Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club - North Course

Thank you Golf Now Rewards. Treated my Friday gang to a comp round at LJ. We finally didn't have to drive by as our Dade City trips are to SSS Golf Ranch north of town (place is a hoot). Booked South course but starter switched us to the North for better pace of play. Thank you starter. Course was in excellent shape. Challenging, fast greens 1-18. Many bunkers but avoidable with even modest good shot. Didn't lose a single ball. Scenic treat. A must play and look forward to play again. Pro shop very friendly as was the starter. Four members in four personal golf carts followed us. Not so friendly but played in just under four hours. Sorry to inconvenience you guys but I will do it again in a heartbeat.

Course has some really neat holes. Has awesome par 3's would rather play this course than the south course

Staff and facility is frienly, but the course is not challenging or scenic and only in a decent condition.

Apparently there wasn't any urgency for people to hurry up and get out of the heat. Took over 5 hours to play. Thats wih carts which is ludacris. Either people need to let others play through or stay on the driving range.

Played here with a large group and found the course to in exceptional condition. Greens were very fast, fairways were in great shape. Overall, the course was fantastic from tee to green. We played on a Monday morning, and the pin placements were a little ridiculous. Many pins tucked in tight with hazards, never much room to work with.

The course is really good, good enough for me play on my birthday. I've played many courses its just something about this one. Greens are fabulious alone with fast!

very overated course very very slow play coruse was in ok shape

Loved the course great condition. Nice to play in the hills !!

Fun, that is the bet way to describe this course. Nice length without being overwhelming. Some holes with really wide fairways, and some holes that your tee shot has to be spot on or no chance at the green. Fairways in great shape, rough not to tall and impossible, but harder to play out of then the fairways. The greens had been punched recently and will be much better in the future, a little bumpy now. If you get the chance play this track, or the South course. You won't be disappointed.

Took advantage of aeration prices to play the North Course.and it played as expected, long and exciting. The course has some great scenic holes and wide fairways keeping my balls in play even for high handicappers. The length of time to play was self inflicted but enjoyed the entire experience. I will play this course again in the near future.

There's no doubt that Lake Jovita is one of the top golf properties in the Tampa Bay Area. Excellent reputation, regularly hosts a number of notable golf events and is well-maintained and staffed. The remote location not only takes advantage of the natural elevation change in this section of Florida (you feel it on your drive in from Interstate 75), but course designers also pushed around a lot of dirt to further enhance how the 36 holes look and play. Just hitting greens in regulation guarantees you nothing as their size, sloping and speed can easily turn a good ball-striking round into a lot of squares on the scorecard. My day was spent on the North Course and I'm told by golf colleagues that the South Course is considered even more scenic. Places like Lake Jovita are examples of why I wish we could rank courses on either a 1-10 scale or give "half stars," because it is honestly better than simply good (4 stars) but I wouldn't call it excellent (5 stars). Of course, I play all over the country, so excellent to me is reserved for what I consider to be the best of the best nationwide. Specific to its geographical location in the Tampa Bay Area, Lake Jovita clearly deserves all the lofty praise it receives.

The North course is different than any other in the Florida area. Greens are rolling and they are big and fast you definetly need to be on the right side of things. Great deals during the week and not hard to get a tee time on the weekends. The course conditions are better than the last time I played and looks like that are continuing the progress. Overall conditions were good and a great buy if you want to play championship golf courses. Also have outstanding stay and play packages. My buddies and I played 36 that day and had an awesome lunch between rounds.

The Lake Jovita north and south courses are always in great shape. The courses are challenging and forgiving in many areas of your game. The player has to take time and study the layout before striking the ball.

10:28 tee time w/ wife for $43/ea thru GN.com - Golfnow reward. Teamed up w/ nice couple, Chris & Dawn, & had a great round. Course is pristine. Fun, Lynx style golf except for few tight holes in back nine. Has a few distinct holes. Unlike the South course, this course does not make a turn @ the Clubhouse between 9th & 10th hole. Bathrooms on course nice w/ filtered water/ice machines. Tee boxes, fairways, & greens plush. Greens are huge & elevated & putting true & fast. Huge Clubhouse over the Pro shop. Pro shop well stocked. Counter person in Proshop very personable, not so w/ starter, Larry. Snackshop overpriced: $12 for 2 bottles of soda & 2 bags of M&M peanuts. Battery powered golf carts w/ windshield & rain cover in back. Had it not been for Golfnow rewards, would never get to play this course. Thanks Golfnow.

Course in great shape like always got my round in good time one of the best courses in the Tampa area

played the North course and while the greens had been verticut within the past 1-2 weeks the greens were wonderful. The terrain, the fairways, the ruff, and the greens all ranked as excellent. The only flaw was the lady tees. They were pretty barren of grass in general. But with a tee who cares.

Greens are still coming back in, but staff gave us a free return card which is greatly appreciated! You don't feel like your in Florida, the hills make you feel like your golfing in NC. So looking forward to playing it again!

Outside of the 25mph winds the round was very enjoyable.

This wasn't my first time at Lake Jovita and i hope to have many more trips there. This is a lovely community away from the busy parts of the state. The course(s) provide a nice challenge in usually very good condition. One this tripo the course was a bit dry and showed some signs of stress on the greens where there were several bare areas. This is unusual at Lake Jovita and I suspect will be rectified soon as the Summer rains move in.

The day was great, a bit windy but other than that it was great. We can't blame our putting the greens! They were just fast. A few bunker need some attention....we did have heavy rains a few days ago but the bunkers should have been cleaned up by now. They were wet and didn't seem to have much sand.

But we did enjoy the course and will be back.