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4.5
1995 Reviews (1995)
5 Stars
1163
4 Stars
627
3 Stars
133
2 Stars
40
1 Stars
32
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.3
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.3
94.0%
Recommend this course
1863 out of 1995 reviews
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4.4
184 Reviews (184)
5 Stars
107
4 Stars
56
3 Stars
16
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
2
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.2
Layout
4.6
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.6
91.3%
Recommend this course
168 out of 184 reviews
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4.5
289 Reviews (289)
5 Stars
182
4 Stars
77
3 Stars
23
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
4
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.3
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.6
93.1%
Recommend this course
269 out of 289 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6825 yards
Slope 143
Rating 72.5
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Heron Creek Golf and Country Club
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Course Details

Year Built 2003
Golf Season Year round
Architect Arthur Hills (1999) Arthur Hills (2003)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fee
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School Academy Yes - "Heron Creek Golf Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted MasterCard Visa card(s) Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire, Collared or mock shirts required, no jeans and etiquette required at all times

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Spa, Sauna, Locker Rooms

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Fitness, Tennis

Reviews

4.5
1995 Reviews (1995)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 45
Brunch 27
Patio Dining 23
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 103
Bunkers 80
Undulating Greens 61
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 68
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 63
Locals 48
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 69
Convenient to the City 46
In the 'Burbs 24

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Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Great Course

Great course. Very good staff. Loved the greens , consistent from start to finish. Only drawback was tee time booked for 8:52 and then got bumped to 8:59 which wasn't a big deal. However,when we got to the tee the starter kept sending members out ahead of us. Finally at 9:15 they moved us to another time and we finally started playing at 9:30. We finished our round over 5 hours after our initial tee time. One suggestion is to have more rakes in the bunkers. Some bunkers are large with only 1 rake which slows down play. Also noticed times when bunkers were not raked if rake was a distance away.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 05/21/2018:
Hello amike0057, thank you for the four-star review. We are sorry for the tee time delay and we are glad you enjoyed our course conditions and staff. We also appreciate your feedback on the bunkers and rakes. Thank you for playing Heron Creek Golf & Country Club and we hope to see you again soon!
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Honest staff

Starter worked to get us out switched courses to do that. My friend lost his phone wallet and range finder. Staff helped to recover it. Many thanks

Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 25
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 25
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Hope they will have grass on fairway in the future. ;-)

The pace was really slow and there where hardly no grass on fairway.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 03/26/2024

Hi, u000007959737! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Heron Creek Golf and Country Club - Marsh/Creek Course!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great golf course

Awesome day except for exceptionally slow foursome in front of us.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
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Commented on 03/26/2024

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Heron Creek Golf and Country Club - Marsh/Creek Course.

Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Disappointing Greens

Unfortunately Heron Creek "lost" their greens some time in the last year. There are patches and dead spots on many greens, What's left are very grainy, and virtually unreadable. Green speed was fair. The totality of the experience on the greens was to badly let down the whole course. Couple that with a 70% increase in cost from last year and you're unlikely to get more of my business.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 03/27/2024

Hi, u314163582367! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Heron Creek Golf and Country Club - Marsh/Creek Course!

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice but…

Course well maintained And staff very pleasant. However after booking on line I incurred a $13 pp admin fee due when arrived. Was told this was new policy and would not waive fee. I will NEVER book on line again. I’ll call course directly

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 03/21/2024

Hi, u294896618. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Heron Creek Golf and Country Club - Marsh/Creek Course.

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Heron Creek

Members probably do not like outsiders bragging this place up. If I was a member I would keep this place a secret. Played here a dozen times in the last couple of years. One of the best from Tampa to North Port. Great course layout, food, range, and staff. We drive one hour from St Pete to get here, Best to travel on weekends to avoid traffic. This is a must play for golfers that love well run courses.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 03/27/2024

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Heron Creek Golf and Country Club - Marsh/Creek Course.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great day

Played in 4 hours and 10 min. Would have been much longer if a group in front of us did not allow us to play through. Fun course, fairways were nice, greens were fast with some of them needing repair. Fun layout, will be back

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
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Commented on 03/20/2024

Hello, dwlewis11. Thank you for visiting us at Heron Creek Golf and Country Club - Marsh/Creek Course. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Great day of golf

Played at 1:13 pm so great value at 105 dollars.
We will definitely play again before we head back to Canada

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 03/21/2024

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Heron Creek Golf and Country Club - Marsh/Creek Course.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A gem of a course

One of the nicest courses on my area . Not an easy course but a fair course for all abilities. If you have never played it you should!!!!!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 03/21/2024

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Heron Creek Golf and Country Club - Marsh/Creek Course.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pleased again

One of my favorite courses in the area. Fairways and greens were in great shape. The staff is very friendly.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 03/22/2024

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Heron Creek Golf and Country Club - Marsh/Creek Course.

Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

great course Ranger not so much

The course was excellent, The practice area was top notch. All the staff was excellent, except for one ranger. We played the the first nine in 2 hrs., and waited just bit on each hole. No big deal. On 11, the group ahead of us skipped it. Just as that happened the ranger happen to show up and tell us we are a hole behind. We then caught them two holes later a waited a little all the way in. I dont mind rangers doing their job, but know what your talking about. That aside, play this if you can

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Feel Cheated!

First let me say that I love the course. We arrived and were informed that we would be required to play the Creek course twice because they had an event that day. The event was a ladies tournament that had obviously been on the books for some time. No notice posted or advisement given when we booked our tee time - which I
Blame on Golf Now and Heron Creek. We played a premium rate as well. No discount given. The pro shop said we could quit after 9 and get a 9 hole raincheck. I don’t accept that these people accepted our tee time and didn’t know that we would be restricted to the Creek course. To make matters worse the round exceeded 5 hours. Absolutely no ranger support after the front nine. I will be contacting Golf Now management to let them know as well!

Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
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Commented on 03/22/2024

Hi, ebustard! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Heron Creek Golf and Country Club - Marsh/Creek Course!

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great shape

Great course with 3 nines. Played all 3 over 2 different days. Only complaint is that on second day, the ranger said we were playing slow and had to pick up the pace or he would make us skip a hole. No one was pushing us but that did not seem to matter. We were all average to above average golfers and did not feel we were were playing slow. Might have felt different if we were being pushed by next foursome. We teed off about 6 minutes after our tee time (courses fault, not ours) so I think that was used against us by the rangers. Other than that, I would recommend this course and would come back and play again. Had a great lunch there both days we played.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Very disappointed in the condition of the greens for being one of the most expensive green fees in the area.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 03/21/2024

Hi, seelpa. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Heron Creek Golf and Country Club - Marsh/Creek Course.

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