Stoneybrook West GC
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3.3
485 Reviews (485)
5 Stars
69
4 Stars
170
3 Stars
147
2 Stars
57
1 Stars
42
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.5
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.0
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.6
67.0%
Recommend this course
352 out of 485 reviews
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3.0
81 Reviews (81)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
25
3 Stars
20
2 Stars
17
1 Stars
11
Conditions
2.7
Value
3.3
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.2
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
3.9
58.0%
Recommend this course
47 out of 81 reviews
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3.2
113 Reviews (113)
5 Stars
16
4 Stars
38
3 Stars
24
2 Stars
19
1 Stars
16
Conditions
2.8
Value
3.4
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.0
60.2%
Recommend this course
68 out of 113 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7101 yards
Slope 135
Rating 74.8

Designed by Arthur Hills Stoneybrook West is a roaming blend of gutsy, penal holes, picturesque par threes over water, reachable par fives (527 and 522 yards from the tips, then 578 and 605), and several short, sporty par fours that cover all corners of the site. Dramatically rolling fairways salted with Hills' trademark grass-faced bunkers, subtle elevation changes and undulating greens were all artfully carved out of native orange groves, overlooking Black Lake. Water comes into play on 12 holes; you'll find all 18 are distinctly different, challenging and memorable.

For those visiting the Orlando area, particularly the Disney World complex, Stoneybrook West is just a matter of minutes up the road to the north. For those who frequent the Orlando golf circuit, Stoneybrook West is a course that must be seen to be measured against the other name courses.

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Course Details

Year Built 2000
Fairways Tif Eagle Grass
Greens Tif Eagle Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Arthur Hills (2000) Drew Rogers (2000)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Yes
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper attire is required.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

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3.3
485 Reviews (485)
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Reviews 19
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Good to have SBW back in the rotation

Some bare spots in the fringe and fairways but this course sat idle for several years. Layout is great. Greens and Tees look great. Hopefully they can remedy as Snowbirds approach.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Still needs to improve

There are a lot of areas without grass in the fairways. Areas around the greens are not in good shape. Greens are in good shape just a touch on the slow side. Tee boxes are in good shape. Areas outside of fairways are very rough, all kinds of grasses and weeds. I played in the afternoon for $35 + tax which is not too bad but $60 in the morning? This is no where near a $60 golf course.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Will be good with time!

Course just opened back up recently so understandably it needs aesthetic work but I’ve noticed they’ve been making improvements with each time I’ve gone. So with some time it will be an awesome looking course. A little pricey for the product it has currently but I can see it being worth it down the road.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

I am sure a work in progress... Range balls crazy expensive

Course was Ok considering just reopening I am sure there is a lot of work to do. Great track though... Play and support it so it will come back. BUt beware... I paid 10.00 for 17 range balls. That is a world record! Supposed to be 25. I literally took them back to object and got my money back. You can buy 18 brand new cheap balls for less. Don't know what they are thinking...

Conditions Average
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

It’s getting there!

Greens are great but difficult, fairways and tee boxes are average but are improving at a fast rate!

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Needs work

Course just reopened after being closed for 6 years. Greens were in great shape but the fairways and rough were in poor condition. We played on a rainy afternoon so we finished in 3 hours The course has a great layout so when the conditions improve it will be a great place to play

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

In transition

The course recently reopened and several of the greens remain spotty.

Will try again in a few months

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Not a $60 course

Someone else wrote that it’s a $35 course in its current shape and I agree 100%. It reminds me of Metro West - not so much employing a greenskeeper as much as a landscape crew. The greens are ok but no one is caring for the mowers, the grass is gouged 3” wide across several greens, it’s just Busch league and until they elevate the quality of the course back to what it was before closing, it’s a round you’ll enjoy ONLY if you pay less than $40 and you’re very accurate, if you can find a ball in this rough you’re an Eagle Scout,

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 37
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

Not Ready

We were quite surprised that the course was not in good condition. The rough was so long, lost a few balls in the thick.

We were there the day before they officially closed but back then the course was actually in great shape. Harding $60 for this condition is a joke! Come Stoney Brook get our home course back in shape, and reduce price until you do

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Not ready to play

There were a bunch of new reviews on here but they all got taken off somehow . This course was abandoned for many years . They tried to reopen it without getting the course ready . It has great potential but is not a $60 Florida course , maybe $35 until they get it up to condition . Skip it unless you really want to play the course . Also the photos of course do not appear to be current , they are from prior before course was abandoned.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
First Time Playing

Worst course I have ever played

This course looked like someone took a mower and cut out a golf course layout on a piece of property in a weed conservation area. If you want dead grass, mud, golf cart tracks through weed infested greens and fairways, then this is the place for you. I am a sub-par golfer and welcome average course conditions because I don’t feel bad if I take a big divot. Here, you would never know. This whole place is a divot surrounded by weeds. They should have never opened the doors. And, they charged us 60 dollars to play!!!! They should have paid us

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Horrible doesn’t sum it up

First off, this course was rushed to be open. It is not worth 60 dollars and that’s not even the bad part. We had the first tee time of the day. Any golfer who wakes up early and books the first tee time on a Saturday is not trying to play a longer round. We were told we were going to be paired up so we didn’t get slowed down by mowers. Okay, that’s fine. We didn’t see one mower on the course. We played the front nine as a foursome in 1:30 hours, on pace for 3 hours. We made the turn to have a foursome on the 10th tee box, a foursome in the fairway, and a foursome on the green. The back 9 took 2:30 hours. The “owner” drove by and asked how pace was on the back and when we complained, he said we should be happy to play a four hour round. He told us that he could do whatever he wanted with his course and can put his members wherever he wanted. Zero apology. Zero customer service. He then proceeded to blame us for wanting to play quickly and was not friendly about it at all. As we finished, he happened to drive by again and offered us a beer on him. Do not give your money to this place. It’s not just a one time thing. I also played on the first day this place opened (7am tee time) and made the turn as a single to have 6 foursomes in front of me on the back 9. The owner is greedy and doesn’t know how to run a golf course or take responsibility for his actions.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 22
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Honesty

I hope with this review you can form your own opinion, and take with it what you wish. My group teed off at 7am this morning, was told immediately to stay with our group and wait to tee off “right at 7” due to mowers still working. All is fine with that, all about respect, but a near 3 minutes later we are told by the starter that it was not due to mowers but rather a shotgun start tournament, this is where things go downhill. We teed off at 6:59, and were stopped mid rotation to let a single member go through who was only playing 9, again not an issue we never saw him again, but it is the premise…why not put him on the back when you have a full four at 7 booked. We finish front nine in 1:38 and make the turn to not one, not two, but three foursomes in front of us. This was not a shotgun start tournament, this was a bogus attempt at letting members just shell out whenever they please. Golf courses have members, and non members respect that. Priority does not mean priority to play the course at any time but ability to book priority tee times and have first availability when walking on A TEE TIME. We finished the round in 4:10 and could have bee done in 3 hours and 16 min at pace of front. Rewarding your pace setters on first tee time of the day with waiting on holes? Not a good way to run a golf course for repeat non-community business. The tournament for today listed on their site is for juniors, I saw zero juniors and solely men over 50. Conditions are abysmal, only okay part comes from the greens and tricky layout. Just an all around horrible experience and we will most likely not be back. Luckily, the other twosome playing with us today also felt the same, and were the only reason we didn’t leave after 9

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Will be great again

Greens are good. For being closed for 5 years it’s already better than 70% of courses in Orlando.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Hot weather
Used cart

Dont waste your money. WAIT FOR IMPROVEMENTS.

I'm very happy sbw has reopened, but when i went to play, i was very disappointed. Fairways are terrible. Landscaping is terrible. Muddy everywhere. plenty of crab grass and weeds around greens. Course needs a lot of work. I think they reopened too early. The worst part , I paid $52.00 for that crap. Management became defensive when i expressed my concerns.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Goat Ranch

Charged $50 to play this course that just Re-opened. The greens and tee boxes were decent, but already starting to get weed growth. The fairways were horrendous. Patches of dirt throughout, weeds everywhere, hard to tell fairways from rough. Any area that is not a green or tee box is completely unkept, looks like the course doesn’t own a weed eater or edger. I can’t believe they opened this course in this condition. When we expressed our displeasure, especially for the price, staff disagreed saying they thought the course is in good shape. Worst course I e played in metro Orlando.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Terrible

The course recently reopened and was done prematurely. It needs another 6 months or more of solid improvements to achieve acceptable playable standards. I was very disappointed.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Work in progress

Lot of bare spots on fairways and tees. Rough is extra thick. Greens were decent and pace was great.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Need To Wait

Need to wait a few months before playing Stoneybrook West. Fairways, tee boxes and rough need much work; on a scale of 1-10 perhaps a 5. Green are a 6

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 67
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Golf Fees much too high for the course conditions.

I have played Stoneybrook West Golf many times over the past 20 years and the conditions today are far from good. The tee time fee of $60 is way too much for a course in these poor conditions. The greens are in the best condition because they are new, but are showing signs of neglect. The fairways are in such poor condition it is difficult to play iron shots without rolling the ball. The rough is rough mostly weeds and goose grass. I think you should give it a try and see for yourself but get the lowest possible rate you can.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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