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

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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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Played On
Reviews 101
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Top 500 Contributor
First Time Playing

Play in condition

Horses in bad shape lot of crabgrass all over the place on the greens just off the greens on a fringe of the greens nothing but crabgrass don't have no car girl you talked to the people there in the cart breaks down every 10 minutes bring your own beverages Porsche has a twenty-five $30 course they want $50 not worth it

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 11/02/2021

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting The Club at Venetian Bay, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

GREAT COURSE

great conditions,friendly staff great restarurant put this course on your for courses to play

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 11/02/2021

Thank you for visiting us at The Club at Venetian Bay. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 10/29/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing The Club at Venetian Bay!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good and Getting Better

I have played this course multiple times since it’s opened. Clearly the staff now is working very hard to get the course back to its early days after it was built. Hopefully this path continues and I look forward to playing here again when we return in the Spring.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 10/29/2021

We appreciate you leaving a review and rating us. We will inform the entire team, so they know their hard work is paying off. We look forward to having you back at The Club at Venetian Bay!

Played On
Reviews 15
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 10/29/2021

Thank you for visiting us at The Club at Venetian Bay. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 33
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens

Greens have crab grass on them which makes putting a challenge.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 10/29/2021

Thank you for visiting us at The Club at Venetian Bay. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 10/26/2021

Thank you for visiting us at The Club at Venetian Bay. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 8
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

time to work on mid-irons

course in good shape, needed to work on my "mid-irons" greens in better than descent shape, didn't make many putts, didn't miss by much.. good time.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 10/25/2021

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing The Club at Venetian Bay.

Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 10/21/2021

Thank you for visiting us at The Club at Venetian Bay. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 83
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Another Great Round

Weather was perfect the course was in very good condition. Greens were true. We’ve out a fee times these past couple of months. Enjoy the course set up and Bruce, the starter is very friendly and provides all the info you need to get through the course. He als has a great sense of humor which is relaxing when starting out. Great day!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 10/21/2021

hank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing The Club at Venetian Bay.

Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Average but not bad

I have played Venetian Bay a number of times. The course has several holes that are over-watered. It was playing better a couple weeks back when we had more rain. I can only guess that they are over-watering the course due to anticipated dryer weather. The greens have yet to recover from being plugged a number a weeks ago. If they were to roll them a bit, they would be much better. The bunkers and tee boxes were in good shape. Overall, I rated my experience as average mostly because of the current condition of the fairways and greens. Not that the greens were bad. Just in need of rolling. With a little TLC I think it could be back to a 4 star course. Maybe I'm a little critical. Considering the condition of courses in the area, I think it's a fair valuation. LPGA is in far better condition, Spruce creek is a little better. I wouldn't hesitate to play there again. I've just seen it in better shape.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 10/19/2021

Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at The Club at Venetian Bay!

Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
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Commented on 10/18/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing The Club at Venetian Bay!

Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Hot deal and worth every penny

I played Venetian Bay golf course for the first time and was pleasantly surprised. For $20, well worth it. greens were a little firm, but rolled all right. few hops from ball marks and poorly repaired. fairways nice and green, cut and easy to pick off the ball for approach shots. The rough was actually easy to hit out of. likely tge layout, cool guys in the 4some. will be back. great pace of play. 3:35 min.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 10/29/2021

Thank you for visiting us at The Club at Venetian Bay. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Great condition, great esthetic upgrades to the fairways.

Great challenging course. Will be back to take another go at it. Great control shot making course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 10/14/2021

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing The Club at Venetian Bay.

Played On
Reviews 10
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 10/11/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing The Club at Venetian Bay!

Played On
Reviews 101
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Crab grass and greens

They try to re-sod the greens now the greens are full of sand close all the sod has died they had punch them 3 weeks ago it's like putting on a road with speed bumps I don't think the green keeper knows what he's doing and nothing but crabgrass on the greens and around the fringes it's nothing but crabgrass and they want $50 the course is not worth $30 right now the worst greens in Central Florida

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 10/11/2021

Thank you for reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for the poor experience you had during your visit. Your feedback about the course is important to us. We are going to escalate your feedback to our team so we can make improvements before your next game, and we will continue to work towards an excellent experience by using your comment for guidance. Thank you for playing The Club at Venetian Bay. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 42
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

dusty's take

The course it's self was in good condition compared to a previous visit.

Very disappointed with all of the building around and on the course. It will not be the beautiful course it was any longer.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 10/11/2021

Thank you for visiting us at The Club at Venetian Bay. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 10/07/2021

Thank you for visiting us at The Club at Venetian Bay. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Won’t find better staff

Starting with the pro shop help and the starter. Both were very engaging, entertaining and friendly. A far cry from the the stuffed shirts I have been around before. Very very enjoyable.

The course was great! Wide open fairways and lots of challenging shots to be had. 2 detractors were the bunkers and greens. With all the recent rain the bunkers were hard and wet. The greens were still in repair from the aeration. Neither of which the maintenance staff can control. Mother Has her own time line.

The fairways were well groomed the fringe/rough was still very playable.

Great course and a great value! I’ll be back!!!!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 10/29/2021

Thank you for visiting us at The Club at Venetian Bay. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 84
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Early in the morning the course was very wet even though we have not had much rain in the past few days. Had two golf cars break down during the round.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 10/06/2021

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting The Club at Venetian Bay, and we hope to see you again in the future.

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