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3.7
924 Reviews (924)
5 Stars
202
4 Stars
441
3 Stars
173
2 Stars
60
1 Stars
48
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.8
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.9
79.5%
Recommend this course
753 out of 924 reviews
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3.7
42 Reviews (42)
5 Stars
6
4 Stars
20
3 Stars
14
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.8
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.4
85.7%
Recommend this course
36 out of 42 reviews
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3.7
71 Reviews (71)
5 Stars
11
4 Stars
33
3 Stars
21
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.8
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.4
80.3%
Recommend this course
57 out of 71 reviews
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Course Highlights
This well-maintained short course rewards smart shot placement with a fun, strategically interesting layout that challenges course management skills. Friendly staff and strong value for money make it an appealing destination for golfers of all levels.

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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6016 yards
Slope N/A
Rating N/A
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Schalamar Creek Golf Club
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Course Details

Year Built 1986
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Winter Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ron Garl (1986)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs No

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

3.7
924 Reviews (924)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 21
Brunch 10
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 35
Narrow Fairways 29
Bunkers 24
This course/club is great for:
Seniors 33
Locals 27
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 19
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 30
Worth the Drive 19
In the 'Burbs 7

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Played On
Reviews 28
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Not as good as it was last year

We had a lot of rain so it’s not the courses fault. It was cart path only and very mushy everywhere. A lot of the fairways weren’t even mowed in a long time. I understand. Can’t mow if it’s a swamp. 16 th hole was horrendous. And now all that beautiful woods and forest behind the 15th green and 16th tee was destroyed for a housing development. Horrible. Conditions will no doubt improve with better weather. But it was really bad the other day when I played . Only play there in good weather.,weeks after any wet weather

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 10/21/2020

Hello, Stripervince1. Thank you for reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for the poor experience you had during your visit. Your feedback about the course is important to us. We with the recent rain we are working to get everything up to par. We have projects ongoing to recover the fairways and greens from the water on the course. The current condition is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We are going to escalate your feedback to our team so we can make improvements before your next game. We will continue to work towards an excellent experience by using your comment for guidance. Thank you for playing Schalamar Creek Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Conditions awful

Advertised as great greens redone two years ago. Greens are in just awful condition. So poor, you can't get a true roll for the lack of grass. Rain has course in so bad shape, lack of mowing fairways makes them deeper than most courses roughs. Just really poor. Food was great, beer was cold, but I wouldn't waste my money again.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
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Commented on 10/21/2020

Hello, ArmyNavyDIV. Thank you for reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for the poor experience you had during your visit. Your feedback about the course is important to us. We with the recent rain we are working to get everything up to par. We have projects ongoing to recover the fairways and greens from the water on the course. The current condition is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We are going to escalate your feedback to our team so we can make improvements before your next game. We will continue to work towards an excellent experience by using your comment for guidance. Thank you for playing Schalamar Creek Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 101
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

Staff

Very friendly staff especially the Ranger course was wet so some fairways not mowed understandably also holes 11,13,14 played as par 3. will definitely return when playing conditions are better.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 10/21/2020

Thank you for your review, LsMgh500xd. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Schalamar Creek Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 241
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Florida Advisor
Top 50 Contributor
Hot weather
Used cart

Rather short but partially tricky…

Were paired with a couple from Canada and had an enjoyable round. The pace was good – 4 hours. Tee boxes and fairways may need some attention, but are playable. Bunkers are mostly OK. Greens are good too, though some places missing a little grass, but have a good speed. Staffs were very cordial and helpful.

Overall it is a good shorter course and worth the drive from Orlando.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 04/07/2020

Hello tomik17. Thank you for taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass along your feedback to the staff so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting us!

Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Hot Day

Great value for the money, very hot and dry conditions

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 03/23/2020

Thank you for taking the time to review us Calvelli. Your feedback is valuable, and we look forward to having you back at the course. Schalamar Creek Golf Club thanks you!

Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

EZ

Kind people, Not an easy course, enough tees to make it fun for all

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/07/2020

Hi u018935460. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Schalamar Creek Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 03/17/2020

We love hearing about our golfers' experiences, u129479313. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed from your round with us. Thanks for choosing us!

Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 03/17/2020

Here's the Best Review possible...... I am going back tomorrow!!!

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Commented on 03/17/2020

We love hearing about our golfers' experiences, Calvelli. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed from your round with us. Thanks for choosing us!

Played On
Reviews 128
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Schalamar

Very tight. Not too long. Decent greens. Fairways good, rough sparse. Ball washers actually had soap and water. One group waved me through and a second had me join. Nice folks

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
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Commented on 03/17/2020

Thank you for your review, harvfrank. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Schalamar Creek Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 101
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Nice short course

Course is in very good shape. Greens are amongst the best around. tee boxes need work. Still a good value for the money.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 03/11/2020

Thank you for your review, gaudw001. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Schalamar Creek Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 72
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good experience

Course in good shape. Good greens. Fun to play with lots of challenges. A bit narrower than most Florida courses.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great value

Great course condition and layout for the money. Will definitely play it again and could easily be a two or three time a month course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 03/06/2020

Hi Mike4193337. We appreciate you leaving a review and rating us. We will inform the entire team, so they know their hard work is paying off. We look forward to having you back at Schalamar Creek Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 23
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not bad

Surprisingly overall pretty good and fun . Strange settings but fun

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 03/03/2020

Thank you for your review, u495328400. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Schalamar Creek Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Classic managed course

Tees allowed for all level of players. Fairways were right, but fair, greens were fast & true. Staff was friendly & helpful. Would recommend to all.except going aggressive jocks.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 78
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

Fun course to play

Course is relatively short but does require accurate shot placement to score well. Greens and fairways are in great shape.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

well kept course

This is a nice moderate priced and moderate difficulty course. It was very busy and the play was slow. A ranger was present and tried to speed up play but it was just slow over the whole course.

According to some others, this was unusual. Nice people and fun course to play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

a great Day

They had a tournament right after us and the course was in amazing shape smooth fast greens perfect fairways and clean tee boxes i love this course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 02/17/2020

Wow, we are so happy you enjoyed your round, jasonkearney! We look forward to seeing you again soon.

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