University of South Florida Golf Course - The Claw
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About
The newly renovated Claw at USF, named thus for its many doglegged fairways, offers a distinct layout that seamlessly winds through moss draped oaks and towering pines on pristine Florida preservation land. You will enjoy the fact that there are no houses crowding the fairways. Located at the University of South Florida, this manicured course is home to alligators, deer, turkeys and many other rare inhabitants. You will feel like you are playing in the heart of a nature preserve. "The Claw" is also home to the nationally ranked men's and women's USF Golf Teams. Elevated greens and new Tif-Dwarf putting surface, will test your finesse and shot making ability.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Green | 71 | 6863 yards | 73.6 | 135 |
| Gold | 71 | 6288 yards | 71.0 | 126 |
| Light Green | 71 | 5939 yards | 69.5 | 122 |
| Light Green (W) | 71 | 5939 yards | 73.9 | 126 |
| Yellow | 71 | 5353 yards | 70.9 | 115 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Green M: 73.4/128 | 405 | 401 | 524 | 406 | 156 | 494 | 469 | 199 | 426 | 3480 | 399 | 422 | 165 | 418 | 531 | 391 | 186 | 377 | 369 | 3258 | 6738 |
| Gold M: 70.4/127 | 386 | 343 | 496 | 363 | 138 | 450 | 408 | 184 | 398 | 3166 | 373 | 378 | 145 | 391 | 506 | 363 | 168 | 326 | 361 | 3011 | 6177 |
| Light Green M: 69.1/125 W: 74.9/135 | 371 | 315 | 480 | 343 | 137 | 438 | 391 | 166 | 371 | 3012 | 364 | 368 | 127 | 371 | 487 | 344 | 149 | 314 | 352 | 2876 | 5888 |
| Yellow M: 65.6/118 W: 70.7/124 | 348 | 275 | 412 | 319 | 115 | 402 | 357 | 123 | 313 | 2664 | 347 | 313 | 81 | 307 | 469 | 277 | 121 | 252 | 297 | 2464 | 5128 |
| Handicap | 5 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 14 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
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Practice Green Photo submitted by mideastsoldier2003 on 07/03/2020
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Chipping area Photo submitted by mideastsoldier2003 on 07/03/2020
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Clubhouse Photo submitted by mideastsoldier2003 on 07/03/2020
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Clubhouse Photo submitted by mideastsoldier2003 on 07/03/2020
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Fun day with the fellows. We may be back. Photo submitted by KingOsi on 02/12/2020
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Photo submitted by u301479712 on 12/27/2019
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Photo submitted by u301479712 on 12/27/2019
Skip this place
The club house is a conex in the parking lot. The carts are molding on the seats, the grass is cut too short, they have leaves everywhere so it's hard to spot the ball, the tee times are not enforced (we were given the go ahead to tee off 10 minutes early because we had two new players in my party, by the time we were hitting our second shot the next group was teeing off, felt rushed the entire time, the layout is confusing.
Properly priced
Properly priced for course conditions and amenities, but overall disappointed at the condition for a Div 1 school golf course.
Pardsie
Great layout
Decent greens
Fairways need some TLC
The course is falling apart. Greens are in good shape, but that's about it.
Maintenance
Maintenance was awful tee box were horrible on most holes over booked had no carts when I showed up but paid for one course is over priced for what you get I’m a 2 handicap golfer and will never go back.
Very slow
Pace of slow was extremely slow due to walkers from the golf team. The team should not be allowed to walk at certain hours. They showed no respect to the general public. Players would just jump around the coyote any open hole delaying the whole course.
1 hour wait past our tee time for carts returning from course
Unbelievable that USF after years of the same problem of not putting money back into the course and everyone that showed up around our noon tee time waited an hour or more BEYOND their tee times for a cart. Horrible as this has been going on for years now???
New Year’s Eve
Sucked. Had to wait for carts. No balls for the driving range cuz they were soo busy. Everyone there was super dope. Friendly. Helpful. Just didn’t have enough carts so about 10 groups had to wait.
New Year’s Eve tho. Idk.
Great layout
The layout is great. Course conditions could be better. The amenities need to be improved.
Thank you jstomaszewicz for your review. We look forward to seeing you back out here soon!
Thank you for your review. We look forward to seeing you back out here soon!
Overbooked
The pace of play was terrible, let alone they didn’t have carts available until it’d already been 45mins past our tee time. Management is all about making money because they overbooked the course. It seems common sense isn’t common anymore as they put 2 foursomes in front of a twosome. Collectively we played 7 holes in 3 hours, skipping ahead from the 10th to the 17th, ironically the people on 16 were on 9 when we tee’d off on 1. Get more carts, don’t overbook the course, and needless to say we won’t be back.
Thank you mgonza8 for your review. We look forward to seeing you back out here soon!
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Thank you so much for your review! We are happy to see you enjoyed our course. We value your feedback, and hope to see you back in the future