Citrus National Golf Club

Tee boxes were uneven dirt, greens were in very bad condition and on some holes good luck finding a green fairway.

Everything about the course was terrible. Tee boxes, fairways and greens were in terrible shape

Drove an hour to play here and figured for $60 this time of year I was in for a treat. This is by far the worse course I’ve ever played in my life. There was no grass from tee box to “greens”. When I pulled up and there were only 8 cars at 10 am I should have known something was up.

I’d pay $15 to play here, nothing more. What a waste of a cool designed course.

I just don't see how a course can get worse so quickly, but Citrus National did! I keep hoping this course will return to its former glory, I really do! But when course conditions keep getting worse, it is getting harder to see hope for the course. The course does not seem to have enough greenskeepers to properly take care of the tee boxes, fairways, or the greens. Recently they spread some kind of brown mulch on the tee boxes and fairways. I'm not sure what the purpose is, but hopefully this will help. I just hope the owner has the capital and desire to return this course back to its glory.

Not sure what has happened, or why the status has gone so far downhill, but the entire course was in poor shape from Tee Box to Fairway, to Green. It’s unfortunate since the layout is solid, but the overall course conditions were rather poor. Invited a friend to join, who played the course for the first time, and was rather disappointed in the overall course experience. With some major TLC: irrigation, rain and proper maintenance, we can all hope the course rebounds, back to at least minimum acceptable conditions, in a few months!

They discounted the round to $40 but it is in bad shape. I’ve played here before and it is a great course. Just needs a little TLC.

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.