Lely Resort Golf & Country Club - Flamingo Island Course

The course is very dry and the greens are in fair condition. It’s a great layout and fun to play.

The layout of this course is fantastic. Very challenging. I used every club in my bag. The greens were sandy because the have been dressed but they putted fine. Bunkers could use some more sand but they weren’t bad either.

I understand they are talking about a reconditiiningjod the curse in a couple years. When that happens, there will be none better.

It should be a crime to allow such an amazing RTJ routing to fall into this state of disrepair. Negligence and/or greed is only compounded by the fact they charge more than $150/round in season and cannot even be bothered to have regular marshals/PAs on the course (5 hours is closer to the norm than 4 here).

Note: as a member of the Classics CC, this is one of 3 courses I can play under my membership.

It is as disappointing to have to write this review as it was to play the Flamingo for the first time in roughly 6 months. Make no mistake, this RTJ layout is up there with the best course designs you will find anywhere. That’s why it is such a shame that the course conditions have been allowed to deteriorate to the virtually unplayable situation now. Bare patches are about as common as finding your ball on some grass whether in the fairway or around the greens. There’s generally more grass in the rough, except that more of it is weeds than Bermuda. Only a few greens had bare spots today, so that was a positive.

Likely due to playing before 9am, we managed to finish under 4 hours. Closer to 5 is more the norm in season here, so come prepared. In keeping with that norm, our foursome did catch up with a group that began with about a 2-hole head start and waited the entire back 9 on nearly every shot. When we thought we were at last seeing a PA (marshal/ranger) on 17, it was someone changing out a cart that was low on battery life. Amazing as this means someone was monitoring the carts remotely enough to see this issue and there was enough staff for someone to ride out to make the switch, yet no one was available to break up the logjam group(s). For a club that charges upwards of $150/round in season, it can only be negligence or unadulterated greed that allows the players’ experience to be sullied consistently.

Until the general public starts voting with its wallet and playing elsewhere, it is likely the annual lip service devoted to rehabbing this course will continue translating to “wait til next year.” That’s a shame, and it is only compounded by ignoring basic aspects of the customer experience like pace of play as a general rule.

what a nice course. Water, sand en challenging greens.

The first 9 open and the 2nd more with trees (and houses). We had a good time and will return

Really enjoy the golf course layout and pace of play was great. It was a fun course to play as I am a fan of Robert Trent Jones golf courses. Just wish the greens were faster. But the staff was extremely friendly and helpful and this alone will bring me back.

I liked the layout even if I did end up in more bunkers than I would have liked. For the money I expected a little bit better course conditions. Course was empty so I sailed through the round.

Fairways and general condition were excellent.

Greens were below average.

Excellent pace of play, Not busy.

Walk in green fees for October are extreme.

Staff was great. Very friendly all around. The course (Mustang) was in decent shape. Greens rolled true and fast. Looking forward to playing again!

I got. Hot deal. Was very good for the price..staff was very friendly. Greens were very good and the course also good

I do recommend it

Course is in excellent condition. Very long and challenging.

Course is difficult but enjoyable. In great condition. Friendly staff.

The receptionist was acting very unfriendly and careless.

The venue is very nice and a shame one person can destroy your reputation

Couple of the greens were being worked on, but only the very edge. Other than that, nice!

Course well laid out Tee boxes rough shape. Fairways pretty good. Greens roll nice Overall a nice round