IMG Academy Golf Club

Course conditions were excellent! They overseed with ryegrass & fertilize, and it shows -- nice fairways, excellent greens, and no gnarly Bermuda. I'm a mid-handicapper from the Northeast. Fairways seemed wide to me, with some fairway bunkers coming into play. Very few forced carries over water, at least on the front nine. Greens are humongous, compared to what I'm used to. Greens were in very good condition, medium speed (not as fast as I'm used to, but not overly slow either, I'd guess about 8 or 9 Stimp). Can't vouch for the bunkers, since I didn't get into any. Very friendly & helpful staff. Pace of play was OK, the course was full so we had to wait on a few occasions, but finished 9 holes in 2:15, which is fine by me. Overall, I'd say the course is moderate difficulty, easy in some ways (big greens), should be playable by any skill level golfer. It's not overly long, either, and there are lots of tees to choose from. We'll definitely play this course again on our vacation!

First time playing this course. Very honest review here. It’s not worth the $105 paid to play. I would say $60 at the most. Value ⭐️⭐️. Staff was very friendly. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Most golfers are walking the course. So pace of play is a little slow. ⭐️⭐️⭐️. Greens would be great if their customers fixed their ball marks. The greens were definitely marked up because of this. They ran right in the middle. Not fast nor slow. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Fairways/ Rough needed some TLC. A lot of bare spots ⭐️⭐️. Sand traps needed more sand. ⭐️⭐️. Tee boxes were a mess ⭐️. Practice facility- Driving range mats were OLD! Mats looked like they’ve had heavy use for 3 seasons. Balls were OLD! It did the job to loosen up before our round. Putting green was in good shape but they needed real size tee cups in place. Rather than the flags just sitting on the top of the grass. Because the putting green, I would rate it ⭐️⭐️. Layout was good. Course is long and fairly wide open ⭐️⭐️⭐️. Cart paths ⭐️⭐️. Cart girl was great! Friendly! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. We did have a good time playing this course. But honestly, I don’t know if we’ll ever play it again for the price they ask. I’m a local golfer, and there are a lot of better options for for less $. Good Luck 🍀

slowest play on the planet. no one monitoring tee offs, no marshalls and painfully slow and over crowded. welcome to the home of the 5+hr round

The course was in great shape, the staff was prompt and friendly I enjoyed the day.

My son and son inlaw were visiting for the Christmas holiday and had limited time to play. The course provided my kids and I a memorable golf experience. Staff was very polite and assisted us in our first time playing at IMG. The golf course was maintained in beautiful condition. My kids and I are looking forward to making a round of golf at IMG an annual event as part of their Christmas visit to Bradenton.

Just soooo unnecessary...what's the number 1 complaint today - correct it's "pace of play" . At IMG, no starter, no marshall, no adherence to tee off times or pace of play. By the 3rd hole we were stopped dead, by the 6th, 3 groups on the tee...home of the 5- 51/2 hour round, waiting on every single shot.

Here's a thought, send groups of 4 out maybe 10 minutes apart, encourage people to finish in approx 4 hrs, spend a few $'s on a marshall, encourage people to keep up with the group in front.

Pace of play is rarely perfect particularly on a busy public course but without any structure or effort put into it this is what you get...

I understand you will get slow play but when you play 18 holes and wait on every shot something has to be done...

Played this course over the holidays. Very slow and very soggy. Already behind schedule in the first hour of the day due to “members” that can’t show up on time. Overall a decent course but not the best value for quality.