Bent Tree Country Club

Must not be allowed to water with low pond water. Course was burnt up bad.

Nice variety of shots. Lots of players teeing off very close together. Some holes very tight.

Course is showing signs of drought. Needs rain to put color back into fairways and t boxes. Always enjoy a round here. Greens still ok despite no rain for months.

Booked late morning, mid-week round as a twosome. Greeted upon arrival by Bryan, who was helpful and accommodating. Teed off behind very slow foursome who let us play through after three holes. Coasted around after passing them and finished in just over three hours. Tee boxes and fairways were bone dry with little grass, but can’t fault course as they haven’t received any rain in months and we were told that watering restrictions are in place in this area. Greens were fine, although slow due to not being close cut. Sand traps were in decent shape. This is a nice ‘old school’ course which is fun to play. Recommend and hope to return soon.

Completely gone down hill from when I played here 2 years ago… Very sad.. was once an elite golf course where the LPGA once played…very sparse fairways, greens not that bad though..in my opinion only it has become one of Sarasota worst! Can’t recommend!

Excellent price through GolfNow. This is a good course, but like many others in the area it's browning up due to lack of rain, The greens are true and well maintained, and are in decent shape. There is little green grass in the fairways, so we allowed moving the ball.

given that sarasota area i

fun time great course

good condition for very dry weather

It was in very good condition four weeks ago. Now it only somewhat green. Still, we enjoyed the day playing at bent Tree.

Pace:

first 9 holes very slow, Marshall let us pass the flight before us

second 9 were good

Corse Condition:

teeboxes and faiways very bad, greens ok

Course was in great shape, considering all the hot dry weather a real credit to the staff there

During the summer I like playing at Bent Tree due to the excellent pace of play during mid week rounds in the early afternoons. The staff is always pleasant and helpful. Greens were aerated a week earlier and rolled fine. The fairways were also aerated so we played winter rules when our balls in the fairway landed in holes, but otherwise it was a fun, enjoyable challenge at a good fair price..

Not as good of experience as before. To start there the attendant wasn't around but it was quite we parked very close to the cart so we loaded our clubs on a cart and went inside to check in. We had prepaid so back outside to the cart. There was no key so we had to wait for attendant, when he showed up he said he was helping some "regulars" and some how wanted a tip for giving us a key. He certainly did not provide any other service. We were told to start on the back nine where they were airarating the course literally right in front of us. That was unacceptable to us so we played the front nine twice. Our biggest issue is we didn't know the course was under heavy maintenance. We wouldn't had booked if we knew this.