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3.6
372 Reviews (372)
5 Stars
106
4 Stars
171
3 Stars
54
2 Stars
22
1 Stars
19
Conditions
3.3
Value
3.7
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.8
79.6%
Recommend this course
323 out of 372 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.9
26 Reviews (26)
5 Stars
9
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
6
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.8
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.5
76.9%
Recommend this course
20 out of 26 reviews
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3.6
63 Reviews (63)
5 Stars
16
4 Stars
25
3 Stars
11
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
7
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.5
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.5
76.2%
Recommend this course
48 out of 63 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6570 yards
Slope 121
Rating 70.7

Formerly known as Plantation Oaks Golf Club and Gainesville National Country Club.

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Turkey Creek Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1978
Golf Season Year Round
Architect Ward Northrup

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Credit Cards Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper dress is required, Shirts with collars for men, appropriate golf attire for women

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Catering

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Tennis
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3.6
372 Reviews (372)
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Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course for the money

Not complete, but it has loads of potential. Great course to practice on!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Tough course

This is a tight course with trees and homes surrounding every fairway. It is a challenging course to say the least.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 14
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Tough conditions

Told the golf courses in area took hit from hurricane and other storms. Despite being frustrated with the conditions, the locals say it’s the best public course in the area. The others are worse. Can’t wait for spring conditions in Wisconsin and our great GRASS !

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Fun Course

I really enjoy this golf course. Great staff, great layout, lots of fun. I continue to return. Have to love the GPS golf carts.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Used cart

Course needs a tremendous amount of work

Way overpriced for the shape the course was in. 4 greens were dirt and unplayable. Bunkers were gray dirt and mud. 15 of 18 fairways were bare hard dirt lies. Once on greens just pick up your ball and move on. Not worth the trouble. Pictures on website not true representation of the course.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 38
Handicap 15-19
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Don't Play this cours

I will start with the positive points.

1. Nice staff

2. Ok carts

Do NOT play this course. It is embarrassing to have to play out of dirt from the middle of the fairway. Most greens are either half dirt and half a mix of thick grass. Some greens are completely dirt......yes dirt only.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart

Gainesville Should Do Better

The folks at Turkey Creek should be applauded for bringing their course back and making great improvements. Volunteers have now handed off day to day operations to a private management company that impresses me so far. The course needs lots more done if it is to be a five star facility. That being said, it is the only, fully public course in Alachua County, Fl that gets an A for effort. The Gainesville area, for some reason, does not have an outstanding course that is open to the public, in contrast to many of our fellow Florida communities. South and Southwest Florida, and many communities in Central Florida, including The Villages have excellent facilities. As an academic, sports and arts jewel in Florida, Gainesville falls short in what it has to offer golfers.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 38
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course was horrible for the price

This is one of the worst course in Florida, the greens were the worst greens in the hist of golf. The entire green on each hole was like putting on mud/ no grass except in small patches on the greens and if you wasn’t careful you would slip on the greens. I will never play this course again. Played with my wife and two others from Gainesville/ the whole crew was very disappointed.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Previously Played

Turkey Creek

Beautiful course but the pace of play was atrocious. We had a 1:00 tee time and at 1:04 people are hitting into us. Then we are waiting 5 to 10 minutes to tee off because people in front of us are playing so slow and playing with little kids. Which I don’t mind I have a son myself but Saturday late afternoon is when I would take him hitting all over the place. Then golfers cut in front of us on the back slowing up the pace even more. Also, the ranger came by 3 to 4 times with no pace of play change or speed up by the golfers was just disappointed haven’t played here in years and I was excited to get out there again. I don’t know if I will be returning.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 33
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

10th hole is deceiving

Very tight layout. Lots of homes around the course. Greens were mostly good. For Florida at this time of year.

10th hole layout is deceiving. Three of us drive our balls in the pond off the tee due to not seeing the direction of the fairway

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Never play here

The worst golf course I’ve ever played by far. Not worth $5 and I paid $50. Stay away if you don't want to waste your time.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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