Thomas2242893

I love this course every time I play it. challenging, but extremely playable. It is my favorite Venice-area course.
The greens were superb: smooth as a billiard table , quite fast, but would hold a pitch shot.

my only complaint was that the roughs were not rough. Perhaps because they were dry, but there was no real penalty for landing in the roughs.

the grounds are excellent, with superb range, short game area and putting green.

the course is fairly narrow, with plenty of water so challenging. the only thing I did not like was the first two holes of the back nine (oaks). #10 was a completely blind tee shot, and #11 has a constriction at about 200 yds from trees. short of 200 yards, you can't hit through, try to fly and risk hitting the trees, hit the trees, and you end up in a waste bunker. First timers will hate these two holes, although I am sure some local knowledge would be extremely helpful.

other than those two holes I loved the place. we will definitely play many more times.