South/North at Spanish Wells Country Club

After traveling to Naples for the past six years, we decided to give Spanish Wells a play this time around. Given that it is the tail end of in-season golf down in Florida, our experience each year is that courses are in very good shape but are showing signs of wear. However, their course is in absolutely unacceptable condition and to boot, staff was dismissive of any non member, members themselves showed no courtesy or respect to those visiting the course, and the pace of play was abysmal.

There the bag drop is completely self-service, no assistance taking bags or loading to carts. The pro-shop doesn’t accept cash, and the members themselves look down their noses at guest players (pushing their way through and cutting the line for water machine). While these might sound like petty complaints, our experience at every course down here in Naples has been the exact opposite, which is what makes this stand out.

As far as the course goes, let the pictures speak for themselves. For nearly $100/round, the conditions and maintenance were a joke. Furthermore, the pace of play was excruciating. We were able to complete 16 holes in 4:45, ultimately having to pick up and leave at 17. The bizarre piece of this is that there were specifically asked to stay on pace at tee off, but with a half dozen marshals on the course, absolutely no one was helping to keep the round moving.

This course should be avoided at all costs.

What a waste of time and money. Tee boxes and fairways covered in weeds and not mowed. The final

Nine holes took almost 3 hours to complete. Staff made you feel like you were intruding on their time. Was looking forward to playing here, and was a huge let down. I would sooner play miniature golf than waste one stroke on this course.

The pro shop staffs were friendly and courteous with smiles.

It made me feel that i was at our home course.

A pair(members) we were assigned to play together were very nice showing us where to hit and even searched for our lost balls. I hoped that we could play everyday for next 12 days until we head back home

Hit drive straight or bring a lot of balls. Lots of water and OB.

The fairway were not the best condition. The course is

Narrow and tight.

My only complaint was the absence of a marshall or sign to determine who should tee off first on the second nine., e.g. the initial tee time.

Not good bad a course. It has a couple of awful holes on the North Course, # 10 and 16. They need a redesign.

Group in front of us to 25 minutes to play the first hole. Two grandpa’s a dad and a kid around seven years old running all over the course. No ranger or Marshall to help speed up play. Had to bail out after nine holes

Staff was exceptional.. We played twilight and were easily able to play 18 holes, only took us 3&1/2 hours. I would play here more if price wasn’t so high during normal tee times. Twilight fee was okay. Course is much improved from a few years ago. Thanks Bob