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3.0
577 Reviews (577)
5 Stars
112
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
77
1 Stars
47
Conditions
2.6
Value
3.3
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
4.2
Amenities
2.9
55.1%
Recommend this course
411 out of 577 reviews
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3.8
22 Reviews (22)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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Conditions
3.4
Value
4.0
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.4
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.5
81.8%
Recommend this course
18 out of 22 reviews
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3.1
36 Reviews (36)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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Conditions
2.7
Value
3.2
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.4
Amenities
2.7
StaffFriendliness
4.1
58.3%
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21 out of 36 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Private
Par 72
Length 7072 yards
Slope 134
Rating 73.5

Lake Wales Country Club boasts a classic Donald Ross design that players of all skill level will enjoy. Built in the 1920s, the golf course has a different look and feel than most modern courses. Rather than exaggerated hazards and dramatic contouring, the layout blends seamlessly into the natural landscape. The routing of each hole was determined by the existing contours. Like many of Ross' designs, the phrase "hard par, easy bogey" holds true here. The layout features small greens with crown centers that are sloped back to front. Rough borders the fairways and the wide-openness of the course means that wind will often be a factor. Lake Wales C.C. is a challenging but straightforward golf course. There are no trick holes but there are several holes that will make you think.

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Course Details

Year Built 1926
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Donald Ross (1926)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Available Sports

Tennis
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Reviews

3.0
577 Reviews (577)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 14
19th Hole Specials 6
Dinner 6
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 25
Undulating Greens 23
Elevation Changes 12
This course/club is great for:
Locals 26
Seniors 22
Advanced Golfers 16
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 19
Convenient to the City 16
In the 'Burbs 6

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Reviews 16
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Always A Pleasure

We love this course. The greens are really starting to come back. Tee boxes and fairways are beautiful. Mature landscaping, excellent staff.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 241
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Florida Advisor
Top 50 Contributor
First Time Playing
Used cart

Very good place to go!

I played it for the first time, after reading some positive reviews. This is an old golf club with a traditional clubhouse – late 1920. The course is very good – to me it could be a twin course to Mission Inn El Campeon, except there is less water and it is more flat. But it has really very interesting layout, with a lot of old trees and it was after the strong rain in the last days in surprisingly very good condition. Tee boxes and fairways very good, bunker had some places very wet sand, but this surely due to the weather condition. Greens are nice, but were a little bit slow. Good service and friendly staff.

Overall – this is really a very good place to go and surely worth the one hour drive from Orlando – and for a very reasonable price!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 46
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Great Value Nice Course

Course conditions were great. Greens smooth and quick. Friendly staff. For and Old course it has been well maintained. Womens Smyetra Tour plays here. Definate course to play if you live near hear or are visiting

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Nice

Have played here before, but not for some time. Fairways were in need of a little work but it has been very dry and overall the course was avery good value. We were only a twosome and played in just over 3 hours.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice track

A nice old course. Greens are great and the fairways were okay. On course tee markers are nil and the tees are somewhat confusing but overall a fun course.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Grand Old Course

I am sure in it's day this was the course and club to be part of. While the club house is dated, the course has kept it's character and is very playable and provides and enjoyable round of golf.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Friendly course, freindly staff

The good: Fairways are rather wide with not many doglegs. The staff was excellent, knowledgeable, and well trained. The greens were moderately quick with breaks and contours which were true to the eye.

The bad: $10 for practice balls? Yes, they're unlimited, but most of us only need a few... The fairways were a bit chewed up as were some tee boxes. There is a marshall, but pace of play was rather slow.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Enjoyable Round of Golf at Lake Wales

Things I noticed about Lake Wales:

- greens in good condition

- wide fairways

- bunkers in good condition

- excellent value

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great Course

1st time playing here and i will definitely come back

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Lake Wales CC

This was the second time for me at Lake Wales CC. I enjoy the course and think all levels of players will too.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

Beautiful Ross course

It was a cloudy morning with rain in the forecast, so I took the opportunity to tee off 1/2 hour earlier than my time. Because of the threatening weather, there were few golfers. Playing alone, I played through a two some and a threesome and finished in under two hours, the last three holes with a moderate rain. The course condition was better than the two other courses I had played the two days before. This 1926 course was well worth the money. I'd like to play it again in fairer weather and not such a rush.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Good Layout

Nice but pace of play was slow.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great layout. fun to play..

THIS expieriance was great .

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Poor weather
Used cart

Great pace

We were the only ones out there because it was very cold and windy. We were dressed warmly, and had a nice time.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Wide fairways

We enjoyed our round of golf at this course with its nice practice area and wide fairways. We especially enjoyed playing with "bob" who was a very good golfer yet a lot of fun. He also had booked on golfnow.com

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not in Good Condition!

I was looking forward to playing this course based on the description and reviews. The fairways are mostly flat and have a lot of roll due to the lack of quality turf. The greens were in poor condition although some were fast and ran true apparently for the college qualifying round later that afternoon. One of the par 5's on the back had about 1/3 of the green under repair. The "well bunkered" greens had about a half inch of sand over dirt and appeared to be groomed by machines as the balls almost always ended up rolling to the middle. The course needs work.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great features of Lake Whales County Club

Our experience started with the frindly staff, a nice driving range and putting green. The fairways was in good shape and the greens in excellent shape, faster than other nearby courses. We had a good lunch in the club house after the round.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 50
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Great Staff

The wecolcome was great, the corse is very good. The problem we had we were a 2 ball following a 3 ball they had no one in front of them we waited on every shot. Anyone who knows anything about golf etiquette you let people though, they did not have clue.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Walked

Very Playable Course

While this former private country club has been around a few years, the course is a nice layout and is playable for the average golfer. The staff was great and the course provided a nice afternoon of golf. I would play it again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

Great Old School Experience

True Greens, wide fairways & limited water. Forgiving course but challenges shot makers with multiple large traps at landing zones & around elevated greens. Really enjoyed the round.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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