Palmer at Saddlebrook Golf & Tennis Resort: #5
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4.0
1666 Reviews (1666)
5 Stars
707
4 Stars
625
3 Stars
185
2 Stars
87
1 Stars
62
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.1
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.0
81.5%
Recommend this course
1390 out of 1666 reviews
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4.2
62 Reviews (62)
5 Stars
32
4 Stars
18
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
2
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.4
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.5
88.7%
Recommend this course
55 out of 62 reviews
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4.1
78 Reviews (78)
5 Stars
38
4 Stars
23
3 Stars
10
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
3
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.3
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.5
85.9%
Recommend this course
67 out of 78 reviews
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Course Highlights
Saddlebrook's staff consistently earns high praise for being genuinely friendly, courteous, and well-prepared with GPS carts and helpful course advice. The redesigned layout offers excellent variety and strong value compared to other top courses in the Tampa Bay area.

About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Par 72
Length 6434 yards
Slope 141
Rating 72.2
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Saddlebrook Resort Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1982
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Tif-Eagle Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Arnold Palmer (1982) Ed Seay (1982) Robert Walker (1982) Rees Jones (2025)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - "Saddlebrook Golf Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities, Spa

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Fitness
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Reviews

4.0
1666 Reviews (1666)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 16
Patio Dining 13
Dinner 9
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 54
Bunkers 45
Forced Carries 32
This course/club is great for:
A Weekend Splurge 33
Advanced Golfers 32
Locals 25
This Course's Location is:
At a Resort 53
Worth the Drive 28
Convenient to the City 27

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Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Couples

First time playing after reconstruction. Beautiful work!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 28
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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 40
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Course redue looks great

Awesome updates to the course can’t wait until the greens are rolling faster!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Impressed

I had the opportunity to play the Pines-9 and Oaks-9, and what a fun round that was! The course is in very good shape - and when you consider our drought and how a lot of other courses in the area are handling it - Saddlebrook is doing everything right! Played the white tees, and had a lot of proper approach shots - used every club in the bag I think - not a driver/wedge course, for sure! Complimentary bottled water, complimentary valet parking - I felt like I was getting away with something. My only knocks would be that there was a twosome 2 groups ahead that held up our threesome for the entire 2nd nine, and some folks might think the greens were too slow, but we played late in the day and they were still rolling very true, just not extremely fast.

I’ll definitely be back, and will bring friends!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 67
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

Great, but slow

Got a hot deal. Course was in amazing shape, really enjoyed the layout, have nothing to complain about there .The course was empty minus the 3 groups in front of me, no one came out ever to speed up play.. 5 hours is preposterous in mid June with the course empty.

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

One of the best in the area

Amazing golf course and such a friendly staff, specially Steve he checked on us twice and refilled our water and ice. I will recommend this course to anyone that looking to have a great golf round.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Great Redesign and fairways perfect

I recently played Sadddlebrook, because my brother recommended it. I was so happy I did. The last time I played there was two years ago. They have done a total redesign and added a new range and practice area. The staff was great, and after our round we used the on-site restaurant, which had plenty of TVs, and the food was excellent as well.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
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 Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Another Nice Round at Saddlebrook

Staff are exceptionally friendly and helpful. Weather was moderate. It was my first time on the back nine and the course was not as pristine as the front 9, but very playable. I really enjoyed Saddlebrook and highly recommend playing there.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Stay & Play - Great Vacation Value

The convenience of the resort stay and daily golf was great! The 3 - 9 hole courses allowed for quick play and the conditions were great. Pine and Oak were slightly better than Cypress, but all 18 combinations were enjoyable to play. I highly recommend the course and resort.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

I miss

So miss the old Arnold Palmer track. Other than that it was good.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Saddlebrook

Absolutely loved the Oaks course. It was immaculate. It was nine great holes, pretty difficult but very rewarding and fun. Went early, had no one in front or behind me. They were working the course hard and now you can understand why it’s in such incredible shape. I played the Cypress the back nine and it was very good, but maybe a step below the oaks. Can’t wait to play it again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Pace of play issue

Lovely and challenging golf course in excellent condition and good price. The only problem, and it was significant, was pace of play. We were behind two foursomes and a twosome. Front nine went slowly but back nine was horrendous. We had a 10-15 minute wait on every tee box. The group behind us quit after 14 holes. We quit after 15. I estimated that had we finished, it would have been a 5.5 hour round. We saw one Marshall on the third hole who gave us a wave. Never saw another Marshall. Even if busy, a Marshall should have been present to speed things up. What could have been a great round ultimately was disappointing and frustrating.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Best Day of Golf ever

Best day of golf in my 70+ years. I must have used the wrong gate and couldn't follow directions to course entrance. Workers and staff person helped me navigate to the clubhouse. This made me a few minutes late but I was warmly welcomed at the club house and quickly set up with a cart (with cooler of water) and directed to hole 1. A group was already on hole 1 and about half way, but saw me as a single and came back to offer me to play thru or ride thru. got me off to a great start with no waiting. Course was in great shape and well laid out with spacious fairways. pace of play was very good and every hole a pleasure (BUT CHALLENGING). On course marshal was very helpful. Warmly greeted at return to clubhouse and my valet parking was free. Really GREAT DAY OF GOLF. Thanks

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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