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4.2
934 Reviews (934)
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266
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.1
Value
4.0
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.2
87.8%
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781 out of 934 reviews
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4.2
38 Reviews (38)
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Conditions
4.2
Value
3.9
Layout
4.4
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.6
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4.2
77 Reviews (77)
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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Conditions
4.1
Value
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Layout
4.4
Pace
3.7
Amenities
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StaffFriendliness
4.4
84.4%
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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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4.2
934 Reviews (934)

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 8
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Happy I went and will be back for sure

Let me start by saying this was the first time at this course ever so I have nothing to compare it to back when it first opened which I heard was amazing. Anyways let me start out by saying the staff is AMAZING !! If I could have given 10 stars I would have. I was a single player and they worked to get get me out with a group that would fit my playing ability. What was amazing is I even met up with a staff member 1/2 way through my round asking me how I was doing and if the pace of play was ok. Just awesome !! I loved the course layout and really only knocked down the Pace of Play to Good only because it could have been just a little better. I've been on other courses where its been horrific so really it wasn't that bad. And I only gave the course conditions a good because I know they will be continually working on this course and I need to leave room for that Excellent rating in the future !! The group I was playing with actually came in from Largo. I will be back for sure and look forward to introducing this course to my brother in the near future.

Keep up the great work, kudos to the grounds-keepers !!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Not Player Friendly

Some greens in poor shape, some holes are designed poorly for the average golfer

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Nice and Challenging

Nice course. You need to manage your shots. Greens were goof, not too fast

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 40
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Growing in nicely!

Couldn’t be more happy for these guys that the course is coming back and looking so good. They found my sweater left over in a cart and called me to tell me to come back and get it. I’ve left things in carts a dozen or more times and never experienced that before. Will definitely be back.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Playing golf at Plantation Palms

It's a great golf course. The layout is great. Fairways and Greens are in great condition. Staff are very professional and friendly.The price is reasonable.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 42
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Management

Was very unhappy with the new management. Sure we were a tad early for our tee time. So were the

2 some one spot ahead of us. They got their cart key, but ohhh nooo we could not have a cart key nor load up our bags on the cart till 10-15 min before our tee time although the course was not busy,

Sure the course is in better shape than last year, we gave the course plenty of money last year to play on conditions that were not even satisfactory. This management was not there last year so he was not aware of that or he would have served us better!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great value

Challenging course with a great layout! Fairways were in good shape and was a great place to play for the cost.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Used cart

RGC

I very much liked the course. It was in good condition except some spots on the greens. A little more time and care and those spots will be gone. I will play there again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pat

Glad to see this course start to come back . One of the best layouts in the area just needs more time after being closed for so long. Greens are very hard but in good shape, maintenance work is still needed to control weeds in fairways and rough area. Overseed on tee boxes is coming in nicely and by springtime this course will be a gem again. Will definitely be back!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 48
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
4.0
Previously Played

Long Tough Boring Course

Not my type of Golf course many Difficult Holes too long for me . Long hitters will enjoy this golf course .Course in good condition With Nice Greens , Staff is Friendly LONG par 3’s

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

This course is getting better every week

The course has dried out from July and August rains, course is cut, greens are great. The restaurant finally finished building the extension and it is so great to sit out on the balcony overlooking the ninth and 18th greens after play. Very challenging course. Unique to Florida

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Plantation Palms condition

Taking into consideration that this course was closed for a couple of years and overgrown and in horrible shape when they decided to re-open, they have worked really hard to get it into shape. That said, it still needs more work. The rains haven't helped either. They can't now the rough because of how soft the ground is. Lost balls happen a lot because of the rough. Now, for the good. The greens for the most part are coming along nicely, but still need work. Tee boxes are better than expected as well. Fairways need work and so do the sand traps. It will be a great place to play once they get it into shape because the track is a good design.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fairways need mowed

Very nice layout....a lot of water, but disappointed in condition.....they should close the course for a week and get the fairways mowed.....lost 3 new chrome golf balls IN THE FAIRWAY......could not find distance markers in fairway....

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Poor Condition, maybe should not be open for play?

Have played the course a couple of times since it opened late 2016, today was by far the worst shape the course has been in. Hurricane Irma came through a couple of weeks ago and there has been some rain lately but other courses have had to deal with the same weather and are in much better condition. I knew we were in trouble when the gentlemen at the counter this morning told us course conditions have deteriorated since last we played. It wasn't just one facet of the course, it was everything, the fairways were like playing from the rough, lost three balls hitting it down the middle of the fairway. The bunkers were overgrown with weeds and washed out, the greens were infested with weeds and disease plus had not been cut. There was no fringe around the greens, if ball rolled through the green you were in US Open rough! If you did get a bit offline with your shots you would not find the ball. I will not go back to play this course.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Unplayable

First and foremost, I love this layout and you can see they are trying and this will be a fantastic course. But this course in it's present condition is unplayable both literally and figuratively. This is the second time playing since they re-opened, the first we were in the middle of the worst drought in a long time so the lack of fairways was forgivable, couldn't wait to play the course again after the rainy season and see all the fairways grown in, that didn't happen. The course was 100 times worse, most the fairways are completely dead, something really bad happened, bugs? over fertilization? something. But what grass there is, boy, is it bad. We really did lose balls in the fairways and 3 of them less than 10 yards off greens. There weren't a lot of people on the course so we had plenty of time to look. All par 5's have temporary tees 100 - 200 yards from the green, which takes a beautiful layout and makes this course into a really bad glorified par 3 course. Even at a 'discounted' price of 25, that is WAY too much. After how much rain we got over the summer, I was expecting much, much, much more. For something good to say... a couple of the greens were in very good shape, and you can see work being done, but this course is many months away from being at least playable. The tenth hole was in the best shape, and you can see what a wonderful course this will turn into. Maybe just play the 10th 18 times. Oh and for the guy who yelled at me for 1 wheel on the very edge of his yard #literally 6 inches off the cart path, we stopped for the cart girl# hate to break this to you, YOU LIVE ON A GOLF COURSE! get over it!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 24
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

Course is in horrible condition!!!

Great staff very friendly, and great food also. The course is in really bad shape. Fairways have no grass on them and the rough is so high you will lose your ball 1 foot off the Fairways. Fairway and green riughs need to be cut down they are ridiculously high. You will lose lots of balls 5 feet off the green. The layout of the course is great but i wish this course was is good condition. Do not play here, save your money until the course is in better shape.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not quite ready for play

Course layout is nice but defintely not in a good condition for consistent play. Fairways on several holes needs to grow in. Green we're ok though. Needs some time to mature. Will return once it grows in.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Save your money - for now

This course is in TERRIBLE condition. At the rate of recovery, since it re-opened, unless someone takes charge, this place is destined for failure. and that is too bad, because it does have a nice lay-out.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Getting better all the time

Still developing. The layout of this course is wonderful and challenging, so interesting. For us seniors, some of the holes are more suitable to have bogey as a goal like holes 16 and 18, just too long. Yet there are enough shorter holes where great hits will be rewarded. I really like this course ! Now conditions are only fair. When the wet season starts in June, hopefully the Bermuda grass will fill in on the fairways. Also the greens were so fuzzy, my guess at 8 on the Stimpmeter which is darn slow, like the 1950s green where you see the old timers pounding their putts. Hopefully as the grass on the greens get better, they'll start cutting them closer. The price is a bit low to make some allowance for course conditions. But to be clear, even with all that, I'll be back next week.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Great layout!

One of the most fun courses I have played. The condition was a bit rough after months without rain, but still a lot of fun!

You get a lot of privacy on every hole and it was just perfectly challenging for me and my boogey golf.

Great place to play!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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