The Club at Venetian Bay: #13
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3.9
2309 Reviews (2309)
5 Stars
766
4 Stars
1024
3 Stars
330
2 Stars
105
1 Stars
84
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.9
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.3
80.8%
Recommend this course
1953 out of 2309 reviews
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3.5
70 Reviews (70)
5 Stars
13
4 Stars
26
3 Stars
18
2 Stars
10
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.4
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.7
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.6
65.7%
Recommend this course
46 out of 70 reviews
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3.9
115 Reviews (115)
5 Stars
40
4 Stars
37
3 Stars
24
2 Stars
11
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.8
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.7
77.4%
Recommend this course
89 out of 115 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.

Food & Beverage

Food & Beverage

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities, Locker Rooms

Available Sports

Fitness
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Reviews

3.9
2309 Reviews (2309)

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 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Twice a year
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Ok except for starter mistake

We enjoyed the round. However, the starter for some reason paired us with a twosome that was EXTREMELY slow. There was no real reason to just let us go off as two since there was plenty of course ahead. This caused us to back up everyone behind us even though we tried to let folks play through.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 46
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Played On
Reviews 76
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather

Great tee boxes and fairways, bad greens

I don't know why the greens are so bad when rest of course is good. I like the course but probably will allow the greens to improve before coming back.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens were not good

Course layout was good. Greens need a lot of work.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 107
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Venetian Blind to its greens

Good track with roomy fairways. I thought I heard this course had excellent, fast greens, but the day I played they were furry with some bad spots. Because of that, I’ll drop my rating to 4 out of 5 stars.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 27
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Beautiful layout

Course is well laid out and easy for the average golfer.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 93
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Quality But

Quality course, but tee boxes need much work; most are crowned which makes you search for level spot!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 46
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Needs green sleeper

Good layout but tees were poor and greens slow and terrible. I will never come back

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 23
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 68
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 67
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

50 50 course conditions

Front nine is in tough shape and greens were bumpy and dried out with some burn spots. Back nine was in excellent shape and a lot more fun.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 27
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 32
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 101
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
4.0
Top 500 Contributor

Slow greens

The greens are the worst in Central Florida have a lot of dead spots you have to put through with a lot of fertilizer on the Green on called for overpriced for the course it's a 40 to 45 hour course not no $60 course

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