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Babe Zaharias Golf Course
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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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Beautiful Day
Course is in terrible condition from tee to green. End of story!
Fine lay-out, fairway grass too poor and yellow
Excellent layout
Greens fine, but fairways too dry and irregular.
Too slow pace on day.
Golfing
The friendly staff and welcoming atmosphere made it a great day to play gold on their course. The course layout is pretty straightforward, making it a good choice for golfers. My daughter and I had a great day!
Babe Zaharis
Greens were in bad shape. Fareways were below average.
Great Course for the Money
It’s not going to be the best course you play. There are definitely some holes that are really weird, but it’s a decent spot nonetheless. I’ve been there when the greens are fantastic but on this last play they needed some work. There’s also a few holes with standing water in the middle of the fairway which is unfortunate since it’s not designed to have water in those areas.
For the cost of the round, it’s not to bad and if you need to get a round in, it’s a great go to.
Nice course for the money
Staff is great! Course is in decent shape some greens need help and some tee boxes are beat up but that is to be expected in the winter in FL. We don't get the amount of rain in the winter that we get in Spring and Summer.
Honestly, pretty rough course but great people
Thought about not leaving any review because everyone was just so nice, but even taking into account that this is a city-owned public course, it's just in pretty rough shape. The greens on the front are just rolled pasture... generally they're puttable, but it's beyond "patchy"... the patchy parts are the good parts with grass. Back nine greens hit and miss but far better, I believe they are in the process of replacing greens? Big difference front to back. Course is very short, obviously you can see that from the scorecard, but there are a few 400+ par fours from the back tees. Teeing areas are very small, usually not more than 8 feet across, often sloped and several were really dug up. Other areas of the tee boxes not terrible, would suggest the course widens the teeing areas to spread out the pain a little bit. Many fairways a mix of sparse fairway grass, hardpan and weeds, although all were mowed. On one hole my playing partner was excited to find that his drive found a little one square foot patch of green grass out of a wide area of whatever that was. I don't know if they have working sprinklers or if there are water restrictions they have to follow as a city course that other courses don't, but we were surprised. Bunkers were actually great throughout the course, and unfortunately I got to know quite a few of them. Basically it's a one star course with five star people.
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