The Savannahs GC: #8
Short part 3 over water, nicknamed the Alligator Trap.
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3.9
961 Reviews (961)
5 Stars
235
4 Stars
477
3 Stars
170
2 Stars
54
1 Stars
25
Conditions
3.6
Value
4.1
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.8
84.8%
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833 out of 961 reviews
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3.6
31 Reviews (31)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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4
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2
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.6
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.2
71.0%
Recommend this course
22 out of 31 reviews
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3.9
144 Reviews (144)
5 Stars
38
4 Stars
73
3 Stars
20
2 Stars
9
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.6
Value
4.2
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.5
84.7%
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122 out of 144 reviews
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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 - "Golf Academy at Savannahs Golf Club"
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 must be worn at all times while on the course and practice range. No Tank Tops allowed, collared shirts or Mockneck t-shirts suggested.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

3.9
961 Reviews (961)
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Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great course

This course was in perfect condition. Thanks to the friendliest staff, it really made my day and was the best golf experience that I've had in a long time.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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I Recommend This Course
5.0
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Best scramble ever!!!

Found this course on a scramble hunter website. Played the course for my first time ever. This was the most fun and fairest scramble I’ve ever played in. There wasn’t a -22 or -27 that won. The best scores were -15 and -14. They even flighted the whole event. People who shot -3 won their flight. Can’t wait to come back and play this course again!!!

PS, tell the Superintendent he’s got amazing greens for central Florida in the summertime

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0

Wow!!! Great conditions and fun!

Course is in the best condition in many many years. Greens are in great shape. Looking forward to my next visit, cart girl and staff were super friendly.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great course when it's dry. Played the last few weeks and it was great.

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

Fun Layout

Played the course for the first time today with my son. Course was in great shape. Greens were rolling great. The layout makes you think. You can lay up or chance going in water. I will be back, even though it’s a little over an hour drive. Plus, the guys in the clubhouse were very helpful.

Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
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Reviews 52
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
1.0
First Time Playing

Sooooooooo slow

This is a really cool course. Tight with lots of water. But the pace of place is HORRIBLE over one hour to play 5 holes

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 08/13/2022

Good afternoon Dear Soooooooooooo slow...

This is Erik with Savannahs Golf Club. We are saddened to hear about your experience. Please reach out to me at Erik.Anderson@savannahsgolf.com to further discuss your day at the concern. Thanks so much and we would love to have you back out.

Played On
Reviews 71
Handicap 20-24
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Reviews 6
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 38
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Delayed starts

Savannahs offered tee times every 8 minutes between 0630 and 0700, but they won't let anyone off of the 1st tee until 0700. Which means they plan to back the course up right out of the gate, and that makes no sense. We were the 0638 tee time. The course itself was in very good condition and the greens were great. The water jugs on the course were close to empty and still had water from the day before in them, pretty much undrinkable. When we finished the 1st tee was still 3 deep, so they never caught up from holding the early tee times up.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Has lots of Potential!

I played 18 holes starting off in the morning. Course was wide open with practically no one playing. Staff was very friendly and spoke about major renovations that would be occurring with no date yet. The place is due for an overhaul. Clubhouse is very outdated and needs renovated. Not much of a pro shop inside. Front 9 was nicely laid out. Greens are in great shape but fairways do have areas that need work. Back 9 is where the renovations really need to be made. Tee boxes in bad shape and fairways are just fields. Sidewalks are either falling apart or just dirt/ gravel. Not as well laid out like the front is.

Enjoyed the round though and will be back. Hopefully they start renovating soon.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 24
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great value

I have read a lot of reviews trashing this course. Yes the fairways have some bare spots and almost half of the tee boxes are in rough shape, but overall this is a great course. First of all the staff is exceptionally friendly. Being a first time customer, they were very helpful and gave me a lot of information on the course. It is a challenging course with narrow fairways and a LOT of water. It is a very pretty course with an abundance of wildlife. Best of all, the twilight rate is only $17. I have no idea what some people are griping about.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Shockingly poor condition

I have played this course probably 50 plus times over the last twenty years but I have not played it in probably five years. The course is in terrible shape. The tee boxes are all crowned and mostly dirt and weeds with some grass. The fairways are about the same with a lot of dirt and not a lot of grass. The best grass on the entire place is on the greens with one problem........they are same thickness that the fairways should be. You have to hit the ball like you are putting from 30 feet in order to get it to the hole on a 10 foot put. I was just really shocked at what poor shape the course was in. I thought it was odd that we pulled up on a Friday morning and there were only four or five cars on the parking lot and we only saw two other groups on the course when we teed off. I know there has been a lot of turnover here with management over the years but with this shape, I'm surprised they can even stay open. They could drop the price to ten dollars and the frustration still wouldn't be worth it. Don't waste your time.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Decent course on Merrit Island

Was looking for a decent course in the Cocoa Beach area and had read mixed reviews on the course.

Very windy conditions although being a bit sheltered inland helped. Lots of water and tight fairways. The greens had been recently sanded and were a bit rough in spots. They need to get the weeds off the greens. Some wet areas from recent rain, but not a bad experience overall. Would like to see more fairway grass but that will come hopefully in the weeks ahead. One foursome held up three groups behind and no Marshal to move them along. 4 1/2 hours which seemed longer as the back nine dragged on.

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