The Eagles Golf Club - Lakes

Greens were terrible . Especially not for the price they charge. $72 is highway robbery. The staff at the clubhouse didn’t even mention the rough conditions

course in decent shape pace of play slow like them all this time of year worth playing for the money

Phenomenal pro shop professionalism and friendliness.

My experience was a definite 5!

Fairways were not the greatest, greens were worse. Storm debris all over the place from trees.

Not a great experience

The Lakes is obviously having irrigation issues. Fairways were dead I’m many areas and several greens aren’t much better. In top of the poor conditions, they are WAY overpriced. It should be the cheapest course to play in the area right now but they are charging a premium. Just skip it.

Love the service that brings a cart out to the parking lot !! Greens good fairways fair. I expected better conditions for a premium course. Lots of left doglegs, not my favorite. All in all, enjoyed the day and will play again.

I played The Lakes on 12/10 at 9:00 am. Pace of play was the second best part. The best part was meeting 3 new golfers that kept the ball in front of them and kept the pace moving.

I’ll begin with the staff and customer service. I pulled in the parking lot and was immediately met by someone with a cart. He loaded my clubs, wished me well and took off to help others. In the Pro Shop, the staff were super friendly and accommodating. I wish every course was like this.

The driving range was something I’d never seen. You hit floating golf balls into the lake. Kind of cool. The balls were distance reduction by about 20%. They felt and flew just fine. Allowed me to warm up which is what I wanted.

Now, on to the course. The Blue Tees played at 6400 plus which was right up my alley. The tee boxes were in decent shape. Really don’t see anything wrong with them.

The fairways were generous and in some but some of them had little to no grass. There were a lot of bare lyes from the middle of the fairway. They have trouble with their irrigation system so there are about 4 or 5 fairways that have some “Ground under repair “ and it seems they were in the hitting areas because I ended up in a couple. Ya free drop so I got to find some grass.

The greens were just ok. There were several that were not puttable had the flag been near or in the bad spots. Lots of mold and dead spots. Only a handful of greens were in good shape.

Overall, The Lakes is not worth the money $70 to play. There are definitely better options for less money. I was not pleased considering what I paid.

Previously played Eagles in Jan'23 and while a little over priced the courses were fun and in relatively good condition.

Recently played in Dec'23 and conditions were not so great. They were doing work on a number of holes to fix irrigation so that might have been the reason. With roughly 5 of the holes having work being done and with piles of dirt in middle of fairway I would have thought a reduced green fee would be in order. Or at least some notice when booking tee-time.

The real reason I write this review is because after hitting a very good tee shot on hole 10 we marked where my ball was (200 yds from green in middle of fairway) and went to look for my playing partners ball while waiting for green to clear (after his second shot). When we turned around to go back to my ball we saw a maintenance worker driving off and no ball in fairway. We tried to catch the worker but he drove off without looking back. After completion of round I went into pro shop to inform them and the guy behind the desk really could not have cared less. His attitude was a bit bothersome so I asked for a replacement pro v-1 and he said he couldn't do anything. He found the whole thing hard to believe. And I do too. Every other employee we dealt with was great but I only gave average rating because of him.

Eagles might be off our play list for a while when in Tampa area. Would appreciate any suggestions re: other courses in the area.

I think the course deserves a little better rating than just over 3 stars. Some of the fairways were a little sparse and 4 of the greens had some damage but other that it was in decent shape. They were also makind repairs in 3 fairways with big holes in each.

Teed off 1/2 hour after scheduled time. Very slow pace . Waited at every hole - sometimes behind 1-2 groups. Course in poor condition for the money.

Play Westchase, Cresent Oaks, Fox Hollow or even Rocky Point and you will find much better conditions.

Was fairly disappointed with the course. Fairways were very sandy not much turf. Greens were decent, but getting to the green was a challenge with some of the conditions. Would have liked to played this course in its heyday. Nice layout, great potential but at this point, I cannot recommend.