The Preserve Golf Club

Terrible conditions and charging $70. The course was like playing out of the sand from the tees ,fairways, rough and on the green. ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE!!!

Tees are sand and burnt out grass, Greens have excess growth of weeds and other grass on them hard to putt.

They should have paid me 29 dollars to play really . Unreal

This is not the first time that I’ve played at Tara but certainly will be the last. I’ve been going there for years and this last year has been the worst I’ve ever seen it. The tee boxes were awful, fairways brown, greens were barely decent and it is almost as if they don’t water anything except for the private course.

Greens had several bare spots and other areas with crab grass coming through. I realize it’s early in the season but have played on other courses in much better condition. Friendly staff and restaurant sandwiches were very good.

Looks like they have given up completely on the greens on the front nine. The amount of "crab grass" growing throughout the practice green was indicative of all greens on the front nine and most of the greens on the back. Thought I had hit a couple of sprinkler heads in the fairway off the tee but the 15 foot bounce was just from the dryness of the fairways. There were a few instances where the bush in front of the tee boxes needs to be cut down since you had no view of where the fairway was. Unfortunate that the shape of the course was so bad because one can see that the layout of the course is really nice.

Tough course without course knowledge. The greens are slow and some have several bad spots. Water comes into play on many holes. Certainly a challenge.

The greens are in horrid condition, most of the greens have holes dug in them, patches of turf missing on many greens. Overall a very poorly maintained course for the price point.

Love the course layout, but the greens are in very bad condition as well as the fairways. They are almost gone in many places and it needs watering or rain.

This course has all the potential to be a great course, and the staff was top notch and friendly. The tee boxes were not maintained at all, and the greens had unwanted growth of grass and weeds, as well as many spots filled with sand on each green, 4-8 inches in diameter. Overpriced for condition of the course. and play was somewhat slow. 4hrs 45 min

Course is in the worst condition I've ever seen it I wouldn't spend more than $20 to play it again there's hardly any grass on the course , greens have weeds and bad spots you cannot put over, I don't know how they get away charging over $20

Spend your money somewhere else. This course is nothing but disappointment and garbage. I wouldn’t even call it a golf course. none of the tea boxes have grass, the greens have lots of unfixed areas and lots of sand. Really disappointing. I wouldn’t even play here again if they paid me.

close to drought conditions but even so it seems there is little irrigation for fairways and the greens were in avg to poor shape, don't know if it's pests or disease or vandelism.. too narrow for me and too much trouble... good if you like that sort of thing

The greens had weeds in em, the rough was anything but rough, it was hard thin lyes on dead grass or sand. All the tee boxes were destroyed. Honestly one of, if not the worst course I’ve ever played.

Like many, most other public Sarasota golf courses, minimal expense has been spent on not even maintaining good course conditions. The courses are busy, lots of revenue, but it all stays in the pocket. At this time of year golf courses should be lush & beautiful; but, alas, not so. Very unfortunate, will likely golf & vacation in a different area next year. I will pass these comments on to my northern neighbours.