Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club - South Course
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About
Although it is tucked away among rolling green hills and mature oaks, Lake Jovita Country Golf & Country Club is conveniently less than 30 minutes north of Tampa. The club offers two championship golf courses, the North and the South. The South Course, the original track at Lake Jovita, has a more traditional design than the other course. It features generous fairways and velvety-smooth greens. The layout weaves through lakes and ponds that into play on several holes. The course was built to fully utilize the hilly terrain, incorporating a variety of elevation changes throughout. The par-5 11th hole even features a 94-foot drop from tee to green, which is the largest natural elevation change in the entire state. It is one of Florida's "must-play" courses
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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| Gold | 72 | 7153 yards | 74.2 | 135 |
| Blue | 72 | 6690 yards | 72.2 | 131 |
| White | 72 | 6206 yards | 69.6 | 128 |
| Green | 72 | 5750 yards | 68.0 | 119 |
| Black (W) | 72 | 5603 yards | 72.3 | 130 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5145 yards | 70.3 | 121 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 74.0/141 | 465 | 549 | 368 | 193 | 403 | 456 | 202 | 420 | 534 | 3590 | 422 | 559 | 221 | 562 | 146 | 420 | 451 | 362 | 420 | 3563 | 7153 |
| Blue M: 71.7/136 | 421 | 531 | 333 | 181 | 393 | 425 | 172 | 390 | 501 | 3347 | 395 | 537 | 201 | 539 | 134 | 394 | 402 | 341 | 400 | 3343 | 6690 |
| White M: 69.8/133 W: 76.0/133 | 387 | 505 | 315 | 163 | 379 | 384 | 151 | 372 | 471 | 3127 | 366 | 511 | 180 | 518 | 105 | 363 | 364 | 320 | 384 | 3111 | 6238 |
| White/Green M: 69.2/129 | 387 | 505 | 315 | 163 | 333 | 359 | 151 | 339 | 461 | 3013 | 366 | 511 | 180 | 518 | 105 | 309 | 302 | 320 | 344 | 2955 | 5968 |
| Green M: 67.7/123 W: 73.2/128 | 381 | 470 | 310 | 150 | 333 | 359 | 151 | 339 | 461 | 2954 | 319 | 492 | 143 | 456 | 105 | 309 | 302 | 300 | 344 | 2770 | 5724 |
| Red M: 64.8/117 W: 69.6/120 | 326 | 433 | 216 | 115 | 310 | 277 | 126 | 339 | 448 | 2590 | 319 | 426 | 97 | 422 | 100 | 309 | 302 | 287 | 293 | 2555 | 5145 |
| Family M: 60.8/109 W: 63.8/107 | 275 | 323 | 216 | 115 | 240 | 220 | 90 | 220 | 320 | 2019 | 208 | 330 | 90 | 330 | 90 | 234 | 256 | 215 | 247 | 2000 | 4019 |
| Handicap | 1 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 6 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 10 |
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Photo submitted by u000003936527 on 12/14/2022
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Photo submitted by u000003936527 on 12/14/2022
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Photo submitted by u314161833352 on 09/04/2021
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Photo submitted by u523099479 on 05/23/2021
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Photo submitted by Ronthreadgill on 11/04/2020
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Photo submitted by iPutt3 on 05/07/2019
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Hole 10 green on the South course Photo submitted by bvmagic on 05/30/2016
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Lines on the greens after being punched. Difficult to putt with these grabbing the ball as it rolled into them. Photo submitted by bvmagic on 05/30/2016
Wonderful Course
The only thing keeping this from being a 5 star review is that there are no ball washers and very little trash containers. What a beautiful course, congrats, and I hope to be back soon!!!
Lake Jovita south course
Good value golf course. Greens are fast and in good condition. Sand traps are inconsistent quality. Fairways are good condition. Fair golf course. No beverage cart service and snack bar closes early.
Lake Jovita
Great experience. Super friendly staff. Played with a member couple (Peter & Shelly) and they were fabulous ambassadors for Lake Jovita. Would love to play again. Pace of play was poor due to 3 groups of drinks in front of us.
South Course Challenge
Was really looking forward to playing South Course as enjoyed North a few years ago. Feeling slightly underwhelmed as conditions not as exceptional as I’d expected. Greens were superb - slopey, quick and challenging. Felt fairways lacked growth so lies very tight. This is a tough course with difficult questions asked by many bunkers and water hazards. All that being said it is a great course that I’d love to play again and would not hesitate to recommend.
Excellent day at Lake Jovita
Had a great day playing the Lake Chavita South course with some friends from up north. We were all impressed with the layout and the condition of the golf course.
Afterward, we went up to the bar and had some snacks and drinks and they help couldn’t have been more friendly. Would highly recommend to others who wish to play fine golf course
Beautiful windy day at Jovita
Fairways and tee boxes in great shape, South Course challenging as always. Range was closed, got kicked off the putting green for them to punch/sand, and they punched/sanded the south course before we played with no notice (in proshop or when making reservation). Pro shop employee just let the phone ring incessantly while checking people out, and it’s not a quiet phone. The icing on the cake was our group on the tee at 10, and two employees on Fringe mowers mowed the fringed and around the green while we were on it, didn’t even give us a chance to attempt to finish out before completing. Insanity they didn’t even slow down.
Greens were in good shape and fast
All parts of the course was in good shape. Excellent job on the course maintenance.
Nice course in excellent shape
Lake Jovita South course is a challenging track from all the tees, We found it to be in very good condition with new golf carts .The staff was friendly and. Helpful . .
Good times!
Played for the first time and was a positive experience. Friendly staff at check-in, the carts were clean and well cushioned (:)), the range was clean, flat, full of grass., started on time , pace a play was great, no waiting. The course was challenging, but forgiving. A fun place to go at the pin! Overall, very positive first experience.
Great Course
Best course in the area. Fast greens
beautiful fairways. awesome layout
Great Course, time well spent !!
Had a really good time played a great course, found it challenging and rewarding at the same time. The only issue was that the range was closed so we couldn’t hit any balls which was advertised was included in our price.
Jovita Gc
We had great time and course was in great shape
Grass was green and greens were in nice shape
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