Lives
Clermont, FL
Handicap
5-9
Age
35-44
Gender
Male
Skill
Advanced
Plays
A few times a week

Review Statistics

Average Rating

3.7
3.7
Total 9 Reviews

Rating Breakdown

9 Reviews
5 Stars
2
4 Stars
2
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Recommended Courses
8
Not Recommended Courses
1
Helpful Votes Count
1
Not Helpful Votes Count
0
First Review
06/20/2013
Last Review
02/28/2015

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Reviews

3.7
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I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

What a nice course !!!

I had seen this course on golf now many times but never tried it. Finally I thought I should give it a try and I am glad I did. This course was in really good shape compared to many around the area. The over seed had came in great and the greens putted well. This is a short course but you can find trouble if you try to bust a driver every time. Just an overall great facility. From the guys checking you in to the members playing, a pleasant experience. I will be going back here a whole lot more.

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

Swiss Fairways Golf Course

Played On 01/14/2015
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

If they keep improving, this will be a hidden gem!

First time playing Swiss Fairways, and overall it is a pretty fun layout. Just needs some work. I was told by staff that they had new owners and they are making major improvements. I booked as a single and went to the tee box at my time and there was two twosomes at the tee, I thought I could pair up with one but both told me they would like to play as twosomes so I played as a single and made it a little bit of a long day, but off work so I just enjoyed the day. The tee boxes were decent, some were shaggy and some was more dirt then grass, the fairways are spotty, but you can find some grass to hit off of, some of the bunkers were being worked on but the ones that wasn't marked GUR were pretty good. The greens were the best, you could tell they had worked on them a lot, a little furry and slow but that's to be expected with them just redoing them. A very fun layout, lots of water but overall this is going to be a hidden gem if they fix everything like they said they were doing as I checked in. The only big problem I have to say about this course is.... ANTS.... every fairway, and tee box has huge ant hills everywhere. I moved my ball many times to get it off a anthill in the fairways and on the back nine I teed up my ball and didn't pay attention when I moved back to take my practice swing and stepped in the middle of one and was covered in ants. Anyone looking back at me seen a man jumping up and down, running to the cart to grab my towel and looking like a fool. LOL
A nice place, nice staff, just think I will give them a little more time to get everything back in shape before I go back. But with the fun layout I will try it again later on when new owners fix it back up.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 01/20/2015

Thank you for the review! We are working to improve the course everyday. We hope to see you back sooner than later. We are so sorry about the ants. Please email me directly for a promo code. nikkiteetimes@gmail.com

I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Amazing layout, horrible shape

I had to try it even though the reviews were bad. For the price I might have to play it again since I live so close. It is so sad that this course is in such bad shape. First time playing here and the layout of this course is wonderful. If it was in just decent shape it would be great, but lots of dirt fairways, greens just so slow and bumpy with bad spots all over. The grass in the fairway and rough is mostly clover. Like I said just to play it for the fun layout is worth going for this cheap rate, you can find grass to hit off of close to where your ball lands. If someone would buy this place and put just a little TLC into it, this would be one of the better courses in central Florida. Such a shame and waste of great design.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate

Lake Wales Country Club

Played On 8/20/2013
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Maintenance staff???

Drove down to play here because I read that it is a Donald Ross course so I wanted to give it a try. It is an old style country club, but looked ok for such a long drive down route 27. The course is maintained, fairways and greens ok. They had just punched the fairways but I have never minded that. The problem is when I went into the edge of the rough on my 2nd hole, it was sitting on top of all the plugs they took out of the fairway. They took all the plugs from punching the fairway and just dumped them all down the edges of the fairway all over the course. So I had to clear me a spot and drop my ball every time I rolled into the rough. Other then that it went good until I got to the back nine. On 10, I could see two men mowing the greens ahead, when I got to the next fairway they were on tractors mowing the green and the area around the green. I had to wait a few minutes but then the guy drove off the green so I hit it up about 10 yards short of the green. When I got up there he got back on the green and finished while I stood to the side for a good 5 minutes before he finished. I get to the next tee, a par 3, and walk to the box and those guys pull up and take out the flag and start mowing that box. So I go sit in the cart to wait and notice the tractors have stopped so I walk back up to the tee to see the tractors both parked right in front of the green and them talking off to the side and taking a water break. I wave my arms at them and they yell just a minute and get back on the tractor and finish. I waited sixteen minutes from the time I got to the tee till I teed off. Then I get to 16 and they is a man on a tractor sitting up by the fairway in a tractor with sand in the back. I tee off and head to my cart and notice him start driving down the middle of the fairway throwing sand over the fairway that was punched. I drive through a cloud of dust and get up to my ball that he has now covered with sand. The course is a nice old course, but the maintenance crew is the worst I have ever seen. I will not be driving back down there to play again.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate

White Heron Golf Club

Played On 08/16/2013
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good for a hot deal

The layout of Ridgewood is fun. The staff was great and very friendly. The course was in ok condition. The fairways had no problems, but the rough had a lot of crab grass and spotty. The greens had many bad spots in them but playable with the pins in the better areas. But to play here for ten bucks or so with the hot deal, was a pretty good deal. They should have it ready for the season in a few months.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate

Mystic Dunes Golf Club

Played On 07/16/2013
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

They are working on it....

Mystic Dunes was one of the first courses I played when I moved to Florida five years ago, and it became one of my favorite courses. The last few years though they lost their greens and the rest of the course was falling behind. I played it about 6 months ago and was really disappointed, greens horrible and just not getting attention. This tee time popped up really affordable and thought I would give it another try. They are working on it finally, it is not back to what it was years ago, but it is playable. Tee boxes are coming in, greens are much better then before but still have some spots they are fixing and fairways are good. The greens are a little slow, but playable and they keep the pins in spots away from what they have worked on. So no, it is not in perfect shape right now but should be by the winter when the season comes back in and I did enjoy playing it again. If the price is right and your going out to have a fun afternoon.... it is still worth playing.

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging

Highlands Reserve Golf Club

Played On 06/18/2013
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Always liked this course

Found a great deal on GolfNow so I decided to try Highlands Reserve again, hadn't played here in a few years. Course was in really good shape. Fairways crisp and greens are in good shape for this time of year. Staff was very friendly. The course wasn't too busy so I went around pretty quick. The only thing bad I could say was greens, even though in great shape, they were a little slow, but in hot Florida summers I am sure most courses aren't cutting them down. If I keep finding good deals on GolfNow I will be back many times this summer.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Great facility

I played at Big Canoe last spring, I rented one of the villas there for 2 nights because a friend that was from Jasper said I had to see the area and the course. I was not disappointed. The have 3 nines there and I played them all. It was in great shape and a blast to play. Major elevation changes and through the woods with a few homes that you can see. Being from Florida this was a great change to hit from elevated tee boxes. I love this place. Will go back for longer soon.

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

Providence Golf Club

Played On 1/21/2013
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course

I have played Providence in the past but it had been a few years. I love how the front nine runs through the residential area and the back nine Is all wooded with no houses anywhere. Lots of wildlife on back nine. The course was perfect everywhere but the greens. Fairways were perfect, tee boxes were great but the greens have bad spots on most of them. Now they do keep the hole away from the bad areas but if you hit one to the wrong side of the green it can come into play. They are patching those areas, so they are trying to get them fixed and I think they will be just as good as the rest of the course in a few months but right now they are a little rough. Overall I really like this course and for the price on Golf Now I would play it again even with the greens being a little rough. By fall this course should be up to par and in great shape.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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