Lives
Ellenton
Age
55-64
Gender
Male
Skill
Intermediate
Plays
A few times a week

Review Statistics

Average Rating

3.1
3.1
Total 34 Reviews

Rating Breakdown

34 Reviews
5 Stars
2
4 Stars
13
3 Stars
9
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
4
Recommended Courses
21
Not Recommended Courses
13
Helpful Votes Count
1
Not Helpful Votes Count
0
First Review
11/30/2017
Last Review
03/26/2024

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Summerfield Crossings Golf Club

Played On 03/21/2024
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Last couple of times I rated this better

Last couple of times I rated this better, but upon closer inspection it's a cow pasture. The greens are ok, but not great. Fairways are garbage. Tee boxes average. Unless they water, stay away

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair

The Club at River Wilderness

Played On 02/21/2024
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Stay away brutal

They should give me back my money. Fairways are brutal. Tee boxes are worse, greens are fair. Waste of money.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good

Buffalo Creek Golf Course

Played On 02/14/2024
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Too slow

These Pope Run golf courses are brutal for slllloooowwww play. It's greed over service. The pin placements were stupid, can't even say bad, they were stupid, who's the intelect who decide to put 4 holes on hills. Nowhere for ball to rest!!! This made back ups at those holes, because instead of play for par your playing for double and triple, that includes all four players, no wonder on those holes there were 3-4 groups. Hence the word stupid!! The starter just never delays the groups to their times he pushes groups through as tight and fast as he can then you have major traffic right after hole one. Greens were suspect and just filling sand is a joke, they won't mysteriously just fix themselves, but this managent doesn't care! Some greens were ripped from aeration but don't bother to tell customers or even roll them or something. Watch the bouncy ball go. Too bad this could be great if it wasn't all about profits. I don't begrudge profits, I am just against take take take and do nothing to improve the experience.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average

Manatee County Golf Course

Played On 02/08/2024
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Brutal brutal brutal

This is a course that prides itself as being a 6hr+ track. Brutal starter, no marshalls and they don't give a flying t.rd, if it takes 6 plus hrs. Response from workers is have you ever played in February around here. Answer is yes and those other courses actually care about your experience!!! These guys care if your CC is good, money money money!!! Unless you don't care about taking 20plus minutes per hole this is your spot, otherwise STAY AWAY THEY DONT CARE ABOUT YOU!

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor

Tatum Ridge Golf Links

Played On 01/31/2024
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

It was alright

Course in decent shape this year. Marshalls needed. Slow play in front. They were driving their carts to inches of the green. Leaving cart in the fairway so as we couldn't shoot. Ignorant players!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average

Summerfield Crossings Golf Club

Played On 03/21/2024
2.0
Previously Played

It's a cow pature

Sorry, but it's not in great shape, too much money for hitting off dirt, greens aren't that great. The course is begging for water. Don't these courses have any watering done. Staff non existent. Plus the 3 guys I ended up with had brutal etiquette, a waste of money.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Good

Summerfield Crossings Golf Club

Played On 03/14/2024
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Nice course brutal Customer Service

Course in good shape, pace is decent. Staff well they're there, but being paid to twiddle their thumbs. You arrive, nobody at counter they're all blabbing to each other. Then the young fellow says "you're with cart 50, go find him". I pay for a cart so I don't have to carry my clubs, yet I'm left to find my partner. Useless staff. Every other course either carries or puts in a cart your clubs and finds the playing group and introduces the players. This place, you're on your own, yet they have 4-5 young fellows doing nothing to help clients. Major fail. Been there twice, same experience, so it must be their M.O. Do Better.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Average

Summerfield Crossings Golf Club

Played On 03/05/2024
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Nice course

This is well maintained. Pace was slow at first but picked up., finished in 4 and half hours. Friendly staff.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good

Riverside Golf Course

Played On 02/27/2024
2.0
Previously Played

No real fairways

Let's start with the positives, staff is friendly, green in decent shape.
Negatives, no decent fairways, like with actual grass,, tee boxes aren't much better, pace was not good early on. Greens are in nice shape but aren't true. Greens are more than just green grass. Not returning.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average

The Club at River Wilderness

Played On 02/21/2024
2.0
First Time Playing

Wasted money

If you like to give away money and play on garbage, this is your place!!! They should just take your money and send you home. Too bad, it's a nice layout but your playing on garbage and dirt!!! No grass per se on fairways. Don't waste your money. Greens are ok, staff is friendly, but was most frustrated round. Can't hit on garbage!
I wouldn't even spend $10 on this cr.p.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good

Buffalo Creek Golf Course

Played On 02/14/2024
2.0
Previously Played

Money money money

Too slow, hole 3 there wete 4 groups on a par 3. The pin placements were plain stupid on 4 holes including 3 where the huge jam up was. . No Marshall , starter shoves as many and as fast as possible. Greens are in distress and zero being done, that would cost money. Expecting them to fix themselves is a complete joke. It's too bad this track is nice but this management group is a joke. They could careless about your experience.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average

Manatee County Golf Course

Played On 02/08/2024
1.0
Previously Played

Brutal brutal brutal

No Marshall, starter doesn't follow the list he's shoving as many as he can squeeze in. Wait time with cashier. Brutal management. Not sure if I ever want to return but management doesn't care. Oh and last time I was here with visitors. They rented clubs that looked they came from the dump. Bent clubs dented clubs. Just garbage!!!

Had to leave as 6 HOURS IS BRUTAL!!!!!!!!!!!
But like I said management don't care

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair

The River Club

Played On 12/09/2023
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent

Tatum Ridge Golf Links

Played On 01/16/2023
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pace of play brutal

20+ minutes per hole. over stuffed due to greediness. Think of your customers not your greediness

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average

Manatee County Golf Course

Played On 11/09/2023
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Tee boxes and fairways are bad

Greens are nice rest of the course needs help. I'd recommend it because of the price. Full price I wouldn't recommend it.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good

Tatum Ridge Golf Links

Played On 11/01/2023
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Needs a little love

Tee boxes, fairways, yikes, the greens slow but decent. Staff awesome. Pace of play was brutal as a group was 2-3 holes behind and let nobody through. No Marshall to address it. Had to skip a hole then we ended about 4 holes ahead of them. If you can't keep up, let others through. Brutal

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent

Bent Tree Country Club

Played On 04/12/2023
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average

Links of Sandpiper

Played On 03/07/2022
1.0
Previously Played

Mini golf on steroids

This course is brutal, the new layout is a complete joke. It looks like the owner got their 12 year old kid to redesign the course after they were too greedy to leave it alone and hack this course into a complete joke. I think the kid had help from his mom as the landscape designer, this isn't a golf course it's a gardening project by a bad gardener. " Gee I think a pond will look good here, maybe a fountain there" forget that it's a stupid place for a pond on a golf course. One tee box is 90 yards from the pin which you can't even see the green or landing area!!!!
The GPS is off by 100's of yards, the cards don't match the yardage on the posts they have. Can't ever figure out how how far you are. It's a cow pasture, the greens are garbage, you'd be better off playing on astroturf. There's Tee boxes in the middle of other holes. They tried to squeeze 4 holes where 2 should be. Just a hack of a course, Get a real designer not your 12 year old to do it. If I ever got hit by a golf ball while on one of their asinine Tee boxes in mid fairway, I would sue, no nets no protection from incoming balls from behind while you Tee off. They basically got rid of 3-4 holes then squeezed them into the area where 14 holes used to be. Can you say kiddie golf!!!! Brutal conditions, brutal course nice staff. Waste of money. I have never seen such a brutally designed course

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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Brooksville Country Club

Played On 01/12/2022
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Not as good earlier this year

Wasn't impressed this time, greens need TLC. Was nice twice before, but seems like they dropped the ball. Still decent but was better previously.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good

Heritage Harbor

Played On 01/12/2022
2.0
Previously Played

Not worth the money

Sorry, but this course was well below many others in the area that were less money. Fairways like cow pastures. Hard and not in great shape. Greens need work. Not impressed

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
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