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Bartow Golf Course
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Bartow Golf Course is a municipal course that offers an affordable yet challenging round. The course has a classic design with an interesting mix of holes that range from being wide open to narrow and tree lined. The postage-stamp-sized greens demand accuracy and there are also a few strategically placed bunkers lurking along the greensides. Build up your score on the front nine before tackling the tougher back nine. The golf course has enough challenges to keep more advanced players satisfied but it's forgiving enough to appeal to beginners as well. One of the most memorable holes is the par-3 13th. There is a tree that stands right in the middle of the fairway, forcing you to either go over or try to get around and risk going in the sand trap.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6623 yards | 72.0 | 126 |
| White | 72 | 6211 yards | 68.6 | 116 |
| Yellow | 72 | 5703 yards | 66.2 | 112 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5304 yards | 69.8 | 120 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 70.9/122 W: 77.3/128 | 375 | 345 | 143 | 395 | 379 | 521 | 174 | 340 | 582 | 3254 | 315 | 409 | 495 | 134 | 448 | 173 | 430 | 382 | 413 | 3199 | 6453 |
| White M: 69.1/117 W: 74.9/122 | 354 | 337 | 134 | 381 | 348 | 501 | 156 | 334 | 502 | 3047 | 292 | 380 | 453 | 129 | 433 | 149 | 382 | 361 | 392 | 2971 | 6018 |
| Gold M: 66.2/109 W: 71.5/115 | 338 | 329 | 126 | 337 | 319 | 425 | 143 | 288 | 473 | 2778 | 250 | 336 | 440 | 125 | 360 | 129 | 332 | 316 | 333 | 2621 | 5399 |
| Red W: 70.3/112 | 332 | 321 | 98 | 320 | 314 | 401 | 130 | 278 | 452 | 2646 | 236 | 326 | 428 | 121 | 350 | 109 | 318 | 310 | 328 | 2526 | 5172 |
| Orange W: 64.7/107 | 274 | 225 | 98 | 265 | 221 | 346 | 130 | 232 | 379 | 2170 | 208 | 223 | 378 | 121 | 302 | 109 | 286 | 244 | 262 | 2133 | 4303 |
| Handicap | 9 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 9 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 6 |
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Nice layout, but fairways were bare. Winter, so excuseable! Greens very fast.
nice greens
A very good value for what I paid. Not much grass on the course with many barren areas off the fairway. You had to move the ball to find a decent lie pretty much everywhere. Greens, however, were very good. True roll, decent speed, no ball marks and no spike marks. cost to play was the price of large bucket of balls at many driving ranges.
Very good Donald Ross greens.
Course is very dry due to local drought conditions. Was greener than a week ago. Most of the ponds were dry. Greens were very good. Was fantastic value for the price. A bit of a drive from Wesley Chapel but I’ll likely play it again. Thanks
Good Donald Ross greens.
Drought is really affecting this course.
Greens were good, Ponds are empty. Fairways were sparse and burnt out. Enjoyed the people we played with and staff were very friendly.
Weathering the Storm
All courses in the area were damaged by the recent freezes. Plants, trees and even the grass was damaged.
So, the course was good considering the situation. Very nice golf carts and good course.
A much tougher course in the winter...
I've played her a couple of times before in summer. The greens are softer and more receptive, and a little slower to prevent burnout. Now they are fast and the Donald Ross doming makes everything a false front, and the edges roll everything off the green. There's not a lot of bunkers, but several are positioned to punish shots along the edges of the fairway (or in one case to catch a long second shot on a par five. This is definitely the better of the two Donald Ross courses in the area.
Pace of play is ridiculous !
Only played 9 holes, 2 hours 45 minutes, quit. Seems Bartow has lots of leagues of retired individuals that have no idea what ready golf is all about. Nice layout but no fun waiting on every shot. NO MARSHALS to keep pace of play. Being a city owned course they just don’t care. Just want the $
Great course
Really nice course, and also challenging. Some work being done on the greens, but as someone else said this just shows there’re taking care of this course. Overall, the was fun to play and the golf carts are up to date with gps with allow you to see where your at at all times and they are set up to not allow to to get to close to the greens and other areas of limits to carts. Nice addition, loved it!
Hidden Ross Gem
Took my wife to play Bartow for her first time for my Birthday. Course was in great shape, fairways and tee boxes were lush and the greens were fast with pins placed on slopes, making putting fun and difficult. My wife would beg to differ, as she putted many balls off the greens. Very good layout, in classic Donald Ross style, turtle back greens with strategically place greenside and fairway bunkers. We arrived early and had lunch at the course (Mulligans); service and food was excellent; the club and restaurant staff rocks it. And, kudos to the course maintenance staff for all their hard work. Even though we haven't had much rain, the course looks great.
Nice Donald Ross course
First time playing the course. Course is is in good shape, greens were pretty quick. Course has the natural challenges Ross built into most of his courses. Fun place to play, will visit again!
SHOOTA SHOOTA
First time really nice track challenging but rewards goood tshots and iron play to greens. Greens r wicked quick and was very surprised at condition some greens have replacement patches cut out and dropped on to repair what was once bad places Which means the town owned course has a staff on the maint team that cares about the condition Will b back as i live now in central Florida and the hotdeal price was a BIG BONUS. ☮️⛳️
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