Tarpon Woods Golf Club

I'd do it again. Great fun, practice round. Good company, hey it was golf.

The greens are in bad shape, but the food is good at Beef O'Bradys.

What a mess. Greens were littered with crab grass growth. Many t boxes were without grass. For $32 a round this was a terrible value.

I jumped on GolfNow and noticed several open tee times on a Sunday. Not always a good thing, but I wanted to get in a quick round. Front 9 went fast, but back 9 slowed because I was behind guys who spent quite while searching for balls in the water. 4 hour round overall.

A few things to note:
-No starter or marshalls.
-Tee boxes are pretty sparse on grass and the ground is very hard.
-Greens have some dead patches, and #1 had various types of grass growing in it.
-Pretty open track, but short grass in the fairways is pretty narrow in places.
-Some postage stamp sized greens.
-Beef O'Brady's restaurant in clubhouse is pretty good.
-Carts are in good shape. Good power.
-Typical old country club style winding through a neighborhood of 1980's style homes, but none of the homes seemed too close to the course.
-You will likely see deer at various places.

Overall - not great, but good basic course.

I booked an 8:07 tee time thinking I would be matched up with some other golfers. Turns out I was the only golfer on the course. Period when I got to the back nine greens had not been cut. Flags were not in cups. No water on the course. The guy in the pro shop was nice enough to give me a cup of ice water at the turn since the restaurant was not open yet. All in all a bad experience. The place has a good layout but they need to decide if they are going to run a golf course or not.

My wife and friends of ours played this course 8/22/15. In fairness to Tarpon Woods we have had more rain and flooding in the Tampa Bay area than we have had in years. So keeping the course groomed had to be a challenge. The back 9 was just opened the day we played because of the water. If the rain holds off for a week of so the grass and overall playability will increase substantialy. I would rate this course better than average any other day but its too soon to go back. Give it a couple weeks and I am sure it will be in better shape for play.

This course is the definition of a goat track. I will NEVER play this poor excuse of a golf course again! Teeing area and range haven't been mowed in weeks.
Saw a deer eating grass in the supposed range!

The course and the condition of the course was good. The staff in the club house was friendly.

There isn't much of an advantage to play the red tees ;).

My only criticism is there was no water on the course. I'm from the northeast and it was a hot muggy Florida summer day. Water/ice sure would have been welcome. The good news is that at after the front 9, we stopped at the club house and bought a soda. They told us they gave free refills. Only catch is you had to come back to the clubhouse to get them and that's not real easy when playing.

The overall condition of the course is very poor. The greens are so poorly maintained that they have instituted a 2 flag system - one of which has 8 inch cups!
On the plus side if you like to photograph turkeys and deer you're in luck - also you'll have plenty of time as
you will be searching for your ball in the overgrown fairways and rough all day.
Too many owners over the years and no deep pockets to bring this fun track back to shape.

The course is beautify and very well laid out. The greens were patchy with dry spots, sandy spots among the green areas that made putting very uneven. The deer wandering around the course were a star attraction to add to the experience.

This course should get it over with an just close, it was pretty apparent that they do not take care of the course when tee boxes have 3 inch grass growing on it an the greens have as much grass length as the tee box should.

It was a pleasure, the greens were a little long but for the price the challenge was acceptable.

Average condition and maintainance for the seasons and I enjoy playing the course but I found one thing made me very upset about a girl work at the desk is very not only rude but also has no respect at all. I will never go there again and would. Not Recommend to anybody.
Dr. Kim, new york

The course has thin fairway grass and and poor rolling greens. It has 8in holes and 41/2 in holes. the regulation holes do not have a flag.

I also thought your booking fees were excessive

Installed new 8 inch holes - putting is rediculous for even the average golfer. You don't even take the stick out. The greens all have issues again - Maintenance and aeration is under way. Stay away until June. Course layout and nature is great.

The course was a in good condition although the greens were slow. It is an attractive course with a large number of unusual birds flying about. Considering I was playing by myself and was following a four ball, the pace of play on the front nine was quite reasonable (about two hours). However, when another golfer joined the group in front at the tenth tee to make a five ball (totally against the etiquette of golf), the back nine was very slow. All in all a course I would like to play again, provided I didn't get stuck behind a five ball group.

The course is terrible shape! Don' t waste time and money.

Always a course I play when over on vacation from the UK. Great to see the course has improved since I last played. Greens were in the best condition I have ever seen them. Keep up the good work.

Fairways not too bad some rough spots. Greens however had cutting lumps left on almost all of them. Maybe they need to check the blades on their machine.

Been a couple of years since playing this course. Today not sure why that was. Conditions OK, fairways good conditions, greens hairy but rolled good. Bunkers easy outs for me. Gerenal rule slight role for a good lie. Course layout requires decent tee balls to score well. Some tough par 4's. Recommend.