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3.7
888 Reviews (888)
5 Stars
197
4 Stars
424
3 Stars
160
2 Stars
59
1 Stars
48
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.9
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.9
80.1%
Recommend this course
722 out of 888 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.6
17 Reviews (17)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.2
Value
4.1
Layout
3.8
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.5
76.5%
Recommend this course
13 out of 17 reviews
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3.7
68 Reviews (68)
5 Stars
9
4 Stars
36
3 Stars
16
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.9
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.4
79.4%
Recommend this course
54 out of 68 reviews
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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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3.7
888 Reviews (888)

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Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Staff/course conditions

This course is absolutely awful Robert in the pro shop is ridiculous. For 33.00 to have greens look the way they do is hilarious. Nothing is updated on here for course conditions, front 9 is closed due to being wet, ba m 9 is open for cart path only. They overbook so pace of play will be way down and having everyone play the back 9 will only make it worse. Go play Huntington hills for 10.00 bucks more and don’t worry about anything listed above.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

One of the worst courses in lakeland florida would not tell anyone to play there

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 44
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Greens are bad

We like the course. Lots of places to lose balls. But today, the greens were horrible. My playing partner says they are using the wrong grass. But, they were bumpy with very few smooth spots. On the two or three greens that were in decent shape, they were slow. The ones with problems were slick. Made for difficult putting. But otherwise, good shape. We'll be back.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

It's what you'd expect

This is a golf course in a 55+ mobile home retirement community located in a swamp.

It is priced accordingly. The greens are horrible. If it has rained a lot (and this is Florida, it rains every afternoon) a lot of the course gets flooded and they put out the cart path only signs.

The staff is great, they put coolers full of ice water about every 4 holes. There's a ton of shade, there's a lot of play that isn't in people's back yards but in the woods.

When you don't want to pay $100 for Eaglebrooke or wait 20 minutes between holes at Cleveland Heights, this place is a pretty good choice.

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Don’t waste your money!

Played this course with 10 other players. The greens were terrible. Bare spots, weeds in the greens. After the round they told us they’d been working on them for months and can’t get them to come around.. Play somewhere else!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course.

The layout was fun. Conditions were as good as they could be with all the rain we got this weekend. Didn’t explore the off course amenities other than grabbing a quick sandwich on the way out, but it appeared as though they had a lot of things to offer.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Worst golf experience yet.

This place should be embarrassed to call themselves a golf course. I play 1 to 3 times a week and this is by far the worst shape of any course I've ever played. The tee boxes are sand boxes and the greens, well there are no greens. They have browns and I'm not sure if there was more crab grass or sand on them, tough call. The rough at most places are in better shape then these fairways. Also I guess 3 and a half hour pace of play for 18 is unacceptable as the starter bothered us multiple times saying people were calling the clubhouse. All in all the worst golf experience I've ever had and would definitely steer clear.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 46
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

They should be embarrassed.

When you read the course overview, it sounds like a great course. There is NOTHING “Championship” about this course. Tee’s are burnt out and bare. I don’t think the ever move the tee markers. Fairways are a mix of weeds and either Crabgrass or St. Augustine, neither of which should be on a fairway. It’s been dry, so the Grass is not aggressively growing, but what is there has not been mowed in days. I actually lost a ball in the “fairway. No delineation between the fairway and the rough, it’s the same “stuff” from tee to green and side to side. Bunkers are “Ok”. Greens are an absolute mess! Burnt out, a combination of 4-5 vegetation varieties including what looks like dried out moss, some type of “greens turf”, whatever’s in the fairway and a host of weeds. There were a few greens that had chewed up section with dirt piles. Not sure if it was animals or man made, regardless, no one had made any attempt to fix these chewed up chunks of green (multiple square feet). It’s a fun course when it’s cared for, but right now no one is showing it any love…

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
2.0
Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Pleasantly surprised

As we drove into the development we fully expected to be playing through their backyards. The course was not that at all! I felt like I was in North Carolina minus the hills. Well kept fairways, greens were in good shape and it was filled with woods and birds! BONUS I got my first hole in one! We will definitely be back,!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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