Clearwater Country Club

Paid $130 for a weekday 11am tee time and a set of rental clubs. The rental clubs were in horrid condition and were all mismatched. I had 2 putters? The pace of play was extremely slow to where I left after 15 holes. I got a hot dog at the turn that cost $7.50!? For a hotdog, that’s crazy. The whole place felt like a money grab.

I would like to start out by saying that I really enjoy playing Clearwater CC. It is a moderately challenging course, the greens are well kept, and it is a relative bargain compared to other courses in the area. I have played this course a dozen times or so, and have had good experiences until my last round on Friday, March 20.

I selected the 12:37 PM tee time, which was a Hot Deal on Golf Now. I did not know that a men's member league was teeing off right before us. Although we teed off about 15 minutes later than our tee time, that was not the issue. The league did not care about pace of play. They had several groups of more than foursomes playing together. The groups liked to think they were long hitters and waited for the groups ahead of them to clear the green before they teed off. Bottom line, the front 9 took more than 3 hours to complete. We assumed it was only a nine hole league and the back 9 would be better. We were mistaken. We only lasted 3 hole on the back nine before we had enough and abandoned the rest of the round. My advice: Avoid Friday afternoon rounds between 12 and 2 PM on this course.

The course was in great shape but the back nine holes were tight and very close to one another. That caused some lengthy delays on some holes.

I’ve played this course numerous times always had a great round.

This was a huge waste of time. Showed up at tee time ready to play. We were next on the tee until the starter bumped us for”members”. Four the next 3 and a half hours we watched the “members” to wait until the entire hole to be clear too tee off. Only too find a ball at 200 yards or way out of bounds. Ten minutes too putt every time. Five plus Members hogging the course.

Stay far away until they fix this issue.

We pulled off at When there were 15 people on one hole. When has that ever been acceptable!!!

This is an easy choice for me to choose in my local area. First nine has had a face lift in the past year. Just wish the course would reset the satellite gps to be accurate in the course layout and yardages .And for the green fee charged this issue should have been updated months ago. Other than that the fairways are close to each other and usually have foul plays in the fairway on a busy day. But it’s a pretty course and has some challenging holes.

The course conditions were really great. The greens were in amazing condition considering the lack of rain. The greens are very challenging. I get the business model, but they really need to space out the tee times a bit more. There was a wait for carts to be returned, so it was a rush from the moment you got a cart to get to the first tee. Literally 2 minutes to load up and go. Every tee there was a wait and the group behind us kept hitting in to us. No golfers fault there, tee times were that close together.

Lots of reviews on pace of play and they are correct. It’s stacked up. They have a starting supervisor but they need to really hit Hole-1 with the guidelines…”no breakfast balls”…”no mulligans”…”no reshoots”….hit, play your ball, or drop near a partner. We watched two groups of four play scramble with each other and really slowed down play. Then you had “speed singles” racing through the course asking to play through.

Had to wait because they were out of carts so our 215 turned into 235 and surprise, log jam.

Had passed the course many times, and have wanted to play it.. finally did yesterday, and I was very happy with all aspects of the day. I was paired with three great guys. Course seems to be greening up nicely, with the greens. while slow, we’re very nice… and the fun experience started with the gents in the shop.

Overall, I am anxious to return…

Played with a relative from Philadelphia who was deprived of golf for about 5 months. I have played CCC before and understand it's layout and quirks.

Checked in an hour early we hit range for a warm-up .Range balls are not cheap anymore, $10 for a small bucket approx 50 balls? I am not a fan of swinging off mats. The nicely groomed chipping area (w/sand) is a plus as is the well manicured putting green.

We were paired up to make a foursome and teed off 20 minutes after posted start.

The course in a nutshell is fun to play, with pace I can define as Florida slow. The fairways, hazards, bunkers and greens were all well maintained. The tee boxes did not thrill me....period! Peak tourist season these should be cut.

Thanks to the 2 guys from Michigan who made it a fun round. Mike, at the Bar, who provided post round pain relief to my relative. Mike Rison, who is Pro at range is a great guy. I recommend him for lessons.

It took us 5 hours to play. They sent groups off way too close together, as we waited on EVERY HOLE. It was 86 degrees and NOT one cooler of water.

Way over priced for conditions.

They need to do a better job of staggering tee times. You’ll be lucky to finish 18 in 4 and a half hours. No starter or rangers. Singles and club members go out at will. You’ll be closer to 5 hour play. For that reason I don’t think the price is worth it. I do enjoy the course layout and every time I have played it’s in good shape. So kudos to the greens crew. They really lean into the John Daley image and you would think you got a meet and greet for the price of admission. Club house and pro shop is outdated.

Greens where good lots of grass on them and areas well watered fairways sparse in spots some layout holes worth while to have book to see layout area . All in all good day would definitely go back

Clearwater Country Club plays long for women from the green tees. There are forward red/orange tees set in the fairway, also rated for GHIN .. Greens are in great shape but are not fast. The rough is either dry and easy to hit from, or it's that soft thick dusty dirt out of which is deceivingly difficult to hit a powerful shot.

It's a very well run course and it's in decent shape.