Schalamar Creek Golf Club

Really disappointed that the club ran its own competition on the day we played. First nine took almost three hours!!!!!! Back 9 a little better because most visitors gave up. On the 13th hole we realized the problem, ahead there were groups of 5, each with their own cart, on the hole we saw them they were all over the place. We will never play here again and certainly won't recommend it.

We play this course often, once a week at least. The course looks great and plays great with the one exception of the sagginess in certain spots like they're definitely overwatering. It's green to the most other golf courses but the overwatering causes mud load up on the balls. I think because they don't have to pay for water and suck it from the ponds. They need to manage the water better. Give it time to dry. Otherwise we love it here .

Everything about this outing went wrong. The club house couldn't find my reservation. The starter filled my tee time with other people that required me to wait. Course was over booked so we had to wait for every shot. Not an enjoyable afternoon.

good condition with a few wet spots (leaky sprinkler heads)

Course was fun and the weather was perfect. We finished late afternoon and the pro shop was closed. When we unpacked at home we realized we left a gps and called the next morning and they didn’t have it. It was attached to the windshield post with a bungee and we know it didn’t fall off between the last hole and the cart barn. Just a warning to make sure you retrieve all your belongs because you won’t be getting them back.

This is yet another great Ron Garl layout (he also designed Huntington Hills and Big Cypres).. Schalamar Creek is shorter and tighter than the others. If you’re a little off your game, the threatening nature of Florida’s wilderness will have you losing balls all day.

Schalamar Creek has the nicest people and the best-kept carts of any public course in Lakeland. The only knock on the place is the high water table. If it rained within the past few days, it’s gonna be a soggy, muddy round. Even during the dry winter season, watering the fairways will have you taking mud divots instead of grass. The course is 90-degree rule pretty much year-round.

If they can get hold of their moisture issue, Schalamar Creek will be the best public golf course experience in Lakeland.

Course is not worth it. Fairways are not good. They are so wet, the group in front of us actually got stuck in the middle of the fairway in the cart (left massive muddy tracks about 20 feet across the middle of the fairway). There is very little grass on fairways- either weeds or dead patches. My son hit a drive on a par 3 and the ball plugged 3/4 into the mud. Until conditions dry out this is not worth playing. Sorry for the tough review. But others should be aware of the conditions before booking.

Course was in good shape. Greens are not not that fast due to length of cut. Pace was reasonable…about 1/2 hour longer than normal. All in all it was good value for the cost. Normally this course is wetter but it was fairly dry with a few plugged balls.

Nice golf experience. Pretty crowded/slow but it's Feb central FL! Our only comment would be the course is extremely wet, with no rain in quite a while. Would play again at a good price.

Even though I didn't play all that well, I still enjoyed almost everything about Schalamar Creek.

Very nice layout and even though it is a large community, the homes never really "stick out" unless you are really everywhere but the fairways, rough and greens.

My only drawback is that the course is basically in a wetlands area, so you might find some plugged lies and some shots might not roll due to some soggy ground. And I feel bad for mentioning it, but it is something you might want to be aware of when making club selection.

I will for sure be back. I recommend you play here, a good "experience" for the money.

This course is definitely challenging for "duffers" like me.

Very interesting with a good mix of challenges.

Course was very wet in many areas, greens in great shape, tee boxes as well.

Would definitely like to play this course again.

Started out very chilly but warmed nicely. Pace was a little slow but the older group ahead was enjoying the day too! Good challenging course. Look forward to playing again when in the area.

Overall a course every straight hitter can play. With the exception of a few head scratching holes, layout is playable. Fairways lacking grass but greens rolled true and medium quick.

Beautiful, classic old Florida feel…5 sets of tees for all levels. Fairways in good shape, greens could some attention from a lot of play. Staff very welcoming.

First time playi g the course and if you don't have the guide book, very difficult to play. Even with the book need to hit it straight as the fairways are very tree lined and tight. Fairways need some more grass as did some of the tee boxes. Greens were a little fast and ran true. My group thought that they would be back.