Boca Royale Golf & Country Club

Difficult course to navigate for a first time outing. We missed one
hole completely and hole #10 was basically unmarked. Very scenic with lots of sand cranes and alligators (saw 7). Enjoyed the day . Was going to fill my water container after the first nine, but was told there was no time to do that. Also got in trouble when I parked in front of the bag drop sign. Said I should of stopped 100 yards before. I say move the sign so we know what your thinking. I straightened him out, but put me off before we even started.

the course was in good shape the pace of play was terrible we were playing it too soon behind a foursome or so slow we watched seven people walk off the golf course never looked back never waived anybody through they had the worst golf etiquette I've ever seen they acted like they were the only ones on the golf course your course needs a ranger and enforce the speed of play for that reason we will not be back 5-hour round is ridiculous

Everyone friendly, course in very good shape. Not the longest, but it is what it is.

Very Good Time

This course was in not too bad condition. The greens were good. The fairways were ok but very tightly cut. One temporary t on 10 with no signs. Check in could have been a little more friendly. No beverage cart out.

Pros:
Greens were firm and had nice quick/true breaks. They also weren’t groomed well maybe due to course maintenance scheduled?

Nice putting/chipping area and friendly staff, feels like a nice country club but you can’t use the range if you don’t belong.

Cons:
Tee box areas were weeded/dead and extra long. Had to tee the ball up higher than necessary.
Fairways have that grass which ties together like weeds and can grab hard if you take a divot.
Ground staff dove right behind us in the middle of tee off.

Left halfway through the round as it just wasn’t what I expected/ had enough of the tee boxes and greens not rolled.

This is a good course if you like 200 yard tee shots where you don’t know if you’re playing a dogleg left or right. If you hit your driver more than 240 might as well leave it at home. Terrible layout, pretty good condition. Would not recommend.

Unfriendly staff
1- unloaded clubs, said to the staff person”this is our first time playing here” he did “good luck” that’s was it and walked away. Did not even tell us where the pro shop was???
2-next person on staff, enjoy the course!! I asked, is it in good shape? His response “getting better” that was not very encouraging! And he was right! Need to be a whole lot better for the green fees we paid
3- was out out in a twosome, no big deal! What the didn’t say is the course is full of foursomes. It took us 1 hour and 20 min, to play 3.5 holes! So we left the course!!!
4- called to let them know how poor our experience was, and was treated like it was our fault they had slow play, ( not a ranger to be seen) and what made it so un pleasant was the the players ahead of us were running of the greens to speed things up, because they realized we were a twosome, and we were playing extra fast because the starter told us he had to have the course cleared by 2:30, our tee time was 12:15, figure that one out!!!
5- no offer for any compensation! Okay fine our decision to walk off course! But the pro said that he couldn’t refund because we booked on GolfNow with a prepaid fee, I said the reason we booked on line was the website encourage that! Anyway the final straw was this in regards to slow play, while driving home I called the shop, pro told me that the foursomes ahead of us were only playing nine hole and that the course would open up after that!!! now that would have been some handy information to have before we teed off, and lost our patients!!!!
Oh well lesson learned

Challenging golf course with great water holes. Friends played with me for first time and is on there #1 to play when back here next month! Just a great time

Always a pleasure to play at boca Larry the starter is great as are most of the staff