Lives
Ormond beach
Handicap
10-14
Age
65+
Gender
Male
Skill
Advanced
Plays
A few times a week

Review Statistics

Average Rating

4.1
4.1
Total 37 Reviews

Rating Breakdown

37 Reviews
5 Stars
13
4 Stars
19
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Recommended Courses
34
Not Recommended Courses
3
Helpful Votes Count
2
Not Helpful Votes Count
0
First Review
05/26/2016
Last Review
09/20/2019

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Crane Lakes Golf & Country Club

Played On 09/19/2019
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

First to worst

Monday the best greens in Volusia county Friday drilled, sanded , no notification, boo.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 09/21/2019

Dave- Please reach to me here at Crane Lakes Golf Shop. I am the Golf Professional here and you should have been notified by our staff about the aerification. Id love to invite you back when the conditions heal.

Cypress Head Golf Club

Played On 09/12/2019
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Very nice shape great layout

Greens 90,% recovered from drilling. Other than some wet spots the course was in great condition. Love the layout. Skins game with best golf buddy done in 3 hours. Best choice this side of town Venetian and Spruce are a mess.

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

Pine Lakes Golf Club

Played On 08/22/2019
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

5 Stars ... and fun

Best greens around, a layout that will make you think or play out of the well groomed bunkers. Fun course, nice staff, very well maintained. My first 5 star from here to NSB.

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

LPGA International - Jones Course

Played On 08/08/2019
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

A real quiet round

Ok today was fun. We golfed with two Chinese gentlemen that couldn't speak alot of English but asked us to join them on the back nine. Smiles and hand gestures along with all of us knowing the rules and golf etiquette made for an interesting and fun outing. The greens are still recovering from drilling and sanding but were puttable. Fairways were wet with several plugged drives, one disappeared within 10 yards of the 150 center marker. Sandtraps are full of tadpoles.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging

Palm Harbor Golf Club

Played On 07/29/2019
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Good greens but ...

The first time I've played here this year and was pleasantly surprised. Greens were drilled about a month ago and had quite a bit of sand still on them which slowed the putts. Traps maintained well and burmuda rough was at 3". I'll be back.

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

Spruce Creek Country Club

Played On 07/08/2019
1.0
Previously Played

GolfPass+ Not Welcome? Warning!

I play 2 or 3 rounds a week and according to my GolfPass+ account I have booked 240 rounds with them. Today as I checked in to play Spruce Creek with two friends I was told I have played Spruce Creek 6 times in 2019 already and I CAN NOT PLAY AGAIN. It was new policy and the pro shop person asked me for my two friends names so he could put them on the list to ban them from playing too. The pro shop person said he only works there and had no explanation for the new rules. I didn't tell my friends about this until after the round. Why spoil everyone's day? Why offer any tee times at all? Should I come to the course wearing a disguise and pay cash? Or...Will my friends and I along with all the other GolfPass+ members go golf where you are welcome and not discriminated against for being a GolfPass+ member.

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

LPGA International - Hills Course

Played On 06/17/2019
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Greens at 75% but healing

Noon skins game was let play through on #3 Hills course by very nice foursome. On #5 we see a twosome in woods left and right who parks the cart in the fairway in front of the green on all the holes except the part 3s. We let them keep an entire hole in front of us and waited for them to get off the green before we teed off. No body behind us. Ranger drives up to us at first par 5 on the back nine says the twosome in front of us has been waving us to go through all day. I said so what? Because we hit near their cart on #1?. Can golf now or somebody publish basic golf etiquette? These two didn't rake a trap, park behind the green, or quit looking for balls in the woods from 5-18. The greens still have drill holes so I'll wait another couple weeks to return. I hope those guys go back to horseshoes.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging

River Bend Golf Club

Played On 06/05/2019
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Great greens again....

Grounds crew doing a great job. Heavy rain last night but new drainage and sandtrap work has the course in the best shape ever. Fairways and first cut rough very playable. Greens are among top three in Volusia and pins cut in challenging locations today like #14. I was behind a slow foursome that put 5 balls in the lake so I fixed 100 pitchmarks and was rewarded with a 6 over so of course I give Riverbend 4.5 stars.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/14/2019

HiSunsetDave. 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 River Bend Golf Club.

River Bend Golf Club

Played On 05/31/2019
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

The Starter is .....

So I like to play Riverbend twice a month and sometimes I go out by myself and get paired up with others to speed up play. I waited past my tee time to get paired with two players hitting from the red tees. A men's threesome played in front of us and also behind us as I hit from the whites each time and then let the red tee players hit their next two or three shots each before it was my turn to hut again.... The Starter is ...

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

Spruce Creek Country Club

Played On 05/23/2019
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Greens are smooth med-fast

Great day with 11:30 tee time partner. Sand was perfectly groomed, I saw 14 bunkers today, Greens were the best here all year, weather perfect.

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

Crane Lakes Golf & Country Club

Played On 04/25/2019
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Perfect.

No wind, great greens, good pace = the best round ever.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Whine & Geez

We play 120 rounds a year and 25 of those are at Pelican South. Layout is great, conditions depends on the weather. I had an 81 with a lost ball and got beat by four strokes. Thin lies with sparse grass? Hit down on the ball. Inconsistent traps and greens? Hit the pin. Not nice enough for you? I've played all the top rated courses around and all but 3 have terrible greens due to dry weather. WHINERS ALERT! This is golf not bowling.

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

Pine Lakes Golf Club

Played On 03/19/2019
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

#1

We play 12 different courses in the area and we like Arnie's Pine Lakes. Best greens, layout and maintenance crew. Greens rolled consistent and were hard as a billiard table. No pitch marks, all the traps were raked and pins were placed for fast play. Love the course, keep it up.

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

River Bend Golf Club

Played On 03/13/2019
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Great Greens

Some of our local courses are having a hard time maintaining quality putting surfaces this time of year so we search and play the best we can find. I would rate Riverbend among the top three in Volusia along with Crane Lakes and Riviera. I like to repair pitch marks in the greens as I play and invite others to do the same. Can some qualified person explain to me how a course that puts tremendous effort and manpower into their club will get such horrible results? Is it our unusually dry warm winter? Strange looking overseed that looks like broccoli? What's up with that?

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 03/15/2019

Thank you for the wonderful 5-star review! We're honored you consider River Bend among the top 3 in the area!

Crane Lakes Golf & Country Club

Played On 03/04/2019
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

It's about the greens.

We play 12 different courses in Volusia and Palm coast and Crane Lakes has one of the top three best greens. Today they were a bit slower than usual, I guess due to rain or sprouting overseed. Bunkers and the whole course was in great shape. It was a bit windy and we played at a good pace until about #14 which isn't too bad for in season.

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

River Bend Golf Club

Played On 02/19/2019
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Top 3 for me

Every course in town is crowded so a 5 hr round is not surprising. Greens a little bumpy due to recent rain and a lot of play. The locals hitting from the red tees with 200 yards left to the green can go ahead and hit!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 02/25/2019

Hello, thank you for the splendid 4-star review! #RiverBendGolfClub

The Club at Venetian Bay

Played On 02/12/2019
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Usually great but .....

I haven't played here for about 2 months but the greens were like putting on broccoli. Tee boxes need cut too.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 02/15/2019

Hello, and thank you for taking the time to review us here at The Club at Venetian Bay, and for the four stars. We are sorry to see that the greens were not in the best shape on the day of your round, and we will work towards making the necessary improvements. However, we are glad to see that you had an otherwise great experience with us. We look forward to seeing you again in the future.

Pine Lakes Golf Club

Played On 02/03/2019
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Wait till summer

Love the course, considered joining the league as we are locals But... my golf partner and I were started behind a foursome hitting from the red tees that was oblivious to the fact that we waited on every fairway 4 to 5 minutes to hit the really nice greens. We could see the gap in front of this group grow from 1 entire hole to 2 then 3 to the point that when the rain started it appeared that there was only 6 people on the course. This pace added 90 minutes to our round and made a much anticipated outing miserable. Im not going to suggest how to run a golf club or why some clubs treat us discount golfers like we won't come back, (we played 127 rounds last year) but the first thing I learned in golf from The King 55 years ago in Western Pennsylvania was etiquette.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Nice easy course

I play 8 different courses in Volusia and Flagler and sometimes I want a easy wide course to work on my game and ego. Conditions getting better at the North but I miss the layout and challenge of the South course.

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

Halifax Plantation

Played On 09/06/2018
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

#1 in Volusia

Great condition and layout. Greens are 90% after last months maintenance but run consistent. We play the lpgas, the Rive, the Riverbend around here and the trio of Venetian, ,Spruce and Cypress around orange. Halifax is #1

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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