Eagle Lakes Golf Club

Like most golfers playing a course for the first time I looked at a significant number of reviews from a variety of sources on the web. I did NOT find that the reviews were consistent with my experience on the day I played. First I enjoy the game but i'm a 26 handicap on a good day. So this review comes from a duffer with a fair amount of golf experience that clearly hasn't helped my game. The general tone of the reviews were that the staff are friendly and helpful and I couldn't agree more. Right from the start the fellow who took my bag at the bag drop was pleasant, professional and sincerely welcoming which made for a positive first impression. That was followed up with my introduction to the staff in the pro shop. Again they were really pleasant and professional with a thorough introduction to the local course requirements. The starter experience was more of the same with some good humour for the first tee experience. The second consensus from the reviews was that the course was not in the best of shape and I would have to agree up to a point. However the conditions never got in the way of a good days golf. I just played with a lift, clean and place and was never really inconvenienced or compromised. There's a fair amount of water and I might have lost a ball or two but it was my fault and not that of the course layout. The average golfer should not feel unduly challenged and the lower handicaps need to control the outcome on the longer drives for sure. It was a fairly breezy day but I managed to avoid t oo much trouble. We had a long ball hitter in our group and he was definitely challenged. The other consistent theme in the reviews was that the course wardens were not always welcomed however this is a public course and the golfers can be a bit.......not sure how to put this......but public. Our group stopped to grab a hot dog on the turn and consequently had to be reminded by the warden to "close the gap". He was firm but polite and experienced golfers would expect nothing less. Overall the pace of play was more than acceptable and I would expect that there would be times when a 3.5 hour game would be a pipe dream!!! I should mention that apropos of playing in the florida everglades we did see a bald eagle and a number of alligators. All in all I would recommend this course and will play it again. However if you are looking for Augusta, Pebble Beach or #2 Pinehurst then this may not be your best choice.

A wide open course that is challenging and fun to play

This course is one of the few you can play in the Marco Island area for under 100.00 in November. It has lots of water, alligators and bird life. The fairways are scraggly and the greens only fair. Among the five courses we played it was okay, but no. 5 for quality.

Enjoyed a round of golf here. Course in great shape

Course was nice but fairway was not all grass, some patches of low cut weeds and greens looked smooth but had a bumpy roll.

Played here 3+ years ago. Nice to see progress in housing development. Course conditions greatly improved. Will definitely play here again.

Quiet day on Saturday. Numerous two-somes.

Played in less that 4 hours which is good for this course. 3" of rain brought out the alligators - there's some big ones!

We liked to play on the first 9 holes, the second nine were annoying because it took us very long playing behind a foursome. They were holding everybody up.

I was on vacation in Naples and played 6 course over that time. The greens on this couse was the bumpiest of the bunch. Every putt we took seem the jump all over the place.

Beside that the course layout was pretty good.