The Savannahs GC: #8
Short part 3 over water, nicknamed the Alligator Trap.
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3.9
1022 Reviews (1022)
5 Stars
250
4 Stars
512
3 Stars
180
2 Stars
55
1 Stars
25
Conditions
3.6
Value
4.1
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.9
86.2%
Recommend this course
890 out of 1022 reviews
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4.0
79 Reviews (79)
5 Stars
20
4 Stars
43
3 Stars
15
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.2
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.7
93.7%
Recommend this course
74 out of 79 reviews
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3.9
102 Reviews (102)
5 Stars
27
4 Stars
49
3 Stars
19
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.6
Value
4.0
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.6
85.3%
Recommend this course
87 out of 102 reviews
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Course Highlights
The course layout earns consistent praise for its variety, with a tight front nine and more open back nine that tests every club. Staff friendliness stands out as a top strength, with welcoming employees enhancing the overall experience.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Woodland
Par 72
Length 6422 yards
Slope 124
Rating 71.4

Challenge the Savannahs. On the windward side of Merritt island lies one of the most unique golf courses on Florida's Space Coast. The 6,450 yard Gordon G. Lewis design winds through majestic hardwood forests, natural wetlands, and scenic lakes to reveal protected, undulated greens. Nine holes are framed by a natural savannah conservation area, bordered by hammocks with a high canopy of trees and coastal flatwoods. Water, in the form of natural wetlands and manmade lakes, comes into play on thirteen holes. The course boasts several unforgettable holes, such as the 525-yard, par 5 Signature 7th, regarded as one of the most challenging holes in Central Florida. This beautifully tight, typically southern course features six sets of tees, making play ideal for beginners and pros. The back tees are demanding even for the best of the best, while our new “Family Tees” are playable by anyone who wants to tee up. Prepare for your round by warming up on our practice facilities that include: unique aqua range, chipping and bunker area, and full-sized practice putting green. Look around during your visit, and you will notice nature's splendor on display. Our preserve features many water birds, birds of prey, reptiles, and low country mammals that make the savannahs their home. The fairways additionally offer a great view of the nearby Cape Canaveral rocket launches. Our southern plantation styled Clubhouse is a great place to start and end your day at The Savannahs. Inside you will find a golf shop, plus a bar and grill with great food and hospitality to match. Or, wander outside to the veranda overlooking the aqua range and golf course to catch the sunset.

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Course Details

Year Built 1989
Golf Season Year round
Architect Gordon G. Lewis (1989)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

3.9
1022 Reviews (1022)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 13
19th Hole Scenic Views 8
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 60
Narrow Fairways 37
Bunkers 30
This course/club is great for:
Locals 41
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 35
Advanced Golfers 23
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 31
In the 'Burbs 21
Convenient to the City 15

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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
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Previously Played

Layout had water on almost every hole fairways were tight. Rough and fairways basically the same. Greens were in good shape you could tell they took care of them. Hard to control ball because it was so windy that once your ball got above tree line it was hard to tell what your ball would do. Sometimes it would carry and other time no carry. Wind would take your ball right out of play and if you tried to play the wind sometimes ball would break and other times nothing. Course in general not that impressive. I’m a 12 handicap and I thought it was a hard day out there because of the wind mostly. Overall course not in bad shape.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

Very good course with lots of water

Very good cours design with above average water need lots of balls

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/02/2019

Thank you for the 5-Star review!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 03/22/2019

Thank you for the 5-Star review! Please come back and see us again soon.

Played On
Reviews 106
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good Course, Great Pace

Nice course with one of the better practice facilities in the area. Played on the Sunday of a long weekend and got around in 4 hours. Very good value and I recommend it.

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

Enjoyable Round

Nice staff, really enjoyed my time on the course!!!! Keep up the good work!! I'll be playing here often when I come to visit! Thank You!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 449
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 10 Contributor
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Wet course!

This course is very wet, ball plugged on every shot. It seems to be set in wetlands all around with very poor drainage, it is like playing on a wet sponge.

Very busy day, not sure if it is like that all the time, no ranger to move people along. tees can be better, fairways are wet, some naked areas, greens were slow and bumpy, can use a cut and roll.

Even the attendant in the pro-shop seemed to have an issue with the price i paid for golf, not sure the exact problem there. I don't mean to be overly negative but there are better courses for the price, I think they can do better.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 02/17/2019

Thank you for your comments, we appreciate your input. We hope you will return once the course dries out from the 3-4 inches of rain we got at the start of the last week.

Played On
Reviews 273
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Top 50 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

water water everywhere and not a ball to be found

This is a challenging course with water all over it....Some you must fly... others around you go. If you miss the grass you are either in the swamps or the canals/lakes. Pace of play had the usual snowbird effect but was not awful.

This is about my 6th round in the last few weeks, all with different players at different courses and overall none of us could putt. Maybe the number of golfers walking on the greens have them flattened and made them hard to read...but no putts are falling anywhere.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 68
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
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 Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 103
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Nice Layout with Plenty of Challenges

I'm sure it must be their signature hole. I believe it was the 3rd hole, a par-3 over water about 165 yards. Picturesque and scary at that same time. Proud to say I put it 20 feet left of the hole and parred it! But, watch out for the ski boats! Yes, ski boats. There are a couple spots where the ski boats go by and signs state "watch out for ski boats". Greens were great. Course doesn't measure long but you'll feel the length as there is enough trouble and water where you have to positions shots. Staff is great. You'll enjoy this course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Another day of golf

The course is always ready to play. Slow pace of play today. Course in decent shape. Tee areas could use a little work.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Friendly golf course

Played this course a few times .Staff is friendly and helpful. Always have a pleasant Time

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 02/04/2019

Thank you for the review! We are so glad that our staff was so accommodating on the day you played. Thank you for coming out and we hope to see you again this weekend!

Played On
Reviews 68
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
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 Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 02/01/2019

Thank you for the 5-Star review!

Played On
Reviews 66
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 02/01/2019

Thank you for the 4-Star review!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 02/04/2019

Thank you for the 5-Star review Scott!

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Commented on 02/04/2019

Thank you for the 5-Star review Scott!

Played On
Reviews 3
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

Good Course

this course is a fair price for the condition. The staff is very friendly. We have stayed for lunch both times we played food was very good.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 02/04/2019

Thank you for the review! We appreciate the feedback regarding our pricing structure and friendly staff! Thanks for coming out and we hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Value for your dollar

Pretty good little course, get you out and around in a pretty fast pace. Greens are average, bunker by green are full of beach sand but forget most fairway bunker, they need work. Many birds around and surrounding villas are pretty impressive in a nicely put together community. With a little more investment in fairway this course would be impressive. Would go back as 4 or 5 holes needs to have been played to know where to hit it. Definitely good value for your money.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 02/04/2019

Let us first say that we are so glad to hear you enjoyed your visit. We work hard to create a seamless experience with so you can focus on enjoying yourself and let us do the rest. We also want to thank you for your honest and constructive criticism of the course. Your comments are presented in a way we can incorporate them into actual change. We are going to escalate your review to our team in charge and do everything we can to improve before your next game. Thank you for visiting and playing at The Savannahs. We hope to see you again soon!

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Commented on 02/04/2019

Let us first say that we are so glad to hear you enjoyed your visit. We work hard to create a seamless experience with so you can focus on enjoying yourself and let us do the rest. We also want to thank you for your honest and constructive criticism of the course. Your comments are presented in a way we can incorporate them into actual change. We are going to escalate your review to our team in charge and do everything we can to improve before your next game. Thank you for visiting and playing at The Savannahs. We hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good local golf course

I know they have had some ownership problems and they are trying to bring the course to great playing conditions.

Tee area need the most work.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 01/28/2019

We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars. We hope you'll give us another try in the near future.

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