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4.2
646 Reviews (646)
5 Stars
169
4 Stars
320
3 Stars
101
2 Stars
36
1 Stars
20
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.3
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.7
90.2%
Recommend this course
541 out of 646 reviews
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4.2
13 Reviews (13)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
5
3 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.0
Value
4.8
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.2
StaffFriendliness
4.6
92.3%
Recommend this course
12 out of 13 reviews
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4.2
68 Reviews (68)
5 Stars
30
4 Stars
28
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
3
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.2
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.2
88.2%
Recommend this course
60 out of 68 reviews
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Course Highlights
Well-maintained tee boxes, fairways, and greens combine with abundant water hazards to create a genuinely challenging and rewarding layout. Friendly staff, solid value, and a brisk pace of play consistently deliver a satisfying round.

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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6186 yards
Slope 124
Rating 70.2
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Course Details

Year Built 1987
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Open: 3/01 Closed: 12/31
Architect Dick Nugent (1987)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

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

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

4.2
646 Reviews (646)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 16
Patio Dining 11
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 36
Narrow Fairways 22
Bunkers 19
This course/club is great for:
Locals 25
Advanced Golfers 15
Walkers 9
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 36

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Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Very enjoyable and friendly staff. Beers were cold too .

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Walked

Not Worth it and call before arriving.

To be honest,

This course shouldn't be on GolfNow without updates.

How can you charge for a cart if they didn't provide it to you?

The staff was rude and unapologetic for a mistake they made.

I will never play at this crap of a golf course again.

It takes awhile to gain a customer and this place took less than 5 minutes to lose one forever.

DON'T PLAY HERE THEY WILL SCAM YOU ANY CHANCE THEY GET!

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0

I couldn't play because it rained

Even the clubhouse said that it was not possible to round because of the rain.

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

This course will teach you a great deal about yourself, and your game.

No not a terribly long course, a terribly challenging course, fraught with dilemma. You will learn that murder is not allowed on the golf course. You will learn patience. And above all, you will learn the meaning of target golf. This course was designed to make you a better golfer.

Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Short course, but long and challenges.

Though not a particularly long course, this course will challenge you at every turn. It will teach you that murder is not allowed on the golf course. It will teach you that target golf is the name of the game. He will be a better golfer, the more times you play this Course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Target golf

Target golf. This course will teach you the importance of target golf, as well as get you in shape for knowing how to play target golf.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Challenging course.

Challenging course. Not long, but quite challenging. This is the course, that will get you to understand that placement is everything. Target golf, improves, with the use of this course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A great value and very challenging course.

Glendale Lakes has a course that has been laid out the challenge even the very best of golfers. The course, with poor ball placement, will run you to the water. You really must know where you’re heading. It’s not a terribly long course, but you do half to place your balls well. If you’re working on improving your game, and improving your mental attitude toward golf, Glendale lakes will give you a work out. It may well be The challenge of your lifetime.

The course, is very very very well cared for.

Conditions Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Over priced

Course was fairly over priced considering the overall conditions where nearly the entire course was completely water logged; puddles on fairways and water so deep in bunkers you lost your ball if you hit into one. If it was priced properly this wouldn’t be so alarming.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Bad staff

Have played Glendale lakes in the past with pretty positive experiences. They don't have a range and it isn't the best as far as trap maintenance. Now recently I played a round and got a rain check and when redeemed they wouldn't accept a photo copy. Never have I heard of a course that absolutely needs a hard copy really wish I heard that from the kid who gave me a receipt. Also, was disrespected by there pro shop attendant who thought I wasn't following the rules. I wouldn't recommend this course because not only is it not well maintained it's staff is brutal.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Don’t go here

Have played Glendale lakes in the past with pretty positive experiences. They don't have a range and it isn't the best as far as trap maintenance. Now recently I played a round and got a rain check and when redeemed they wouldn't accept a photo copy. Never have I heard of a course that absolutely needs a hard copy really wish I heard that from the kid who gave me a receipt. Also, was disrespected by there pro shop attendant who thought I wasn't following the rules. I wouldn't recommend this course because not only is it not well maintained it's staff is brutal.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 77
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Too much water

I’ve played in Florida many times and this golf course has more water everywhere than many of those golf courses. You add the fact that it rained which flooded 80% of the bunkers so they became water traps instead of sand traps, the place was extremely difficult to play on. Also many of the fairways are bumpered on each side by water, again making this very course very challenging for the amateur golfer. In addition half the greens are very soft and the other half are fairly hard even with the rains that we had… This again makes course much more difficult than it actually is. Also for close to half of the round, we couldn’t drive off of the cart paths. This course is not laid out very well for this kind of option, and I would’ve passed on coming if I’d known this ahead of time. It’s slow down the process for all of us.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Tee times not always accepted!

Golf now and Glendale need to get it together. I book a tee time, confirmed from golf now. Show up to play Sunday morning and the course says “we don't have your reservation and We don’t have any more tee times”. Absolutely no concern for my fellow golfer and I. Glendale didn’t care and simply said we can’t help you. Golf now is conveniently closed on Sunday’s, so they can’t help. Now you get to blame each other and ignore your customers? What an absolutely unacceptable joke. No effort from Glendale to attempt amends. For a course already swirling the drain they lost even more customers due to a total lack of any customer service. Booked your tee time? Not guaranteed here!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

More water than expected.

As the title says, more water than expected. I don't get out much so my game has deminished. I did not expect so many holes to have water in them. Not just water on the left or right, some holes had water on both sides. Challenging. As others have said, sand is non-existent in all sand traps and I ended up in 5. Fairways were good and greens in great shape.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

A good day

Greens were smooth and challenging, and the sand traps were dirt holes. Put some sand in the traps please.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

pity about the bunkers

Some challenging (but fair) holes with all the water hazards, accuracy very important. Tees and fairways in great shape, greens had quite a few marks, they were very soft as they'd been watered so much. The main downside were the bunkers, the surface in them wouldn't be out of place in the parking lot.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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