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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Not to Bad
Greens in good shape and fairways not bad ether. Fun little track. Started out with rain delay, but drained off nicely. Though i was in for a long round because of (2) foursomes in front of me but they moved along at a good pace. obviously member. I would give it a try again.
banned from play
one of the employee's from the pro shop was playing behind us and approached us and said we were too close to the greens and the tee boxes. they put us on a list. apparently unknowingly they must have followed us and observed our play. then one day we were told that we were banned from play because we were too close to the green, and tee boxes. also we weren't raking our sand traps. I don't like the feeling of being watched. There are too many golf courses in the area. I think a suspension would be more appreciate. There is absoultly no water on the course and the soda machines don't accept bills half the time.I am also handicapped and the lad in the pro shop was a jerk about it.
Nice greens but seriusly how about a cart girl
Really need more than one water station per nine holes if your not gonna have a cart beverage service. And the bartender in the small shop was pretty good at throwing people under the bus. Its an older course, tight fairways but was is very good shape on greens. Just need to be more professional . Seems a little run down.
Played here several times
I have played here a bunch and figured I should finally give my two cents. This place is looking better and better especially with the dire condition of some of the other courses around the area and the closing of Rolling Hills. The greens are excellent just a touch on the slow side and the fairways and tee boxes are good as well. For the middle of the summer it is in excellent condition. The food is also very good as well.
Plenty of Par 5s
Course played nice. Fairways were in decent shape and the greens were taken care of. My rating would have been higher, however there was not a cart on the course. When it's 100 degrees, have someone selling drinks - you would have made a killing. We did run into a group of 5, thankfully that was on the 18th hole. For the most part, an enjoyable course.
Great Layout
This course is excellent. Very nice layout. Makes one think off the tee. If you hit it straight you will like this course. The greens are very receptive, but a little on the slow side. If that doesn't bother you then you will enjoy it.
The one huge negative was the pace of play, and rudeness of the locals. I was on the third hole and waiting for a five some in front of me. After several holes I asked if I could play through, they said their were two five somes in front of them and that I couldn't . I finally passed the first two (had to skip those holes) and continued my round. Caught up with the next group on the back nine.
I was stuck behind them for some time and finally had to ask the younger guys in that group if I could play through, they said go ahead. Hit the green in regulation, and the older gentlemen hit my ball with his club back to me and said just move on to the next hole. This was after I had been waiting on multiple holes. The next hole was a par five, and i'm a quick player, The old men hit into me while I was still on the hole.
If you don't mind dealing with people like this then go ahead and book a tee time. Its a shame I won't be going back because of them, because the course is beautiful.
good course
Staff courteous, course conditions were good and well maintained. Value was outstanding.
good course lo green's
love the course very narrow but the greens are just too slowstaff was very friendly rest of the course is in pretty good shapeI definitely recommend the coursebut you better be able to get your golf ball straight
Groups of 5? Really?
We were a little disappointed to see a group of 5 ahead of us, until our round was shortened by the coming storm...On our way in to the clubhouse we drove by not 1 or 2 or 3, but 4 groups of 5 ahead of us...no wonder we were waiting on EVERY shot...Just not acceptable on a public course, and especially on a holiday when it's already crowded...where's the course management?
Rough t boxes
Fair course, tboxes really rough, staff was nice ,older facility
Nice course and facilities. Will play again.
This was my first time playing this course, and all in all it was a good experience. I arrived on time but there were no carts available, so the very friendly staff compensated with a bucket of balls. Nice touch. Got playing after around 30 mins. Pace of play was great. The greens were in near pristine condition and rolled fast and true. A couple of brown spots here and there on a few of the fairways but nothing severe enough to ruin the experience. Nice ambiance. The layout is also a bit interesting and somewhat challenging. Only played the front 9 due to rain, but I really look forward to visiting again and play the whole course. Overall, no complaints and I left feeling very pleased. Will definitely be one of my regular hangouts from now on.
Course and Staff Review
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Con's:
Bunkers - not consistent everything from fluffy to hard clay.
Greens - Clearly the course gets heavy traffic with bomb shell markings (ball marks) all over. Quail Valley and Riverbend are significantly better. Very few ball marks get repaired.
Rough - cart traffic and amount of play combined with extremely hard clay type soil makes rough in most places non existent.
Time of Play - On weekends expect 4.5 hours minimum for a round. Too many high handicap players playing White on Pecan (6700 yards) and shooting 100+. Also they allow five to a group.
Pros: Two courses both distinctly different. One long and more open other short and narrow with more water. Cypress requires every club in bag. Pecan more forgiving although longer.
Facilities - Top notch, some of the best in the city. Bar, Locker Rooms and Dinning Room excellent.
Walking - Easy walking course.
Worth playing if you ever get the chance, however from what I hear the members pay for the amenities more so than the quality of the course. With the number of members they have and amount of traffic on the course it will never be a top notch course. If you want the best course in Sugar Land and Missouri City play Riverbend. It is close to PGA Tournament quality.
Not sure which course this player was thinking of, but his comment dose not fit this course at all. This is not reference to Sweetwater Florida. There is only one course and it is fair condition, greens are fair in its roll, (could be faster for me), roughs challenges you, trees to make you think and shape your shots, pin placement on par 3's could make you cuss, par 5 are narrow but rewarding.. So don't agree with this post...
Great course to play
Greens and fairway is in great shape. Played only eight hole then rain rain rain.
ENJOYABLE BUT WET
Course held up well even though rain came and went.
Horrible Staff
Hello, I am writting this review because I love sweet water but there staff is absolutely horrible. The part time golf cart assistants are rude and so are the pro shop workers. When me and my father were playing 18 holes we had one of the golf cart boys harass us about being to close to greens with are golf cart. This very rude employee named Connor accosted us by saying "you guys were to close to the greens and if i see you again that close your out of here!". I was shocked here is this juvenile harassing me and my father about being to close and decided to say it on the following hole! Sweet water fix your staff or I am afraid you are going to lose all your customers. also tell your employees to learn some customer service skills!
Tight fairways
Like many courses that wind through a neighborhood, Sweetwater has fairly narrow fairways on most holes, which accounts for the degree of difficulty. Most of the fairways and greens are in very nice condition. There are not too many water holes, and I lost only 2 balls during the round.
There are some very pretty holes, with some hills involved. Another challenge comes in the form of many trees that make placement of shots critical in order to have clear green approaches. I played particularly poorly, but would still like to try this course again.
Great Greens
Booked through Golf Now and got a ridiculous $14 rate at 1:00 in the afternoon on a Saturday. Fairways were a bit shaky but as long as you don't mind playing winter rules it's nothing you can't deal with with. Greens were in absolutely awesome shape, not the speediest but were firm and rolled true. 17's green is in some rough shape but the rest were all outstanding. Played as a threesome and played in about 3:15 in the middle of the afternoon. Facilities are outdated but if you're looking at it from a golf standpoint it's just fine. Not the longest golf course in Central Florida but you'll need to hit it straight to play well. Many of the par 3's are quite long but 4's and 5's are short to average length. Enjoyed the day and hopefully they can get the fairways under control and we'll give it another try in a few months.
Greens nice decent speed
The greens were very nice and the speed was decent. Fairways were good for the most part. A couple of tee boxes were under repair. But overall I would rate the course as a 4.5. I have always liked the layout. Fun day.
It is an unfortunate situation, you are the first people to ever be banned from playing golf at this country club. Our employees take great pride in this facility and do not appreciate those who disrespect the course in the fashion you showed over multiple rounds of golf here. We appreciate and understand those who are handicapped as several of our members are, but this does not give you permission to park on tee boxes and mere inches off the edges of greens. Also, driving by the window of the pro shop and flipping off the employees inside is not the kind of behavior we expect or want at this country club. For these reasons are why you were asked not to return.