Lives
Tampa
Handicap
5-9
Age
35-44
Skill
Intermediate
Plays
Once a week

Review Statistics

Average Rating

4.3
4.2
Total 40 Reviews

Rating Breakdown

40 Reviews
5 Stars
21
4 Stars
13
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
2
Recommended Courses
36
Not Recommended Courses
4
Helpful Votes Count
11
Not Helpful Votes Count
0
First Review
06/24/2013
Last Review
07/31/2023

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Reviews

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IMG Academy Golf Club

Played On 07/30/2023
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Unbelievable value, some memorable holes

Literally cannot beat this course for the money. Conditions were fantastic, greens could not have been more perfect. It's not a drama filled course, but there are memorable shots and a few pretty views, and you are forced to think a bit off the tee. I'd highly recommend.

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

GlenLakes Country Club

Played On 01/28/2023
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great Experience

Seems to be a private course that opened up a few times? Took a minute or two to get situated in the pro shop, but that’s understandable if they’re not used to the public booking times. Everyone (pro shop, starter, other memebers) were super nice and accommodating.

Course was in fantastic condition with great greens. We got matched up with a couple of great guys and had a ton of fun and got done right around 4 hours. I’ll absolutely be back if possible!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great

Fantastic experience, greens still have a little sand on them, but roll great, and the rest of the course is in fantastic condition. Would absolutely recommend.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Response from on 05/20/2020:
Thank you for your 5-star review! We here at Orange County National appreciate our guests taking the time to tell us about their experience! We look forward to seeing you out again very soon!

Northdale Golf Club

Played On 01/01/2019
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fantastic greens

Fairly flat Florida style course (around houses, etc), but I really enjoyed it. Conditions were good (with the greens being great) and everyone was friendly.

No range, but they do have a net to warm up into. I’ll be back.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Best course in the area

Love both these courses. Played the north today and it was in perfect condition, with the greens rolling super fast. Will be back soon for sure.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Response from on 01/09/2018:
Thank you for the 5-star review of Lake Jovita. Please come back and visit us soon

Plantation Palms Golf Club

Played On 12/15/2017
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Growing in nicely!

Couldn’t be more happy for these guys that the course is coming back and looking so good. They found my sweater left over in a cart and called me to tell me to come back and get it. I’ve left things in carts a dozen or more times and never experienced that before. Will definitely be back.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent

Plantation Palms Golf Club

Played On 04/20/2017
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Gettin there

Course is coming back. You can see it's fairly early in the process, and they'd benefit a lot from some rain. That said, it's an interesting layout, the greens are fast and roll true, and the people there are nice. Will definitely be back and I'm looking forward to seeing the course grow into itself.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great course

Fairly new to the area, but I've been trying every course I can find, trying to determine my favorites. This one is right up there already. Will definitely be back!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 04/24/2017:
Hey Michael, thank you for the feedback and five star rating! We are excited to hear we are one of your favorite courses! We strive to enhance our course facilities and the experience we offer our golfers in order to provide a better round each visit. We thank you for the support and look forward to having you back here at Heritage Isles Golf and Country Club, have a great day!

The Eagles Golf Club - Lakes

Played On 03/26/2017
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Had a great day

Had a great day here, got paired up with some people and got along well, which is always nice. Tees, fairways, and greens were in good shape, no complaints. Rough and other areas were a bit brown, but certainly playable.

One sorta negative thing was that a couple of the guys insisted on playing the same tees as me, which they really weren't equipped to, which forced me to move forwards. Not a lot the course can do about that, but I've seen places where on the first tee there are little placards that indicate from what tee you should play based on handicap or whatever. I think that might have helped.

Anyways, would recommend this course!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 06/02/2017:
Thank so much for taking the time to leave us a great review! We're happy to hear that you enjoyed your round and made some new friends! We're sorry to hear about players utilizing the wrong tees and we'll certainly pass along your recommendation for placards.

Waterlefe Golf & River Club

Played On 03/18/2017
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Bring a lot of balls

Loved this course, beautiful layout. Some tee boxes weren't in the best shape, but all the fairways and greens were great.

Front 9 took less than 2 hours, and then for some reason there was a line at the turn... Overall took just about 4:30 to play, so no real complaints, but it's always tough when the back plays dramatically slower than the front.

Loved this course though and will definitely be back.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Used cart

My favorite nearby course

I loved this course. You absolutely had to think your way around the whole place, and I enjoyed it. The conditions were fantastic.

Pace of play was just average, but I think we were behind a very large group, so I wasn't too worried about it (the guys I was playing with were very frustrated though).

One weird thing is I tried to hit the range before my round, but was told it was closed for maintenance. Not a huge deal, but when I drove up to the practice green, there was a college team that was all hitting balls on the range. Not the biggest deal, but clearly there was no maintenance being done on it, so I'm not sure why I wasn't allowed to hit balls too.

I'm writing this off as a one-off weird situation though because I absolutely intend to be back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 03/20/2017:
We're so glad you loved the then conditions! We understand that must have been confusing not being able to hit at the range while you saw others out there. We will investigate what happened here and we thank you for pointing this out to us. We can't wait to see you back again!

Wentworth Golf Club

Played On 12/31/2016
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course with interesting holes

I thought this course was great. I'm happy I played it with a couple of guys who could sorta give me an idea about where to aim and stuff, but it wasn't crazy tricky or anything. It's very tight, and if you're struggling with your tee shot, you could lose a lot of balls.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Response from on 01/12/2017:
Thank you for the 5-star review! We're glad to hear you had a good first experience at the course. Come play again soon--practice makes perfect!

Heritage Harbor

Played On 12/14/2016
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

I really enjoyed this course

Played as a single, unfortunately, but it was pretty slow there and they didn't have a starter out or anything. But everyone was friendly and pointed me around in the right directions.

Course was a fun track with a lot of opportunities for your round to go wrong. I liked it, but really struggled because I didn't know the course and wasn't playing with anyone (I hit it few a couple of fairways, etc). A yardage book or something would have gone a long way here, but won't be an issue next time I play there. And I'd say there will be a next time, I thought it was a nice course.

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

Wild Turkey Golf Club

Played On 08/06/2016
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Lots of picture taking opportunities

Dramatic views everywhere, staff was super friendly. The course itself is in great condition, except that the people that play it don't do a great job of fixing ball marks and stuff. There was no divot mix on the carts, which was frustrating because of how soft the fairways were.

But if you want to stand on every tee box and say "wow that's gorgeous", this is the perfect place for you.

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

Deerfield Golf & Tennis Club

Played On 10/09/2015
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Short but tough

You don't have to hit driver very often here, but you better make sure whatever you hit finds the fairways. Holes are framed well, and there's always a little more room around the greens than you'd think when you see the approach shots.

Course was in great shape (recently aerated, but greens still ran true), pace of play was great, staff was great, had a great time. Definitely recommend.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens break less than you think!

Practice facility is great. The course was well conditioned and every person I ran into was super friendly and we definitely enjoyed ourselves.

The course is odd, we played it from the second to last tees (6700 yards), but really I only hit driver a couple of times (and ran it through the fairway twice). I'm not a super long hitter, so it was surprising.

Greens break less than you think.

Pace of play was slightly frustrating. It was a 10:57 on a weekday, and we waited on literally every shot. It wasn't a 5 hour round or anything, but it seemed odd we didn't finish in 4 hours, considering it's not a difficult course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent

Blue Heron Pines Golf Club

Played On 04/04/2015
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

Really enjoyed this course

First time playing here. Everyone that worked there seemed to love working there, and it showed. Just an awesome environment.

The course was fun, but not the most challenging course in the area. The fast greens were its defense more than anything else. I would say you are always right next to some houses, although I rarely felt concerned about my tee shots hitting them.

Course is very well maintained (especially for this time of year) and is fun to play and the people are super nice. The only negative I'd point out is that they could use new mats at the driving range (probably not a big deal when the grass area opens).

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

Some quirky holes, but very nice

Some doglegs that require precise distance control on your tee shot. Really it's a fun course, well maintained, very nice facilities and driving range. The 18th hole is the most disappointing hole on the course though.

You do not want to walk this course though! The distance between some holes is crazy.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 12/15/2014

Its great to hear you had fun playing the course and enjoyed our facilities. Come back soon!

Ballamor Golf Club

Played On 11/23/2014
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Tough but fair

I hadn't played here in years and forgot how much I loved this course. It's generous off the tee, but not overly so. Lots of beautiful bunkers with perfect sand. Would totally recommend.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent

Reading Country Club

Played On 11/09/2014
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

Short but difficult

Course immaculately maintained. Greens are just as good as any private course I ever played (and fast!).

Driving range is only 200 yards long, and some holes are short, but still have a forced carry (it felt odd hitting driver on a 350 yard par 4). That said, I really enjoyed this course and will be back!

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