Palm Cove Golf and Yacht Club

We usually enjoy playing this course. Today was a bit of a challenge. It was very busy, As it usually is.. This was the most challenge we have experienced with pace of play. The attitude was that it was to be expected… not what we wanted to hear. We had to wait on every shot. We could see it wasn’t the foursome in front of us but the ones in front of them. There are some greens that need work. We will still return

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This is second time playing in a week and will probably play again before leaving the area mid-February. Enjoy the course. Some of the greens were scruffy but overall not a problem. Staff is always friendly and helpful. It is a good value based off other courses in the area.

It was great. I will be back with a group of people.

This is my favorite course in the area. Very challenging and a great length for woman.

Palm Cove was in bad shape the last couple years. Thankfully the owners have renewed their commitment to the course and it is in great shape, especially with all the rain we have had.

So glad the course is much improved. I look forward to playing.

P.S. beware of alligators!

We play this course multiple times when staying in the area. It is a nice track .. can be a challenge. Staff are awesome! Price is reasonable

We come to this area in Florida every year and always play at this course. We enjoy the layout. There are a few challenging holes that require accurate execution.The staff are exceptionally friendly and helpful. The conditions were acceptable. It is a good value for the money. We usually play here multiple times during our stay and already have our next tee time booked. :-) I recommend playing this course.

I'm a 20+ handicap. This was too challenging for me.

Good challenge all around with ponds and lagoons and carries over marsh. ,

Fairways were decent, greens rolled true, but bunkers needed maintenance. Granted heavy rains 48 hrs early, and a nearby tornado likely created challenges for crew.

The pace of play was excellent, 3 hrs 15 minutes for 18 holes with a noon teetime.

Excellent value for the money.

Per the gentleman in the pro shop, the course had 4.5" of rain the evening before due to severe passing storms. Confirmed tornado a few miles from course the evening before. It was cart path only and the driving range was closed. Almost every bunker was flooded. There were puddles in some of the fairways - almost every tee shot plugged. Stopped playing after 9 holes due to a severe thunder storm. Pro shop gave a 2-ball 9 hole credit, thankfully. Honestly, the course should NOT have been open for play. Definitely would play again depending on the number of dry, sunny days prior.

Not laid-out for bombers..requires some accuracy and course management. I used every club in my bag..(including my ball retriever)

Second time playing here and the greens were in much better shape. Was paired with a player playing shorter tees that lengthened pace of play. It was cart path only due to the severe storms the day before (plugging). Overall, we like this track although there are several blind shots. BRING RANGE FINDER as there's no GPS

Palm Cove was my sixth course after coming down a few days ago from New York. I’ve been playing 36 a day and I played cranes watch and lost Lake and Martin Downs, and the Florida club and hammock Creek before it. I got a $40 after 2 o’clock rate and played by myself today. And believe it or not it was one of my favorite times playing so far…. a very very unique course. If you play from the regular tees everything will be in front of you and it’ll probably seem like a basic course, but if you hit it far enough….over 200…to play from the back yellow tees, you’ll be driving through some amazing shoots that look so intimidating I had to laugh many times. Unbelievably tight… thank God I was hitting my driver solid and straight today. So Palm Cove was so unique and kind of old-school with small greens and super tight Fairways, but it also had something very special about it. And yes the greens are a little bit slower and not perfect but I putt better on slower greens. This morning I must’ve three putted four times at Hammock Creek just having my ball go 4567 feet past the hole. I shot 76 at Crane watch 74 at Lost Lake, 75 at Martin Downs 74 at the florida club and 76 at hammock Creek and these are from the blue tees. And I had 74 today at Palm Cove. My point being that Palm Cove is much shorter, but I had to work my butt off to shoot 74…. Also, the cart guy was super nice and gave me some advice about other courses. Same for the guy in the pro shop. So I think people that say Palm covers in bad shape or full of it. It’s a good solid course. Yes, I used winter rules, but the greens ran smooth and they held nicely and there weren’t a lot of ball marks…you can tell they’re trying to keep it nice. Look at the pictures I am including I dare you to play it from the yellow. It’s less than 6000 from the yellow but you’ll laugh at how tight some of the drives are through shoots in the trees! If you’re reading this, trying to think of where you should come down to play, I would say the Florida club number one hammock Creek and Lost Lake tied for number two… cranes nest and Martin Downs tied for third. Martin Downs was a sleeper …the greens rolled fine and if you play winter rules, you’ll be fine there. There’s lots of grass on the fairways and the layout is actually really really nice. That means Palm Cove is 4th place but if you wanna go play it with your buddies and maybe play a scramble off the yellow tees for fun just to hit some amazing T-Shots….It could be a great time. check out the pics.

Friendly staff. Carts basic and no gps. Course is tight and was in decent shape. Range balls were in horrible condition. For most part greens were nice, 1 or2 had some bare spots. Pretty good value.

First time playing the course, a bit tight and targety. If you can hit it reasonably straight, it has some interesting features, but if you're a 20+ Handicapper, I'd recommend that you look elsewhere. Conditions OK for the fees charged, but there's quite a few places where 'Ground Under Repair' applies. Greens have some issues, but staff seems to have placed pins to take the worst of the issues out of play. Will I go back? No, and I play to a 14.

Tight course. .Fairway lacked grass. Greens were in bad shape. Challenging layout. The restaurant wasn’t open.The only positive was it was cheap on golf now.