Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club - North Course
About
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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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| Gold | 72 | 7226 yards | 74.8 | 139 |
| Blue | 72 | 6863 yards | 73.1 | 136 |
| White | 72 | 6299 yards | 70.2 | 130 |
| Green | 72 | 5812 yards | 68.2 | 125 |
| Black (W) | 72 | 5522 yards | 70.9 | 122 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5184 yards | 69.1 | 117 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 74.7/139 | 557 | 225 | 461 | 187 | 360 | 510 | 427 | 448 | 413 | 3588 | 526 | 420 | 440 | 158 | 462 | 541 | 407 | 198 | 486 | 3638 | 7226 |
| Blue M: 72.8/135 | 527 | 216 | 437 | 160 | 345 | 502 | 400 | 415 | 390 | 3392 | 517 | 394 | 417 | 149 | 426 | 517 | 400 | 189 | 462 | 3471 | 6863 |
| White M: 70.4/132 W: 75.7/135 | 488 | 190 | 400 | 136 | 344 | 490 | 354 | 395 | 376 | 3173 | 491 | 352 | 378 | 128 | 380 | 474 | 355 | 168 | 412 | 3138 | 6311 |
| White/Green M: 68.8/131 | 488 | 190 | 363 | 136 | 344 | 490 | 354 | 360 | 330 | 3055 | 476 | 352 | 340 | 128 | 310 | 460 | 355 | 168 | 385 | 2974 | 6029 |
| Green M: 67.8/125 W: 73.0/129 | 464 | 177 | 363 | 132 | 306 | 455 | 308 | 360 | 330 | 2895 | 476 | 300 | 340 | 120 | 310 | 460 | 341 | 157 | 385 | 2889 | 5784 |
| Green/Red M: 66.1/121 W: 70.9/124 | 464 | 177 | 363 | 136 | 278 | 455 | 308 | 334 | 250 | 2765 | 390 | 300 | 340 | 120 | 310 | 407 | 341 | 157 | 314 | 2679 | 5444 |
| Red M: 64.9/119 W: 69.4/121 | 427 | 147 | 363 | 116 | 278 | 420 | 308 | 334 | 250 | 2643 | 390 | 300 | 340 | 107 | 277 | 407 | 288 | 118 | 314 | 2541 | 5184 |
| Red/Yellow M: 63.5/114 W: 67.5/117 | 427 | 147 | 254 | 116 | 278 | 420 | 308 | 240 | 250 | 2440 | 390 | 214 | 275 | 107 | 277 | 407 | 288 | 118 | 260 | 2336 | 4776 |
| Yellow M: 61.1/109 W: 63.5/109 | 303 | 120 | 254 | 110 | 219 | 303 | 216 | 240 | 240 | 2005 | 292 | 214 | 275 | 91 | 270 | 320 | 251 | 118 | 260 | 2091 | 4096 |
| Handicap | 11 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 2 | |||
| Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 5 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 6 |
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Favorite hole Photo submitted by hockeydad20 on 12/10/2024
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Photo submitted by Mortey on 12/03/2023
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Photo submitted by u511815501 on 12/17/2020
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Photo submitted by jowens88 on 04/30/2020
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Photo submitted by jowens88 on 04/30/2020
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Par 3 down hill Photo submitted by Michaelreber on 06/17/2013
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Photo submitted by u000001970096 on 03/18/2013
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Photo submitted by u000001970096 on 03/18/2013
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Photo submitted by u000001970096 on 03/18/2013
Best Condition in over 2 years
This course is a fantastic layout compared to most Florida courses with hills, steep fairway bunkers, etc. The greens are in the best condition in years and you can tell great care is being applied to both courses.
GreT shape. Greens were beautiful but slow for this place. Still better greens than most places
Great Golf
Coarse was in great shape dispite the drought we have. Greens were great. Pace of play was just OK. Will go back again!!
Excellent service from start to finish from all staff. Course was in great condition. Somewhat challenging. would probably be more difficult if the area wasn't so dry. would highly recommend trying this course.
North course
Fair layout with ample room. Enjoyable to play with several tees for a good variety. Impressive shape for area conditions , would enjoy playing again .
Put on the "Must Play List"
Lake Jovita is one of the finest 36 hole facilities in Central Florida. Played the North Course, and it was in excellent condition from tees, to fairways, to bunkers, to the greens. This course is both challenging, but fair with 5 sets of tees to pick to match to your abilities. Well worth the price, and time to get to.
CONDITIONS
- course conditions are dry, but not so much as other courses in the area. Staff has done a great job in maintaining good conditions during this extremely period in Florida.
- course layout is excellent. Very beautiful course.
- one downside, that is not ONE ball washer on the course.
- very few watering stations on the course.
After playing the South Course last summer, I was hoping for another great track. It was a pretty easy and straight forward course. The green speeds rolled a little inconsistent for me. Love all of the hills and slopes. Definitely enjoy the South Course a lot more, but this course is worth giving a shot.
Will play again
Played this with a hot time tee time. The course was in very nice shape,the area is in need of rain. The fairways were tight lies/short grass. The greens did roll nice. I got paired with another single and we were done in over 3 hrs. As never caught anyone with a 1:45 tee time
Great course!
I have played this course about 10 times and enjoy it every time. It's a fair, but fun course to play and it was in great shape!
Lake Jovi take golf club
This course has a lot of sandifferent bunkers. The course is in excellent condition. The greens were great. A little pricey, but worth it through Golf Now.
Easy on the eyes
Great course great conditions for this time of year compared to most; lots of fun golf shots out there and challenging greens!
Course ammenities
Very few trash bins or ball washers at most tees, only one bathroom on course. Beverage cart was great on course, but water stations much too infrequent on hot days.
Fiv and a half hour to play
Despite a call to the club house during the game for an unreasonable delay of playing time and even if an official came to our group, nothing was done to settle the situation and improve the playing Time of the two groups before us. The person with the canteen, apologized for the delay but was unable to do anything.
My favorite nearby course
I loved this course. You absolutely had to think your way around the whole place, and I enjoyed it. The conditions were fantastic.
Pace of play was just average, but I think we were behind a very large group, so I wasn't too worried about it (the guys I was playing with were very frustrated though).
One weird thing is I tried to hit the range before my round, but was told it was closed for maintenance. Not a huge deal, but when I drove up to the practice green, there was a college team that was all hitting balls on the range. Not the biggest deal, but clearly there was no maintenance being done on it, so I'm not sure why I wasn't allowed to hit balls too.
I'm writing this off as a one-off weird situation though because I absolutely intend to be back.