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3.6
559 Reviews (559)
5 Stars
93
4 Stars
241
3 Stars
133
2 Stars
48
1 Stars
44
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.7
Layout
3.7
Friendliness
3.8
Pace
3.0
Amenities
3.4
74.2%
Recommend this course
418 out of 559 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.5
19 Reviews (19)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
7
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.5
Layout
3.5
Pace
2.3
Amenities
2.9
StaffFriendliness
4.0
73.7%
Recommend this course
14 out of 19 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.6
63 Reviews (63)
5 Stars
11
4 Stars
28
3 Stars
14
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.7
Layout
3.7
Pace
2.9
Amenities
3.2
StaffFriendliness
3.9
74.6%
Recommend this course
47 out of 63 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 5900 yards
Slope 113
Rating 67.9
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Dad Miller Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1961
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Dick Miller

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area No

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Restaurant
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Reviews

3.6
559 Reviews (559)

What Golfers Are Saying

This course/club is great for:
Walkers 6
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 6

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Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing

The Gopher Plantation

How does anyone who plays golf come back a 2nd time to play this gopher course?

Not us. They should torch this course.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Goat Track

If you like playing on a poorly maintained gopher course, you're going to love Dad Miller's Gopher Course.

I actually think they still use goats to keep the grass low. This is truly a Goat Track. A big waste of money.

Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great golf, but bathroom issues

The pace of play started getting bad on the back 9. The restrooms were ALL closed except for the one in the club house. Kind of inconvenient.

The greens were in pristine condition. The fairways were beautiful. Overall, not bad.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Back 9 not too good

Greens are generally good except no roll out, slow. The front 9 fairways are okay, lots of gopher holes. Back 9 is a different story, fairways are pretty bad, played the front 9 in just under 2 hours, back 9 was very slow, caught a group that was in no rush, practicing putting while we were waiting in the fairway. No marshals. On 16 we saw they were two holes behind. 3 hour back 9

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Dad Miller

I heard so much about this course, that it was long, well not really. The par fours and fives were reachable. The par threes were a bit lengthy. The true challenge here was the narrow fairways and the mature trees with hanging branches that needed to be navigated after a wayward tee shot. I hit a few low beauties out from under some trouble on the front side. Didn't know I had those shots, they saved pars and bogies. The back nine has water canals that require thoughtful tee shots and a course knowledge for direction in that there are a few blind spots. I'm a 12 handicapper, shot an 80 with two doubles on the back nine Par fives, one lost ball, another I came up short on the approach and the following chip with two putts, pared the other two... so I played well, the greens rolled true, was right around the hole all day. Tough, challenging course that is a lot of fun.

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Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 22
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Enjoyed Dad Miller

Saw no signs saying social distancing and people were not doing so.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 38
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Post Covid

Good course

Good condition

Easy layout

Putting green and range are both open

Will play again

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 36
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Golf after Covid

The course is actually in nice shape , the pace of play was OK for a Saturday. Super nice golf carts. Definitely recommend and will play again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great day of golf

Course in great shape. Only downside was no pins in the hole. Had to guess where to hit to the green

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 05/30/2020

There are pins now and they have a very good device to take out your ball without touching the cup.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Easy pro shop check in, very cool golf carts, greens were in great shape, pace of play good.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 57
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

enjoyable round of golf

Had a very enjoyable day of golf thanks for making this a fun day will look forward to playing Dad Millers again soon...

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

FLOODED AND 9 HOLES CLOSED

This place has a wash/riverbed next to it that floods during heavy rains. These flood waters over-flow onto many of the fairways making them unplayable. Thus, they close 9 holes of the 18 holes and allow players to play the same 9 holes twice. It is understandable that course management has no control over this issue. HOWEVER, they should make players who are booking this course during these floods aware of this issue prior to booking and NOT wait until we are checking in at the course. And then they still charge normal rates for this type of round. Terrible way to handle the situation in my opinion. I won't be back.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Cold weather
Used cart

Modified Nine Holes and Poor Conditions

Played Dad Miller on Dec 29th using GolfNow to reserve the time. Arrived to find that the course was flooded and they pieced together 9 holes (played twice in a round) to make an 18-hole round.

This should have been noted by the course on GolfNow, so anyone reserving would know before making a tee time. The price was more than twice what would be reasonable for those conditions.

On a positive note, the greens were in excellent condition. The rest of the course was not good at all.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
Incentivized Review
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not worth $50

I’ve played munis for $40 that are better than this. the course is pretty short, not many driver holes. And the grass has a lot left to be desired. Greens were decent though.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Not bad

Dad Miller has certainly cleaned up it's course. The Tee boxes could use a little more care but the greens were in great shape. Overall, this course was worth what we paid.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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