Plantation Palms Golf Club
About
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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6735 yards | 72.6 | 139 |
| White (W) | 72 | 6240 yards | 76.4 | 138 |
| White | 72 | 6240 yards | 70.1 | 131 |
| Gold (W) | 72 | 5790 yards | 73.9 | 133 |
| Gold | 72 | 5790 yards | 67.8 | 127 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5313 yards | 70.8 | 132 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 73.0/142 | 557 | 417 | 360 | 195 | 370 | 392 | 222 | 436 | 511 | 3460 | 363 | 495 | 188 | 379 | 525 | 342 | 432 | 161 | 404 | 3289 | 6749 |
| Blue M: 71.0/135 | 525 | 379 | 338 | 188 | 364 | 364 | 191 | 412 | 477 | 3238 | 327 | 470 | 175 | 352 | 488 | 321 | 400 | 160 | 384 | 3077 | 6315 |
| White M: 69.0/130 | 496 | 353 | 327 | 172 | 353 | 338 | 177 | 370 | 440 | 3026 | 310 | 443 | 161 | 323 | 474 | 304 | 382 | 145 | 376 | 2918 | 5944 |
| Gold M: 67.4/125 | 472 | 330 | 316 | 158 | 342 | 325 | 163 | 346 | 404 | 2856 | 302 | 410 | 153 | 293 | 441 | 274 | 359 | 138 | 337 | 2707 | 5563 |
| Green M: 66.2/118 W: 71.4/137 | 466 | 323 | 307 | 142 | 316 | 316 | 128 | 335 | 395 | 2728 | 281 | 398 | 138 | 286 | 429 | 265 | 348 | 119 | 330 | 2594 | 5322 |
| Red M: 63.1/112 W: 68.4/123 | 367 | 258 | 300 | 140 | 328 | 230 | 112 | 281 | 373 | 2389 | 278 | 361 | 132 | 246 | 386 | 226 | 278 | 109 | 286 | 2302 | 4691 |
| Handicap | 10 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 5 | |||
| Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
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A course worth playing
This course (other than being very wet)is a course that has a good lay out with some easy holes but most ya got to play smart ( shot placement ) lots of carry holes so pay attention ! and have a nice round !
Keeps getting better
After playing plantation Palms for the third time in the past two months, and the fifth time overall, I can confidently say that this coures just keeps getting better each time I go. I played this morning for a very reasonable price. The greens rolled very nicely, the fairways were cut to a nice level, and pretty much every Teebox was in great shape. Fortunately I was striking the ball well so I did not find a lot of sand traps (knock knock knock on the wooden dresser) but I would say the ones that I did find could have used a tiny bit more work. You can absolutely see that the grounds keepers are putting in a lot of hard work to turn this course around. I had a great time today and I most certainly will be back, especially for the extremely fair price
Wet and long
It was cart path only.....course in good shape with nice true greens....$4$ great deal
Course management
This is a nice course to play but there is no Starter or Course Marshal(Ranger). Therefore, there are too many twosomes and singles playing and they don’t combine to make foursomes or threesomes. The pace of play therefore suffers for smaller groups playing behind groups of four that do not seem to allow these smaller groups to play through.
Hole 14 is a miserable hole for the average golfer. The landing area for second shots needs to be upgraded by levelling it off to prevent balls from running into the hazard/pond area.
Good course. Sparse grass on fairways in some locations. Greens are slower than what I am used to.
The course seems well used
The fairways seem well travelled. It looks like allot of golfers have used the course for some time. Seems like maintenance has been trying too keep up but it will take some time for the fairways and greens to come back. Still not to bad of a course to play.
Enjoyed the course. Greens had some damaged areas that had been top dressed but they are working on them. Fairway grass is thin in some areas.
Horrible Sand traps
I had hoped by now they would have improved 2 important areas on this course, the bunkers, and greens, but they have not. The sand in the traps is horrible, and filled with pebbles, and hard as concrete. So hard in fact, you can just putt out of the sand traps with no problem. The greens have St. Augustine clumps which make a true putt a challenge. These 2 areas need to improve or for me its no longer worth a return trip.
Desparate TLC to greens
The greens are very slow and suffering from invasive grass. They need to be cut shorter, preferably rolled, so the speed allows normal putting. The fairways are mainly in good shape and, with a few exceptions, the tee boxes are fine. This has always been a fun layout for a "community" course. However, unless some substantial maintenance is done before the Winter onslaught of golfers, this place will be a mess by February. Just heavy watering will not be enough here. Its obvious to anyone playing, amateurs don't fix ball marks, rarely fill divots.....light play allows mother nature to correct some problems, heavy play will turn decent courses to sand pits.
Come back soon, better every day.
Great Value
This course is just around the corner from our home. It is continually improving. The greens are slow but true. It’s a challenge from the tips which is where I play from. Great fun for the money.
Better and better
There are noticeable improvements week to week in course conditions. Greens speeding up and fairways improving. Bunkers still need some work. Very challenging and fun track to play. Really glad to see the course improving.
Getting better
Conditions are improving although still not where it was before. A great track and wacky Wednesday a great value. Hopefully, course conditions will continue trending for the better.
Progressing
I played this course a few months ago and was not impressed by any means. The fairways were bad, the greens were bad, the bunkers were bad, I just did not enjoy my time. However, I played yesterday after it had been on and off down pouring all day and was pleasantly surprised by the improvements the course has undergone. Although most of the previously mentioned things were not what they should be they have noticeably gotten better. The greens were slow and a bit shaggy but playable. The fairways were in much better conditions than before. The bunkers still left a lot to be desired but overall I had a much more enjoyable round. If and when this course gets back into top notch shape, it will be a great track to visit. The layout is fun and challenging.
Come back again soon
Conditions Aren't Great
Course needs some loving. Tee boxes ok, fairway bunch of dead spots, same with greens. Conditions need to be worked on. The layout is pretty good, if someone put a couple dollars into this course it would be one of the best ones around. Can't beat a round for less than $20.
Disappointed with course conditions
Greens were terrible and fairways were not good. I played course several times over the last three years since they re-opened and they had been making steady progress. Seems to have taken a step back here recently.
Rough shape
It’s really sad to see what rough shape this course is in since it has a great layout with some very challenging holes. Not sure what the problem is, the course seems to be getting worse instead of better. Sure hope management addresses the issues so it can get back to being a good track.
Course needs a lot of work.
Greens are rough with bare spots, sand traps are hard dirt with no sand & some fairways have little to no grass in spots.
Came back recently and it has improved. I would recommend it to my friends. I couldn't;t figure out to change the rating, but I would put it at 3.5 stars now.
Working on all of this and then some. Please come back soon!