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3.7
346 Reviews (346)
5 Stars
72
4 Stars
157
3 Stars
78
2 Stars
30
1 Stars
9
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.3
Layout
3.7
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.1
74.5%
Recommend this course
260 out of 346 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.5
18 Reviews (18)
5 Stars
4
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.4
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.1
StaffFriendliness
4.3
72.2%
Recommend this course
13 out of 18 reviews
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3.6
104 Reviews (104)
5 Stars
18
4 Stars
48
3 Stars
24
2 Stars
10
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.2
Layout
3.7
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.1
StaffFriendliness
4.4
76.0%
Recommend this course
79 out of 104 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6714 yards
Slope 133
Rating 72.3
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Bobby Jones Golf Complex - Ross Course (Sarasota)
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Course Details

Year Built 1927
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Donald Ross (1926) Rich Mandell (2023)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities, Lockers

Available Sports

Tennis
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Reviews

3.7
346 Reviews (346)
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course

Recently redone. Greens and fairways in great condition. Very forgiving track.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Bobby jones Donald Ross public course

Was pleasantly surprised in the overall condition and experience‘greens are in VG condition but boring as very little undulations but fun experience!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Recommend

Friendly staff, nice layout, great pace of play - under 4 hours. No discounts for Florida residents or Sarasota County residents which is disappointing.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Yardage????

The fairways and greens were in great shape and I found the personnel friendly. The major complaint being the course is basically unmarked, very few if any 200, 150, and 100 yard markers. Yardage marked on sprinkler heads are inaccurate Golf yardage apps are useless. Starter said to download yardage app with QR code on golf cart but the QR print was faded and unreadable on both our carts. Vast improvement on newly designed course from 3 years ago but this is not a $100 course, even during a Florida winter!

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 32
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Play here

Although it was a $100 bill, it is worth the extra $40 over the other public courses in the area, where the conditions are egregious.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

A pleasure to play

Actual name is Bobby Jones Golf Club with several tee boxes available. Course was completely re-constructed over the past 3 years and recently re-opened. it's an open, wide fairway course with very large greens in great shape!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 36
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Sad state of affairs

I use to play this course often when it was the old Bobby Jones golf course with the American

golf course and the British golf course. While it wasn't the best course it was somewhat challenging and affordable. I only played nine holes and was not impressed. The people who reconfigured this new golf course came in and took out allot of the trees , bulldozed all the buildings and put in more sand traps. They erased the heart of this course and took away all the challenges while making it less affordable.The Sarasota politicians messed this course up big time. Thanks for nothing.

The putting green is a joke and the course is like playing in a cow pasture. The price to play is doubled. In short there are alot of nicer golf courses to play and some for less money.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 134
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Perfect greens.

Very straightforward course. Not much imagination. Hard as rock tee boxes, but beautifully manicured. Greens were perfect (the highlight of the round). Cart paths need work.Having the new layout communicated to GPS rangefinders would help. The app is cumbersome.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 73
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Nice conditions

The pace of play was a little slow, around 4 and half hours.

The was in very good shape, greens and fairways were in great shape.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Pace of play

Rangers did nothing to speed up play of 2 groups in front of us. They were drinking and mixing in a golf shot now and then. Beer girl was hanging with these guys pretty regular. Guess these guys were big tippers thinking beer girl liked them. Anyway made it hard to get into any rhythm.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Ross course is very nice

This was our 2nd time playing at the Bobby Jones Ross course. The course has a nice layout and is well kept. The pace of play was reasonable . Overall it’s a very nice course and a decent value for your money !

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 30
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Nice course, great greens

The greens were perfect, the traps were good. I expected a lot more for the new course design and I think they fell short., flat and wide open. They could have tightened the holes up for less maintenance and added difficulty. Some workers need a lesson in customer service. Price is a little high.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Rejuvenated but slow

Love to see the new layout and how well the condition s have improved since the redesign. Staff in pro shop, starter and cart/drop off area were very friendly and professional.

Two things killed the experience; slow play had us waiting every single hole, as we finished #15 there was a 2some teeing off, a foursome between us and a foursome on the green. And a foursome on #17 tee waiting for someone who just cleared. A ranger could solve that!! Also, $10 for about 25 range balls from an automated machine is a bit silly.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Pace of Play is to slow

Staff is very friendly. Pace of Play is with 5:30 hours in the morning realy slow.

Course is nothing exeptional and for 99 Dollar overpriced

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 132
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
First Time Playing

A fun course. Best greens in area.

Played early AM, our tee time was 7:45 and we didn’t go off until 7:55. It certainly gets a lot of play, they are certainly organized and try to keep folks moving. We got our round in 4:15 but there were plenty of hit and wait moments. They have tee times spaced at 7 minutes which is just too close. The course is fairly wide open so most errant shots can be still found and played without a penalty.

Greens were fantastic the sand in traps was mica sand so it was easy to get out of them.

Staff couldn’t have been nicer which offset any other issues.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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