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4.2
931 Reviews (931)
5 Stars
265
4 Stars
416
3 Stars
156
2 Stars
51
1 Stars
43
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.1
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.2
89.0%
Recommend this course
780 out of 931 reviews
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4.3
36 Reviews (36)
5 Stars
13
4 Stars
20
3 Stars
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1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.0
Layout
4.4
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.6
88.9%
Recommend this course
32 out of 36 reviews
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4.2
80 Reviews (80)
5 Stars
30
4 Stars
40
3 Stars
6
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
2
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.0
Layout
4.4
Pace
3.7
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.4
87.5%
Recommend this course
70 out of 80 reviews
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Course Highlights
Plantation Palms consistently delivers fast, true greens and well-maintained fairways at an outstanding value for the area. The exceptionally friendly staff and GPS-equipped carts enhance a challenging, enjoyable layout near Tampa.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Links
Par 72
Length 6735 yards
Slope 139
Rating 72.6

Plantation Palms Golf Club, designed by David Harman, provides every Tampa golfer with a challenging and rewarding golf experience. The links-style design starts with a welcoming par 5, and then slowly steps up with a mixture of strong par 3s. Just 10 minutes north of Tampa, this course was carved a 400-acre citrus grove that slopes from west to east, providing interesting elevation changes. Water is in play on 17 of 18 holes. Plantation Palms Golf Club has an attractive framing of greens by the use of pine trees, water and large snow-white sand traps. The true-rolling elevated greens have good movement and are a challenge for golfers.

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Course Details

Year Built 2000
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect David Harman (2000)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No
Pull-carts No
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Walking Allowed No
Dress code Collared shirt, bermuda shorts req, no denim

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

4.2
931 Reviews (931)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 6
Course Challenges Include:
Forced Carries 15
Water Hazards 13
Bunkers 12
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 7
Locals 7
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 8
In the 'Burbs 6
Worth the Drive 6

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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Greens

Phenomenal day out at plantation. Greens were awesome, fast and true. Glad to see they are taking care of this place. Only complaint is that some bunkers were messy and not raked, but guess what? Don’t hit it in the bunker and you don’t have to worry about that. I’ll be back soon. Hats off to the superintendent.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 28
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing
Used cart

worn out

Large white sand - more like no sand. Good layout but the course seems worn down. I expected more for a 139 slope

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Palms Play

-Teeing area of driving range really needs work but they installed new distance markers

-Chipping/putting area small and only 4 holes to putt to

-Been very wet lately so this taken into consideration

-Would like to see distance stripes to pin painted on cart path

-They removed 150 white yard stakes and it's hard to see in-ground color markers

-Alot of work completed on improving condition of bunkers but a few left to go.

-Mulligans restaurant on site is very good

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Driving range unavailable before 9:30am?

Round started off poorly as we got there early to warm up on the driving range. We were unable to do so because apparently the driving range doesn’t open until 9:30, and they wouldn’t allow us to go on because the grass was still being cut. Not sure why they would wait until Saturday morning during prime time to maintain the range at their patron’s expense.

Course drains very poorly and it was a very muddy round despite clear skies. Fairways are average, roughs were at least ankle high in most places. Only positive was the greens were in fairly good shape and rolled true.

Holes 9 and 18 are very poorly overlapped and if you didn’t know better you might end up playing the 9th green twice by mistake.

Also hole 16 or 17 is totally under construction leaving you to basically putt over rough grass into a 6 inch diameter hole.

Finally, pace of play was abysmal. Teed off at 8:45 and didn’t wrap up until almost 2pm. Waited for 5-10 minutes at each tee box.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greatly improved conditions

This course continues to improve with each visit. I'm glad to see this rejuvenation of the conditions since it is a very enjoyable layout. Unfortunately, our round was cut short by a severe afternoon thunderstorm, but that's summer in Florida.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Weather Bad Break

Bad weather the night before, led to a muddy track. Unfortunate.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 44
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Rain day

Good until number 13 then the bottom fell out waited an hour at the restroom. Played 15 in and got it done. Greens were sound but some tee’s needed some help. Overall enjoyed the course but would have been nice to get all 18 in maybe next time.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Course was ok, but staff...

Without a doubt the worst staff at any golf course I've ever been to. Extremely rude. Had the starter tell me to go back to the clubhouse and get your money back if you don't like how I'm talking to you.

There's plenty of golf near Tampa, this is a course that should be avoided at all cost. Drainage was poor.. fairways were in rough shape. Greens were extremely inconsistent. Overall 2/10. And it only gets a 2, because I got to play golf that day. Best case scenario, this course goes out of business.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Plantation Palms

The course is beautiful and in great shape. My cart was rickety, and the pace of play wasn't very good, but I'd definitely return, but maybe during the week when it's not so crowded.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Needs work

They are currently working on quite a bit of spots on the course. I feel like the price should reflect based on the areas they are working on. This course is in the middle of a neighborhood with everyone’s back yard facing tee boxes and greens and they don’t care if you are trying to golf. That’s super distracting. It’s not a bad course though layout is pretty tough for an amateur golfer. I shot a 79 and am a 12 handicap. I had a good round but it’s a shooters course. Greens are pretty quick and will only get quicker as the summer wears on.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Getting better and better

This course was really bad for a while but very cheap to play. They have worked hard over the last few years to improve the course and make bring it up to par with the course around it. If you go there in the afternoon it is a steal to play there. Still a little pricey on most mornings.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
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
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Memorial Day play

The staff: really friendly, cart person was zipping through the course, which was good on a warm day.

Driving range: needs some attention, hitting through crabgrass, not fun.

Course: was in good, not great shape. Some of the fairways are in less than ideal condition. Same for some of the greens.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 82
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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