Lake Wales Country Club

Fun course,, friendly staff, equals

an enjoyable round of golf!

With good ratings why am I not recommending this course? If you book a round through Golf Now the woman on reception will not tell you about any relevant course conditions such as course maintenance, overseeding or sprinkler operations. 2 weeks ago our foursome got soaked when the sprinklers suddenly came on. Yesterday on mentioning this to reception I was told that had we booked our round directly with Lake Wales we would have been told about sprinkler operations but not as we had booked through Gol Now. Welcome to Lake Wales country club!!!

Course has a nice Layout but not in very good shape, Staff in pro shop was extremely friendly.

Book d a tee time for 1252pm single. Nice staff, just water and ice. Range was a 3. Terrible balls and not much grass.

Course is ok shape. Very slow greens. Overall ok.

But, on the back 9 the sprinklers came on on the last 5 holes at 3pm! Who does that? I was finished after 14. Mentioned to pro shop and was told I should have called. She said they over seeded and it was hot. What about the paying customers? I won’t go back. Too. Ad it’s all around ok. Nothing great but matched the price.

I guess they needed the money!

Greens had been over seeded with rye which made them impossibly slow and too long to putt from fringe. Other than that course was good except #8 fairway torn up.

After booking and reading recent reviews, we were pleasantly surprised by the conditions of the course. It looks like the new owner has the course trending in the right direction. Course conditions were excellent and the old Donald Ross design a bonus over the negative reviews from 2016. Tees, greens and fairways were in great shape. I would recommend anyone who played the course a couple of years ago come and play it now. I believe you will be more than surprised by the changes. We will be back in a few days because of the conditions and the excellent service of the staff. I recommend this course to anyone in the Orlando/Kissimee area.

Stuck our group of 36 in the middle of a women's and men's collegiate tournament. It took 3 hours to play 3 holes because we had to keep letting the women play through. All 36 of demanded a replay and the shouting started. The older gentleman behind the counter had words with several of our group before finally giving us the replay..

We read the reviews on line and saw good ones, but when we got there the course is in poor shape. The tee boxes were not mowed, greens are just about lost, not sure if they could get them back. Fairways were in average to below average. Save your money!

Prior to playing Lake Wales I had read that the course was not in good shape, that was an understatement. The front 9 was closed for rehabilitation, which I truly hope works. The back nine was in such a state of disrepair it made me question is it was a golf course or a grazing pasture. There was no grass on the tee boxes and most of, what would be, the fairway areas were infested with weeds. The greens were absolutely horrible, if you could call them greens. The sand traps were more dirt traps then sand traps. On the plus side, this was my first visit to this track and being that it is a Donald Ross design I could see that the course was once a beautiful and fun track. Hopefully the ownership will bring this gem back to the condition that I am sure it once was. Until then I won't be back.

Course is trying to get rid of bentgrass, so greens are suffering. When things get back normal, course will be a classic, again.

Typical old Florida golf course look and feel. The staff was real friendly.

I had a member come across the course to apologize for the condition. I would love to play if it were better maintained.

I am a huge fan of Lake Wales Country Club and it is honestly one of my favorite courses in Central/West Florida. For the money is usually one of the great value buys in all of Florida.

All that being said, Donald Ross is rolling in his grave today. I have played this course many times and it is usually a 4 to 4.5 rating, but the conditions were as bad as any course I have played in some time.

- Fairways had some weeds

- Bunkers were impossible because the sand is all but gone, liken it to hitting off a cart path

- Greens were at least 30-50% dirt

I pray the course comes back because I won't until it does. I walked off the course after 9 holes depressed about what had become of this course that I love!

The design is challenging. Everyone was real nice. The pace was great largely due to little play. This place used to be one of the "places to play" sadly it's in terrible condition right now. Looks like they aerated a couple weeks ago but that's not the real problem, greens are shot. I guess it's the sign of the times, even for $17 it's too much. Greens make the course, this one needs a lot of work, fairways and tee boxes are just as bad. Tons of potential just looks to be lacking funds.

Course layout was pretty straight. 6800 yards and plyed easy, pace of play 3 1/2 hours.

Course was in great shape. A few greens needed work but overall excellent condition. Will be returning to play soon.

Played 2 days after the Symetra ladies were there.. so the course was pretty much "tournament conditions"....Greens fairly quick.. fairways mown close... & the weather absolutely beautiful ! Lake Wales C.C. has always treated me nice.

The fairways were wide with very little water. The sand in the bunkers was probably the least impressive feature and most of the greens somewhat

elevated. I had a very enjoyable day, and I will play it again.

Great welcome by Bull, and all staff ... members were so hospitable. The course is long, challenging and well groomed. What a great experience.