Clearwater Country Club

I enjoy playing at this course and it is in pretty good shape.

having player here many times over the last 15 years we have always found the staff friendly and efficient.

The course was in great condition too.

I little more expensive than most courses in the area but still good.

The carts are so very noisy as they are mot electric.

the only "complaint" is with regard to the appalling etiquette of sone of the other players - blocking the greens with their carts, four balls not letting a 2 ball play through, following groups hitting up too close etc.

Fairways were good. They've been overseeded so no carts on the fairway. Greens in good shape but boring. Some contouring but mostly straight putts. Most are sloped back to front or vice versa. The rough is very splotchy so not good if your ball ends up between two splotches. It's a fairly long course for the ladies and with the fairways wet, made for no roll.

There is a creek running thru out. Trouble is not always visible. Sand traps are good.

This 100 year old course is still fun to play. I don;t know when it lost it;s "country club" status , but it is now a municipal golf course. I can tell from the layout that it was not a typical flat piece of land that someone decided to develop, like so many Florida courses. Of course, it is not long by modern standards, nor are the greens big and undulating. However, it does have a certain old-style charm.

All that being said, the course was fun to play and in decent shape. The greens were healthy and receptive. The fairways, bunkers, and tees were good. And it had an average warm up area. The rough was so-so. The holes were fairly wide open and there was not much danger.

However, on the back nine someone got the bright idea to put long wide waste areas along the landing zones of several fairways. This must have been recent because they do not appear on Google Maps. This means that otherwise good drives can roll into a waste area and make a fun hole into a frustrating hole. I guess the obvious reason to mess with the golfers like this would be to save money frrom maintaining grass.??!

We were looking to play as a family but given the holiday routine, the only place with a decent tee time was Clearwater. Greens rolled smooth and the course was in good shape. It was slow due to the amount of play. Overall good experience!!

Due to recent overseeding of the fairways pace of play made it miserably slow and we followed a 6-some thus the "less than pleased" review.

Fairways were good, greens were excellent and sandtraps were poor.

Too busy on Friday, pace was very slow, stopped to get sandwiches and took way to long, was having a meeting and didn’t have enough help.

The tee boxes and greens were in very good shape. The putting green was bumpy but on the course greens were running smooth. Pace was not an issue about 4 hours. Starter was very pleasant and personable. The surprise was running into a PGA great playing the course. The one and only JD, Mr. John Daly. He was playing a round and I happened to cross paths for a photo opportunity.

My partner said it's not a surprise seeing him here he said that he's seen him before out there.

Stopped in for a bite after the round and the 19th hole was very nice and the food was excellent and drinks were cold.

A very nice day!