Indian River Preserve GC: #7
A view from the 7th tee at Indian River Preserve Golf Club
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3.3
1191 Reviews (1191)
5 Stars
240
4 Stars
465
3 Stars
300
2 Stars
130
1 Stars
56
Conditions
2.9
Value
3.6
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.9
65.8%
Recommend this course
890 out of 1191 reviews
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3.0
41 Reviews (41)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
12
2 Stars
11
1 Stars
3
Conditions
2.6
Value
3.5
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.8
61.0%
Recommend this course
25 out of 41 reviews
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3.2
67 Reviews (67)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
18
3 Stars
24
2 Stars
13
1 Stars
4
Conditions
2.7
Value
3.5
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.7
59.7%
Recommend this course
40 out of 67 reviews
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Course Highlights
The staff consistently earns high praise for their professionalism and prompt responsiveness to golfers on the course. The back nine delivers a rewarding natural Florida layout with a solid pace of play.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7146 yards
Slope 143
Rating 74.5

Formerly known as Walkabout Golf and Country Club.

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Course Details

Year Built 2003
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Perry Dye (2003) Joe T. Jemsek (2003) Jan Stephenson (2003)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

3.3
1191 Reviews (1191)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 30
Patio Dining 19
Amazing Food 16
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 69
Forced Carries 49
Bunkers 47
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 47
Locals 43
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 38
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 41
In the 'Burbs 23
Convenient to the City 15

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Reviews 142
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Awesome

Great course in excellent condition for this time of year. Will delay again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Back 9 had trouble finding tee boxes

Hard to find 10 tee box, hole 13 blind par 3, brush overgrown, hard to see top of flag. Hole 17 i drove past tee box.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 26
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Lack of water

Florida on the summer is always hot. This day was no exception. After a warmup on the range, the putting green and the first hole my jug was empty. There is aw water point between 1 and 2. Not even a jug for water. 2 holes later the beverage cart came by. Was told there was no water on the course due to a new state law. They would provide 2 20oz bottle, one for the front and one for the back. After a 3 hour front 9 we were done. Made my grievance at the pro shop. They said it was a new state law about courses having water available. I researched and found the only law is they would fall under OSHA guidelines and maintain cleanliness of the jug and water. My guess is they don't want to do that and find it cheaper to give everyone 40oz of Members mark water and call it a day. I played 3 other courses since then, all of which provided water on the course. I always liked the course layout but I will not be back unless the round is free and I get to bring my cooler with me.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Previously Played

COURSE NOT MAINTAINED

COURSE SEEMS TO LACK ENOUGH STAFF

& DOING BARE MINIMUM INCLUDING MOWING GRASS & KEEPING FAIRWAY ROUGH PROPERLY CUT. COURSE HAS AMAZING POTENTIAL YET WHEN YOU CANT FIND BALL IN BASIC ROUGH OR EVEN IN FAIRWAY MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO PLAY. EACH STAFF WORKER WERE TRULY ALL WONDERFUL INCLUDING PRO SHOP, STARTER TO THEIR RESTAURANT(FOOD REALLY GOOD EACH TIME EATIMG THERE.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Getting better

Definitely getting better, but still needs a little love. Greens looked better but didnt roll true at all. Too many bad spots, needs a good sanding. Rough is too thick, this isn't Oakmont CC. Staff is always very nice and friendly. The restaurant is excellent. Love the course layout. Its begging for a little more love, this used to be one of the best courses around.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Staff and layout are only good thing about the course

First off, if you come here then you need to bring a cooler with lots of water in it. The course does not put out coolers for the players and it is hot. They said it was a new law (which it’s not a law at all to not be allowed to provide water jugs for golfers). It took us 2 hours and 45 minutes to play the front 9 with the group in front of us. No Marshall anywhere to be found. We had to complain and ask for a rain check for the back 9 because it was even more bottled up at the turn. We will be giving those to a family member that lives close by that course as we’re not interested in returning.

The greens are the slowest greens I think I have ever putted on and they are very soft as well. You could see spike marks from the golfers in front of us and we had to continuously stamp down drag marks and blemishes on the greens. All of the staff we interacted with were very friendly and the bar and restaurant are both good with great priced drinks and food.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Lost Balls

If not infair way kissyor ball good bye .Slow play because players looking for thierball.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 71
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

ON THE WAY BACK

HAD HEARD THAT INDIAN RIVER WAS IMPROVING SO AFTER NOT PLAYING 3 YEARS WHAT THE HACK GIVE IT A GO GREENS WERE VERY GOOD FAIRWAYS HAVE A WAY TO GO BUT THE LAYOUT IS NICE AND CHALLENGING I WILLSAY GIVE IT SHOT BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO MOVE YOUR BALL A ROUND ON THE FAIRWAY OH BY THE WAY GREAT WELCOME FROM THE PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Jeez…

Where do I start. Fairways are bumpier than any course I’ve played in Orlando, Daytona and NSB area. There is not any pavement for the carts ever, which is fine but it’s not even leveled. The only saving grace is maybe a 3.5/5 star greens, and that’s being generous. I absolutely would not drive out of my way to play this course. If you got some sort of friends or family in the course, sure. Shot a 39 on the front which is more open, then a 44 on the back, lots of blind shots from the tee which isn’t…ideal. But I’m less upset at that and just how the ball bounced on the fairway. Overall 2.5/5 course.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 67
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Better Days

Greens were pretty good, fairways need some work. Weather was hot without much of a breeze most of the round, but I played by myself and enjoyed playing the course. I didn't play very well but humility is a good lesson.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Totally Pleased

I think you will not be disappointed in the condition of the course, layout and the challenge. There was great parking. Easy access to carts. A full restaurant I enjoy playing this course and it's worth the 35 mile drive to get there.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Golf

Greens were in very good shape tee boxes and fairways were pretty Horrific looks like they are trying to fix but a bit of new road and Home construction on front nine back nine was okay from that just rough fairways and tee boxes love this course layout has lots of unique holes and is challenging have played this course since it first opened as Walkabout would play more often if it was in better shape

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Good value for a decent course

The course wasn’t in championship condition by any means, but it was in good enough condition to play and have a good time. Was a great price and the course facilities were good.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pace of play?!

I played yesterday and today with discounts from golf now. Today’s round was horrible. Front nine went well at 1.5 but the back nine was ridiculous, over 2.5. Two to three groups waiting on tee boxes sometimes. That ruined the round but I would still come play with a discount from GN.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Better then expected

I bought a round off of Golf Now for $20. It was well worth it. I would return with a GN deal but probably wouldn’t if I was paying the full price. There was very little grass on the tee boxes, the fairways were hit and miss, but the greens were pretty good. Friendly staff inside and out. Warning: don’t be getting to close to the water with your ball retriever, I had a small gator bite down on it while trying to grab a ball! How about the pic?! Look closely and you can see the 20ft extended flag on this par three.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 36
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Needs work

The course has a beautiful layout with awesome views. The course however is currently in bad shape and has been for quite a while. I quit after the front 9 because it wasn’t enjoyable.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
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