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3.3
446 Reviews (446)
5 Stars
52
4 Stars
182
3 Stars
134
2 Stars
47
1 Stars
31
Conditions
2.9
Value
3.5
Layout
3.5
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.1
68.5%
Recommend this course
326 out of 446 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.6
16 Reviews (16)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
6
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
0
Conditions
2.7
Value
3.7
Layout
3.4
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.4
75.0%
Recommend this course
12 out of 16 reviews
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3.4
60 Reviews (60)
5 Stars
9
4 Stars
21
3 Stars
19
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
5
Conditions
2.9
Value
3.6
Layout
3.4
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.4
70.0%
Recommend this course
42 out of 60 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6238 yards
Slope 127
Rating 70.2

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 6,771-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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Course Details

Year Built 1975
Fairways Tiff-Eagle Grass
Greens Tiff-Eagle Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Lloyd Clifton (1975)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, American Express
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Available Sports

Tennis
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3.3
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Reviews 239
2.0
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Conditions Fair
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Friendliness Good
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2.0
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Conditions Fair
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Plays A few times a week
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5.0
First Time Playing

Great time

Enjoyed my 9 holes. Better than most in the central FL area.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Previously Played

Getting better

I have played here 3 times now and you can tell they are making improvements to the course.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
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Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

better than expected

My group & I found our experience better than expected. After reading previous reviews, the course was challenging, yet in good playing conditions. We will definitely be booking another round soon.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 239
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3.0
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Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

Going down hill quick

Course is falling apart, the greens are in awful shape, more mushrooms than grass on half of them, everywhere other than the fairway hasnt seen a weed wacker or otherwise in far too long. This should be a 15$ round max. Pretty sad honestly

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
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Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
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Previously Played

What a cow pasture

One year ago me and my brother tried this course out. It was a mess then and not much has changed.

The practice putting green looked like someone hand dug holes with no cups placed in those holes and the putting surface was part of a field just cut short, not like the putting surface green every course has.

There were no tee boxes to speak of, just tee markers placed in dirt. No direction signs to tell you where the next hole is, which in a couple holes you had to backtrack to tee off from the next one Ball washers had no water and dry off towels. Fairways were not cut, so balls would hit and stop abruptly, giving hardly any roll, and so long that in some holes had trouble finding your ball. The greens were so bumpy that breaks could not be read properly, and most were diseased and had loose dirt on most of them (we implemented a two put rule when we hit greens because they were so poor). There was no landscaping to speak of making the course look run down. With this course being in a high end subdivision, it should look high end, not like a course that nobody took any effort in making it look presentable, which it didn't

It will have to be "dirt" cheap (pun intended) before I come back. There are plenty of others that are far better, and for about the same price. I cannot recommend this course to anyone.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
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Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Shouldnt Play No Matter What Price!!!

Greens are unputtable thheres no driving range and the fairways and bunkers are horrible the course is unplayable for any amount of money!!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 41
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
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Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Course Not in Good Shape

This course needs a lot of attention. Greens were in horrible shape & very slow. Dead fallen trees were all over the place. Tee boxes were mostly weeds & sand. Might play it again if they lower the price to around $25

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
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First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Course in bad shape

Everything was overgrown. Greens and fairways in poor condition. Sometimes it was hard to see where the fairway actually was located.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 06/24/2024

They have mowed everything since you were there.

Greens have improved with rain and they installed a new water pump so future droughts won’t affect them as much.

Each week getting better.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Course Conditions

Started playing this course about a year and a half ago and it was making really good progress and I understand that these process take time. But today was my last time there for awhile until they can make the course playable. $50 for a round of golf to play in fairways that were identical to the roughs. Some of the holes you would lose your ball that was hit in the fairway. The couple in front of us said they were members of the course and they were about to cancel their membership because of the course conditions.

I would rather make the extra 15 minute drive to play Ventura where the fairways and greens are well maintained and pay $30. Sweetwater needs to either mow the grass more often then just Monday or cut the price of their play in half to accommodate for the horrible conditions.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 35
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

For the price….

The course was well played out however the fairways and greens were in pretty bad shape

But for the price it was ok

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens under construction

Greens were un puttable. No driving range was a dissappointment

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 239
1.0
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Sad

Have played here for years and it's been in decent shape, but now it's unplayable at any price.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Terrible

This is always a last minute/resort course. We know the course and greens are terrible, but sometimes it's just easy to book, because it's always empty. I booked the round through the app and of course when we arrived they were working on the greens and only the back half of the course was open. We still had to pay full price which was $100 for 2 to play the back 9 2x. The employee's are always nice and understand the course is in terrible condition.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart

OK sort of

Watched the price and time on GOLFNOW for a week. The tee time was still open. Staff is friendly and efficient. Sweetwater has new money coming in so there are a lot of things that "need" fixing. I played by myself and there were no others on the course. I played my round in 2 hours. Paths are mostly dirt. Route has a few "squirely" spot between holes. Bunkers are in rough shape and the rake is in the golf cart. #11 is a booger long par 5. The course has changed order of holes in the past month therefore I had to make adjustments because my igolf app did not quite fit.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 14
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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