Bartow Golf Course

Course was in very good condition. Greens were awesome. Staff was professional and courteous as always. Great value for the costs.

I am a traditionalist fan. Bartow and Ross are my favorites. So when you can play a true Ross Course it's a joy. Yes, the fairways are thin and the tee boxes aren't CC pretty. And here is the gem: the greens are incredible, are truly Ross configured and unchanged! They have been impeccably maintained. Oh, they are very fast. Let me repeat! VERY FAST. You are going to thoroughly enjoy watching your ball roll and roll and roll and roll....... I could play this course every day and be happy. So all you golf snobs. Stay away. Unless your brave enough to take on these greens.

BTW, the staff are all friendly, helpfull, and truly welcoming.

Greens are like a mushroom cap. Never stays on rolls off

I couldn't make my putts until the last 5 holes. I was able to par all 5 to finish. If you got too aggressive, your ball may just go past and off of the green!

Nice layout, but fairways were bare. Winter, so excuseable! Greens very fast.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 $