Plantation Palms Golf Club
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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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Trying to come back, but struggling
Conditions have taken a step backwards. Ther’s been a lot of rain but course does not drain well. Fuzzy fairways and bumpy greens. Very nice staff. Just don’t think they can get it back to it’s glory days.
Terrible course
The condition of the course was poor. The greens were in terible condition. Go play a different course.
SLOW SLOW
Beautiful day and a slow slow game. Foursome,, two. twosomes and a single in front of us and it took over four hours. Not well managed. Not the first time this has happened.
Perfect Round at Plantation Palms
Another perfect day of golf in Western Florida...at Plantation Palms. The course conditions continue to improve, the on-site restaurant is awesome (Mulligan's) and every staff member a joy with whom to interact. We will absolutely play this course again in the very near future!
Much Improved!
Fairways have come a long way since I was last here back in Sept ‘17. The open layout is great to rip a bunch of drivers throughout the course. The greens are still a bit odd...kind of hairy and wavy...I couldn’t get the ball to stop or checkup like I usually do. Regardless, it’s a fun round and with Ace Golf you know it’s going to be a quality golf course in a matter of time. Many locals were enjoying the live music and dining at the clubhouse. Glad to see things are lively!
Nice course
That was my second game there this year and everybody on our foursome were very pleased.The Only problem on that day,the course was wet and cartpath only,so we walked a lot.Will be back for sure.
Course was good
Course was good though greens were slow gues there trying to grow it in more fairways need help your pretty much hitting off of bare lies
BEST EMPLOYEE
The three times we have played here RONNIE was the starter and Saturday he was at the bag drop. He is by far the best employee there with a super personality. Thank you Ronnie you are a credit to the course!
The Greene’s
Fun course
It has come a long way and is going to continue to improve. Forgiving holes and some wicked challenging holes due to the length. Great fun on both types of holes.
Course has made vast improvment
This course was in rough shape in the Fall 2017 but
has made vast improvements. The fairways were mowed and had good turf. The greens have come in and are in good shape. My mates and I had a rewarding experience for the price.
Play the putt putt course instead!
Since Ace acquired this property they've spent most of their money expanding and remodeling the club house and adding a putt putt course. What should be rough around most of the greens is just hard pan. Erosion has been a huge factor on the back nine. On #14, Instead of repairing the erosion they've staked it off and forced the golfers to drive around it. This makes a great par 5 almost unplayable for the average golfer. Drainage on #16 is so bad in the 100 yd. approach to the green, they've staked that off as well. And we're in drought conditions here in Tampa! The cups were cut so deep on most of the holes it was hard to reach the ball without taking out the flag. And some of the flags would not go all the way in. Just a lot of irritating things that have nothing to do with the course reopening less than 18 months ago. Sad, .....this used to be the best public course in Tampa Bay.
Getting better.
Staff is extremely helpful. The condition of the course is not there fault. Lack of water is the main problem. Typical florida fairways with lack of water. I wont COMPARE this course with Agusta because thats not fair. Tough to play without some grass under the ball no matter the price, which is more than fair for the course design. Great design and very playable for any skill level using the appropriate tees.
Very Challenging
My playing partner said the course is much improved. Greens were in great shape; very fast. Fairways were average. All the greens were elevated and hard to hit. Would like to come back when it's not so windy. I'm sure my scoring would improve. Staff very friendly. Good value.
pleasant day
this course had everything. Good test of abilities.
Long course so don't be shy of playing gold tees.
Staff and facilities were great.
I have played here several times since January and have enjoyed the experience. I will definitely play here again.
It's Getting Better!
I played here when they reopened the course over a year ago and it was VERY rough, but the layout was so great, I thought that it could be a great course again.
I'm happy to say that the improvement is fantastic. The greens have really settled down to be very smooth and roll true, moderately fast. However, they are not all that receptive to incoming shots unless they are very high, and yesterday the wind didn't help out much.
I'm looking forward to playing here a lot more in the future. Once again, this is a tough course, not for beginners or those who can't hit the ball very far. There are a few holes that you just can't get past unless you can hit the ball.
I highly recommend this course. If it keeps improving at the same rate, this course will be as good as any in the area. The prices are reasonable right now-I hope they stay that way.
The course has allot of potential!
Since the course was closed for a period of time, the grounds crew have done a great job to get the house into playing shape. Allot of places are rough but what has been completed too date, the crew at the course shoulod be commended! A job well done. Give the course another year or two and it should be in excellent condition as long as they continue with the current plan for the course. Well done staff!!