Lakewood National Golf Club - Commander Course

This is an excellent Arnold Palmer design and if played later in the day at a discount an exceptional value.

Greens were 11 on the stimp and in great condition

Outstanding layout and always in great condition. Hope they don’t close it to the public.

This is a very nice course recommend playing. Tee boxes and fairways are in great condition and the greens are pretty fast.

Some of the courses in the Top courses in Florida rating that I played on this trip left me scratching my head. Not this one. It’s lush and plush condition, great design, beautiful and top notch service. Worth every penny and even better if you get a GN deal. Excellent. Just wish it wasn’t so windy and cold when we played but the course was so good we forged on. Good luck avoiding 3 putting on these greens. If you’re outside of 10 feet there’s a good chance you will. Undulating and huge greens running 11 plus doesn’t make scoring easy.

Very nice course but somewhat challenging for the average golfer. I highly recommend playing for the experience of playing a great course.

We will be back! As soon as we hit the front door we were treated great . Course conditions were perfect. Fast greens, Fairways great condition, enough landing area. This course is the best out of 7 we’ve played this week. Can’t wait to play the new course next year.

First time playing Lakewood National. We played The Commander. It was a treat. Very friendly staff, excellent warm up range. The course was in outstanding condition, felt like a high end Country Club Course. Greens were very good, the beverage cart was out at least 4 times. This was well worth the $100+ we paid. I will definitely play Lakewood National again.

This was one of the best courses I’ve played in the state of Florida. The conditions were near perfect. My only complaint was the pin placements and speed of the greens made any small error in putting penal on the results. I consider myself a very good putter and average 31 putts per round. I had 38 putts on my round at Lakewood and should have shot in the 80s but ended with a 91 even though I parred the last 2 holes. I know they’re getting the course ready for a pro tournament but the greens were penal for average golfers. Hopefully next time they won’t be so difficult. I will be back.

A wonderful place to play golf. Greens are beautiful and true. The sand in the bunkers very good. Fairways are in great condition. Electric carts with GPS. Driving range and practice facilities are top flight. Staff friendly and helpful.

Fabulous greens, though difficult, running at least a 12. Don’t miss this course.

These greens are enormous, lots of elevation change and breaks, running 11 (watch those downhill putts) and smooth as can be. Course very fair from the tees. Traps well maintained as was the entire course. Looking forward to playing again. Highly recommend.

This IS the best course in the Bradenton/Sarasota region period.

Even the range and practice area is first class. It’s gonna be sad when it goes private in a few years.

Arnie did a great job with this course. Sorry to say his golf course Co. didn’t do as well on the new Piper Course after his passing.

If U R in the area this is a must play!!

212pm tee time and we got in a 4 hour round, with room for improvement. Love this course. Conditions, carts with gps, real washrooms, water stations with ice. A class setup.

From the outside it looks boring but once you’re playing you will love the course. The staff is ok friendly. There are no lockers and no clubhouse.

Lovely course, lots of water, so challenging. A few too many waste bunkers for my liking, but overall a great track

One of my favorite courses I’ve ever played; definitely in the top five . I’m not a great putter but oddly I’m a huge fan of challenging , undulating greens . My golf philosophy is “never a great round unless you’re playing a challenging course..”.

The greens were overall the most aggressive I’ ever played. When the term “ defense of the course “was coined , they were referring to Lakewood National Commander . In my opinion this is a five star gem of a golf course designed for mid to high caliber players who want to be challenged on every level of their game !!!