Ocala National at Golden Hills Country Club

The course is recently under new ownership and they are currently cleaning up lots of woody debris. I understand from the staff that new carts are coming soon and that has been one of the worst issues at this course. Greens are a bit slower than many others but roll true. All in all. if you can play for less than $35, this is a fair deal.

Found greens to be good to very good shape, tee boxes "ok". Fairways made for very tight lies, traps overgrown with thick grass.

Compared to prior experiences, this was better. They finally cleared a massive amount of weeds and brush around many traps especially at hole 9. The greens were in good shape. The course is long and challenging with many elevated greens. More rakes needed around traps. Tee boxes were fine. Weather/storms prevented finishing after 14 holes.

The greens are in good, if somewhat shaggy shape. There is sand in the bottom of most sand traps which is a huge improvement over past seasons, but few if any rakes. Fairways are rough but improving and tees boxes are heavily seeded and sanded. Tha day we played their computers were down so they took our payment information and assured us we would be charged the correct rate (I'll be following up to make sure that's correct). No food and only vending machine drinks available on the days we've played this year.

Stay clear of the restrooms on the course. It's been years since they were cleaned and should probably be condemned as a health hazard.

Staff told us that the course has been sold and the new owners were closing on the deal at the end of February. With that I'm looking for improvements in the near future.

The course conditions were fairly poor, tee markers were hard to determine, some were wood blocks then were painted some were faded markers. Tee box were basically covered in sand with painted grass seed. The pro shop was empty no supplies or balls, was given a small trash bin as a cooler. Way over priced for what the course actually it.

Play here several times a year for the money it is great. Greens are in great shape. Fairways need a little help. Golf carts need lot of help. Friendly staff. Love the layout.

When I pulled into the parking lot, a sick feeling came over me. I realized that I remember the course from having played it about three years ago, and told myself leaving that I wouldn’t be back.

Old age allowed me to forget, so I thought “maybe conditions have improved since my last round”. Unfortunately that wasn’t the case. There is NO grass on the tee boxes or fairways, no sand in the traps, and golf carts on their last leg. The only positive is the greens rolled moderately good. That being said, I won’t forget again.

It was our first time here. Price was really good. Course was actually pretty cool and those nasty bunkers snagged my ball plenty of times. Greens weren’t great but not awful either. Tee boxes were messy and at times hard to find. Those nasty bunkers were short on sand and grass was growing into them.

All in all it wasn’t a bad day of golf. Then again is there such a thing?

We drove an hour to get to this course. Probably won’t again but who knows. It could be a really nice course with some investment.

I have always enjoyed playing this course (i've played it many times over the past 5-6 years). Unfortunately, I am seeing a drastic decline. The course itself was very dry, but understandable, considering the drought in the area. The problem is, the course does not seem to have enough carts to accomodate the tee times they schedule. On this occasion, there were 4 groups waiting for carts and we were told that the reason was that a group that had scheduled 12 golfers showed up with 24 people, and were permitted to go out holding up all subsequent tee times. It made for a frustrating and disappointing day.

First time golfing here. Brought my 6 yo Son, and we had a blast. Nice and open course, friendly staff. Sure the course conditions weren’t perfect, but we’re in a drought, all things considered, I’d pay 2x what I paid

Had to wait for a cart. No cold soda. Short staffed. Fairways and tees void of grass. Layout good. Greens good. Bunker the worst I've seen since Santuary Ridge in Clermont. For the money it's OK.

No sand in traps. No grass on tees. Grass brown everywhere else except greens.

This course has a terrific layout and the value for cost is very good. The greens run true but the tees are in terrible condition. The carts (when you finally get one available) are in terrible condition - by far the worst around of all the courses).

This course used to be great. It's changed dramatically. Green are still decent and fairways are also. But everything else is bad. The carts are on their last leg and they don't have enough of them on a busy day. I looks like they are purposely growing grass in most of the traps .I used to play here weekly. Now I'm playing monthly, and soon I may be skipping it entirely. What a shame!

Nice layout, carts need maintenance. No sand in very deep bunkers. Greens were fair but a bit slow.