Bent Tree Country Club

Greens are the best! They are rolling pure and fast.

This course is a simple links layout. Greens run around 10 on stimpmeter and fairways are better than usual, still thin for this time of year. Took us 5 hours to play with over 300 golfers booked on a Sunday. They have several long par 4's, reachable par 5's and a gimmick par 3. Typically it would be overpriced but based on the current winter rates arpind this area, it's worth the price just to play.

When ever Polk management takes over a course it starts a downward spiral. tee times are 7 mins, which make play extremely slow. They milk every dollar out of a course during the season. they put just enough money into a course to keep it playable. This course should not take 6+ hours to play. There was no ranger to jump start play and and they barely had enough carts. This is typical pf a Polk managed course.

Layout was not my favourite, very tight. Got better on the back 9. Condition of fairways was subpar for the price. Otherwise just okay.

The course was in excellent shape and the greens rolled very nicely. Played the white tees which were challenging but very fair. The staff were friendly and attentive. It was a great value for the money I will definitely play there again.

We arrived 30 minutes ahead of our time which was supposed to be 1:00pm. We did not tee off until 1:30. Front nine we waited on every hole. Five groups on number 7. Finished at 4:15 (2hrs. 45 minutes.) Played #10 and stopped as it was evident we would not finish before dark. Asked desk clerk for credit/rain check. I was told that "corporate policy" did not allow it. In the process of appealing to corporate President.

Today was not a good day. We arrived for our 1:30 t time only to discover there no carts available. As a result we had to wait for a group to finish to get a cart. That caused a 30 minute lag time from our original scheduled time. I predicted the possibility of us running out of gas… and we did on the 13th . The pro shop closes at 5:00 so obviously no one answered the phone. There is no Marshall on the field. Other golfers were kind enough to get us back to the clubhouse.

We have played the course a few times with no problems.

Last week - perfect. This week, well that’s a different story.

Tee time was 12:07. There were no power carts in the lot when we arrived. Starting groups had to stand around and wait, finally being assigned carts once finishing players came off the 18th hole. When we finally got a cart, the seat on the driver’s side was horribly ripped and the foam beneath it gouged out. Tee times were running almost 30 minutes behind. We stopped after 12 holes because once we actually teed off, it took us 4 and1/2 hours to get to that point, and we had dinner reservations to get to. The restaurant was not open. A cooler with sandwiches for sale in the pro shop yielded an egg salad sandwich whose bread was wet and the egg tasted gross. Three and four groups on every hole, with no ranger to deal with the situation. Starters tried to cope with the cart disaster, but it was VERY disappointing…

Decent layout with conditions exceeding expectations. Will be back for this bargain priced gem.

Bent Tree is a great course but we golfed on their record breaking busiest day. Had to wait 15 minutes past our tee time for a cart. Play was backed up at every hole. The weather was perfect. We made the best of it. Will try to course again after season.

What a difference time can make I played Bent Tree four years ago and swore I would never go back After playing it I can’t wait to play it again Everything is in excellent shape The greens are the best I have played in Florida in the last two months what a pleasure. The fairways had actual grass The staff could not have been more friendly or attentive. I plan to play Bent Tree at least once a week for the next two months and probably more than that

Pace of play was bad. It took us 51/2 hours to play 18 holes. We waited on every tee box except for the last four holes because people were dropping out. 8 minute intervals bunches people up and there needs to be a ranger out there to move players along. PLAY READY GOLF and walk to your ball once in awhile, no need to drive to each players ball.

My wife and I had a 1:52 tee time, with a 6:30 sunset, that gave us over 41/2 hours to get our Round in. When we got there they were running over a half hour behind. To top that off it took OVER three hours to play the front nine. We paid for 18 and got in nine. That’s not a very good deal. They need a ranger and if people can’t play in 4-4-/2 hours they need to either pick it up or be asked to leave.