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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 71
Length 6961 yards
Slope 140
Rating 74.5

Designed by Steve Smyers, Cheval Golf and Athletic Club's (previously known as Cheval Country Club) mature and meticulously maintained course meanders through 860 acres of elegantly designed development property. Cypress trees abound on this course along with native Florida wildlife including deer, alligators, otters, eagles, wading birds and more. Cheval is one of the area's most prestigious semi-private clubs and offers 18 holes of championship golf. Precise shot placement is required to avoid the 108 bunkers and water hazards that lurk on every hole. A large practice facility includes target greens, distance markings, a practice greens-side bunker, a practice fairway bunker, large putting green and separate pitching green.

Course Details

Year Built 1986
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Champion turf
Golf Season Year round
Architect Steve Smyers

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed No
Dress code Traditional golf attire required.

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Restaurant, Beverage Carts

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Locker Rooms, Playground

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Fitness, Tennis, Basketball
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4.1
239 Reviews (239)
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Skill Intermediate
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4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course.

I’m a 13 hdc and dad is an 18. Nice course in good condition. We visited the Tampa area for the week and played several courses in the $40 range. This course, by far, was the nicest.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 1
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4.0
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Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Fantastic Floridian golf course

Lots of water, scenic, and very good pace of play. Great deal, not too far from the downtown Tampa area.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 42
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Staff was great really personable & informative

The 17th hole is still under construction, but we were notified well in advance. The rest of the course was in good shape one green on the back nine was rough . Hitting the greens on this course makes it much more enjoyable ,trouble just off the greens

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 50
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Beautiful

Course is layed out nice ...greens could be better but at this time of year. ...can't wait to get back

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Christmas Eve golfing

Pace of play was slow there was a foursome in front of us with a 4 yeah old playing with them... Not on Christmas Eve.... Didn't let us play through.... But other than that had a great time... Can't wait to play there again..... Tim Weather Man Young

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Disappointed

GolfNow should have warned prospective customers that hole #17 (the best par three on the course) was closed and was replaced by a 30' putt on the practice green! Had this been done, I would have booked a different course for my friend and I, and perhaps considered Cheval next spring. To say the least, this "blindside" was disappointing (especially for my friend who can only play once per week).

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

great and not great

played cheval solo today - excellent course, some greens we’re in rough shape around the edges but pins were not near that so no issues. knew ahead of time that the 17th hole was closed so again, no issue there for $30 - great layout with challenging holes the whole way through. would definitely play again

only complaint was catching a group of 4 in front of me on the 5th hole and waiting on every shot until a 3some behind me caught me on hole 11 and I played with them. I assume the group of 4 were members and didn’t think twice about making me wait behind them while they played their round with no one in front of them. no ranger on course enforcing pace of play.. 3.5 hour round easily could have been finished in 2

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 35
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Course conditions could have been better

The rough was pretty deep and some fairways were spongy. Also some greens on the back nine need work. The fairways were great, but I paid a steep price whenever I missed. Also there was a 4 some of ladies who held up play during the entire back nine and should have let everyone play thru (no rangers?). Hopefully it will be better next time I play!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

No warning,that hole 17 is under repair.still we had to pay full price.golf now and the club should have advised us beforehand. The provisional hole 17 is a joke.

Several greens are in an awful condition..

The layout is beautiful.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Lots of water

Lots of tee shots over water. Accuracy off the tee can make your approach shots a lot shorter

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 48
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Good not Great

Not a premier 5 star course anymore. However a nice layout for $30 a great deal yes will play there again

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 75
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

NotWhatWeExpected

We had never played Cheval together so when we saw a $30 rate we jumped on it. Unfortunately it was not a good 1st impression. The golf cart kept pooping out, cart path only with soggy course conditions throughout (we only learned of the cart path only requirement after calling to report our 2nd malfunctioning cart), no 17th hole due to repairs...it just wasn't what we expected at Cheval.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 90
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Disappointing

I was surprised and disappointed when we played today. The tees were a little shabby, the fairways were OK, but the greens were not very good. Some had large blemishes filled with sand. We had been here a couple of months ago when most courses were being aerated. But instead of punching holes in the green, they had created rib-like furrows. I had never seen that before. Two months later, the ribs are still obvious on the green and definitely affect the roll of the ball. They tend to guide the ball if you are putting parallel to the ribs, and makes it very bumpy if you putt across them.

Also, for some strange reason, they totally forgot to mention that there is no 17th Hole! There is a new housing development going in, and the hole has been totally torn up, and you would never know that there was ever a par 3 there. I think that's something that you may want to mention on the GolfNow listing, or at least tell you in the clubhouse when you check in. The 4 of us decided we will not be back anytime soon. If I was a member here, I'd be very unhappy.

My suggestion is that if you would like to go and play 18 holes, go elsewhere.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Day

We had a great day on the course. Can't wait go go back agai in September or October

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 86
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Horrible

I played this course about 10 years ago and it was first class to say the least. I played it again and was excited but found out quickly it’s not what it use to be. Course was in horrible shape. Greens recently punched and are horrible. I’ve played lots of punches greens but these are ridiculous. Won’t be going back anytime soon.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart

wow

One of the few courses that compel you to stop at various locations, look around, and marvel at how beautiful everything is: course conditions, the surrounding houses, the trees, etc. A terrific bargain.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Almost unplayable.

Played Cheval before 2 months ago and it was great. Fast forward to 7/21/2018 and the course was in bad shape. Plugged drives and very wet tee boxes, this course should not have been opened for play. We had to push the cart girl out of mud on the 17th hole because she got stuck.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 47
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Over Rated

Extremely wet. The course should not have been opened. Deep ruts all over-plugged balls on many wedges-slow greens-standing water on most of the fairways-carts battery died called pro shop for another cart they left us stranded. One of the worse days of golf I’ve ever had.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
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