Moccasin Wallow Golf Club

Booked a tee time through GolfNow on 6/25/19 for 4:00PM. When I arrived the owner informed me he was closing the course so they could water it... are you serious??? I got no call from the course to notify me I wasn’t going to be able to play. Not only that, the owner told me he called GolfNow and cancelled my reservation with them. After personally speaking with GolfNow on the phone, it turns out that was a complete lie. They never called to cancel the reservation. Now I have to keep calling back until GolfNow can get ahold of the course so I can get my refund. Horrible way to run a business....Online it says they are open till 6PM but they close shop at 4PM. Course won’t last long with those business practices....good luck.

I was impressed with the course although the grass was a little high. That was acceptable after all the rain. Can't wait to back after the grass is cut!

This course has taken a change of direction. Over the last 6 months there has been massive construction going on out front with a new road and Publix, so don’t let that distract u from what truly is out there. The course has massive potential and the recent fertilization and aerification has made this place GREEN. Go give it a shot!

This course has a layout that is second to none in the Parish/Palmetto area. Constant work has been done to improve greens and fairways making it one of the nicest courses around. The staff is friendly and very helpful when it comes to pace of play.

Overall the course needs a lot of work. Formerly Imperial Lakewood, this course does have potential. Unfortunately, it seems that the new ownership is not investing any money in the greens or tee boxes. Horrible conditions. The most frustrating part is that on the front 9, the only restroom and water location wasn't operational. In hot humid weather; this is really not good. Unless this course completely changes, I will never go back. The front of the clubhouse looks like a real eye sore. Terribly disappointing.

The course was a little dry but play incredibly fast..

Nobody in front of,or behind me a Great day..

My play was erratic but the course was fine!

Rick

I found the golf course needed to be in a little rough shape. For the most part the greens were in fairly good shape and the fair ways needed to be watered a little more. But I did like playing there and would recommend playing the course. But I would not pay anymore than what I payed.

I play two courses most of the time and they are Buffalo Creek and Moccasin wallow. Buffalo Creek is less expensive and course conditions are much better however a lot of people play there so the pace of play is slow on the weekends. Moccasin wallow has poor course conditions for the most part but since nobody plays there you can get around in 3 hours. They don't seem to come up on Google and most people do not know about it even though it is in a community of hundreds or thousands of homes. If they advertised more they could get more people to play there which would increase revenue and then course conditions may improve. Some of the greens have not improved very much since last fall the fairways tend to be on the brown side and they want more money to play there. Last Friday Buffalo Creek was packed with a couple hundred players and Moccasin wallow only had eight people go off before 11. You do the math. The people that work there are very nice and the bar and food are good. I think there are more people that go there for dinner than actually play the course. This course has a nice layout and by fixing the greens and watering the course a little more often could really get more people to play there but you have to be competitive with the courses around you. I would recommend playing Buffalo Creek based on course conditions and price but if you want to play a round in 3 hours then moccasin wallow is the course to go to. That's my two cents. Josh D

This course should be considered one of the premier courses in Manatee County. Easy to access at it is right off of interstate 75 and Exit 229. The course itself is simply amazing, with each hole offering a challenge. The fairways and greens were in excellent shape, seems like there is constant improvements.

We also stayed for dinner that evening at The MOC Bar and Grill which is a sports bar open to the public for golfers & non-golfers alike! Was able to watch the start of the final four on huge TV monitors thoughout the bar. The part that made the occasion extra special was Noah Zelnik - the owner and operator. He greeted everyone at the door and ensured everything was running perfectly.

Number 9! If this isn’t the signature hole, it should be. It is

reminiscent of another famous McAnlis hole, number 18, The Blue Monster at Doral. Joe

Average will want to hit his tee shot left of the fairway bunker on the right side. Your

layup shot will be to a narrow landing area between two fairway bunkers with the ever

present water on the left. Your approach shot is to a small, elevated green where the

water on the left really comes into play. To complicate matters, a small pond will catch

anything hit wildly to the right. Take a par and head home.

A big Thank You for such a pleasant experience.

This course should be considered one of the premier courses in Manatee County. Easy to access at it is right off of interstate 75 and Exit 229. The course itself is simply amazing, with each hole offering a challenge. The fairways and greens were in excellent shape, seems like there is constant improvements.

We also stayed for dinner that evening at The MOC Bar and Grill which is a sports bar open to the public for golfers & non-golfers alike! Was able to watch the start of the final four on huge TV monitors throughout the bar. The part that made the occasion extra special was Noah Zelnik - the owner and operator. He greeted everyone at the door and ensured everything was running perfectly.

Number 9! If this isn’t the signature hole, it should be. It is

reminiscent of another famous McAnlis hole, number 18, The Blue Monster at Doral. Joe Average will want to hit his tee shot left of the fairway bunker on the right side. Your layup shot will be to a narrow landing area between two fairway bunkers with the ever present water on the left. Your approach shot is to a small, elevated green where the water on the left really comes into play. To complicate matters, a small pond will catch anything hit wildly to the right. Take a par and head home.

A big Thank You for such a pleasant experience.

Fairways and greens are burnt out. Need water and maintenace. Staff was very friendly. Should be charging $20 a round. Good layout but needs much TLC.

I played this course when it was Imperial something, and heard that the new owners were doing good things with it.

This course looks nothing like the photos. The tee boxes were in ok shape, the greens and fairways need some work! There are numerous greens that had newly planted sod. The parking lot alone told me what sort of round we were in for. Not good. We did get some pretty heavy rains the day before, and the course was mostly dry, so at least it drains well.

Tori behind the bar was great and the food was really good too.

There are much nicer courses in the area for the same rates, or better. Maybe the course is going through some things and may get nicer later, but if it stays the way it was a few days ago, we won't go back.

Very disappointing. Have looked forward to playing The Moc.....conditions were tough. Greens obviously being repaired on many spots. Fairways are thin, not a lot of grass and still paid full rate. It will be long time before we try again..........

We booked a 9:30 teatime with golf now, who then telephoned to ask us to switch to 8:45.

On arrival at 8:15, we were told our start time would be 8:52.

At 8:22, the starter rushed us out to the first tee. This was not a bad thing because it put us out in front of the crowd, and our playing time was excellent ( less than 3 hours for a twosome) but it seemed a little disorganized..

The course was in good condition, some of the greens were under repair, but fortunately they never interfered with our play.

My playing partners gps recognized the course under its old name, and mine had the holes numbered differently. 1 was 10 and 10 was 1 etc This didn’t detract from the enjoyment.

The course was reasonably challenging, and my playing partner found some of the tee shots a little narrow.

We will play this course again.

Good come back from the brink - a few greens still need a come back - but overall the greens are in excellent shape. Great layout and challenging.

A “Cow Pasture” without the cows is the only way to describe this course. The greens were patched with sod and never mentioned at the pro-shop. The greens were not cut in the past several days although they were mowing the practice green. There was no starter, there was no Marshall, there was no one in the pro-shop when I wanted to ask about the afore mentioned staff.

The course is in the worst condition than any of the course I have played in Florida in the past six weeks. AND they charge a ridiculous price to play. GOLF NOW should drop the course until conditions improve or the price drops to a reasonable rate due to the very poor conditions..

On the bright side, the staff in the restaurant were friendly..