PGA National Resort - Estates Course

Great course. Challenging with water on every hole several the entire length the hole. The day we played the winds were very strong making staying in the fairway a challenge. Speed of play was surprisingly fast and completed it in just over 3 hours. Staff were great and course conditions were also good.

Nice to have one of the PGA resort courses on Golfnow. This is a busy course on Saturday, but I finished in four hours despite being a single between 4s.

Course continues to be in good shape and the practice facilities are good.

On a lark, I decided to come and see Tiger Woods to see if he would make the cut on Friday. Got lucky and got last minute room at PGA National Resort. Played with 2 brothers (88 & 92). All I can say is that when I get to be 90, I want to be able to play like the two gentlemen I met. It was a fun day and the course was easy to navigate.

Just a decent course with slow greens, decent layout. The staff not very friendly and the range was closing when we arrive. No cafetiria and to get sonething to eat is a struggle.

But golfwise even the greens were in great shape they were too long and way too slow.

I thought that this was one of the on-site PGA courses. It’s located about 5 miles away in a gated housing community. Great practice facilities but minimal amenities otherwise. The greens were well kept but very slow. We played later in the day. Interesting wildlife. 3 gators of various sizes. The greens were well defended by bunkers. Shot placement was key and going for the green sometimes intimidating. Plenty of water with some decent carries from the white tees. Blue tees were considerably more challenging. GPS system barely working and was not helpful. Most times didn’t agree with sprinkler heads.

First time playing this course in 5 years. It was a full course with members plus practice rounds for the Honda pre-qualifier rounds. We played 4.25 hours.

Course conditions were good, the layout included hidden water, but the gps is among the best and showed problem areas.

Caught this round on Golfnow—first time in years that the PGA resort courses were offered.

Recommend this if you want an interesting round in a fair length of time. Price keeps some away.

Couple weird little holes. Thankful for the gps on the carts. The greens were extremely slow rolling about an 8 but the were pure for being so slow. Guessing the were saving them for the Honda pre qual. Practice facilities were good. Will definitely play again

Every once in a while PGA National will open up a course for public play, and this past weekend it was the Estates course, which is off the main resort property in a different, gated community. I was lucky to get a twosome and my buddy and I had a great day. The range has unlimited balls waiting for you, the best short game area I’ve ever experienced (it’s better than at the main resort property), and the putting greens are in amazing shape, just like those on the course. I have played four of the five PGA National courses and the greens are never fast, but they are always in excellent shape, and roll so good. The Estates is an easy golf course, with any drive in the fairway giving a plum look at the green, and those fairways are plenty wide for Florida golf. Those kinda slow greens mean they are easy to hold, and they are relatively flat, with only a couple false fronts throughout the whole 18. Putting is hard enough, I don’t need a lot of break in my greens. As a 12 hdcp, I played better than my index with the exception of a 9 (two balls in the water, the green is protected by 20 feet of canal/pond and I had a tough lie after hitting a poor shot out of the right fairway bunker) on the par 5 ninth hole. The mixed blue/white tees at 6400 yds was perfect for me, with only one long par 3 (about 195yds) and one reachable par 5. As someone who has to hit a driver dead center of the face to get it to go 250, I appreciate an occasional par 5 that’s less than 500 yds. There is plenty of water hazards but little in the way of tree, bush, and other vegetation obstacles, so being able to play your wayward shot toward the green is very likely, punching out not often needed.

The estates is the least demanding of the five at PGA national but that makes it a great complement. The other four are plenty tough, with the Squire being the next most playable for most players.

If you enjoy and appreciate a GREAT place to practice, and like a golf course that is super fun to play and is in great shape, Estates at PGA National is awesome, and was a GREAT deal at $70 during high season. Just an awesome round of golf.

Can’t complain not up to the standard of the other pga national courses but still great shape. Greens had been top dressed so can’t comment on its speed and breaks. One major complaint was no ranger and in spite of the “4” hours mantra the round took 4 1/2 hours with a 4 ball that created a giant gap