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4.5
Friendliness
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Pace
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Amenities
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7008 yards
Slope 131
Rating 73.2

The Legacy Golf Club offers a level of service and conditions found at world-class private facilities. Designed by Arnold Palmer, the course is comprised of towering pines, majestic native oaks and wetlands, all preserved as a stunning backdrop where Florida's coastal wildlife abounds.

Course Details

Year Built 1997
Greens Tif-Eagle
Golf Season Year round
Architect Arnold Palmer (1997)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

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

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Internet Access
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4.2
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Reviews 25
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 11/11/2018

u5798676,

Thanks so much for the review. Tis the season to be THANKFUL for all of Legacy's loyal GOLFERS and PATRONS...locals and seasonal residents alike.

Enjoy.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Best layout in town

All holes are unique and the new greens look great and are rolling true. They will awesome when they come all the way in and get a little faster. 1st 4 holes on the back 9 are as tough a challenge as anyone can want. Lots of great birdie chances too. Saw alligators and bald eagles. Staff was super friendly! I will be back soon

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 11/11/2018

5mM...

Thanks for your review. We're so happy to have all golfers back and enjoying Legacy GC at Lakewood Ranch. Enjoy the weather turning beautiful!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Great course..soon to be awesome course!

I have played Legacy many times. The layout is one of my favorites in Florida. Plenty of challenging holes, with some definite scoring opportunities. Pace of play was great for this time of year, right at 4 hours! This course will be Awesome very soon. They just replaced all 18 greens this summer. They are already in good shape and once they are all they way in, they will as good as any in the area. They rolled very true and look beautiful. Lots of wildlife too...looking forward to playing this course alot this year!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 11/11/2018

Richard3048635,

Great to see these positive reviews. The renovations accomplished the goals we had: polishing up this beautiful gem of a course that deserved this re-investment.

Welcome back to Legacy GC.

Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course

Great layout, nice greens. Lots of water so bring extra balls. Played in 3 hours on a Sunday afternoon. Bottleneck of players on hole 12. Was told this is common. Nice course overall. Would play again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 11/11/2018

Mark8180055,

Welcome back to the newly renovated Legacy Golf Club at Lakewood Ranch. Yes - the afternoons are beautiful times to play - especially over-looking that difficult par 3, 13th hole! We reduced the size of the bunker to the right of that green to help make the hole play faster. And have a pace of play system called TagMarshal that allows us to monitor each golf cart for pace and take quick action when there are slow groups. Enjoy the weather turning nicer.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 11/11/2018

Jeffrey4428859,

Thx much for the 5 star rating. Happy to be welcoming back all golfers to Legacy at Lakewood Ranch. It's bound to be a great fall and winter season. On weeks when you know when you are looking to play, calling the full 7 days in advance for tee times is recommended - as the response has been very very positive. We can of course accommodate larger group requests farther out than 7 days.

Thx again.

Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 11/11/2018

Thrilled to see you've been able to enjoy Legacy GC at LWR since the reopening several weeks ago. The summer renovations went very well - the full scope that we planned was accomplished - greens, bunkers, bridges, landscapes and clubhouse interiors. We're equally thrilled with the response from the golfers who have had the chance to play. Welcome back.

Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Legacy

Lovely course

Recently top dressed and carrying out some bunker maintenance .. still worth a visit .. guess it will be great by November !

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 11/11/2018

phil0311,

Much appreciate the nice review of Legacy. We look forward to seeing you more often now that the summer renovations are complete. Also as the weather gets nicer and nicer. Welcome back to Legacy!

Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Renovations look awesome! C’mon back local golfers.

I’ll leave a more in depth review in a couple months when the greens have fully grown in, but the renovations look awesome! This course used to be such a jewel but had fallen into disrepair. So glad to see the owners put the $ into the course to bring it back. If you have been wondering if it’s worth coming back to play, I can definitely say it is. Greens are still slightly sandy, but it had only been reopened 5 days days when I played, so in a month they will be excellent. Tee boxes look great, fairways in great shape, all 18 greens have been dug up and completely redone, and the sand is being replaced in most of the traps (many are already done and are top notch). So good to see this course being put back to great condition. The back 9 is probably my favorite layout in the area and it’s a pleasure to play it with good greens. Clubhouse was also renovated. Kudos to the owners. Local folks, you need to come out and support the course now. The condition merits it and this way they keep the updates going.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/26/2019

Jarrett,

Appreciate the review of Legacy Golf Club as the course reopened from the renovations last fall. If you have a moment - shoot me an email at your convenience. jwhittemore2000@gmail.com

Cheers,

Jon Whittemore

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Commented on 11/11/2018

jarrett3112794,

So happy to hear that you've been able to come out to enjoy Legacy's renovated Greens, Bunkers, Clubhouse, Bridges and Landscaping. We were certainly hopeful that the nearly $1M spent to polish up Legacy this summer would be welcomed by our local golfers (and seasonal residents alike) and get these kinds of responses. Hope to see you more often as the weather turns even nicer. Enjoy. And thanks again.

Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Awesome course-great deal

I played this course with a bounce back coupon of $30.00-it included, menu breakfast, menu lunch and a beer. Range balls are complimentary, the conditions were excellent and Cindy is fabulous. The greens were true and the pace was excellent. I highly recommend this course, call for the specials.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Course in need of serious upkeep

I took advantage of a great Hot Deal. Even though the weather was cloudy with occasional rain it did not have a bearing on the course conditions. The course was in very bad shape. The layout is good but the sand traps, and there are numerous, all needed to have their sand replenished. The greens also need to be redone. Many bare spots. People do not fix ball marks. There seems to be an issue with birds that are digging up the fairways.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

I like Waterlefe

Waterlefe is one of my favorite course in this area.

Nice layout, beautiful nature. the course was in a good condition.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

2nd time

Course was is in much better shape than last year. Greens were well groomed. Slower than most but but better shape than previous year. Pace of play was excellent along with the value. Love the free lunch and drink included Staff was very accommodating and attentive. The conditions from previous year definitely helped the experience. The course layout very fair with a few challenging tee shots and approaches. Good value for the money

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 55
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Green

There were a couple of spotty greens and all were a little slower than I prefer. However, all in all the tees, fairways and greens were green. Definitely a course worth checking out.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 214
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Course

Course was in great shape. Would be excellent if they addressed the hard bunkers.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Legacy Club at Lakewood Ranch

Outstanding course. Great variety of holes. Need to use most clubs in bag. Great shape and friendly staff.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Slowslowslowslowslow

Couldn’t finish round. Quit after 16 and 5 hours. No ranger. No one cares. Don’t spend your money

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 38
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Legacy

Legacy is a great layout and always a pleasure to play.. Overall the course was in very good shape except some of the greens had been damaged by the greens keeping staff with oil or fluids dripping from its machines? How no one notices this after the first sighting while operating the equipment is hard to fathom, however it didn't interfere with putting.. It just takes away from a wonderful course We caught a great deal from Golf Now which made our day even better....Never pass up the chance to play Legacy Golf Club..

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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