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Value
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4.4
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Pace
4.2
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4.0
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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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Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Excellent experience

Played in the middle of the day on a Monday and had the course pretty much to myself. The course was in excellent condition with very minor wet areas, great fairways and great greens. The course is very penalizing if your not accurate off the tee. Will play again in future

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 34
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice shape

Course in really good shape considering the rain. Back 9 was a little wet, but overall very good. Challenging course so watch your placements off the tee - easy to go long and into trouble.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather

Rain Rain Rain

I only played 3 holes. Had to leave in the middle of hole #4 because of torrential rain

Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Bucket List

I booked this course based on an online review and was not disappointed,. This course has been private for most of its existence. The course is in great shape. It should be a must play while available. And the discounted rate is probably the best value on Golf Now.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
First Time Playing
Used cart

If you can't afford TPC, do not succomb to here

This course really irks me as the houses themsleves are pretty as well as the scenery but that's all the course has going for it.

The course is about 60% doglegs and requires shots with perfect accuracy and distance which requires perfect play unlike it's relative TPC. The conditions are quite poor for the price as the greens were unpredictable and extremely slow even though there wasn't rain for a week. Also the fairways were quite spotty and the lies which should have been favorable were not.

This course has no concept of either a "fun" hole or signature hole and is just terribly designed.

Also their carts utilize cart control in the most grotesque manner as if you're within 150 yrds of the green, it'll force you to move backwards at 1 MPH on top of the most obnoxious pop-ops on the GPS screen. It was so infurating I genuinely wanted to drive to cart on the greens out of fustration of the poor implmeneted cart limitions (don't worry I did not).

Overall if you cannot afford TPC, do not play here and choose anywhere else to have a remotely enjoyable experience.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Great course

Course was in great shape and they were very safe. I will return.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 50
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Great Value!

First time playing this course! Great value for the money! Greens excellent, fairways plush, tee boxes great shape and mostly flat, bunkers looked great, only had to play out of one thank goodness. LOL Amenities low only a 4 do to renovations. Cart girl seen often!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Best shape in area

I’ve played at least 12 courses locally since Covid 19, and Cheval is in the best condition. Definitely worth the price on Golf Now.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 31
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Very good conditions

Tee to green conditions were very good. Greens nice. Good layout.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

great golf

the course was excellent, the staff was excellent, we had a problem on the back 9 when a foursome had never played golf before and showed no courtesy. it took about 3 hours (?) to play the back. that was awful. but the golf was great, the course was great, had a really good time. enjoyed the course and would definitely play again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course

Played TPC and your course and I would tell friends to come play at your course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 74
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

SLOW greens

On the bad side the greens are very slow & the traps are more like waste areas. The layout is fun & the rest of the course is in good shape. That said it was worth the $25 we paid, but I would never pay the $55 or more they normally charge for greens this slow.

The GPS in the cart is helpful, but gets confused at times & the cart won't move. Twice while I was on the cart path the cart stopped & would not move until I put it in reverse / back in forward.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 150
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Green immaculate but on slow side

The course was in great shape. Plenty of grass, more than one likes if not in fairway. The greens rolled very true but were unusually slow, probably due to heavy rain over previous few days. Always a fun course to play.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Overall: Great Course

Everything about this course is great even with the recent rain besides the tee boxes, sheesh those need some work to be on the level of the rest of the course. 2nd time playing in the last week.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great course

From tee to green, course was in great shape. Pace of play was good

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