ToeGolfer

Played after a very heavy rain, so this beautiful course, in a park-like setting on the banks of the Manatee River, was more than a bit soggy in many places. However, it is in excellent condition: good fairway grass, excellent greens, tee boxes flat and with lots of grass. Layout is of average difficulty, except the front nine has a few narrow fairways that you must drive straight! The group in front of us was slow, partly because carts on paths only that day, but there was a ranger that sped them up on the back nine. It is easily walkable if you would like. I will definitely be back if I'm in the area again!

Great layout...nicely challenging course...bring your A game. The greens and fairways are in decent shape, but the rough is SO TALL that if you miss the fairway you mostly have to drop another ball.

The pub/eatery is closed so there is no after round sit and have a drink/bite. Too bad, because the clubhouse is very nice and the pub is very attractive.

Ocala National is a beautiful course, and since there has been a decent amount of rain, is in really good shape. Greens have recently been aerated and sanded so are not so great at the moment, but generally are pretty good, with the exception of Hole #3 which always seems to have a mole or something running through it. Pretty challenging layout from all tee lengths. It's a nice course definitely worth playing over and over...never gets old. But the restaurant and bar are no longer open for business, and the pro shop has nothing at all in it other than some golf bags and gloves. Too bad!

Very beautiful landscape and interesting layout. This could be a destination course if only the fairways were anything but the horrible mix of weeds, grass and sand that they are. Greens were good, but a bit slow. Why they don't maintain the fairways is anybody's guess, but they are truly in horrible condition.

Front nine is alright for a housing development course, and the houses are not too close. There are trees enough to keep you honest about your direction. Back nine is quite beautiful with a few more challenging holes. The greens were in excellent condition, though rather slow because the grass was a little high. The fairways were a Iittle thin but there hasn’t been much rain lately. I will go back at some point for sure.

Nicely laid out course, fairways a bit rough but maybe because we haven't had much rain lately around here. Greens are in good shape and nicely challenging without being crazy hard. Very few golfers out so we were able to move quickly.

Few people seem to play this beautiful golf course for some reason. This is the third time I’ve been on this track and each time there have been very few other players. It is semi private, so maybe golfers don’t know that it’s open to the public. There is abundant wildlife on the course which stretches through a neighborhood of nice homes. The course is rather challenging, with many interesting holes. The fairway grass is fairly thin. It needs better grass on the fairways. This seems to be a problem with many courses in the area because of the sandy soil in mid state Florida. The greens were fast And rolled true, but they too needed thicker grass.

Challenging course with a great layout. Bentgrass fairways were in wonderful shape, and the greens have interesting contours and are in great shape, too. Very good course which I will definitely want to play again.