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3.7
926 Reviews (926)
5 Stars
204
4 Stars
441
3 Stars
173
2 Stars
60
1 Stars
48
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.9
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.9
79.8%
Recommend this course
755 out of 926 reviews
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3.8
43 Reviews (43)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
19
3 Stars
14
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.8
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.4
86.0%
Recommend this course
37 out of 43 reviews
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3.7
72 Reviews (72)
5 Stars
13
4 Stars
33
3 Stars
21
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.3
Value
3.9
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.4
81.9%
Recommend this course
59 out of 72 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
926 Reviews (926)

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 7
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course for the money

I’ve played here before and consistently enjoyed each round. Grass is still coming out of dormancy, so the lies were tight. Course play was slow due to early morning tournament, but reasonable.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 03/27/2018

Greatly appreciate you coming out to play Schalamar. Golf Course is in wonderful condition and its that time of the year when all the golfers are trying to get in some last rounds of golf before heading back up north. Looking forward to seeing you back out on the course real soon.

Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 03/27/2018

Thank you for coming out to Schalamar Creek. Glad you enjoyed your round of golf and we are looking forward to you coming back out again real soon!

Played On
Reviews 31
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Great time

Greens were very nice and fast, only drawback was the pace of play but it is that time of the year when the snowbirds are still here.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 03/27/2018

Greens are rolling great. Its a lot of fun putting on these greens. It always a great thing to see and have all these golfers coming out to play. Tells us the golf course is nice! Come on back out soon!

Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 03/27/2018

Glad you had a good time at Schalamar Creek. Looking forward to you coming back out to play real soon.

Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Hidden jewel

Fairways and greens were in impeccable shape. Only wish the course was closer to home so l could play it more. Well worth the price and a very enjoyable golf outing.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 03/27/2018

Glad you enjoyed your time out at Schalamar. Its a lot of fun playing this shot makers course. Looking forward to having you back out soon.

Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 03/27/2018

Thank you for coming out to Schalamar Creek. Glad you enjoyed your round of golf and we are looking forward to your return real soon.

Played On
Reviews 90
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 Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Shot makers course

Most of the greens were in excellent shape, a few had some rot in a few spots. Tight fairways on some holes and water comes into play on 10 holes and trees on most holes.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Narrow Shorter Course

I have to start off by saying the greens were very good.

We started on the 10th tee. Very intimidating because of how narrow the shot lines were. If your a longer hitter you better hit it straight or your going to hit some trailer residences or end up in water. Very narrow. The next few holes not much better. There is water hazards on just about every hole and narrow fairways, little rough for rouge shots. The front nine has more trees lining the fairways so you don't mind giving it a go off the tee. Would rather of had played front nine first to warm up.

Overall the course was fun. Shorter than I expected. Decent shape.

Would play it again when back in area, especially since I know what to expect with layout. Would play some holes differently.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Response from on 02/23/2018:
Thanks so much for your review. We appreciate your feedback. It's good to hear that while the course is challenging, it is also enjoyable to play and in good condition. When you're in the area again, we certainly hope you will pay us another visit here at Schalamar Creek Golf Club.
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Relaxing Round

Nice course. Not too long and very narrow fairways. You won't need the driver on every hole. Overall very nice course. See you next year.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Perfect day for golf

The course was in excellent shape. I only wish my game was!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 88
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Good day

Got a good deal on GolfNow for $13, the course look good from tee to green, pace of play was slow The greens were slow u just had to adjust to it no big issues had a good time tee off at 8 was done by 12

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 133
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Nice course with drawbacks

Schalamar Creek is in good shape and is staffed with nice people. The course is short so nice for shorter hitters. However, it's also narrow with few places to miss, so you'd best have good direction control. My hesitation to recommend SC to a friend is the fact that tee times are oversold, so the course is packed. More significantly, it's packed with locals (residents of the very nice mobile home park where the course is located), and I got the impression they consider it "their"course. Schalamar Creek is a nice little course in a very nice retirement community loaded with things to do for residents, and I'll leave them "their" course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 02/10/2018

Thanks so much for coming out to play Schalamar Creek. The golf course is in great shape and its a lot of fun to play. Looking forward to seeing you back out to play real soon!

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A nice course

Enjoyable experience all around nice course nice environment friendly staff

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 02/10/2018

So glad you got to experience all the fun and excitement going on at Schalamar Creek. Looking forward to you coming back out real soon !

Played On
Reviews 55
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Straight is the key for this course.

The layout is great.Very well matained course. The greens are very slow. If you don’t hit it straight off the tees you’re in trouble and hitting 3 from the tees gets old.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 02/10/2018

Schalamar has a lot of character and it is a lot of fun to play. Its a shot makers course for sure. So much fun to play. Looking forward to you coming back out and try the newly re-cut rolled greens. Makes them roll real nice. See you soon at Schalamar !!.

Played On
Reviews 88
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Fun day

The course looked good greens were slow but overall no big issue

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 02/08/2018

Thanks for sharing your review. Its very important that we continue to make Schalamar Creek a wonderful place to play golf for everyone. I believe you may have played the day after mother nature visited us with 1.5 inches of rain. Since then we have sharpened the blades, lower the height and the greens are rolling good. Looking forward to seeing you back out at Schalamar Creek real soon.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Decent course for the money

This was a decent course for the price. Course is in a 55+ retirement community so a lot of seniors playing. Very busy for a Monday afternoon so the pace was pretty slow. Course is not very long and most fairways are pretty tight. Overall the course was in pretty good shape with slower greens. Great course if you like wildlife, saw a bunch of alligators, turtles and different species of birds while playing.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Response from on 02/08/2018:
Hello. Thank you for taking the time to review our course, Schalamar Creek Golf Club here in Lakeland. We really value your feedback. We were also pleased to read how much you enjoyed the wildlife and the course layout. We hope to see you again soon to deliver more of the top rated service you enjoyed. Thanks for choosing Schalamar Creek Golf Club.
Played On
Reviews 40
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

like it

I have played this course many times. It's one of my favorites. It's not the closest to home otherwise I would play it more often.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Nice a scenery

This is a pretty course that winds thru forest in the first nine and the communities the second nine. It is a short course. The greens are adequate size but a little slow. The practice green rolled true but the greens on the course did not roll as true. Plenty of areas to get in trouble with water and trees close to fairways. Would play again.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Response from on 02/01/2018:
Hello, thank you for sharing your review we truly appreciate both your positive and constructive feedback. And will be sure to pass it along to our team. We’re thrilled to hear that you enjoyed your time at The Commons restaurant and also appreciate your input on our maintenance. We hope to welcome you back for an enjoyable experience on the course in the near future.
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