Pine Barrens at World Woods Golf Club

First time here. Nice and well maintained course. Would play again.

Looked up in the sky as we pulled into the parking lot at Noon and even the jets were heading towards the left as Biden got inaugurated. Fun layout in very good condition. No bad holes on the entire course but some very challenging ones.

Thoroughly enjoy playing this course. I has challenges and rewarding holes but they are fair.

This is a very beautiful course! no houses or highway noise just trees, very quiet. Staff is very helpful and professional, I will definitional return soon to play this well maintained course.

greens were slow not very good direction from hole to hole

Nice course, very challenging. Friendly staff , course over booked, pace of play was horrible.

Course is run down. Practice facilities closed, practice holes closed, entry guard building unoccupied. I think this place was probably nice at some point in time maybe 20 years ago, but not now. Cart paths are terribly rough. I played this course because I saw it ranked on a list or two as a top 100 course in America, but it is definitely not. There are 500 other courses just as a good or better. I have played other courses that rank high on course rankings list like Tobacco Road, Pinehurst, Sawgrass, TpC San Antonio, Farm Links and Pine Barrens doesn’t belong on a list with any of those courses. I don’t think it will be ranked much longer.

I played alot of golf courses in Florida the last few months, I'll be honest I can"t remember much about any of the them, but I can tell you they were all good,

World Woods Pine Barrens is a treat! Course always provides a challenge. Rolling terrain and sand dunes very different from most Florida courses. Pure golf!

I had high hopes for the course, seeing as the course was found on a number of golf course aggregating websites as well ranked. I would like to believe that at one time this course could have been well ranked; HOWEVER, that is, nor was my current experience. There is a number of greens that are currently having repair done or require additional maintenance [I wasn't made aware of this till I walked into the pro shop on the day of the round- hopefully those reading this are now aware, and keep this in mind when booking]. As for the course, as long as your in the center of the course its in decent condition, but seeing as I wasn't, and I'm a scratch golfer, most of you are curious about the places you will likely play out of i.e. the edges of the fairway, rough (~), and waste bunkers (which take there name quite literally to the quality of their condition, and bear in mind they consider the bunkers around the green as waste bunkers, so don't expect good conditions for wedge shots). Crab grass (I think thats what its called) and patches are growing issue the farther you deviate from the center of the course.

For the price, one would expect GPS in the cart, there isn't. Don't buy the yardage book in the pro shop, the yardage/help is sparse.

Now the staff. Reason alone to avoid the course, if the above wasn't enough to cause apprehension. By the time I finished my round I felt harassed, threatened, and lied to. I never seen such unprofessional behavior from a ranger, manager, and cart girl. [The women in the pro shop was pleasant, though I would expect with a pandemic currently in full swing, at least the staff indoor would wear a mask, I understand in FL its not necc. req., by law, but sometimes you hope commonsense will prevail.]

While not really a substantial impact on my round, the cart paths look like someone took a jack hammer to them every hundred feet or so for 18 holes. It leads me to believe that at its prime it may have been a great course, but over time either management/ownership has changed and/or ownership has chosen to milk the golfers who make the mistake to come and play for every dime they can.

I don't see much changing in the future, particularly with the staff, seeing as the managers family member (an employee of the course as well) is largely the root of at least my experienced issues. Take my experience as you will, I just hope to enlighten fellow golfers on my experience, so they may avoid their own horrible experience seeing as the outer Tampa area offers so many higher caliber courses at more affordable rates.

Course was in great shape, some of the greens needed some work. Overall GREAT time

We played in afternoon.nhad great pace of play. Course layout is outstanding. some greens had discoloration, but didn't hurt your putts. Top notch courses. Well worth the money and your drive.

This course is beautiful AND in great shape. Cannot wait to play it again.

paired with a great two some. Great stories golf was secondary, but shot in the 80's, great day all round.

Course was not in the shape , I expected with all the rain that we have had. Cart paths getting really rough.

Played long today, rained right before we started. Course is beautiful