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.
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picture is 1000 words! Photo submitted by artiestar2 on 04/08/2025
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Photo submitted by artiestar2 on 04/08/2025
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Photo submitted by u420779389 on 03/24/2025
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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
Golfer Reviews
Wonderful Course - Pace of Play Very Slow
The course is in great shape and challenging. Yet the only draw back is the pace of play. Tee times are set every six minutes and from the start you are backed up. Plan for a 5-6 hour round when busy. Drink cart service and Clubhouse Bar/Restaurant is fabulous.
Get past the cart trails!
If you rated this course based on the cart trails...well, forget it. BUT, even thought he trails are a disaster (and I understand they expect to replace them in the not-too-distant future) the course itself is a real gem. The greens
do a lot make this course...smooth, fast, sneaky breaks, FUN! The fairways are good, the bunkers regularly groomed, and some of the most interesting holes anywhere--especially #3, #12, #17 & #18. Elevation changes, narrow fairways, a real test!
Nice enough course
Enjoyed our round of golf on a Tuesday afternoon. Greens were in great shape and there was enough variety in the layout of the course to be interesting and yet not super frustrating. It was wonderful to have a beverage cart with a pretty good selection of items but the one issue we had was that the on-course restrooms were horrible. Both of them had no toilet paper, no soap, and very low water pressure. Maybe not an issue for the men but women have different expectations and needs.
Course management
Took my group of four 5 hours to play 18 holes. Management didn’t have a ranger and they allowed a group of five to play, also two twosomes to play separately! We had people at the end of their round not finish and drove past ourselves and groups behind us, because taking so long, will be along while before going back!
Great Value
Was very busy so not my normal playing pace but I just love this course . Very good value !
Too Crowded
Have played this course for 20 years because I love the Desmond Muirhead designed layout. With the massive expansion of the Villages they are booking large groups from there that take over the course and play slowly on average. The course books every 6 minutes which causes huge delays and there are no rangers to speed pace of play. Greens are in good shape the rest of the course is goat ranch quality.
There often aren"t carts available to start your round on time.. The grass is better to ride on than the cart paths which are full of holes. . But if it wasnt crowded its fun to play
Better than most!
Aside from the poor cart paths we enjoyed the course. Fairways thin in places but very playable. Greens in good shape with lots of undulations and fast from above the hole. Challenging layout with water in play on several holes but not without bail out opportunities. Will definitely play again soon.
The fairways were like hitting off hard pan. Cart
paths were horrible. Golf now charge me 6.00
for booking a tee time and i had to pay at coarse.
Could have got the same price by calling the coarse and saved the 6.00 .The club said they no longer use golf now. Shame on golf now for not removing the club. I feel
golf now rip me off. Shame on you.
Good course
Good layout wildlife everywhere old established course fun to play
Back Nine is Long but also with a lot of character
New full-time snow-bird in 2023. Was previously part-time. I was potentially thinking about joining as price is VERY good, at least for me. Major reason I booked this course. Price was more than fair. Like the layout, especially back nine, but not so great conditions, even considering time of year. You need to play a few times to get a feel for where to hit it. We played Gold on front, blue on back. Greens have a lot of grain in them, typical for FL/South. 18 very tricky. Par 3’s are long from tees we played, all 180+ so very challenging course.
I will likely not join, due #1 to conditions and #2 distance for me as I thought this course was about twice as close as it turned out.
I will likely not return but I might suggest anyone local may want to try it.
Nice layout, skimpy fairway grass ( it is winter), beautiful greens
Give it a try, you won’t be disappointed. Tough holes but if you can get to the greens, any putts you miss are your own fault.
Great track
Lots of fun plenty of room
Caught a windy day would definitely play again