Boca Royale Golf & Country Club

A couple years ago this was a great place to play. It’s been inder construction for over a year and is pretty rough. No range, the chipping green is laughable, and the pro shop staff acts lime you are lick to play there as if it’s Augusta or something. Now they’re charging MORE money for what is without question the worst course in the Venice/Englewood area? No thanks.

Enjoyable round. Met good group that joined up with. Green very good. Fast need to be below hole. Fairways pretty rough shape. Overall had good time. Little pricey for course condition but it is peak season. Would go back

Fairways extremely short lots of role but hard to hit fairway woods almost like hitting off a dirt cart path. Greens pretty fast but a lot of bad spots on some greens.

The greens were nice but the fairways were awful. Barely any grass.

Informed of a 5:30 pm cart return policy when checking in, practice range restricted to members only , overcharged for a round that could not be completed., course condition mediocre, will not be back

The cart guy yelled at us when we first got there. The office clerk told a player in our group to tuck his shirt in. The problem was the gentleman was on a portable oxygen tank and was unable to tuck it in. The starter sent out early and said you have no time to practice. Also I asked him for a score card he said we short on them so you can’t have one.

First off, the starter yesterday (2/27/22 1 p.m.) needed to take some happy pills. He went to assist some folks having a cart issue on the very first hole. He came back ranting, “YOU DON’T HAVE TO PUSH THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR TO MAKE THESE CARTS GO!”. I felt sorry for the folks he was supposed to be helping. He also was confused and rude because we showed up 30 minutes before our time. Not the guy I want as first impression of my club kinda guy.

Second, What the heck are they thinking making #10 a 100 yard par 3? They had land in the back if they wanted to reroute the course. Instead they’re squeezing in a few more home sites.

Third, what with the “carts have to be in by 5:30” b.s.? If you sell me a green fee, I expect to finish my round or play till dark. Period. If you can’t staff the place with someone to stay till we’re done, you’ve got HUGE issues. I worked as an assistant pro for years and we stayed till everyone was done. If you’re going to have this policy, perhaps you should clearly state that when I’m making a tee time?

Fourth - the greens were magnificent. BRAVO.

Lastly, how some water, fertilizer, over seed on the fairways?

Our flight arrived that morning from zero degree Chicago, and while it was unseasonably cold in FL, it still felt pretty darn good. Staff was friendly. Tough little course where accuracy is required, of which I had little. The back nine it was 55 degrees and rainy, but we loved every minute. When we returned the carts they said we were the only ones on the course the last hour and a half. I guess nobody in FL needs to golf in weather like that, so why would they? Nice staff. We had fun.

Standard of the past not met due to changes in course lay out.

Enjoyed the outing very much. Enough challenges to make it inspiring and challenging.

Tired course that needs a makeover. The scorecard was a photocopy of a scorecard. They have not purchased new scorecard.and just using photocopies.

The conditions were less than average. One par 4 had the tees pushed way up to convert it to a par 3 because the fairway was burnt out. In addition the green on that hole was dead in more than 1/3 of the area.