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3.6
752 Reviews (752)
5 Stars
169
4 Stars
367
3 Stars
130
2 Stars
51
1 Stars
35
Conditions
3.1
Value
4.0
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.9
77.4%
Recommend this course
617 out of 752 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.5
72 Reviews (72)
5 Stars
13
4 Stars
26
3 Stars
21
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
6
Conditions
2.8
Value
4.0
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.4
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.5
68.1%
Recommend this course
49 out of 72 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.4
109 Reviews (109)
5 Stars
16
4 Stars
43
3 Stars
29
2 Stars
14
1 Stars
7
Conditions
2.8
Value
3.9
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.5
67.9%
Recommend this course
74 out of 109 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6016 yards
Slope N/A
Rating N/A
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Schalamar Creek Golf Club
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Course Details

Year Built 1986
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Winter Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ron Garl (1986)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Reviews

3.6
752 Reviews (752)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 21
Brunch 10
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 35
Narrow Fairways 29
Bunkers 24
This course/club is great for:
Seniors 33
Locals 27
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 19
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 30
Worth the Drive 19
In the 'Burbs 7

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Reviews 5
Handicap 0-4
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Plays A few times a week
2.0
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Perfect weather
Used cart

Needs work

Let me start of and say I loved the design and layout. The course is not very long even from the back set of tees. The condition of 1/2 to 2/3's of the tees were overseeded with rye as there was no Bermuda present. This also applies to the fairways as well. The green surrounds and a lot of areas needs to have weeds sprayed and killed. The greens were very thin with an excessive amount of sand as sand will fill in the bad. To me being in the golf course industry, it really needs a good pounding of fertilizer and cut back some of the trees as the shade is hurting a lot of areas.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Golfing

Nice course , a little challenging, a little narrow but overall a fun course to play . A bit soggy after a lot of rain so plan wisely.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 49
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
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Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

won't be back

extremely slow play. obviously members don't care for visitors. they won't have to worry about us anymore. Greens have large bare spots .

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 49
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

SLOW

Got behind 4 obviously members who never offered the 2 of us to play through. .Waited on every tee and second shot Apparently playing for a fortune as the green putt out took forever.
Finally skipped them in order to finish in a reasonable time. .This has happened here before. We wont be back...

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Previously Played

Staff

Starter was very obnoxious I don’t mind being told about doing something wrong but when my age and pace of play is brought up when no one is behind me and no one caught up to me all day long Starter needs to know what he’s talking about. Please find someone who knows what they’re doing.

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great layout

Quite wet from aĺl the rain we had in the last week .

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Terrible conditions

Course was very crowded and pace of play was extremely slow. Greens were in terrible condition and back 9 holes were very wet. We will not be returning.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart
Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 86
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Big change from last year, the grass wasn’t cut.

The green were terrible, weeds all over, grass wasn’t cut from the tee boxes to the fairways.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Don’t play if it’s been rainy

The course is a tight and short step above executive type course. Half of the holes are surrounded by nature and are beautiful , the others are in a nice neighborhood. We had rain for several days before this round. The course does not drain well at all! I lost balls in the fairways and around the green because they were “plugged” in the ground. Standing water on every fairway. I will play there again, but only after dry days and never after the rain.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 51
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow players

For the love of God will someone please tell other golfers about golf etiquette and that if you are a slow player to let faster players play through. Took way too long to get a round in because of this. And it’s not this course it’s all over the Tampa area.
Other than that staff was great, course itself is good but greens could be better. Layout is good and a fun course. I will be back soon.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 121
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
First Time Playing

Greens mottled with crab grass

A demanding layout requiring strategic thinking. Must keep tree shots in play & in most cases a 200 yd drive in the fairway will help with scoring. The problem though is the conditions which punishes both tee & approach shots missed. Bare patches, mud & mixture of grasses make scoring extremely difficult. Courses where you have to work your way around ask that conditions be good enough to provide the player with a chance. I didn’t have one putt where crab grass was not in the line & even if you moved the ball, it does not obviate such interference. To make matters worse, the course was wet, lots of mud balls, it was cart path only because of overseeding of the fairways. Hopefully that helps.. Inconsistent green side bunkers some with little sand and some seemingly with new sand. Unfortunately, while I love to play the course again, it would be too frustrating given the course conditions particularly the greens.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 40
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Schalamar Creek

This is a course that I have played quite often. The greens were probably in the worst shape that I recall seeing them in, there was quite a bit of broadleaf grass growing on the greens. They had overseeded and the rule of the day was cart path only. Hopefully they’re able to get the greens back in good shape quickly. Probably be a while before I play here again.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Tea boxes were in rough shape. Some of the greens had bare spots on them.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 75
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather

Needs work

M.any weeds in the greens which made the ball bounce. Cart paths need work. Tee boxes were in bad shape. The fairways were in decent
shape. It was very wet in front of most of the greens

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 91
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Love this course

Got off fast. Greens were fast and challenging. Little wet in spots but great overall. Keep up the good work and we'll be back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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