Lives
Lakeland, FL
Handicap
10-14
Age
65+
Gender
Male
Skill
Intermediate
Plays
Once a week

Review Statistics

Average Rating

2.9
2.9
Total 10 Reviews

Rating Breakdown

10 Reviews
5 Stars
0
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
2
Recommended Courses
6
Not Recommended Courses
4
Helpful Votes Count
1
Not Helpful Votes Count
0
First Review
03/16/2016
Last Review
05/11/2018

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Reviews

2.9
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Links of Sandpiper

Played On 05/02/2018
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good and bad

The greens have degraded some over the past few weeks. They are still working on the course. There will be some temporary greens for several weeks if not months. They are trying to improve the course after years of neglect.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 05/21/2018:
Thank you for the great feedback! We appreciate your patience while we continue to improve conditions. Please come and see us again soon.
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Poor greens

The greens don't actually have grass. They have something green on them, but they putt like they are concrete or asphalt or maybe ice. A missed 5 foot putt crawling to the hole can go 15 feet past.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
fede05f9-89ac-5637-ab81-923d21b23077
Commented on 05/04/2018

Thanks for the feedback and we hope to see you back at CHGC. Brock Witmyer (GM)

Links of Sandpiper

Played On 04/16/2018
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Condition

The condition of the course continues to improve. The pace is still slow. The late winter up north must be keeping the slowbirds here linger.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Response from on 05/02/2018:
Thank you for leaving us four stars! We're working hard and we're glad to read that it's showing through. Please come and see us again soon!

Links of Sandpiper

Played On 04/05/2018
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Course is very much improved over the past 6 months.

Course is much improved, but couldn't play today because of the weather.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 05/02/2018:
That's a shame! We hope you'll return now the weather is better!

Links of Sandpiper

Played On 04/03/2018
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

course improved, but slow.

The course is vastly improved with the new ownership, but there isn't anyone assigned to ranger duty and the play was really slow. It is a shame when a couple of players are allowed to back up the entire course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 04/10/2018:
Thank you for the very helpful feedback! We will absolutely pass along your recommendation to our management staff.

Bartow Golf Course

Played On 02/13/2018
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Improved

Course was in as good shape as I've ever seen it, but greens are still thin.

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

Links of Sandpiper

Played On 12/06/2017
3.0
Previously Played

Wrong approach.

The new owners have made some improvement. A lot of cosmetics, some unintended holes filled in, some slopes smoothed out, one green in the process being re-sodded. Some well placed temporary cart paths.
However, the most important thing is to improve the weedy greens. They are more weeds than grass. The first thing they should have done is over-seed the greens and get some grass on them.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Response from on 12/13/2017:
Thank you for taking the time to leave us such great feedback. We will absolutely pass along your suggestion for over-seeding to our grounds crew. Please come and see us again soon!

Links of Sandpiper

Played On 04/27/2017
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Dust dry. Greens are solid weeds.

The fairways are bone dry and the greens are pure weeds. No grass on the greens. Steadily going downhill.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Response from on 06/01/2017:
Our conditions are not ideal right now and we do apologize. We're working to improve every day and we greatly appreciate our golfers' feedback.
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Drying out.

The course in in good shape considering that we're in a long term drought.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
fede05f9-89ac-5637-ab81-923d21b23077
Commented on 04/20/2017

Thanks so much for the nice feedback. We really could use some rain hopefully in the next week. Brock Witmyer (GM)

Schalamar Creek Golf Club

Played On 03/16/2016
1.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Course has deteriorated.

I used to look forward to playing here. Over the past year they removed the green surfaces and reseeded new greens. They were better before than they are now. The greens are covered with sandy patches and weeds. They are very bumpy. The greens on the front side had patches of shaggy grass that hadn't been mowed. It was impossible to judge how hard you had to hit to get through the few patches of grass. The greens on the back nine had been mowed, but otherwise were no better than the front nine. The fairways have been allowed to dry out so that they only have the appearance of grass, but are really all hard-pan. It is very disturbing that they have taken this local jewel and allowed to go to pot like this. It is now in as bad or worse condition than Sandpiper, Imperial Lakes, and Bartow. Very disappointing. It will be a long time recovering and restoring this course to a quality condition.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
6bf4a575-9d1a-504b-9123-9364ac5adbab
Commented on 03/26/2016

I would keep looking forward to playing Schalamar Creek. New greens have been installed and the grow in time has taken a little longer than expected. I wouldn't want to miss out on playing this local jewel with the new greens in place. Going to be a lot of fun.

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