Esplanade Golf and Country Club of Naples

recently had summer maintenance. Greens were slow

The pace of play was very slow……4.5 hour round with a 9am tee time. Course management should have slower players move faster or make them skip holes. It ruins it for everyone else. Greens were also very slow. Maybe that is a result of the time of year however. The course itself was nice, but no memorable holes. Very vanilla layout and course.

This awesome private country club has been open to the public as they have been building houses and condos around the course. They have probably reached their critical mass and may soon close the course to the public and go completely private. Playing this course is a huge opportunity to play a top notch private groomed course and the Stimp meter was at 10.8. Will be sad if it goes completely private but I have some friends that bought in there and joined who I hope will take me out golfing.

Great course and layout. Greens 10 and 11 need work but other than that it's a must play.

Relatively wide landing areas off the tee for Florida courses. Fun, fair layout and in good condition consider the recent rain.

The pace of play was a death march, but that had more to do with the players I was paired up with. The group ahead of us was no better and had a three hole gap between them and the next group. I think this was more luck of the draw than something systemic. Course was in great shape and the new greens on 10-12 were fantastic. Green speed was lethargic. They said it was 8.5 but felt slower. Fairways were pristine and the bunkers were full of sand, thought it was packed pretty tight due to previous day’s rain. Well worth the price, though when season is in full bloom and season prices go into effect, is probably reconsider.

How can we know BEFORE we book a round that the course has been aerated greens???? It was the main reason for the lower rating