University of South Florida Golf Course - The Claw

Conditions are not sup[er premium, but the course is very special with all of the wild life and mature trees. So nice to be out there in nature and playing golf. Would definitely go again. Some very interesting holes. High quality sand. Starter super friendly and helpful, price reasonable. Played through two foursomes, who couldn't have been nicer, then finally joined up with a twosome to finish out. Great day of golf.

Positives:

- good greeting in pro shop

- can't beat the rate to play at $14

- nice sand in bunkers

- great playing partners

Downside:

- lots of sand on greens...not in great shape

- slow play

- a couple of strange par 5's in terms of design

- marginal fairway conditions

This is a hard golf course. Small elevated greens. Have to be on to have any fun IMHO

Great layout. Poor fairway conditions--fast greens

Excellent course, friendly staff, exceptional value.

Small parking lot. Small clubhouse. Fast check in. Nice clean restrooms. The carts are peppy. The drivIng range is far away. But it works. The fairways are narrow with many doglegs, and in good shape. Greens are fast, they too are in good shape. Tee boxes are a little uneven. The course is full of wildlife. Hotdogs were big and Coked well. The restaurant looked nice, I will definitely try it out next time.

Enjoy the front 9, Score well because if you are not accurate and straight, watch out. Bring extra patience and golf balls, you will need both. The back is narrow and to me tough. But, if you like golf like I do, go back every chance you get. Say hi to Gary the starter

Staff assisted when I called to say I was running late. Additional golf carts are highly recommended and a beverage cart would have been useful. It took 3.5 hours to play the front nine. We were not able to finish the 18 before dark.

The layout was good but conditions poor. The greens had bare spots and sand. Worst greens I encountered in Tampa and Inverness. Driving range grass was terrible. I would play it again only if conditions were better and I would pay more for that.

course was not in good shape tees had little grass and fairways were really hard. Took us over 5 hours did not see any rangers to speed up play.

Nice place, friendly staff, great value!!!

Pace was slowed because several very slow players who were playing multiple balls, but overall I would play it again.

I used to play here all the time. I used to love playing here.

The staff was very friendly especially the starter. The pace of play was great. Good value for your money. Our group travels to many courses throughout Florida. The course condition was as follows. The greens were extremely bumpy and uncut. There was damaged conditions on multiple areas of most green. The fairways were sparse in many areas with little to no grass. An old tired course lacking conditioning by USF. You won't pay much but don't expect much.

These seeming innocuous greens are savage. I know what a stimpmeter is but for these they were set to ludicrous speed which is beyond stimp. Nothing about this course is perfect, but while it see alot of play, it is in very good condition. Fairways are narrow and it seems to be cut out of a swamp so there is water everywhere. Alligators on a couple holes. Actually lots of wildlife. When you get to the hole with enormous body of water in front of it, don't fire an iron off to the right. Get the Big Dog out and Swing for the glory of making it over. Otherwise why play? Love to hate this course.

I liked the course. Fast and true greens. Fairways could use a bit more grass, but you have to understand we're going thru a ssrious drought. Will definitely play here again!

This is an interesting course with tight fairways, water, sand traps fortifying elevated greens. The course is not in good shape at all and, in my opinion, not worth the $30 seasonal pricing.

Greens sparse and cut too low --super fast. Easy to three putt.Challenging layout with elevated greens .

Good bargain compared to other courses. Very difficult for 13---15 handicapper.