Tarpon Woods Golf Club

I booked it as Tarpon Woods not sure if there’s a name change, the course is nice, The greens are a bit slow but very consistent .I’ll play it some more

the course and clubhouse are still under repairs from damages caused by the hurricane.

Worst course condition I have ever played. From tee box to green it was atrociously bad, They obviously do the bare minimum and Jan Stephenson should be ashamed to have her name associated with this garbage course.

Playing off season is challenging, cooler temp and live oak leaves. The corse provided us with enough challenges for beginners .

Fairways, long without too many obstacles.

The greens could use a bit of nurturing. We loved that were never rushed or back up of play. You get what you pay for,

The course is in pretty rough shape. It is not being taken care of at all.

Alright, I'm trying not to be mean but I am very confused. Also, I just saw Jan Stephenson, who I assume is the owner since her name is on it, has breast cancer. So maybe the place is bad because she has bigger things going on.. who knows.

The staff was very nice and I saw on their site that they had "reopened with renovated greens". This honestly was the worst conditions of a golf course I have ever seen. I usually play The Landings in Clearwater which isn't the best course, but this made The Landings look like Augusta.

The areas all around the greens are full of tall grass and weeds everywhere. The "renovated greens" were dead with dirt patches and other types of grass (I think St. Augustine in some cases) growing in. I couldn't tell if my putting was good or not because it felt like I was putting on a fairway.

Sad because the pro shop and grill were pretty nice but completely dead. Maybe the only good thing was that it was only $13 for 9 holes but you can play 18 at the Landings for $28 after noon.

I'll go back if they fix up the course but a lot of better spots for the same price in the area.

The worst golf course you have ever seen. A crime that they charge anybody to play this goat track when ALL 18 greens are destroyed. They are fixing them or maybe just let them go. Please save your money and play else where. Nothing good to say about this track.

I've have enjoyed playing this course since 1990, it's had it's share of ups and downs over 30 years but it's reached the end of it's useful life. This is hard to say but this is one course that I'd be willing to let the developers take over for condo's. Money wise it would be in the owners best interests to close the course and sell the property as it cannot continue like it is.

Very sad indeed.

This is the worse maintained course I have ever played. It’s so bad words cannot describe how bad but I will try. Fairways have weeds all over on some fairways it’s hard to tell fairways from the rough. It’s all rough. Sand traps are like hitting on concrete except for the weeds growing in them. Greens if you want to call them that are scarce at best some greens have sod patches in them. We left after 7 of 18 holes that’s all the misery we could stand. I expressed my concerns to the lady in the golf shop and all she could say is that this is not the worse golf course. If it’s not the worse I hope I never find a course in worse condition with disregard to any kind of maintenance. It’s such a shame because the lay out of the course is nice at least the front nine. Not sure about the back nine. What should have been a clue that something was wrong was when I pulled in the parking lot at 7:30am on Saturday and their was only one other car In the parking lot. Don’t waste your time or money.

This has all the potential to be a good course, nothing special but an engaging layout. The course was in pretty rough shape. The greens were like carpet and hard to get a feel for. The owner is very full of herself, its evident by the pro shop with pictures of herself lining the walls and a risque glamour shot hanging in the bathroom.

Course was not in good shape at all, greens were terrible.

8 of us played this morning.and were surprised how poor the greens were.. Love the layout but the course overall has declined.. All over the Bay area, greens are in great shape, even at muni's. Also, there was no beverage cart service and the inside restaurant was understaffed. Doubtful I will book this facility again.

Course was in deploreable shape. No wonder no one else was playing. Went with a group of High school buddies for our 50th reunion. Had rained some a couple days ago but course was extremely muddy, approaches to green were terrible, we lost balls all over course due to plugged lies even in fairways. Greens themselves were some of worst I've ever played. The SLOWEST I have ever played, by end of round was using hybrid to try and reach hole on longer putts. Lay out was kind of interesting, lots of doglegs with Oak trees etc blocking shots if you hit to the wrong side.Only saving grace was 19th hole bar grill. Food good, nice selection of draft beer, service kind of slow.

If I was named Jan Stephenson I would be ashamed to say that I am involved in this course. We have been playing here for many years and think the course is nice but today was probably the last time for a long time.

Since the course have been bad we asked how the course was and got an answer that it was in perfect condition. We paid 33 usd each which many courses take around but then they are in good condition.

In recent years the course has not improved, rather retained its poor class year in and year out. The Tee are bad, the greens are distressed, that they are slow is one thing but they are also uneven, lot of weeds in them, damaged surfaces that are improved with sand. That can certainly work, but when you see that the same dead surfaces remain year in and year out you could wondering if this is the right way. No sand in the bunkers. The fact that a minor tip of broken things back of the clubhouse remains there year in and year out is also surprising. The scorecard show the wrong information and have done that for many years.

When we were very disappointed we decided to complain about the round. We got to talk to the manager and expected him to appreciate our views and maybe think a bit. But judge our surprise when we met an arrogant man who defends the course's condition and thinks it is fantastic. He absolutely could not agree with us and thought we were wrong. With such Management this course will go under which would be a shame.

Jan Stephenson's Crossroads Foundation should think about future of this course and even think about if that is the right people running it. I can promise that Jan would not like to play there.

It will take a long time until we play here again - if ever again but we hope it will be better.

Tips read other reviews so can you see this is not something new.