern Ontario golf corridor. The club offers a full practice facility and maintains a casual, welcoming atmosphere typical of Ontario's daily-fee market. Its location between Hamilton and Cambridge places it within a competitive regional golf landscape that includes both established private clubs and newer public courses built during the province's golf expansion of the 1990s and 2000s.

Quick facts

Location
Carlisle, Ontario, CA
Access
Public
Year built
2008
Holes
18
Par
72
Length
7,212 yards
Difficulty
73/131
Course Vaults score
5.6

Getting there

# Getting There

Dragons Fire Golf Club sits in the rolling countryside west of Toronto, most easily reached via Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ), roughly ninety minutes south by car through the Greater Toronto Area before the landscape opens into the rural farmland and oak woodlands of Carlisle. Private aviation clients will find Buttonville Municipal Airport (YKZ) a more intimate alternative, positioned just north of the city and cutting travel time considerably for those arriving by charter. The final stretch carries you north and west through increasingly pastoral terrain, where the urban sprawl gives way to the quiet dignity of Ontario's horse country - a fitting transition before arriving at Dragons Fire, where the course's dramatic elevation changes and strategic bunkering emerge from the natural topography like a carefully guarded secret.

FAQ

Common questions about Dragons Fire

Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.

Dragons Fire has a Course Vaults score of 5.6 out of 10 based on 11 logged golfers.

Dragons Fire was designed by Bryan DeCunha.

Yes. Dragons Fire is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.

Par at Dragons Fire is 72.

Dragons Fire plays 7,212 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.

The slope rating at Dragons Fire is 131.

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