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Conditions
4.5
Value
4.2
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.2
94.7%
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 7226 yards
Slope 139
Rating 74.8

Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club offers two championship courses, the North and the South. Both courses sprawl across a verdant landscape covered with mature oaks, lakes, and ponds. The terrain is unusually hilly for Florida. Like the South Course, the North Course is undulating with a lot of movement but it has even greater elevation changes than the South, which provides scenic views of the surrounding community. On a clear day, golfers can see at least five miles to the northeast from the second tee. The North has a more modern layout that plays a little bit longer. Although the golf courses are nestled amongst rolling hills, Lake Jovita is situated just 30 minutes north of Tampa. The unique hilliness of the courses and their convenient location have made them some of Florida's must-play courses.

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Course Details

Year Built 2002
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens TifEagle Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Kurt Sandness (2002)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Dress code Collared shirt, slacks or shorts (walking short length) are preferred: work-out shorts or denim are not allowed.

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Restaurant, Beverage Carts

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

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4.6
860 Reviews (860)
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Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 01/09/2018:
Thank you for the 5-star review of Lake Jovita! Hope to see you back soon.
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Response from on 01/09/2018:
Thank you for the 4-star review of Lake Jovita. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Best value, good course and friendly staff

The best of the 4 courses we played in this trip. Fairways and greens are all decent and acceptable given the low green fees. Must play. Will come.back for the South course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 12/27/2017:
Thank you for the 4-star review of Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club. Please come back and visit us soon. We are on Twitter at @LakeJovitaGolf
Played On
Reviews 62
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great value

Easily one of the nicest courses around a must play

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 12/27/2017:
Thank you for the 5-star review of Lake Jovita, Hope to see you back soon!
Played On
Reviews 112
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course was in good shape for this time of year.

The course was in good shape. The greens were lightning fast but true. It was a treat to be putting on the greens. Fairways were in good shape but they are also being worked on. Overall, it was a very enjoyable to play the North Course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 12/20/2017:
Thank you for the 4-star review of Lake Jovita Neil. Since you liked the North Course,when you come back give the South Course a shot!
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart

Great course

We had great conditions on the course and it was challenging. I would recommend this golf course as the best so far in Florida.

Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Response from on 12/20/2017:
Waldos thank you for the 5-star review! Please tell all your friends about Lake Jovita! See you soon.
Played On
Reviews 62
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 12/08/2017:
Thank you for the 5-star review of Lake Jovita. Please come back and visit us soon!
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Scenic course

I really enjoyed the North course. Fairways were in great shape fast greens. Pace of play was excellent. Be careful around water looking for balls, did see a 7 ft gator. Overall a really great round. I'll play there again for sure.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 12/04/2017:
Thank you for playing Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club. Make sure you are careful around the waters, don't want startle any gators. Please take a moment to like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/lakejovita/
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Enjoying natural beauty

A beautiful well layed out PGA quality course, try it out.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 11/29/2017:
Thank you for the 5-star review of Lake Jovita! The greens are really rolling right now! Hope to see you soon.
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great golf

Course was in great shape, the greens were fast, but the pace of play was a bit slow at 4.75 hrs.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Response from on 11/22/2017:
Thank you for playing Lake Jovita! Glad that you enjoyed your round with us, the course is in top shape! Please come and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great greens.! Good layout.

Any of the minor flaws that this course might have are more than compensated for by the fact that the greens were great. Really Fair and challenging green complexes, very fast ran very true made the round really enjoyable. the range, however, was a disaster and from what the staff told me it wasn’t unusual. We were hitting off mud. If they can make the greens that nice you think they’d bbe able to grow some grass on the range I don’t remember ever saying this but I would’ve rather had off mats.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Response from on 11/17/2017:
Thank you so much for the 4-star review! The course is really in tip top shape, be sure to tell your friends about Lake Jovita!
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Response from on 11/13/2017:
Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We're glad to hear you had an enjoyable round and hope to see you again for another round soon. Please visit our Twitter page for a chance to win a Scotty Cameron Putter! https://twitter.com/LakeJovitaGolf
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

KEEPER

Always a treat to play LJ North. Very good shot values on a well conditioned golf course. It's one that I play several times during my winter stay in Florida and I'm never disappointed.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 11/13/2017:
Thanks for the kind words and great review! We appreciate your feedback and hope to see you again for another round soon. Please visit our Twitter page for a chance to win a Scotty Cameron Putter! https://twitter.com/LakeJovitaGolf
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Not a typical FL course

Changes in elevation were the highlights of my experience; which could not be distracted by the 5-some (members) that Jack the starter had in front of us or the 4-some of members in individual carts that hit into us on the last 3 holes (our pace of play was 3:50) could detract from. I'd definitely would play again at that price but not more than that. Greens were around 11 and the Bermuda rough was...ouch!

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 11/13/2017:
Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We appreciate the feedback and hope to see you again for another round soon! Please visit our Twitter page for a chance to win a Scotty Cameron Putter! https://twitter.com/LakeJovitaGolf
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

One really nice course, with a couple of issues..

Great private course but the fairways were somewhat thin and the greens bordered on unfair...bottom line, booked and play a round for yourself...

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Response from on 11/07/2017:
Thank you for the 4-star review! Please visit our Twitter page for a chance to win a Scotty Cameron Putter! https://twitter.com/LakeJovitaGolf
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Response from on 11/07/2017:
Thank you for the 5-star review! Please visit our Twitter page for a chance to win a free Scotty Cameron Putter! https://twitter.com/LakeJovitaGolf
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

It could be the gem of Tampa Bay

This facility is loaded with great potential but lacks basic maintenance of the grounds. Although the on course conditions are slightly above average, the surrounding grounds are full of weeds, the cart paths are in terrible condition and the practice facilities are in horrible condition for such a beautiful piece of property. It is obvious that major investment will be required before this gem can return to it's glory days.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 11/02/2017:
For a chance to win a FREE Scotty Cameron Putter, please visit the link below: https://twitter.com/LakeJovitaGolf/status/913135892247842816
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

North Lake Jovita

Great course. The pace was slow, we waited on every hole, 4 hrs. 45 min. to play.

The driving range has no grass, but the course is great!!! Large fast greens make it a great day on the golf course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 11/02/2017:
For a chance to win a FREE Scotty Cameron Putter, please visit the link below: https://twitter.com/LakeJovitaGolf/status/913135892247842816
Played On
Reviews 42
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Response from on 11/02/2017:
For a chance to win a FREE Scotty Cameron Putter, please visit the link below: https://twitter.com/LakeJovitaGolf/status/913135892247842816
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Double booking the whole course!!

We booked the North course 4 days in advance of playing. We booked an early tee time as we were catching a flight home later in the day. We gave ourselves plenty of time to leave, clean up and catch our flight, or so we thought. We arrived for our 10:27 tee time to be told that due to a tournament there weren’t any carts available.

We waited until 10 minutes past our time to get our carts. Upon arriving at the starter we were than told that they were running a minimum 30 minutes behind. This was at almost 10:40. We told them we had to leave at a certain time only to be met by a shrug. I went back to the pro shop and was met by “there isn’t anything we can do.” We drove back to the starters stand and he wasn’t there so we drove through to the first tee where we met the starter half way back. It turns out we inadvertently bypassed four groups that were waiting on the tee and this was 30 minutes after our scheduled tee time.

We later found out that due to a clerical error they had booked a 150 man tournament but we’re a week out on the date! How this happens is beyond me!! They then decided to transfer everyone from the south course on to the North course causing major delays. From what we understood they had discovered this a few days before. Instead of contacting us and explaining the situation and giving us the option of not playing or finding another course to play, we were herded like cattle with no options.

What should have been a 4 hr round with lots of time to get to the airport, turned into a 6 hr round and a mad rush to the airport.

The course itself was in fantastic shape and under different circumstances would have been a treat to play but the treatment we received left a sour taste in our mouths and we will likely not return!

On the plus side our cart girl Tiffany was a bright spot on an otherwise dreary day!!!! She was the only reason we kept our sanity for the entirety of our round! Thank you Tiffany!

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Response from on 10/23/2017:
Todd, we would like to apologize for all of the confusion faced when you played your round. Our goal is to assure everyone has the best possible experience while playing our course. Please feel free to reach out to the Pro Shop to discuss this further.
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