Azalea/Camelia Golf Course at Cleveland Heights Golf Club
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| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship/Blue | 72 | 6517 yards | 71.0 | 124 |
| Regular/White | 72 | 6125 yards | 68.9 | 120 |
| Ladies/Red | 72 | 5551 yards | 72.1 | 118 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 71.2/124 | 365 | 199 | 353 | 348 | 436 | 485 | 311 | 523 | 181 | 3201 | 338 | 396 | 343 | 390 | 502 | 389 | 420 | 167 | 339 | 3284 | 6485 |
| White M: 69.1/122 | 350 | 174 | 334 | 331 | 403 | 457 | 291 | 504 | 170 | 3014 | 321 | 390 | 328 | 316 | 490 | 368 | 388 | 153 | 325 | 3079 | 6093 |
| Green M: 66.9/116 W: 72.2/123 | 330 | 132 | 315 | 296 | 379 | 372 | 277 | 467 | 157 | 2725 | 310 | 359 | 311 | 278 | 446 | 340 | 365 | 140 | 311 | 2860 | 5585 |
| Yellow M: 64.0/110 W: 68.5/117 | 278 | 114 | 283 | 293 | 339 | 336 | 238 | 412 | 121 | 2414 | 272 | 318 | 306 | 230 | 410 | 304 | 307 | 117 | 298 | 2562 | 4976 |
| Handicap | 9 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 12 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 13 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 12 |
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Photo submitted by MikeEvans84 on 06/30/2023
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Photo submitted by PMAEGOLFER on 03/12/2023
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Photo submitted by u314163145722 on 07/24/2022
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Photo submitted by PMAEGOLFER on 05/02/2020
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A8 green. They didn’t even mentioned they had punched the greens, much less this atrocity. Photo submitted by MichaelOBRIGHT on 06/11/2019
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Swamp Golf Photo submitted by CherokeeFlyer on 07/07/2018
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Great day of golf with my little girl Photo submitted by u000008074017 on 12/03/2013
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Photo submitted by u000008074017 on 12/03/2013
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Photo submitted by u000008074017 on 12/03/2013
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Photo submitted by u000008074017 on 12/03/2013
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Nice Course
My overall experience was a good one. A few of the greens need a little work. There was a single in front and no one behind us at 2pm.
We will be back.
Straight trash
Played here many times. It’s always so/so. Today we sit on the 3 rd tee box and there are 7 groups on 2 holes. We started late. We even explained to the starter that It’s backed up and this can’t be normal . They sent everyone on the same 9. At hole 1 it was out tee time and 4 groups are sitting at the tee . 3 groups at 2 and we were the 4th group on hole3. Obviously I have low expectations as it’s Cleveland heights but then when employees say this is normal . If it’s normal u should quit your job. I’ve played here 100 times and it’s not normal. It’s pour philosophy and they should be ashamed of themselves. It my fault as I chose to come here. Stay away from this trash and find somewhere else to play. It’s obviously a joke today and with how they responded when u try to let them fit it, tells me all we need to know. Te hey just don’t care. Typical city employees that ruin a beautiful game . This place should close off “this is normal”. No where else in Florida acts like this . Golf now
Should be ashamed of themselves for having them as an option.
Johnny, we appreciate your feedback and sorry that you had a bad experience. Saturday morning was busy as all the tee times were filled. We got down to 5 golf carts left of our fleet of 100. We have 27- holes, two of the 9 holes is the 18-hole course, and the other 9 holes is for the 9-hole players. We try to accommodate walk-up golfers with no tee time, if possible, by grouping them up with another twosome. We have a hard-working conscientious team that strives to give folks a good golf experience. CHGC was voted the Best of The Best Golf Courses First Place (Lakeland Ledger) the last 6 out of 7 years. We are proud of this accomplishment and always strive to get better. We hope to see you in the future. Brock Witmyer (GM)
We apologize for your unpleasant experience during your recent visit to our golf course. We appreciate your feedback and understand your frustration with the slow pace of play. We will work towards improving the situation to ensure a better experience for all our customers. Thank you for taking the time to leave your review.
Good fun
Always a good value. The greens however could stand some work.
Thank you for your feedback, we appreciate it. We are addressing the greens and they will improve over the next few weeks. We are glad that you had a good golf experience at CHGC and hope to see you back soon. Brock Witmyer (GM)
Course is Great ... but the Greens right now...
... are the worst I have ever seen them. I know its summer and its been very hot and dry, but several of the greens on the C/B layout are in really rough shape. Lots of bumps and sanded pits in the middle of the greens. I know the rates were lowered for the conditions...but I am afraid even more needs to be knocked off the current rates. We basically came up with an automatic 2 putt rule in our little group and I heard several other people mention the conditions of the greens in the Pub after the round. Its going to take time, but some extra attention needs to be placed on the greens.
We apologize for the negative experience you had with the greens on our C/B layout. We understand that the conditions were not up to par and we appreciate your feedback. We will take your comments into consideration and work on giving our greens more attention. Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention.
RWJ, thank you for the feedback. We are sorry for the greens condition and committed to turn things around ASAP. Thank you for your continued support of CHGC and hope to see you back soon! Brock Witmyer (GM)
Needs work
One of my go-to courses, but the greens are horrible. Not any of the 18 greens we played were in any condition to putt on. You had to move your ball to find a path that had grass. Same thing last year at this time too. Some of the fairways were burnt out too.
I love this course/facility and will definitely be back… I just wish they could figure this out so we could play this course year round without issues.
Thank you for the feedback, we appreciate it. We are addressing the issues and sorry for your experience. We are committed to turn the issues around. Thank you for your continued support. Brock Witmyer (GM)
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, bmx672. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Azalea/Camelia Golf Course at Cleveland Heights Golf Club, and we hope to see you again in the future.
Excellent Venue
Loved everything about this course except Starter Joe was extremely rude and unfriendly.
Thank you for the feedback, we appreciate it. Thank you for the 5 stars. This will be a coaching opportunity for us. No excuse, but temperatures outside have been really hot. We hope to see you back soon! Brock Witmyer (GM)
Hi. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We see you rated the course 1 star and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take single-star feedback very seriously at our course. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thanks for choosing Azalea/Camelia Golf Course at Cleveland Heights Golf Club.
Top Course to Avoid
Past reviews don’t lie. Greens are in horrible conditions, dry and previously aerated is an overstatement. Just completely dead and patchy where your better off picking up. Slow play is also unreal. Playing Old 18 and it took over 4.5 hours skipping two holes and the foursome we caught up to quit after 14 holes. But hey one free beer after your round to make up for it…
Thank you for your feedback, we appreciate it. Over the past (5) weeks we have done a Curfew Application, Chipco Choice Application and Aerified all 29 greens. It is that time of year that these applications need to be done, but they impact golfers. The 15 inches of rain in June especially over the past 15 days has had an impact on the surfaces. We are starting to see positive results from the applications. We hope to see you back soon. Brock Witmyer (GM)
Hi,
Thanks for sharing your feedback. We’re sorry your experience didn’t match your expectations. It was an uncommon instance and we’ll do better in the future.
Please feel free to reach out to us with any further comments, concerns, or suggestions you wish to share. We would love to make things right if you give us another chance.
Hello. We appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. We would love to know how we can earn those last two stars next time! Thanks for playing Azalea/Camelia Golf Course at Cleveland Heights Golf Club.
Jody, thank you for the feedback and we hope to see you back soon. Brock Witmyer (GM)
Terrible
It’s that time of year again. Place is in terrible condition. Greens are borderline unplayable. When will the City of Lakeland actually hold someone to some accountability out there. Such a gem and only worth playing about 4 months out of the year. Greens at Bramble Ridge are 5 Star compared to Cleveland Heights.
Hello,
Thank you for reviewing the course. We would like to apologize for your recent experience.
We're sorry to hear you were less than satisfied during your round. We pride ourselves on our providing great service and the high-quality standards we maintain.
We would like to make things right. Please reach out to our management team at the pro shop.
We hope to hear from you soon.
Thank you for the feedback, we appreciate it. Over the past (5) weeks we have done a Curfew Application (for Nematoads) and an aerification of all 29 greens. These practices are not popular and interrupt play, but the biggest issue we have faced is 15 inches of rain in the month of June. We hope to see you back soon. Brock Witmyer (GM)
Horrible course conditions
I played this course about a month ago. I’ve never seen greens on ANY course in worse shape. Dead grass everywhere, sand everywhere, aeration holes everywhere. Absolutely horrible. Basically once you hit up on the green unless you are within a few feet of the pin, give yourself a 2 put score and move onto the next hole. This course is owned and operated by the city of Lakeland. If the city doesn’t want to put any money or effort into the upkeep of the course, then they should sell the land. FYI city, you have to put some kind of effort & financial contributions into a golf course. I say sell the course if you just wanna leave it in the current condition. It’s really a shame because this course is a few minutes drive from my parents house. But I doubt I’ll ever play there again.
We apologize for the poor condition of the greens during your visit to our course. We appreciate your feedback and will take it into consideration as we strive to improve the upkeep and overall experience for our customers. Thank you for taking the time to leave a review.
Greens were terrible
The overall course was good nothing special. The greens were the problem!!!! The greens were in terrible shape for $44.99! The rest of the course was an average course for here in mid Florida! Now granted that this is a City run course where I have played other courses that are owned by the city but managed outside that are way better!! One course I will put you up against is Willowbrook! City owned but outside managed and it is in great shape. Your fairways were good, got some bounce and roll out of the miss hit or two but I was expecting more as you have alot of high school and other tournaments there.
Thank you.
Thank you for your feedback, we appreciate it. We had done a Curfew Application during this time period that is disruptive to playing conditions. We hope to see you back in the near future. Brock Witmyer (GM).
Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to review and leave your feedback on your recent round with us. It is always our utmost goal to provide our golfers with a fun and enjoyable time and we apologize if we missed the mark. Please feel free to reach out to our staff in the pro shop with any additional concerns. Thanks for choosing Azalea/Camelia Golf Course at Cleveland Heights Golf Club.
Great staff, terrible course
The staff is great. The bar and restaurant is also fantastic. However, the condition of the golf course scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the best and one being the worst I give it a -5.
Thank you for the feedback, we appreciate it. Over the past couple weeks, we have done a Curfew Application to treat for Nematoads. This application puts slices in the turf and releases a gas. The application is a must here at CHGC. We hope to see you back soon. Brock Witmyer (GM)
25 yrs we’ve played here and it needs love.
I know this course will never be great but they just need better conditions. Too many greens are in rough shape. Tee boxes need love. Some fairways are descent , others aren’t. The greens need completely redone. They always have the range closed thur am for maintenance. This is the only course I’ve ever seen to close the range while open unless it needs to be closed for a period of time. Too many other courses in good shape to keep playing here. The layouts of the 9s isn’t very good so conditions need to improve. I guess it’s playable but just isn’t good enough to keep coming.
Hi. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We understand your frustration with the construction projects underway. Please bear with us as we work diligently to make improvements. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.
Unfortunately, it is that time of year when the Winter overseed has transitioned out and the Bermuda grass starts to take off. Over the past (3) weeks we have done a Curfew Application on all three courses. This application slices the turf and shoots a gas into the turf to control nematoads that we battle here at CHGC. Next month we will be doing aerifications on all 3 courses. These maintenance practices are a must, but they impact play. Hope to see you back soon. Brock Witmyer (GM)
Greens and fairways are in fair condition. Lot of mowing and construction distractions the day we played (around 11:00am). Overall, still enjoyable and a nice municipal course!
Thank you for your feedback, we appreciate it. Over the past 2 weeks we have been doing a Curfew Application for Nematoads. This is an intense application that we must do annually at CHGC to control Neatoad counts. We hope to see you back soon. Brock Witmyer (GM)
Typical public course
With no homes on most of the course, nice wide fairways and enough challenges for the amateur golfer, this course has the potential to be very nice.
But, they've jammed 27 holes into a space large enough for only 18.
Unfortunately, it's over booked so the pace of play is slow.
Cleveland, like most Florida golf course are aerating their greens but many of these greens need a lot more work than just aeration.
We also wondered why they have 3 nine hole courses, rather than an 18 and a 9?
Ken, thank you for the feedback, we appreciate it. The original 18 holes goes back to 1925. In 1983 the B Course 9 holes was added to meet the supply and demand. CHGC is on the Florida Historic Golf Trail. Pace of play averages 4:15, which is good considering we did 87,000 rounds of golf last year. We hope to see you back soon. Brock Witmyer (GM)
Thank you for your feedback, we appreciate it. We hope to see you back soon. Brock Witmyer (GM)
Thank you for the feedback, we appreciate it. We hope to see you back in the future. Brock Witmyer (GM)
Hello. We appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Azalea/Camelia Golf Course at Cleveland Heights Golf Club. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!
Thank you for your feedback, we appreciate it. The team has worked hard and will continue to. We are glad that you had a good golf experience at CHGC and we hope to see you back soon! Brock Witmyer (GM)