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3.4
1153 Reviews (1153)
5 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
120
1 Stars
54
Conditions
2.9
Value
3.5
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.9
65.4%
Recommend this course
867 out of 1153 reviews
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3.4
28 Reviews (28)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
3
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2
Conditions
2.8
Value
3.6
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.7
60.7%
Recommend this course
17 out of 28 reviews
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3.3
75 Reviews (75)
5 Stars
9
4 Stars
26
3 Stars
27
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
6
Conditions
2.9
Value
3.5
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.6
64.0%
Recommend this course
48 out of 75 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7146 yards
Slope 143
Rating 74.5

Formerly known as Walkabout Golf and Country Club.

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Indian River Preserve (FKA Walkabout Golf Club)
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Course Details

Year Built 2003
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Perry Dye (2003) Joe T. Jemsek (2003) Jan Stephenson (2003)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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3.4
1153 Reviews (1153)
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Played On
Reviews 84
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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Commented on 01/23/2021

We’re sorry to learn you didn’t have a positive experience. If you would like to share any information with us on how we can improve, we would love to hear from you.

Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

PRETTY NEAT OLD LAYOUT

Tightish, undulating greens that require your full attention.. Reasonable length fairway grass. Some holes remind me of Ko'olau on Oahu which was at the turn of the Millennium, had the highest slope rating in all of golf!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 01/23/2021

We are very pleased to hear you had a great experience at the club today. We appreciate your positive remarks and look forward to seeing you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Looking a lot better

This course has had its up and downs. I've been playing it for 4 years now and it is currently in the best shape I've seen it. The greens are much better. They have done a lot of work on it and the improvements are obvious. If you are looking for a good mix of easy layout with some difficult holes along the way to test you, this course has a little something for you.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 01/23/2021

Thank you for the positive remarks. Our crew has been working very hard to continue to improve the golf course conditions and we have things in a place that we should continue to progress forward as warmer weather returns. We look forward to seeing you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 01/16/2021

We're sorry to hear of your less than satisfactory experience and hope you will accept our sincerest apologies. We are committed to providing great guest experience. We would love to hear more specific details as to how we can improve your next visit to the club. Please reach out to info@indianriverpreservegofclub.com

Played On
Reviews 48
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Florida Winter Golf

I play this course often. Employees are great. The course is experiencing typical FL winter conditions. The Bermuda grass is dormant and not as lush and green as most golfers expect. Player should be encouraged to fill their divots and fix ball marks on the greens so when the grass does begin to grown again it will fill in appropriately. I suggest opening the course to walkers only for 9 holes in the afternoons on certain days of the week. This could be cost saving to the course, Covid 19 friendly and reduce the number of hackers who should stay on the range until they can hit straight..

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 01/16/2021

It was a pleasure serving you. We really appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback and being so open with us.

We hope you'll come and see us again soon!

Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 01/16/2021

Thanks so much for sharing your experience with us. We want you to feel comfortable sharing good or bad news with us. I'm so sorry that your visit with us fell short of expectations. I also want to thank you for giving us a chance to improve.

Please feel free to reach out to us at info@indianriverpreservegolfclub.com with more specifics about your visit so we know how we can improve.

Played On
Reviews 64
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

fun course to play

Good condition overall. Good variety of shots needed, greens in good shape.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 01/16/2021

Thank you for the wonderful review and for taking the time to share your feedback with us. Our priority is customer service and creating a fun and enjoyable experience for our guest. We are ecstatic that we met that mark! Kind folks like you make our job a pleasure.

Played On
Reviews 12
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 01/16/2021

Thanks so much for sharing your experience with us. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Disappointed

For a course in a community this fell short of our expectations, although the club house was beautiful and the course layout was interesting the course conditions were poor (dry unkept fairways, slow greens, dirt cart paths. No wildlife to see. We won’t be coming back at any rate.

(Played 1/2/21 but form won’t submit?)

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 01/16/2021

Thank you for your feedback. At IRP, we are always striving to meet our customers’ expectations, and it sounds like this time we fell short. I want to assure you that your experience is not common, and I will do everything I can to make sure we do better in the future. If you have any other questions or you’d like to talk more in-depth, please reach out to me directly at info@indianriverpreservegolfclub.com. I really want to make things right, and I hope you’ll give us another chance.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great place

Some open fairways, some tight, some blind shots...a little bit of everything here. Challenging layout. Well maintained. Highly recommend the restaurant for after-round food...very good stuff.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 33
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Disappointing

The course is interesting and somewhat difficult, but not in great shape. There is a significant amount of home construction all around the course - noise is an issue.

Based on the amount of play today it seems unlikely that there is a consistent effort being made towards social distancing and mask were not present by some staff members. A lack of available carts required random golfers to double up - first course in FL that I have seen this and was unexpected.

The starter gave some "regulars" preferential treatment with a unscheduled tee time and we had a twosome hitting into our foursome (two foursomes in front of us).

Hoping this was just a bad day at Indian River Preserve.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 01/16/2021

We are very sorry to hear you had a negative experience at the club today. Your feedback will be passed along to the team so we can address these issues.

Played On
Reviews 72
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Course needs watering

I like this course, but was very disappointed in the dry conditions. Needs serious watering. All the fairways are bone dry. Greens aren’t too bad, running true. Pace was slow because of holiday tourists.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
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Commented on 01/16/2021

Good Afternoon!

Thank you for taking the time to offer us some feedback on your experience at the course.

The course is a touch on the dry side due to the lack of rain we have had lately, but we are running the full irrigation cycles like we would during summertime. The multiple frosts we have had this winter has pushed our Bermudagrass into dormancy this winter, which turns it browns and can make conditions seem dry. Some warmer weather for a few days will wake the turf up and it will green up and start growing again. We just need mother nature to throw us some nice weather! Hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Course making a comeback

Great layout and amenities, looks like they’re getting the condition improvements underway. Ask for the $6 special: bucket of balls and lunch at the turn. Restaurant was great. Good pace of play, fun challenging course, if they can get the fairways in better shape it’ll be. 5 star. Will be back.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 12/14/2020

Thank you so much for your review! We are happy to see you enjoyed our course. We value your feedback, and hope to see you back in the future.

Played On
Reviews 38
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

not even goats...

pretty sure the previous review was written by this courses owner...because Indian River Preserve formerly Walkabout ain’t nothin good to talk about...abominable conditions that even Obama would diss... no self respecting goat would even venture onto this course cause there ain’t no grass in the fairways other than crab to sustain ole billy.... greens very

“scratchy” slow with lotsa patches of crab grass as well....save your time and money and pass this

18 by....

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 12/14/2020

Thank you for your review. We take your opinions seriously, and are constantly looking to improve the customer experience. Please feel free to reach out to us at info@indianriverpreservegolfclub.com to discuss your concerns further.

Played On
Reviews 28
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Excellent course friendly staff

The course is in excellent shape. Front nine great for long ball hitters and back nine provides tight and challenging layout.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 12/12/2020

Thank you for the great review! Our team is working hard to improve the golf course every day! We hope to see you soon!

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Fairways and Greens

Love this place. Have been a customer since 2007.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 12/12/2020

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review and we appreciate you coming out to play for so many years! We look forward to seeing you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 93
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Getting Better

Love this course but it has taken some hits regarding course condition. But, they have done a lot to improve it and if they continue, it would be a top five in central Florida.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
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Commented on 11/25/2020

Thank you so much for your review! We are happy to see you enjoyed our course. We value your feedback, and hope to see you back in the future.

Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pace and condition of the course sucked!

Greens were bumpy and very slow. Fairways were also very bumpy. We were behind a threesome that took forever on every green and had a full hole open in front of them the whole time. When we asked to play through they said no. No ranger on the course at all. This place used to have nice greens, but the have let them go to pot. Very thin grass on them and kind of sandy.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 11/25/2020

Thank you for your review, Mark. We take your opinions seriously, and are constantly looking to improve the customer experience. Please feel free to reach out to us at info@indianpreservegolfclub.com to discuss your concerns further.

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