Lives
Punta Gorda, FL
Handicap
5-9
Age
55-64
Gender
Male
Skill
Advanced
Plays
A few times a week

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Average Rating

3.0
3.0
Total 29 Reviews

Rating Breakdown

29 Reviews
5 Stars
2
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
4
Recommended Courses
17
Not Recommended Courses
12
Helpful Votes Count
4
Not Helpful Votes Count
1
First Review
03/26/2017
Last Review
02/23/2021

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3.0
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Used cart

Expensive

NOT a $100.00 course at all but then again its Florida and all the snowbirds are in town. Jack the price up. To crowded and 4.5 hrs in the heat. Thats back to back courses in the last 5 days that charged $100.00 for a $70.00 course. Oh well.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 03/12/2021

Hello, We appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. We would love to know how we can earn those last two stars next time! Thanks for playing Heron Creek Golf and Country Club - Oaks/Marsh Course.

Twin Isles Country Club

Played On 11/03/2020
1.0
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

COW PASTURE

Once again i took my bi monthly trek to check course conditions. Absolutely horrible! Signage everywhere for new memberships, not sure why anyone would join. Very sad what is happening to this weed infested dead course. The most interesting issue, some folks actually rate conditions as excellent but i'm guessing its FAKE REVIEWS from members so they don't have to close course. Seriously hoping someone buys this course and puts a little bit of money into it. Grass might be the first starting point. Greens were thankfully green, thick and rolled OK. The elderly just don't care as long as they come to PG for winter and don't have to shovel. PLEASE GO LOOK AT HERITAGE LANDING GOLF COURSE IN PG IF YOU NEED TO REFRESH WHAT A GOLF COURSE IS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE!!!!
Us full timers suffer!!!!!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 11/06/2020

Hello and thank you for reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for the poor experience you had during your visit. Please know that the current condition is by no means the standard we strive to achieve, and we are working towards getting things up to par. Thank you for playing Twin Isles Country Club. We hope to see you again soon.

Twin Isles Country Club

Played On 09/22/2020
1.0
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Cow pasture

Wow, you read some of these reviews and it must be members writing to keep this place alive or draw some outsiders. They need CASH !!!!
Signage outside states, free due for remaining of 2020. Seriously folks, what course are you playing or is this the first time playing golf and you know no better.. I could not take it any longer and forced quit.
WEEDS, WEEDS, WEEDS. Oh, greens were OK. Horrible tee boxes that have weeds to make a teeing area. So sad !!!!!!
Needs major overhaul!!!!!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 09/23/2020

Thank you for reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for the poor experience you had during your visit. The current condition is by no means the standard we strive to achieve, and we are working towards getting things up to par. Thank you for playing Twin Isles Country Club. We hope to see you again soon.

Babcock National

Played On 09/11/2020
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Sloooow Greens

Ridiculously slow. Others mentioned it was like putting on a shag carpet. Greens were cut this morning because you could see the mower tire marks around the fringe. Very strange. Threw our games way off. Its a new course, lots of work still needs to be done, especially on cart path areas that were dirt and very bumpy. Hey, its still new and under construction but for 25 bucks, 3 putting a green or two is still worth it.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy

Sarasota National Golf Club

Played On 07/28/2020
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Work in Progress

SN doing the best they can in these difficult times. Thank you for single carts. Love how they get right to the issue with the disease in the fairways. Controlling ASAP is critical. Most courses would leave it or simply dont have the cash to make the necessary repairs.
In this case, they removed diseased areas, just dirt remains until new sod arrives. No biggie. Green are nice and fast.

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

St. Andrews South Golf Club

Played On 05/21/2020
2.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Cow Pasture

Wow, cant imagine people pay to be a member here. This course is not even on the same scale as a municipal town run course. MGT should be ashamed of themselves. Guess the kitty has no money to spend on manicuring this place. Goes to show you how PG snowbirds simply don't care about quality. I was embarrassed to bring a guest here. Inside is so outdated too. Its just a shame both PG golf courses are cow pastures. Maintenance on both courses are bare bones minimum to get by. Its a grass cut and thats basically it. Overgrown with weeds and dead grass everywhere on both courses.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy

Twin Isles Country Club

Played On 01/03/2020
2.0
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Needs Maintenance

Once again still waiting to see the improvements. They did some weed spraying and some bunker grooming. Thats it. Still a snowbird golf course so they get away with doing basic grooming. No competition for the BRAND NEW Punta Gorda course in town. They will continue to loose business for the next 5 yrs till HL builds out. My advise, start doing some maintenance. I'll make a few suggestions where to start. Get rid of the weeds on tee boxes and plant new grass. Mow those extremely slow greens to a faster speed, redo all fairways with new grass seed plugs then fertilize regularly along with water. I hate hearing how its a cow pasture for the snowbirds whenever i discuss with PG guys. Course really has potential. Course needs HELP!!!!!

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 01/07/2020

Hi, PGIgolfer. Thank you for reviewing the course. Your feedback about the course is important to us. We are working to get everything up to par. We have projects ongoing and the current condition is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We are going to escalate your feedback to our team so we can make improvements before your next game, and we will continue to work towards an excellent experience by using your comment for guidance. Thank you for playing Twin Isles Country Club. We hope to see you again soon.

I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

NEW COURSE

Brand new course which opened on Friday December 6, 2019. Course will need 1.5 yrs to mature. No frills course, temp trailer is pro shop, nothing open yet, NO CART GIRL, its brand new golf community being built. Has approx 25 new homes. Course is bumpy as its NEW. Over time things will begin to grow and mesh in. Entire course plugged 8-10 months ago. Some burn out from dead sprinkler system over the summer forced them to install sod to get rough spots soiled. Those areas need months to grow together so what you get, a bumpy course. At present stage its still the BEST course in area hands down. Tee boxes and greens are perfect. Finally a course in SW Florida with actual grass on tee boxes instead of weeds. Greens running true and probably around 11 on meter. Once again, not your typical 7-8 sloooow greens us old amateurs. As i said, course is NEW. Development has to be built so course will only get better over the next 2-4 yrs while they are trying to sell lots and homes. Love the lake driving range with island green targets. Granted you lose 10% distance you still get to see your ball splash down unless you hit the small floating wooden green with flag. All golf carts now have running GPS to some hazards and center of the green. Will help with slow play. Most players will be playing forward tee which is under 6000 yrd which 90% of SW players should be playing anyway unless you are a single digit player. Single digit players then bump up to approx 6300-6400 yrs. Low handicap players can tip out to just over 7000 plus from back tees.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Punta Gorda New Course

Brand new course which opened on Friday December 6, 2019. Course will need 1.5 yrs to mature. No frills course, temp trailer is pro shop, nothing open yet, its brand new golf community being built. Has approx 25 new homes. Course is bumpy as its NEW. Over time things will begin to grow and mesh in. Entire course plugged 8-10 months ago. Some burn out from dead sprinkler system over the summer forced them to install sod to get rough spots soiled. Those areas need months to grow together so what you get, a bumpy course. At present stage its still the BEST course in area hands down. Tee boxes and greens are perfect. Finally a course in SW Florida with actual grass on tee boxes instead of weeds. Greens running true and probably around 11 on meter. Once again, not your typical 7-8 sloooow greens us old amateurs. As i said, course is NEW. Development has to be built so course will only get better over the next 2-4 yrs while they are trying to sell lots and homes. Love the lake driving range with island green targets. Granted you lose 10% distance you still get to see your ball splash down unless you hit the small floating wooden green with flag. All golf carts now have running GPS to some hazards and center of the green. Will help with slow play. Most players will be playing forward tee which is under 6000 yrd which 90% of SW players should be playing anyway unless you are a single digit player. Single digit players then bump up to approx 6300-6400 yrs. Low handicap players can tip out to 6800 plus from back tees.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate

Sarasota National Golf Club

Played On 12/01/2019
I Recommend This Course
Incentivized Review
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Worn Out

Showing heavy signs of grass being worn out from cart traffic to same area day in and day out. They need better roping system.
Greens perfect! Whats up with the 8-10 warm up stations on range. Had to wait!
Course maintenance going down hill over the last 8 months. Just no longer a lush course. typical Florida course. Slapping dozens of homes up monthly. Will be totally private by this time next year.

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

Sarasota National Golf Club

Played On 11/12/2019
Incentivized Review
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Beginners Held up entire day

wow, cant believe this happened to us and everyone else behind us for the next 5 plus hour round.. I hope everyone speaks up as this was totally UNACCEPTABLE!!!!
Tee time was 12:30ish. Starter stated backed up 10 minutes due to a large group of beginners playing a scramble ahead of us. They were on 7 of the front nine tees ahead but good news they are only playing 9 holes. Rule, number one, prime time dont let beginners out for scramble, Are you kidding me The front 9 took us 2:40 minutes. On some holes we had 16 people but one hole we had 20 people on hole 7. ran into pro shop at turn and asked if it was clear ahead. response was, clear ahead, the group only played 9 holes. Well, holes 10-13 took an hour and ten minutes. Our foursome was cut down to a twosome as 2 greats guys couldn't take it any longer or they would miss dinner plans if they stayed. UNACCEPTABLE that starter and pro shop allowed SLOW PLAY.
Not sure where all the groups came from on back 9 but is was worse on back. We finished in the dark resulting in 17/18 taking a bogey. You ruined by dinner plans too.
Course needs work. Driving range horrible. dry, dead grass and huge ruts where you had to stand. many of the tee boxes were dry, full of divots and just brown with dirt. Fairways great along with greens that were fast and perfect.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate

Sarasota National Golf Club

Played On 09/11/2019
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Slow Play

Course browning up. Greens were slow too. Guess summer conditions but still best course in area.
4.45 hours for 18. The front 9 took 1.50 hrs. We had to wait on every hole too for the slow group in front even though we were ahead of time. The back 9 took over 2.45 hrs. The international german players in front on the back started to slow up and play approx 10 shots each. They were putting like they were at miniature golf. We watch each player take approx 3-6 shots per green. Just mind boggling. They did not have any groups in front of them for 3 holes either. So frustrating!!!!

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

Twin Isles Country Club

Played On 09/06/2019
2.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Mind-boggling

I can't review this course. I was in complete shock. Pictures tell the story.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 09/30/2019

Sorry, photo did NOT load. maybe someone blocked them since the photo shows how dead much of the course was.
Hope board of directors will seek new ownership, superintendent for course or even new board members. This course is is worse than municipal course. COW PASTURE

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Commented on 09/18/2019

Hello, PGIgolfer. Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars. We take customer feedback very serious at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind. Thank you for playing Twin Isles Country Club.

Riverwood Golf Club

Played On 07/30/2019
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Members

Well, started off rocky with our foursome. 2 single digit golfers with 2 scratch. Middle of the fairway on 1st hole members behind us yelled to hurry up. They ran us on the first 5 holes. Very unpleasant. We finally noticed that they were playing GOLD which is some 1200 yrd short from our tee box. We played in 3:45 hrs. Hope i don't get that ignorant when i get elderly.
Enough said!!!!

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

Sarasota National Golf Club

Played On 07/23/2019
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Awesome Course

Now this is what a 5 star course is and everyone else should learn from 5 star means perfect fairways, greens and tee boxes. Not like the other cow pastures golf course in charlotte country which should be rated as a 2 and guys rate them as 5. My only issue is dirt cart paths. Florida rain and dirt not my favorite to drive on or walk. Great course!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Rained Out

Very wet course. Cart path only. got 9 holes in and the skies opened up. Pro shop told me to get refund from GolfNow. Golfnow has no phone number listed on their site. Found one searching internet and hold time was over 1 hr. Will be canceling golfnow.
Great course otherwise. Bag drop guy was one of the friendless people i;ve met.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 07/17/2019

don't fret-same thing happened to me. I was able to find correct # for GN after rain out at Waldorf on 7/7. They were super. Gave multiple $20.00 coupons good for Mon-Thur and good for a yr and Tay,or Made balls on the way for a 9 hole raincheck!

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Commented on 07/15/2019

Hi PGIgolfer! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to see you back with us again soon!

Sarasota National Golf Club

Played On 05/28/2019
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Water Ban Started

Unfortunately the water ban has started. Greens and tee boxes still OK. Fairways brown due to lack of water. Such a shame but without rain, florida is doomed.
Overall very nice track. Will return once water ban is lifted.

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

Twin Isles Country Club

Played On 05/24/2019
2.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Still room for improvement

Most tee boxes acceptable for a muni course but NOT for semi private/private. Greens are perfect but extremely slow, probably rated at a 6-7 on meter. Off course still dead and lacking any improvements. I think they are concentrating on fairways. Some over-seeding might have occurred and watering shows slight improvement. Many dead dirt depression areas around course. Traps showed improvement with some grooming occurring. Groomers needs to learn how NOT to drop all the raked dirt from machine up and over the edge on to the course when exiting traps. They leave a pile of sand when raising the rack. I noticed that on approx 6 holes.
Rumors have it huge improvements coming this fall and next spring. The cow pasture days might finally be over!!!!
Punta Gorda is NOT only a boating community but a HUGE GOLFING community. Get this course up to par!!!!

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 05/29/2019

Hi! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review on the current conditions is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back soon as we continue to improve to the standard our team is working hard towards.

The Florida Club

Played On 03/30/2019
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

rope a dope

Great start to a great day. very friendly check in. Overall course conditions great. Much better than most public courses. No dead areas around course and really no dirt off fairways where the dead grass has turned to dirt. Most every course in FL has it and its very annoying. Tee area had plenty of green grass. Fairway for the most part were lush compared to many FL courses. Greens fast and in near perfect condition. My issues with course and only mine. We missed turn to hole 2, played hole 18. Putted out and ended at started. asked where is hole 3. Oh no, another groups missed turn out loud. another starter took us to hole 2. we skipped and went to 3 as we thought is was our fault. Got back in original format. no biggie. Came upon another starter who i mentioned what happened." He said it happens ALL the time. That darn sign to go right is so small" Many golfers are probably writing down scores as they approach that area and the 18th tee box is right there on your left after hole 1. biggest issue for me, the roped off areas everywhere. My guess this is how they keep course in good condition. every time you approach ropes cart beeps, every time you miss area to wrong side, cart dies and you have to go in reverse to proceed. Every time you approach a rope area the drop down menu from computer systems rings. this thru me off as i had to concentrate on areas instead of golf. As a single digit golfer i respect a golf course and know how to keep a course in great shape thus i belong to a private and was visiting. Many elderly snowbirds are clueless thus the rope a dope area most likely. on the front 9 we had a 20 plus single player hitting 3 ball tee shots every hole. very frustrating. He was supposed to be in the group ahead but refused to play with them. my guess his ability to hit a ball. slowed us down. he only played nine, thankfully. we took the turn only to wait on a 3 some at tee. first 2 holes took 50 minutes for us. Ranger talked to them and they said they are quitting at the end of 12 but they didn't. That group quit after 13th. we flew thru after that and finished at 3:50 minutes and that's playing 18 twice. GREAT DAY overall!!!

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

The Florida Club

Played On 03/30/2019
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Rope a dope

Almost 5 stars. Started off great from very friendly check in, to driving range, to starter.
Overall course condition in great shape for a florida course.I cant remember any dead grass areas or dirt, nothing like most courses in Fl.
Teeing areas had plenty of green grass. Fairway green and thick. Greens fast and almost in perfect condition. Now for my issues. We played hole 18 instead of hole 2. We missing the extremely small sign pointing to the right. We putted out on 18 and then came to starter area, where is hole 3. Oh no another group missed turn. No issues, we were taken out to hole 2. we skipped and went to 3 and got in original arrangement. thinking it was our fault. Ranger says, so many do that. That tells you right there, LARGER sign needed. Second issue. All the roped off areas and the cart constantly beeping at you and getting drop down messages on computer screen. started to focus on that than the golf so it was very annoying. i'm a single digit golfer and returning to the rope a dope course might be an issue for me personally. Maybe start with 50% less and see how course maintenance is then. GREAT DAY overall and we played on crowed course in 3:50 hrs and that's playing hole 18 twice. On front 9 we did wait for a single who hit 3 balls off every tee. He was suppose to be with group in front of him but he refused as he appeared to be a 20 plus handicap player.

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