Esplanade at Azario Lakewood Ranch

Challenging but fun to play. Greens are difficult.

Was great just like last 5 times I have played here

Everything about the course, staff, and amenities iare wonderful.

With two exceptions.

1. GPS is low and right behind cup holders. Makes it impossible to see the screen if you have cups, bottles of water or beer in the cup holder.

2. Whoever picks the pin placements wanted to torture every golfer that day. We dropped a ball, 6 inches from one of the flags, and the ball rolled 30 feet away. That was after each member in our foursome had puts that rolled up to cup, only to roll back 20 or more feet away. Many of the other pins were in similar areas that frustrate amateur players…maybe some pros as well.

Course is in great condition and practice area is top notch. Definitely a great club.

Played this course today and it’s difficult to review fairly for reasons I’ll explain: upon arrival the course is set up like any premiere course (nice clubhouse, bag drop with no carts allowed in the parking lot, great practice areas with range balls included). The fellas in the pro shop were short and disinterested — as many golfers have come to expect from more elite establishments — but the cart attendants were cordial and apologetic (they didn’t secure my bag properly so it fell off as I pulled away).

The course itself is beautiful. Massive, well manicured greens, pristine water features on nearly every hole, beautiful fairways and tee boxes. The course does wind through a new neighborhood and construction is ongoing so you need to be prepared for that.

The worst part of the day was the 5 hour round. I despise when courses get greedy and pinch too many foursomes off back to back. My threesome waited literally every single hole. There was no ranger on the course to speed up play but our cart would routinely tell us to pick up the pace as we waited on groups stacked up on each hole. The front 9 along took nearly 3 hours.

This is unacceptable for any golf course but especially a nice course such as this. There are loads of nice courses in the Bay area so I’d recommend one that spaces out groups better or enforces pace of play.

Course was in great shape. No issues till the 4th hole. Backed up big time. People on the green; middle of the fairway, and two groups waiting to hit at tee box. Asked to play through two whole till it opened up. We then had the guy who let us play through harass us for 3 holes until we decided to leave. No refund; no marshal. Called the club house and said nothing they can do.

Amazing golf course with Amazing conditions even after days of rain. We played in a cold rain most of the day and still had a great time. . Everything here is 1st class , course and staff

I found the course in great shape. it was a cold day in January but the course was still perfectly manicured. The greens are quite slopy. The fairways are wide, and the trouble is quite far away. In other words, it's fairly easy off the tee, but the green complexes are where the challenge lies.

It’s like being a member at a private course with all the best practice facilities and amazing conditions with very challenging greens, but it’s open to the public for now!

Incredible practice facility and a really fun course. Challenging greens and pin placement, but not difficult getting there. The amenities are like a high end private club, but they are still open to the public for now...