Country Club of Silver Springs Shores
About
Opened in 1969, the Country Club at Silver Springs Shores has been host to a variety of mini-tour and U.S. Open Section qualifying events. It is known for having some of the fastest and most severe greens in the area. Desmond Muirhead, a longtime associate of Jack Nicklaus, designed the golf course, giving it a different character on the front and back nines. The first half of the golf course is a traditional parkland layout that mixes native trees and wide-open meadows. The back nine is a true Florida-style golf course with water coming into play on six holes. Country Club at Silver Springs Shores finishes with one of its toughest water holes, a par 5 starts with an intimidating tee shot past a massive lake that wraps around the landing area. Many locals consider Silver Springs Shores to be one of the best public golf courses in the Ocala area.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 72 | 6935 yards | 74.1 | 130 |
| Blue | 72 | 6539 yards | 72.4 | 128 |
| White | 72 | 6151 yards | 70.3 | 127 |
| Green | 72 | 5465 yards | 66.7 | 118 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5188 yards | 69.5 | 118 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 74.3/136 | 399 | 365 | 385 | 495 | 201 | 368 | 505 | 170 | 400 | 3288 | 460 | 507 | 449 | 217 | 380 | 430 | 205 | 414 | 585 | 3647 | 6935 |
| Blue M: 72.3/132 W: 77.6/138 | 382 | 353 | 373 | 475 | 187 | 348 | 479 | 157 | 369 | 3123 | 414 | 493 | 420 | 183 | 345 | 400 | 190 | 399 | 572 | 3416 | 6539 |
| White M: 70.3/130 W: 75.7/134 | 361 | 342 | 356 | 451 | 174 | 327 | 445 | 144 | 347 | 2947 | 378 | 477 | 393 | 158 | 328 | 378 | 175 | 362 | 555 | 3204 | 6151 |
| Green M: 67.6/126 W: 72.2/126 | 350 | 305 | 311 | 407 | 160 | 303 | 437 | 117 | 332 | 2722 | 330 | 435 | 343 | 140 | 290 | 340 | 163 | 350 | 442 | 2833 | 5555 |
| Silver M: 65.8/122 W: 70.2/121 | 334 | 295 | 295 | 401 | 134 | 292 | 403 | 97 | 315 | 2566 | 282 | 422 | 293 | 113 | 283 | 312 | 143 | 338 | 432 | 2618 | 5184 |
| Black M: 63.4/118 W: 67.3/115 | 290 | 228 | 211 | 356 | 134 | 250 | 390 | 97 | 264 | 2220 | 273 | 368 | 284 | 113 | 253 | 272 | 143 | 275 | 432 | 2413 | 4633 |
| Handicap | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 3 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 3 |
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picture is 1000 words! Photo submitted by artiestar2 on 04/08/2025
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Nice Restroom! Photo submitted by daryltomsa on 03/12/2025
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UGH! Photo submitted by daryltomsa on 03/12/2025
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Photo submitted by AnibalMartinez on 10/18/2022
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#2 Photo submitted by Cxnunzi on 03/20/2021
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Wild Turkey Photo submitted by Cxnunzi on 03/20/2021
Silver springs golf course
Well, the people are friendly courses in fairly good shape. The rain has been scarce this winter course doing good shape go out and enjoy the course
Cart paths
Cart paths need some repair. The course I self was in excellent condition. Enjoyed playing there
Nice layout
The layout of the course can be a challenge. Location off the tees is important. Greens are in great shape. Fairway needs help and tee boxes cut and more grass. Staff was very friendly and helpful.
Fool me once, shame on you,
This was my 2nd time to play here in the last few weeks and I like the layout BUT I yet to see a ranger or get to finish all 18! The first time I bailed after 5 1/2 hours and today I was 3.5 hours in on the 13 when an armada of golfers flooded the back nine for a men’s group and the implied I needed to let them have the course…. Fool me twice shame on me…
Going backwards !!!
Just keeps getting worse!!! OVER BOOKED is an understatement, My PRE PAID tee time made 2 days earlier was not available when I arrived. Staff said something happened but we can move you up to a different tee time, like they did ME a favor , Then I had to wait 20-25 minutes for a cart…so the later tee time never really mattered anyway…. I quite after one hour and 45 minutes after finishing 5 (yes 5) saw we were going to be the 3rd group on 6.. Tried to take to staff at the pro shop .Staff smiled and said , ya it’s slow out there.
It was a good day.
Silver Springs could use some TLC. The Greens are perfect. The are well groomed, roll well and are challenging to read. However the rest of the course could use some work. The tee boxes need to be leveled and some are in less than good shape. The fairways could use some grass as well as the rough. I like a rough that punishes a bad shot. The cart paths should be completely redone. I can't say anything about the sand traps as it had rained the night before and there was more water than sand. They are bone jarring. All in all, I like the course and will continue to play it simply because it is challenging. I hope some money is used to improve it.
Worth the money
Greens and fairways are very good. Restrooms are really poor. Cart girl is very good. Tee boxes could use yardage markers for each box. Signs to next tee box could be helpful. Cart paths need resurfacing. Starter was friendly and helpful with good tips about certain holes and greens. A little slow pace, but doable. Gas carts with USB ports.
It has take 5hrs to play and when we arrived we were told that they have 3 foursomes before us !
Very very slow pace of play…in front of us they were 2 players good golfers and in front of them 3 carts with 5 players..they were playing some shots sometime….we were 4…they do not have a ranger to check or accelerate the pace of play….the only positive things is that the green are wonderful and we have been paired with a very nice Chinese couples. The amenities on the golf course could have been more clean.
Golf trip 2023
$40 on a Saturday was a steal. Could use a few more signs on where to go to get to next hole, otherwise it was a great course to finish our trip on. Natalia the cart girl did a great! Really enjoyed the day and atmosphere!
. Nice Course
A good layout the challenges the average golfer. Greens in good shape. Staff is friendly. Clubhouse facilities need a ton of updates and general repairs.
So disappointing!
Today was the second time we have arrived at Silver Springs only to find out they have overbooked large groups before our tee time. The clubhouse staff did not mention when we checked in that there were no golf carts available. Upon checking with the cart attendant, he was reluctant to tell me that there was a 45 minute wait before for any carts would be coming in. The shop attendant was kind enough to call and get us a credit with GolfNow when we decided not to play and wait.
Judge1951
The fairways are sparse on the front , a lot better on the back. The greens were in excellent condition. Could be a little faster. If they speed it up to much general public wouldn’t be able to handle it do to a lot of angulations.. really need to play tee boxes one up from your normal game to really. Enjoy this course.