Babe Zaharias Golf Course
About
Located just 20 minutes from downtown in the Forest Hills section of Tampa, Babe Zaharias Golf Course meanders through a tree-lined residential neighborhood. The golf course measures a modest 6,020 yards, but should not be taken lightly. Although both nines on "The Babe" are par 35, the back side sports four par-4 holes in excess of 400 yards, providing a challenge for golfers of all skill levels.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 70 | 6020 yards | 69.0 | 115 |
| Green | 70 | 5531 yards | 66.4 | 112 |
| White | 70 | 5306 yards | 65.1 | 109 |
| Black (W) | 72 | 4808 yards | 67.0 | 117 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 68.7/121 | 321 | 403 | 299 | 330 | 153 | 472 | 336 | 139 | 341 | 2794 | 278 | 392 | 486 | 421 | 306 | 142 | 432 | 173 | 412 | 3042 | 5836 |
| White M: 66.9/117 W: 72.0/127 | 309 | 377 | 287 | 307 | 142 | 446 | 314 | 129 | 315 | 2626 | 260 | 372 | 473 | 399 | 279 | 126 | 412 | 142 | 399 | 2862 | 5488 |
| Green M: 64.6/112 W: 69.4/121 | 297 | 308 | 275 | 261 | 131 | 400 | 279 | 120 | 309 | 2380 | 230 | 316 | 460 | 384 | 252 | 115 | 371 | 133 | 358 | 2619 | 4999 |
| Yellow M: 63.3/109 W: 67.7/117 | 285 | 302 | 263 | 252 | 123 | 331 | 269 | 104 | 278 | 2207 | 225 | 307 | 445 | 355 | 230 | 106 | 366 | 120 | 350 | 2504 | 4711 |
| Handicap | 16 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 5 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 70 |
| Handicap (W) | 12 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 5 |
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Dirt and weeds galore Photo submitted by Allan9914498 on 05/10/2026
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Photo submitted by sk00rb on 03/11/2024
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Photo submitted by GerardRyan on 11/17/2023
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Water is not tough Photo submitted by Greg6666995 on 03/22/2023
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Photo submitted by schwabc on 03/19/2023
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Captors resting along our way Photo submitted by schwabc on 03/19/2023
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Photo submitted by svbuell on 02/05/2023
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Photo submitted by Baldybrown2 on 03/23/2020
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Photo submitted by Baldybrown2 on 03/23/2020
Vicious Starter
Starter has the personality of a rattlesnake poise to strike. Manager, ranger and restaurant personnel all very nice. Course short and narrow between houses but small sloping greens makes it challenging.
Short but challenging Municipal type course
Only 6000 yards from back tees. As with the 2 other Tampa Sports Authority courses, Rocky Point & Rogers Park, this course is well maintained.. The fairways are plush & the elevated greens roll true & fast. The Par 4's on the back nine are long enough to be Par 5's for short drivers like me who only drive 240 yards. There are few houses visible on the course, & they're no where near play. There are a lot of roads that run parallel to the holes, about 4 holes have roads on both sides of the fairways & that got into my buddies head. This is why the course reminds me of Mayfair Country Club & Rolling Hills Golf Club near Orlando. I enjoyed the course & will return to play it even though my buddy won't.
good course, good value
Good layout, decent fairways & greens, value price after noon $23 with cart, very good grill food
Over priced city course
Greens keepers lack in knowledge in how to do pin placement and repairing the old cup hole I could count up to as many as 7 to 12 previous holes on each green. Sand traps were not racked properly and had to much growth on the insides of the sand traps. Fairways had different types of weeds and grass growing in them.
"The Babe"
Got 18 in before the rains came and they still rank right up there with some of the Orlando high end course for the best greens. Great pace of play....even with three walkers ahead of us. Staff as always very friendly and accommodating. The price was definitely right and the greens while a bit slow ran true from 1 through 18. Always a treat to play......
Great value!
Overall a really great value for the money. The course is in pretty good shape based on municipal course standards. The main drawbacks to the course is a lack of a driving range and the 7th hole is a "gimmick" hole IMHO. It's not a long course at around 6300yds but it is tight with a few hazards that can come into play and has some tricky greens depending on the pin position.
nice course good features
good city course - close to city with mature trees and a few ponds.
course in good shape.
Great play
I enjoyed my round of golf here but the greens needs some work and the fairways grass need to be tended to other then that I enjoy the pace of play and staff there
back 9 was closed. played front 9 twice
Some of the tees are in really bad shape. Some of the fairways are too. But the greens were good.
Great course for the money, on a weekday
Played early afternoon on a weekday. Finished under 4 hours and had a lot of fun. The greens were in great shape but the tees were a bit crispy and sandy. Did not take away from a nice day. For what you pay, it was a good deal and a nice quick round. It's not TPC, which is fine because you're not paying a TPC price.
Good Experience
Had time to kill before a flight so chose this course as has easy access to major freeways. Was met by a very friendly staff and they got us out 15 minutes prior to our tee time. If you are an above average golfer will want to play the course from the Black Tees as from the Whites would be a bit too short. Some very nice holes as the course has great character. As others have said, the tee boxes need some work and the greens are slow but are consistent with a public course. A few bare spots on some fairways but not too bad. Thought we got good value for our money. Would play there again if in town.
Pleasant game
On Thursday march 13/14 we were 2 foursomes to play this course and we had na lot of fun.The staff is very courteous and nice.The course is some challenge but Ok for moderate players as we all are.
nice public course
Met by friendly starter and staff. Got off early and finished in less than 4 hours. Course is in good condition, but tee boxes need seeding. Back 9 has 3 holes over 410 yard par 4's. Challenging course for intermediate golfer.
Golf 3/7/2014
We had good time we had a very slow group in front of us but that is. Not the fault of the course. It was in great shape considering thre rain day before
quite nice
The Babe may be short but it does not lack challenges. Many holes are flanked by neighborhood streets so it's easy to hit your tee shot OB. The course was in pretty good condition and the pace of play was fast.
Babe Zaharias
Friendly staff, nice course and good food. Played 18 holes on a beautiful day. Overall course conditions are good and the greens are fast. I like this course and will be playing here again.
Nice course
I enjoyed our round of golf, just wish the course was in St pete. Not worth the drive through Tampa.
Disrespectful person
We had a single player in front of us who was laying two balls from different parts of course ex blue tees then white tees
Different sides of green
We were held up for the entire back nine we played leading to others catching up to us
Would not mind if he was out on course by himself but his actions held us up
Never saw a ranger the whole 18 we played
Really liked course challenging yet fair
Will return hope the other guy doesn't,t
This course was fun it was in great shape
This was a nice course . The fairways were in great shape and the greens proved to be challenging....the staff was great the carts were in great shape
Great value for good course
two thumbs up for all areas. Nice layout in residential Tampa