Esplanade at Azario Lakewood Ranch

Conditions were excellent overall. On the day we played several of the fairway bunkers on hole #2 were being worked on and thus the normal tee boxes on that hole were closed and a temporary tee was set up in the fairway, turning a very nice and challenging par 5 hole into a relatively short par 4 hole. Everything else was first tier, with greens and fairways being impeccably groomed. This course does everything (even the little things) right. When we arrived Robin met us at the bag drop with a friendly smile and loaded us up. The inside and outside staffs were friendly and accommodating. The warm up/practice areas are among the best in the area. We teed off right on time. The restrooms were clean and fresh, the trash cans (each teebox even had its own trash can) were not filled or overflowing, and the ball washers had water in them plus a clean towel attached. All the sand traps (except on #2) were immaculately groomed, and the snack bar (conveniently located between the 9th green and tenth tee) was staffed and well stocked. The beverage cart attendant came by at least four times during our round, which was a blessing as the heat index was above 100. There was a marshal patrolling the course to make sure there were no backups. (We finished in just under four hours.) As this review implies, this course is as good as it gets for a daily fee track. We hope to be able to return soon.

Course overall is in great shape. Greens were recently punched so that was not ideal. We were not told when we checked in, but we had a great round anyway.

This was our first time playing here. The course is very nice and in great condition. I would recommend playing here and will be back. I got a great deal on TeeOff and it’s definitely worth the price.

Ron L

Even with the green’s aerated greens were good tee boxes fairways all in great condition

Course is in excellent condition. Great value on Golfnow.

This is a very nice course with excellent range , putting and bunker practice facilities. I really enjoy the summer time rates and availability before November tourism. I’ll return in a couple of weeks after the greens have recovered from being aerated.

Must play again before it goes private (which it will)

what a great course, an amazing value during the summertime.

I've always seen this course driving by and wanted to play it so we finally did yesterday. course is in beautiful condition. Some water hazards on some of the holes but fairways are wide open and very forgiving. Even the 2nd and 3rd cuts are nice to hit out of. Nice range. Practice balls included w/ round. Will definitely be back.

Everything about this course is great, except the Drainage, cart path only and it hadn't rained the day I played. Never the less, the greens are undulating and role perfect.

Course was so much fun and challenging. Can’t wait to play it again