Lake Wales Country Club

I'm glad this course is now public and the fairways and greens are well maintained . It's an older course so the fairways are wide enough to allow for some hooking and slicing while still keeping the ball in play.
Well worth the money .

Lake Wales is now in great shape and I always get treated great by Bobby and Tim, even though I'm not a member. For anyone that plays a few times a week they do have some real good membership plans. I only play on Sat. or I would join, mabey after retirement.

When I first booked this tee time I wasn't sure about it. A course built some 90 years ago, afterall, made me wonder if it would be maintained. Am I ever glad I make the trek into Lake Wales! This course, as it turns out, was timeless.

The course was well maintained and difficult. The staff could not have been more welcoming and friendly. And my overall experience was extremely positive. I am already plotting another trip out there just to take on this challenging track once more now that I know a little more about its layout.

The summary is simple; this course was laid out in a different era in golf. This course uses and becomes a part of the landscape; each hole just makes sense as to how to travels through the property. Management has maintained the course is a way that keeps it challenging and keeps golfers honest. Even with a ton of rain lately the course was not flooded. The rough was truly rough and you paid a penalty if you ended up anywhere other than in the fairway. In my book courses such as this should be listed as an historical landmark.

Drove down to play here because I read that it is a Donald Ross course so I wanted to give it a try. It is an old style country club, but looked ok for such a long drive down route 27. The course is maintained, fairways and greens ok. They had just punched the fairways but I have never minded that. The problem is when I went into the edge of the rough on my 2nd hole, it was sitting on top of all the plugs they took out of the fairway. They took all the plugs from punching the fairway and just dumped them all down the edges of the fairway all over the course. So I had to clear me a spot and drop my ball every time I rolled into the rough. Other then that it went good until I got to the back nine. On 10, I could see two men mowing the greens ahead, when I got to the next fairway they were on tractors mowing the green and the area around the green. I had to wait a few minutes but then the guy drove off the green so I hit it up about 10 yards short of the green. When I got up there he got back on the green and finished while I stood to the side for a good 5 minutes before he finished. I get to the next tee, a par 3, and walk to the box and those guys pull up and take out the flag and start mowing that box. So I go sit in the cart to wait and notice the tractors have stopped so I walk back up to the tee to see the tractors both parked right in front of the green and them talking off to the side and taking a water break. I wave my arms at them and they yell just a minute and get back on the tractor and finish. I waited sixteen minutes from the time I got to the tee till I teed off. Then I get to 16 and they is a man on a tractor sitting up by the fairway in a tractor with sand in the back. I tee off and head to my cart and notice him start driving down the middle of the fairway throwing sand over the fairway that was punched. I drive through a cloud of dust and get up to my ball that he has now covered with sand. The course is a nice old course, but the maintenance crew is the worst I have ever seen. I will not be driving back down there to play again.

This is an enjoyable course to play. It is always in good shape and is well designed.

i was quite surprise when i saw the course for the first, beautiful old style ross gem in central fl.wide open off the tees but challenging, have the move the both ways to be effective, classic old style greens with crown centers and sloped back to front. found the course to be good condition. will definitely be playing here again soon.

Had the pleasure of playing Lake Wales Country Club today with my wife. We teed off at 1:00PM on a hot Saturday afternoon. We finished our round in under 3 hours with no delay. Course was in immaculate condition, the only faults we seen were some of the tee boxes needed attention and the sand traps lacked sand in them, though with all the rain this area has received, you could see the sand was washed out. The course is all in front of you, no trick holes and very playable. Had lunch prior to our tee time and was very good at a affordable charge. Will be back in the future....

One of the better courses in the area. The fairways are well kept as the ruff. Greens a little slow but have alot of breck as the balls slows.

This private course is well maintained with really good true greens.We played from the blue tees, around 6400 yds and it was plenty! Will definitely try to play again before they close to the public. Great deal for $25.

It was an enjoyable experience. Not much challenge on the front nine as most hole were straight forward. Little to no water in play, hard to lose a ball on this course. Really super friendly staff and it was nice to have fresh ice and water on both 9's. Would probably go back again.

Very Plesent course, the elevation changes make it unique for central florida.The greens need attention bady before they loose them.

The deal that you can get playing here right now is crazy cheap. The members are not happy it's open to public, and they made it perfectly clear when I played as a single and would not let me through when no one else was in front of them for 5 holes.

We couldn't wait to try this new GolfNow listing. i had heard good things about it and Lake Wales CC met my expectations. The course is right off of Highway 60 with easy access from north or south off of Highway 27. Hidden from the road by a large wall, once inside the property you see a lovely clubhouse with plenty of mature plantings and well maintained foliage. The pro shop attendant was cheerful and showed us to the practice area prior to our tee time. The Donald Ross 1926 design is a joy to play and challenging for any handicap. My playing partners could not figure out why we were always playing uphill and never really playing to a downhill green. The course is designed to flow very well with tee shots to wide softly sloped fairways and then to smallish greens that are typically set up for good drainage. There are 2 downhill par 3's.. The pristine layout is primarily without homes except on a few
holes, but no real estate intrusion. For this time of year where we have run into some bad greens, thinning faIrways and unkept conditions, LWCC was a pleasant change. My playing group is ready to call Lake Wales their home course. The ladies in the lovely restaurant where friendly. I am going to bring the wife for golf and dinner . That's saying something!

Old style Florida course designed by Donald Ross. Great lay out. Not quite pristine but in great shape. Very generous tee shot landing areas. Fairways well carpeted. Roughs just right, easy to spot balls in. Greens rolling true & fairly fast but not real plush. Battery powered carts w/ windshields & rain cover in back. Fun course. Will definitely play again. Glad they went public.

Well maintained fairways lead up to challenging greens. Pin placement was very tricking at times, which will have the most seasoned golfers pride a little bruised... Thanks for a great round !!

Excellent staff and great course! It's user friendly in that most balls are playable but bring your short game

For this time of year and for the money you cannot beat this course for the shape that it is in.

Super friendly staff. Great greens and bunkers. Good and fair course