Lake Wales Country Club

The highlight of Lake Wales are the greens. Large and undulating, they are kept to a reasonable speed for playability. They are in excellent condition. The fairways are wide and in very good condition. The rough is sparse, but with generous fairways the rough doesn’t come into play much. No water hazards to speak of. Retention ponds are well away from the line of play. A great opportunity to add a Donald Ross course to your life list.

Course was fine shape. Greens, while the looked a bit brown, were semi-fast and very true. Great hands-on owner . Has a old classic Florida feel. Reasonably priced.

Arrived at pro shop. pro comments the greens crew have dusted the greens as they were worried of wind burn damage.

It did not alter our game the greens were medium to fast with lots of undulation.

Enjoyed the course very much and will definitely return

Hadn't played Lake Wales CC in a few years & was very pleasantly surprised​. The gentleman who checked us in could not have been better - made us feel genuinely welcome & shared all needed info. Didn't dine so can't comment on that, but the clubhouse is impressive - old-style Spanish Florida charm carries through the entire community of beautiful homes. The clubhouse is clean and offers a nice complimentary water station and range balls. There are tee choices to please everyone. The course itself is in very good condition. Though I can't say it's a pristine course such as the high-dollar tracks, it's definitely at the top of the "average" courses. Aside from some tough par threes, the course layout isn't particularly challenging, but it's definitely enjoyable. Pace of play was fine. All in all, it was a very good day. Lake Wales is a hidden gem that I plan on adding to my list of go-to spots.

As an architect (Buildings) playing the course was like walking through one of Frank Lloyd Wright's homes that was being used as a rooming house. :-(

I played the course hoping that as a Donald Ross beauty it may have been a real jewel. Credit due, the fairways and greens were in good to great shape, but the tee boxes, rough, sand traps and surrounding areas looked like they'd been ridden hard and put away wet!

I know its tough to keep Florida courses maintained, so please don't get me wrong, this is a great track, I was just a little disappointed in the upkeep.

The golf course was in excellent condition. tees, fairways lots of good grass, no bare spots, greens were great medium to fast speed and were true.

The only thing we encountered was that it was just after 4.00 pm and the cook had gone home, we like to have a meal and a few drinks after playing golf.

Yes I will recommend this course to my friends.

First time playing the course and was very pleasantly surprised. Nice wide course with great aesthetics. Will definitely play again. The only fault I could find was that the holes could be better marked or identified. I didn’t see a course map when paying and the score card had no map or picture of the holes. Staff was very friendly and helpful.

Nice mature layout. Not a lot of trouble, fairly wide open.

Ter box, fairways and greens. In good shape. Rough and some bunkers need some TLC.

Course in excellent shape very green fairways and putting surface enjoyed playing would recommend to anyone great value

It’s a nice old school muni type layout. The greens are in great shape. They rolled very smooth, a little slow but overall the course was great, the staff is friendly and pace of play was very quick. It’s worth giving it a go. Make your birdies early because the back is much longer than the front

Off the beaten path, halfway between Tampa and Jupiter, is this old school Donald Ross gem.

No water, just beautiful greens, strategically placed fairway bunkers, old Florida willow trees, and a step back in time.

Great staff, cheeseburger was top shelf melt in your mouth with killer onion rings. Worth the the 90 minute drive from either coast.

Played this course a few times over the last few years. This year I was pleasantly surprised with its overall condition. Very good condition for my dollars spent I played early mornings so no issue with pace of play but in all fairness I don’t know about later tee times. We had absolutely no issues teeing off as early as we wanted. No issues, when on course, being to fast for maintenance crews , which sometimes can be our own fault Depending on your budget, if you play here this winter season you will be pleased. Wide open course. You will find your ball

Not too difficult. Not a lot of trouble. In great shape.

This was a very nice day playing golf. The staff person was very helpful. Free range balls and excellent green condition

The rough has very little grass, mostly sand and weeds. Fairways are in good shape. Greens were slow and had some weeds in them.