Citrus National Golf Club

Worse condition than last time I played here 8 weeks ago. Just terrible

Played at Citrus National (old Southern Woods) and had a fun time. Greens need some work but honestly will still continue to play. Layout is fun and interesting. Staff here is great and very accommodating one of the big reasons I will be back.

Fairways and tees are brown and dry. Greens are ok, some had patchy spots. Pace of play was good, carts are excellent, and the staff is awesome.

They have lost the grass on most fairways and greens are getting pretty crusty. It’s a shame as it’s got some much potential.

If they keep letting the fairways go pretty soon they will be gone. I have played this course many times and once it was really nice. Now the fairways look like 7 Hills in Spring Hill. Shut down !!!!! I understand the greens have not come in yet but the fairways are absolute crap. Maybe they need to hire 5 more superintendents.

This course used to be Great! Now since new owners took over the tee boxes have no grass, fairways are terrible, and the greens aren’t much to talk about! It’s not worth the money! But the bird houses that mark the 150 yards are nice! I know they’re losing members due to the conditions!

Needs water. Needs yard markers especially at 100 yds old ones very hard to find.

It is sad to watch a one time Hale Irwin design go South over the years such as Southern Woods Golf club (now Citrus National).

Back in 1993 when the course opened, to great fanfare,…. it was a must play! Now it is not.. with poor course conditions on tees, fairways and diseased greens ,..time is definitely not on its side. The course has dropped into the $20 range for golf.

It seems to be the norm these days for golf clubs in the Citrus area

being reduced from their former glory. Let’s hope positive change is immanent soon! .👍⛳️

Time itself will tell if Citrus National management can make the course rise like Pheonix from the fire. We wait and see:

Apparently owning a golf course no longer means taking care of ur investment.. aside from +$100 a round semi private or private NO ONE in the area can afford seeds, ALL the courses around a 30 mile circumference no longer care about golfers enjoying a round on their course. These big corporations are buying up all the little courses & raising their prices wherever they can with ABSOLUTELY ZERO improvement. Nothing but WEEDS in the fairways & they've sparse also so you have to move ur ball to find a growth of weeds to hopefully rest ur ball upon. The Greens are diseased & Apparently there aren't any educated knowledgeable course superintendents who want to work for these corporations, they buy them up & I guess write them off. It's a shame.

Its a shame the course has deteriorated to this extent. I hope something can be done soon. Fairways, greens and tee boxes need a lot of work.

I play this a lot and send in reviews but I don't think they pay any attention to these. The course needs water and as mentioned several times some seeable yard markers especially at the 100 yard point would be a great improvement and for less than $100 some painted stakes would do.

Played this course a few times last year. Have only played a couple times this year. Needs help. The fairways leave a lot to be desired. Greens are semi fast but bumpy. All in all, this course could be bad with a little TLC.

As a local, this is one of my go-to courses. Moderately challenging layout, tees and greens are decent, but fairways are dry. Need a healthy dose of water to improve the fairways. Pace of play was 4 hours, a little slow but not too much. Value for the money is very good.

The course is in pretty good shape. It’s not pristine, but it’s better than most courses in the area. The layout is good. The facilities are nice. The staff was friendly, but the food could be better. It’s worth a visit if you’re in the area.

For a private club I’m so glad I’m not a member the course conditions are poor. No grass on fairways. Mostly weeds and sand. Do they ever water? Greens were ok. Not worth paying more than $25 to play. They better get conditions back to where it was 2 years ago. Needs a lot TLC.

The group in front was so slow that I had to quit after 12 holes. Maybe a good idea to have some marshal slow play.

The layout of this course is fun and challenging,but, it needs a lot of work on fairways and around greens. Greens,with a few exceptions are fine. Hope new owners are planning on making this course the great course it has the potential to be. Some grass and fertilizer, weed killer and TLC should do it.

Hope to see these improvements in the near future. Prices at this time competitive but any increase without course improvement will hurt attendance.