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Value
3.6
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4.2
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4.1
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.7
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6806 yards
Slope 139
Rating 73.9

Charlotte Harbor National Golf Club (formerly known as Bobcat Trail Golf Club), also known simply as "the Cat," has been considered one of Sarasota County's best courses since it opened in 1998. Each hole on this lengthy par-71 layout offers a risk-reward opportunity. This thought-provoking course requires careful course management, proper club selection, and sharp short game skills. The large greens are fast and undulating and bunkers are strategically placed throughout. There are also several water hazards that come into play. Not only does each hole offer a unique challenge, they all offer beautiful scenery with a different eye-catching feature on each. Golfers will be sure to encounter some of the abundant wildlife that inhabits the golf course including foxes, gators, hawks and osprey. The club's staff claims that any of the 18 holes could be considered a signature hole.

Course Details

Year Built 1998
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Bob Tway Lee Singletary (1998)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range 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

Food & Beverage

Bar, Catering, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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3.5
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Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
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Pace Poor
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Handicap 10-14
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3.0
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Previously Played

Not bad

This course is suffering from the drought, but managing to be playable with reasonably maintained fairways and greens.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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1.0
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Previously Played

What is going on?

Played the course today, walked bag up to bag drop, no recognition from anyone at course, went in payed, came back out bag still in stand, putted balls on practice green and noticed how hard and bumpy the greens were (good indication of rest of course) came back to bag stand, still no recognition from staff, picked up bag put on cart, drove cart to driving range, horrible condition! It looked the the boxes have been in same place for weeks if not months, drove back to starter area, still no recognition from staff, 5 mins to tee time just decided to drive to first tee. Ground on tee boxes so hard couldn’t tee up ball, barely a blade of grass on tee boxes! Greens were in horrible shape! Cost was average for around here, this club is sub par in all respects except refreshments cart woman was pleasant.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
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 14
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Nice course &staff

Horses playing hard and fast greens are fast and true but bring a hammer to get it to you into the ground

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Could have been better

Tee boxes were mostly patchy. The greens were bumpy and sandy. Fairways were good mostly. Staff was great.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Awful!!

All I can say is go play somewhere else. Terrible conditions

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

DO NOT PAY TO PLAY!

Again, DO NOT PAY TO PLAY!!!! The only way anyone should play this course right now is for free!

The clubhouse man was on the phone on arrival and didn’t even acknowledge that after. Range balls were rusty. Tee time was 2:04, I teed off at 2:42. They didn’t have enough carts and were sending pairings out as carts came in (at least they partially cleaned them). I asked if I could walk with a twosome, and was told to go ask the inside. They told me no walking is allowed to ensure pace of play is maintained. I was sent out alone and had to let the twosome behind me join on the 3rd hole (older couple and wife just started playing, not quick). The round took just under 4.5 hours, which was better than I was expecting...

As posted below, the course is DEAD!!!!! There was maybe 1 acceptable tee box and NO acceptable greens!! I did not have to repair a ball mark the entire round, to show how hard the greens are. I landed a 115yd approach in about a yard on the front and rolled about 29yd more off the back. I don’t know what the speed would be rated, but definitely higher than 12. I feel like it is probably comparable to Shinnecock Hills at the 2018 US Open, nobody not even the fans were happy with that!

I would say they need to fire the Head Groundskeeper and shut the course down and pray to the good lord that it recovers, but they are past that. They are going to have to do another complete renovation. Seriously the biggest waste of $40 (sad to say I wasted $40).

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great place

This course is awesome. Very friendly and clean course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 80
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice layout in need of TLC

This is not an easy course, with bunkers galore and water, water everywhere. The course is in need of water, as it’s burned out with weeds everywhere and some tee boxes without grass. It is in need of care; hopefully the summer rains will bring it back, with reseeding and aeration. Time will tell.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Let it rain...

Dry conditions made some fairway shots difficult, but I love this course layout. Hope the conditions will be better next winter.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Course was very dry

It was difficult putting the tee in the ground because the tee boxes were so HARD and dry. Fairways were very dry and burned out and greens did not hold at all. They need rain and water desperately. Great course layout and staff was fine.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

Poor Shape

Have played here several times in the past. I would say this is the worse I’ve seen the course. I know we haven’t had any rain of late but the tee boxes and fairways had very little if any turf on them. The greens were quick and in decent shape. Hopefully it will improve over the summer but we will not be going back.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Always good

Even though the rain has no fallen here, the course has stood up well to the drought in Florida. I cannot wait the see this course after the rains begin to fall.

The layout is awesome and their are plenty of tees from which to choose. The greens were fast and fair.

I cannot wait to go back to Charlotte Harbor to play again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 69
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

Stay away

Course in bad condition. I would like to know why the course was closed all summer. What the heck did they do. This was a nice course 2 yrs ago. Dont know if they changed management or what. Not worth the $60 am rate nor the $40 pm rate. Better course around. Like the last post said. $10,000 membership course. WOW. I would be very upset. I would use other words but it wouldn't let me.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

Poor conditions

Deeply disappointed in the course conditions. Some tee boxes had little to no grass. The fairways were hard and bare. No way this is a $10,000 a year membership course. By far the worse conditions of any course I have played in the area.

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