Sweetwater Golf & Country Club
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Sweetwater Country Club is situated amid the beauty of the Wekiva State Park. Sweetwater is one of Orlando's premier golf courses, boasting a challenging championship layout with some of the area's best greens. The classic links layout brings a taste of Scottish golf to central Florida. Mature oaks shade the golf course, lining the fairways and framing the greens. The 6,238-yard layout offers a good amount of length but it's definitely not a grip-it-and-rip-it course thanks to tight fairways that require accurate shot placement. The course is home to one of the longest par 5s in the Southeast, a challenging 625-yard hole that is aptly named the "Loch Ness Monster." The heavily tree-lined hole double doglegs around a large lake. There are some challenging holes but Sweetwater Country Club isn't overly punishing for the high handicapper.
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Kevin was very helpful accommodating us in the process with the tee time…and a shout out to Rose Mary in the restaurant!!! Very friendly and told very good care of us!!!! One shout out to the Chef!!!! Lunch was amazing….
Improving
Was a member in the past. Overall the course is in better condition now than back then with the new ownership group. Small practice putting surface only. No driving range anymore as that became a housing area. The course does play very narrow on some of the holes. New clubhouse very nice and I have heard the food is excellent but I have not eaten there yet. The pace of play is very good mainly because I don’t think people are aware that the course is now a public course and no longer private. Worth giving it a try. Price wise is reasonable.
Worth playing if you’re in the area
It is a little bit difficult to get into your first time or two when you go in you come up to a right hand turn in front of you. Don’t take it…There’s some big gates you to go up to the gate and dance through the menu to get the pro shop to open the gates for you not the end of the world but annoying…I would say this course is worth playing if you’re in the area….it’s not as deluxe of course as I would expect in neighborhood that’s that high-end but worth playing.
If you are looking for a course with good drainage in the wet season- look no further
Great value for the $. Paid 40$ for the first tee time of the day, didn’t see another soul the entire time I was out there. Flew through 18 in under 2 1/2 hours. If you want to play a course that’s dry 15 minutes after a downpour, play here. You won’t find a muddy lie anywhere out there if you tried. Conditions improving every time I play, greens were better than they ever have been albeit a little slow but rolling very true. Lee was awesome in the pro shop and I’ll be back soon!
Average course but good value
Played here as a group of 4 friends who play in Orlando on vacation every year. Our first visit to Sweetwater for two of us and we found it “quaint !”
Difficult to access the entrance through a housing estate but when we arrived the cart boy was really friendly and very helpful. Pro Shop staff friendly and helpful, but bar not open till late morning, so no coffee available for us on arrival. Carts are a throwback to another era (diesel), but they worked with a bit of a smell 😂. First two tees run parallel to each other, but hey it works.
The course is not overly long or complicated with no real hidden surprises (carts have no tech or ice coolers). Greens were okay, but slow. We booked on GolfNow and found the fee very good value for money. Ended up rushing to beat the thunderstorm (we lost), so didn’t get to try the bar.
Sleeper
I never do reviews, but I felt this place deserves far better. I loved the course, the condition and the layout. I especially loved all the shady oaks. The staff was great, but it wouldn't matter. The grass was green and we'll mowed and that's all I'm interested in. I don't even care about pace of play, although it was excellent. To all you golfers writing bad reviews for stupid stuff, nobody cares if you ran out of TP in the bathroom. On second thought, stay home, I'll be booking this one again!!!! Jim
lots of issues
The layout of the first two holes and their condition was very bad. Subsequently, some of the greens were in pretty good shape. The fairways were also a mixed bag. The clubhouse has black mildew on the side facing the entrance and on the doors. This makes a very bad “first impression.“ there is a dead tree on the left on hole number 10 that has been there for months and months. I was a member at Sweetwater 25 years ago. I can’t believe what’s happened to it over the time.
Save your money
Unplayable greens, hasn’t been mowed in weeks, pace of play is atrocious. Literally play any other course in the area and save your money
Sweetwater Golf Course
Excellent golf course to play in the central Florida area. Ensure you receive a gate code to enter the community gate area. For our group the weather was a factor due to previous rain, making the greens a tap slower. Hole 1 was a short par 4 with hole 2 side by side kind of weird but after that, the laid out of the course was surprisingly pleasant. The fairways were good with some dry rough and high grass on the edges meaning hit them in the fairways. Most of the par 5 were very long so check distance if you need to adjust your tee box. The course design is very challenging with slope, hills, blinds spots and your regular water hazards. For the price it’s worth the trip. The restaurant meals are outstanding, congratulations to their chef.
Such a shame
The staff are truly amazing and it’s so unfair that they work at a course that just doesn’t care about this place. The location was annoying to find, the carts were holding on by a thread. I think I could have outwalked the carts pace. The greens rolled slower than the fairways of most other courses, the fairways were longer than most first cuts and god forbid your golf ball rolls 3 yards off the fairway because it’s a lost golf ball. The pace of play was atrocious. It took almost 3 hours to finish 10 holes before packing up for the day. I get the price is low, but there’s so many other courses in the area in the same if not lower price range with course conditions that aren’t just playable, but so much better than this course that they couldn’t pay me to play here ever again. First time experience ruined and felt a civil duty to warn other golfers of the worst experience of golf in central Florida.
Traditional Track Rough Packs a Wallup
This was my first experience with this course. It is not super long, but the trees and rough force you to golf your ball. I enjoyed my round and just beat the afternoon showers.
Great Round of Golf!
Course is looking better every day! Tee boxes, fairways and greens were all in very good shape. Few weeds in the sand traps. Pace of play was very good and staff was friendly. Ate at the clubhouse after our round, food was excellent!. Will be back to play and eat again! Keep up the great work!