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Value
3.7
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4.2
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4.3
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4.1
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3.3
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Course Highlights
The well-designed layout offers a fun and fair challenge that keeps golfers coming back. Greens are rolling smooth and fast, with a new irrigation system delivering noticeably improved conditions.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 7089 yards
Slope 136
Rating 73.9

Moccasin Wallow Golf Club (previously known as Imperial Lakewoods Golf Club) is located at the intersection of I-75 and I-275 on exit 45 in Palmetto, less than a 30-minute drive from Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota. The course was designed by Ted McAnlis around 200 beautiful wooded acres with 16 lakes. The course's signature hole, No.18 (550 yard, par 5 dog leg around Imperial Lake), is chosen year after year by local golfers as the best par 5 in southwest Florida

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Course Details

Year Built 1987
Fairways Celebration Bermuda Grass
Greens Tif Eagle Bermuda 2016 Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ted McAnlis (1987)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS No
Pull-carts No
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Golf Simulator No
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole No

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, AMEX Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes - after 3:00pm
Dress code No tanktops or cutoffs, no blue jeans.

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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3.9
342 Reviews (342)
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Reviews 32
Skill Intermediate
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I Recommend This Course
3.0
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First Time Playing

Didn’t see a moccasin..

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

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 05/10/2019

Thank you for leaving your review. We are waiting on Mother Nature to give ups the water that we need. We have sprayed the proper chemicals and need water and ground temperature to allow the grass to flourish. I promise that the golf course is getting the behind the scenes attention to be really good in the not so distant future.

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Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Moccasin Wallow Golf Club

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.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 05/10/2019

thank you for your review of the MOC. We are working very hard to restore the golf course to its former glory and we are committed to doing this. We are working diligently on our greens as we recently repaired over 4000 square feet of turf. We are now at mother natures mercy as to rainfall. We do not have access to unlimited water at this time as out lake os not able to be filled up because PUBLIX construction has built a drain lower than it was supposed to so we are not able to get that water. Wwill be doing a major aeration in two weeks that will open up our golf course and be able to get the necessary nutrients to the plant.

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Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Course conditions

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

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

GolfTheMoc

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Moccasin Wallow Golf Club

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Burnt and Dry

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.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Average, at best

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.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing

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..........

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 04/23/2019

Thank you for leaving your review. Our greens have been patched but you can see we have flags away from the repaired spots. Many people love our fairways as they are firm and fast. I wouldn't call them bare more coming out of dormant season and have lots of coverage. We look forward to you coming back to play when you are ready.

Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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Commented on 04/20/2019

thank you for leaving a review after playing on a hot deal. I am sure you may have paid the Hot deal price that Golf now has set. Our golf course is in very good shape and have resodded the areas that had struggled this winter. Please read other reviews to see if this one matches up.

Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Wallowing in Uncertainty

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.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 04/20/2019

Thank you for your review as we want to explain how GolfNow and the golf course work. Golfnow does not have an integration with our tee sheet so we do our best to manually block the tee times once others are booked. Once we received your email we contacted Golf Now and had them contact you to find a tee time that worked. We hd both our members group which teed off at 9:00 am and had an extra group as well as the Mediocre Golf Association who also showed up with an extra time. My starter Jerry wanted to get you out ahead of both groups so that you would be able to play as quick as possible. We are a rare golf course who doesn't try to oversell our course so that pace of play is always quick. We are glad that you were able to play a quick 3 hour round on a Saturday morning and hopefully you were able to enjoy our great Moc bar and grill. Our food is fantastic and hope you enjoyed the entire MOC experience.

Played On
Reviews 32
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Good golf course to play

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.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 04/19/2019

Jason,

Thank you for leaving your review. We had sent you an email for anyone who played between April 8th and April 15th a come back and play for $25. I am sure that now that the greens are rolled you’ll notice a big difference. Thank you.

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Beware !

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..

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 04/19/2019

Thank you for leaving your review. You are correct that greens had not been cut in a couple of days because the staff was resodding all of the bad areas which makes them very hard to mow. There is always someone in the shop as well as most of the time a starter or ranger on the course. If you saw the practice green being mowed it was at about 145 which was when you and your wife made the turn. Those greens were mowed that afternoon as our new mechanic from Gator Creek had just set the mower to proper height. Our layout is one of the best in the area. Golf now will not take us off of their website because they make money. This was the third time you played on a golf now hot deal since March 12th and they set their own rates as well as keep 100% of that money. Our golf course is far from a “cow pasture” as it gets. Thank you again for leaving your review.

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Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 94
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great day for golf at the Moc!

We played fast... just over 3 hours. Nice conditions. Some turf repairs were being made on some of the greens... they should be great when everything grows in. We come from St. Pete... so it's a short trip right over the Skyway.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Mediocre at best

We’ve played tournaments there for years. It has become a bootleg course. We were the first group to tee off on a Saturday morning and got through the front 9 quickly, to pull up to hole 10 with 5 carts waiting to tee off. Meanwhile, two other foursomes had already teed off. The gentlemen (not his fault, just poorly managed in the clubhouse) said we could either wait for everyone else & tee off after OR play the front 9 again. Unfortunately had to choose the latter. Again, poorly managed. We understand that nothing works perfectly, but it’s not the first time we’ve experienced rookie-like tee time issues. It’s a free for all for all the people who live near the course that bring their own carts and no one seems to know what to do. Last time we’ll play there.

Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 04/07/2019

I understand and apologize for my starter made a huge mistake. I reprimanded him as he was never given permission to have the large group who had tee-times on the first hole at 9:00 am and he completely messed up. I was not made aware of this until 9:45 as I am extremely embarrassed as no one is allowed off the back without my permission. I am sorry that your day was not very good and I understand why you will tell all of your friends never to play with us again. I wish I had been there to rectify the situation and have not had the opportunity to.

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good Value for the money

WE had perfect weather for our round of golf. Some greens are in outstanding condition and others need work. Staff is friendly and helpful. I would recommend this course for your average golfer.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 54
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Condition

With all the ponds on the cours you would think they would water more. You either hit from the fairway that has dead grass or you hit from the rough that is sand and 4 inch weeds.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 03/31/2019

Thank you for leaving a review. I just wanted to clarify a couple of points for you. There is only one main pond used for irrigation on the golf course and we do use it to water tees, fairways , and greens. Our greens had been over watered by our superintendent who is no longer employed by us and the new superintendent is purposely drying the greens out to get rid of algae and the overseed as we move into the warmer climate. The fairways are dormant and when you do not overseed we are at the mercy of dormant grass. It’s not dead but needs the ground temperature to reach 73 degrees for the Bermuda grass to kick back into gear. We did a very big fertilizer program two weeks ago with a polymer coating and it is time and temperature release and should be active in the next couple of weeks. Thank you again for playing.

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