Silver Dollar Golf & Trap Club - Gator/Panther Course

The course is pretty open and is nice condition

The greens were excellent..good fairways /Tee boxes

medium difficulty but keep it in play

Always a good price at Silver Dollar, and usually a good pace of play. The greens are in great shape right now, just beautiful and green. However, they need to cut them a bit tighter or roll them, as they are a bit slow for such nice greens.

I had the worst breaks in consecutive shots I've ever had in a round of golf on hole #3, a short par 5 that begs for going for the green in two. I hit a beautiful draw down the left side of the fairway, which is a dogleg almost 90-degrees left. My playing partner said it hit the cart path, which would normally not do anything but send the ball even further into the fairway. This cart path has unnecessary curbs, and my ball must have ricocheted off the curb to the left, into the rough by the woods. My only shot was a punch 4-iron between trees and the woods on the left, a fairly easy shot. I hit what I thought was a perfect punch shot that should have ended up in the middle of the fairway, giving me a 120-130 yard shot to the green. However, my ball hit the curb of the cart path that bends around the dogleg, and shot up in the air about 20 feet, and back into the woods. I have never seen anything like that before, on 2 consecutive shots that were struck well.

Another oddity that day was on hole #8, after the group of older men in their 60's-70's let us play through on #7. My playing partner and I played #7 quickly, with a birdie and a bogey, and then teed off on #8. Unfortunately, there was another group of older men playing the par-5 #8, so we had to wait a few minutes for them to clear to hit our second shots. As we stood there in the fairway, the group that had let us play through teed off into us from the senior tees, with one of their balls running past us 20-30 yards. No one yelled "Fore" at all. Very strange.

If you've never played this course before, you'll have to get used to the gunfire going off on the neighboring shooting range across the road.

There are some very easy holes at Silver Dollar, especially the back-to-back par-5's on #3 and #4. However, there are some tight holes that require a very good tee shot to have a chance at hitting the green in regulation. From the back tees, there are 2 great par-3's that require longer irons, including the finishing hole over a pond, with very tight OB on the right by the green. #17 is no bargain off the tee either. It's tough to hit driver from the back tees, because there is a stream that runs down the right side, and across the fairway, with OB left and a tight landing area with a hybrid or 3-wood, your only real play. The toughest hole, to me, from the back tees, is #12, a long par 4 that has a weird teeing area that forces you to hit a ball over 2 huge oak trees, but not on an angle going down the fairway. If you pull your drive just a bit, it will go OB. You can't favor the right, because there is a pond that loves to collect your tee shot. It's a hole you have to see from the back tees to understand what I mean. Everyone I've taken to Silver Dollar stands on that tee box, and asks me where in the heck they are supposed to aim. It's like 440 yards from the back, so even a perfectly struck tee shot leaves you a tough shot to the green.

The staff is nice, and the course sits inside a pre-fab home park. They have a driving range and a putting green, and a small chipping green by the 1st tee. Most of the holes are bordered by woods and not homes, so it's a pretty course to play. They have 3 sets of 9 holes, but I think they reserve one of the 9's for the residents, as I've only played it 3-4 times. Even during the season, the price is good.

Enjoy!

Not bad as beginner course. Greens were inconsistent and if you missed fairway there was only sand or dirt. No rough really. Good value though and person I played with was nice.

I booked a 8:12 Tee time for Friday, December 30th through Golfnow. I was told by the golfnow representative I booked the Tee time with to take the printed confirmation with me to give to the person in the pro shop to play the round. I arrived at the course around 7:45 and went in to the pro shop to check in. There was a customer checking

In in front of me. When they had checked in, the pro shop employee asked if he could help me. I said yes and tried to hand him the printed confirmation I was told to bring to confirm my Tee time. The pro shop employee did not take the printed confirmation but looked and shouted," can I help you" again. I again extended the printed confirmation to him and he shouted," don't stick that paper in my face, what's your name." I said Jerry Scott. He looked at the computer screen and said," ok I have it, wasn't that easy", and printed out the receipt. I took the receipt and walked out of the pro shop.

I had a similar experience about a year ago with a employee on the golf course that, without getting in to it, was extremely rude.

The pro shop employee should be fired. I know that my encounter with him was not the first bad experience a customer has had.

I will assure you that I will NEVER have another encounter with him or anyone else associated with the Silver Dollar golf course, because I will NEVER step foot on the property again. I plan to make my experience known to as many golf friends I have and hope they never play there as well.

We arrived about an hour early. Bought two pairs of sunglasses in pro shop and checked in. Went for coffees and had time on putting gr even.Went to tee about 35 mins early. Starter said he could get us off early. Next thing down comes the guy from the pro shop who basically overrides the starter and says everyone tee time only. We wait and in 35 mins only two lots teed off in total on the three starting tees. Starter apologised but had to follow instructions. Starter knew exactly what he was doing. Absolutely STUPID To delay people teeing off for no reason. For 25 mins nobody teed off on the two starting tees we were at. Then when it was our turn those who were late from an earlier time were put out in front of us!

We found the Course to be in good shape, with a good mixture of Hole Layouts. We are four retired, weekend golfers, who enjoy a relaxing game of golf. This course provided us with a fun day.

I checked in at the pro shop at 12:08 PM and was serviced by one of two employees. Not sure what his name was. First he asked me if the other person in my twosome was male or female (???). I answered his question that the other golfer was a male. Then he asked me why I used Golfnow. I told him because I was a VIP member. He then started to sell me on his rewards program. I told him I lived in Spring Hill(about 45 miles away) He sarcastically answered " Well you're here now aren't you? He continued to try and pitch me his rewards program and I said all I want now is use your bathroom. He said We don't have one. I said that's ok I'll find a tree. With his attitude I don't understand why he's working with the public. His attitude soured me for the entire day and because of him I would never go back to that course again.

First time playing this course. Staff was friendly, rangers really nice. No real surprises on this course. Greens well maintained. Some long par 5s. Overall, a pretty straight forward course. Some risk/reward holes: an example is #1 take long over the left boundary fence to cut the corner for a wedge into the green. I will play here again. Good value.

I am a high handicapper so this course suits me. Greens easy to read. Not a lot of water or bunkers in play. It's a little out of the way so it is perfect for a quick round in the afternoon.

hit the ball straight and you will not have to search for a ball three feet off the fairway. in the tall grass.the greens, though a little slow ran consistent . the sand traps could use some sand. the fairways were in good shape and the ground crews were everywhere. a good value for the price. don't play after too much rain, the course can get real soggy.

the greens are good. the signs need fixing and also the trail bridge that goes to the back 9.

The roughs were too high and you could lose your ball if you were a foot off the fairway. In there defense we have had an unusual amount of rain recently and I'm sure they have fallen behind. I would go back and play again and it's a good hour drive for me.

Course had been taking rain late at night all week. It was soggy. No signs for 90 degree rule so the fairways looked like a racetrack. Even with the water though course was great. excellent greens. bunkers were pretty hard packed. some narrow fairways make you trust your driver.

The course is somewhat challenging in regard to lay out. I have goofed there a couple times and the greens have been fabulous every time. The staff is very hospitable and friendly.

Great course for those trying to straighten out their shots. Plenty of room to help clean up your driver/woods.

Good variety of sand traps ,water hazzards, and doglegs. Greens are beautiful and fast. Gun range across the street a little distracting, unless you like the sound of gunfire thru out your entire round. Do not remember gun fire two years ago when I discovered this course. Three nines and only played the gator and panther twice.

The only reason I played silver dollar was because of the proximity to my home. I've played there several times over the last two years, with each time being the worst. I hardly ever review a course. I don't think it's fair to make a judgement based on one visit. In my honest opinion the silver dollar is no more then a long field with a slightly elevated putting surface if you can even call it that. My balls would hit the green below the pin, bounce anywhere from 4-8 feet high depending on what club I was hitting. It's an incredible sight to watch a ball bounce serval feet higher then the pin when hitting from 150 yards and in. The staff isn't very friendly. And don't forget that there is a shooting club attached to the silver dollar just across the street. All you hear are the sounds of 12gauges going off in the near distance. I understand that it's a retirement community. This place is just all around terrible. I'll never waste my money there again. And I would suggest that you just drive to the Eagles and pay the extra $20 or $30 to play on a real golf course.

The greens were In great condition with plenty of water hazards making for good golf.

The course, overall, was Hard as a ROCK. Forget about taking a divot or stopping the ball on the green, unless you using a putter.