The Club at Venetian Bay: #13
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3.9
2292 Reviews (2292)
5 Stars
759
4 Stars
1018
3 Stars
328
2 Stars
103
1 Stars
84
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.9
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.3
81.4%
Recommend this course
1940 out of 2292 reviews
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3.4
59 Reviews (59)
5 Stars
9
4 Stars
22
3 Stars
17
2 Stars
8
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.3
Layout
4.4
Pace
3.5
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.6
66.1%
Recommend this course
39 out of 59 reviews
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3.9
133 Reviews (133)
5 Stars
48
4 Stars
43
3 Stars
26
2 Stars
12
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.8
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.7
78.2%
Recommend this course
104 out of 133 reviews
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Course Highlights
Venetian Bay's wide-open, forgiving layout offers a fun variety of shots that consistently earns high praise from visiting golfers. Exceptionally friendly staff and solid value for money make this course a rewarding choice for your next round.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 7072 yards
Slope 132
Rating 72.9

The Club at Venetian Bay is part of a unique residential community with a Mediterranean theme. Colorful buildings, mosaics, and Mediterranean vegetation surround the championship golf course. The biggest challenge for the designers was transforming what was formerly a cow pasture into a lush, challenging course. The design team of Clifton, Ezell, and Clifton seemed to have little trouble doing so. The front nine plays through the woods while the back nine is more open with a few links-style touches. The most prominent feature of this golf course is the abundance of sand bunkers. There are more than 100 strategically placed throughout. The bunkers present a formidable test but they are nicely balanced with ample landing areas. They are also geared more towards low handicappers, which means they aren't intended to kill your round.

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Course Details

Year Built 2008
Golf Season Year round
Architect Clifton, Ezell & Clifton (2008)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fee

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
Dress code Appropriate golf attire required; No tank tops, denim, T-shirts, cut-offs, sweat pants, bathing suits or other athletic shorts are permitted

Food & Beverage

Food & Beverage

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities, Locker Rooms

Available Sports

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Reviews

3.9
2292 Reviews (2292)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 60
Patio Dining 27
Brunch 25
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 113
Water Hazards 85
Undulating Greens 46
This course/club is great for:
Locals 69
Advanced Golfers 57
Seniors 50
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 63
Convenient to the City 54
In the 'Burbs 21

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Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course was in good shape, just VERY wet.

I teed off early in the morning, and it looked like they must have irrigated all night. Overall, course was good, but lots of LONG second shots with very little roll in the fairways. Always enjoy playing here. BTW, all 18 holes are open; the booking site says you have to play the front nine twice, but not true!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 101
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor

Renovations

Have played this course before and see now after playing it again they've taken a lot of the traps out making it a lot easier taking a hazards out like that hopefully it will speed the play up cuz anywhere for play there is four and a half to five and a half hours because of a members majority of the members don't have any golf etiquette to let the faster player through

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Proved folks wrong

First time playing this course .. since moving here 3 years ago only heard negative’s things about the course but over the passed couple months I have heard they were working on bringing it back. Still have to cut the greens but will be great in the next week or so…. After playing Thursday I will be playing this course weekly!! Through out the whole course you can see that they are working to make this place great!!!!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 27
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Beautiful course

Beautiful course and well laid out only downside is the play after 2:30 doesn’t have beverage carts and both bathrooms on the course were locked. Something they need to address.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Overall, nice, greens and some tees could be better

Interesting layout, some water in play. Greens were pretty bare, and were in :fuzzy" condition , which made putting not only difficult, but unpredictable. Some parts of the course were undergoing repair (some bunkers had grass growing around the edges - not sure if oversanded accidentally or on purpose, areas around some greens had just been resodded, etc.), but overall course conditions (outside the greens was pretty good). Cost would be a factor in deciding whether to play here again.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course is in very good shape

Enjoyed the whole experience. Greens were slow and shaggy but you could see they are working to improve them by fertilizing. I would definitely go back.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 43
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

NICE LAYOUT

CONDITIONS WERE NOT GREAT AS THE COURSE HAD SOME GREENS CHOPPY AND VERY SLOW

LOVED THE LAYOUT AND PLAN ON PLAYING AGAIN IN LATE SPRING

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 73
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Always a great day at Venetian

Greens roll slow is my only complaint. Great conditions as always. Staff is excellent as well. The new range is really nice too.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 22
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course

Vastly improved from previous years.

Greens rolling much better. Clubhouse and Beverage cart didn’t have a sandwich at the turn at noon which was odd.

Did have a really interesting experience with a single golfer. We were a 2some. I’m a 10 and my buddy is a 5. They paired us with a couple. They were both high handicaps but very nice and fun to play with.

They kept pace. There were some 4 somes ahead of us. It was Sunday morning at 11 at a busy course. There was a single guy who had already played through multiple groups.(He even played through a 3 and a 2).

He was a “poser” guy who stands at the 150 with his arms in air when we were putting.

Couldn’t understand that there was nowhere to go.

It became more obvious later why he was alone.

When we let him go at the next hole he had words for all of us.

He certainly made the day interesting and he was definitely the biggest douche nozzle I’ve seen in 45 years of golf.

But the Venetian is a great course.

Long drives from greens to T blocks.

The cart GPS is as good as anywhere.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 82
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Windy

We had a challenging day. The course was in great shape. It was the wind which was the main challenge. We will cone out again. Staff is always friendly.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 128
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Venetian Bay is in great condition

I’ve golfed here several times in the past, and this might have been the best conditions yet. First cut was mowed down so you didn’t lose balls a couple feet off the fairway like in the past. Tee boxes and the fairways are in excellent condition. Greens mostly good (2 or 3 holes had some issues) but better than it’s been in the past. Pace of play was great until last four holes but still finished in less than four hours. One small nit is the cart on several holes turned off for a split second giving me a warning for being off the course when I was on the cart path - a bit irritating.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 22
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Top notch

I play Venetian once a month.

Great experience. From the cash register to the starter to the Marshall to the bag drop. Everyone was super friendly and accommodating.

They have been putting some effort into the greens and T blocks.

I will play again soon.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 102
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Love the renovation

Excited about all the course renovation going on. Clearing out overgrown vegetation, refurbishing sand traps, and new tee boxes. The only negative were the greens. No consistency from green to green.

Definitely will be back. Kudos to ground crew.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 532
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 25 Contributor
First Time Playing

Very nice

Extremely happy to have been able to play this course. Very well maintained.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 231
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 101
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
4.0
Top 500 Contributor
First Time Playing

You want to play on a course where nobody has a personality other than maybe one or two people in the clubhouse because the head pros a total idiot also you have sand traps the renovating and they fill them up full of dirt didn't even level them out best thing about it is the clubhouse the service in the clubhouse is fantastic and a cart girl you want to play a nicer course and spend less money go to Cypress Head it's in Port Orange

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 53
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course in good condition. Staff friendly and helpful

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 101
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
First Time Playing

Headpro

They have a pro there by the name of Joe who is probably the most arrogant person I have ever met in my life the best part about this course is the staff and restaurant in the court girl as far as the rest I have nothing good to say about him they also have bunkers that they filled in with piles of dirt that they haven't leveled out makes the course look trashy

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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