Charlotte Harbor National Golf Club

Great course and greens,but sand traps are awful

The course has some challenging holes and a good layout which grabs your attention. Never a dull moment on Bobcat Trail.

There is lots of water and plenty of trouble but wide farirways if you can manage not to slice or hook.

The fairways were punched but it didn't affect play

Decent layout of holes but the bunkers are the worst in Florida

and possibly in the country. Rocks, Bricks, Shells, trash of all

sorts in every one of them. Rough looking edges too, not

pretty to look at either. Just no sand in them to speak of.

I had brand new wedges in my bag and ruined the face on one

of them by hitting chunks of concrete or Brick or something

that was not visible on top.

These bunkers have been poor for years & years and the owner

does not seem to care as there has been no improvement in them

over time. Such a shame as good bunkers add a nice look to a course.

booked a 4pm and we were advised at checkin carts have to be in by 7pm, so... better to know that in advance.. if selling such times!

Beside that, good layout, some greens bit rough doesnt match the rest which have good shape and speed. Overall woth the money. Played as a 3some 3hrs :-)

I would love to give Bobcat Trail 5 Stars but it is just not there today. I have played this course on and off for the past 15 years and it is just very disappointing to see this course in the condition it is today. The course layout is great and one of the reasons I love playing this course. However, it has been a few years since I ventured down to North Port to play and was severely disappointed in the condition the staff has allowed this course to be in. There are just so many issues here, wild weeds growing in areas that should be part of the fairways and between bunkers, little to no sand in bunkers that should be full of really nice white sand instead of gravel, the shape of the bunkers were a feature and now they look like the cliffs of moher, deep pits in the greens, etc., etc. Please bring this North Port GEM back to its glory days!!

course could have been in much better shape. 90% of the traps were like gravel pits. the greens were in tough shape. I did like the number of tees which made it enjoyable for any handicapper.

Played here this past weekend for the first time based on a friends recommendation. I live in Bradenton and drove almost an hour south to Northport to play this course. It was definitely worth the drive! Beautiful course, excellent lay out, great practice area and a very friendly and helpful staff. The course was a bit crowded as it was a gorgeous day, but the staff kept kept everyone moving at a good pace. Bobcat trail presents all of the great features you would expect of a 5 star golf course...until your ball finds a sand trap. They are more like "wet dirt" traps than sand traps. The surface of which reminded me of my days of little league baseball. The dirt is really heavy and moist despite a lack of recent rain. I was not complaining when I found a Fairway bunker because it was relatively easy to pick it off clean and salvage a good shot, but the green side traps were really difficult - even when we lifted the ball and "raked" a good lie the sand did not behave as expected. It really is a shame because everything else about the condition of this course was top notch, the tees, fairways and greens were all well above average. The greens were set up for Masters Sunday hole locations and making chips and putts was challenging but certainly still fun. The greens are fast but not lightning fast and rolled true with out many lumps or bumps to throw you off line. I will definitely play here again, I will just try a bit harder to avoid the dirt bunkers - now that I have a better understanding of the overall lay out.

I recommend the course but with hesitation. Our round this past Saturday took 5 and half hours to complete. We were 20 minutes late starting. Members tried to butt in ahead of us. They also let groups go off the back nine in between 4 somes. They seemed very disorganized that day. We waited on every hole and sometimes there were 4 groups on one hole. Some golfers dropped out due to frustration. I played this course a week ago prior to my last round and it only took just over 4 hours. They did spruce the bunkers up a bit and they looked raked (the ones that had sand and not rocks and seashells). There were sponsor signs posted so they must have done something to improve the cosmetics for a tournament. Greens were great but the long round left memories of a bad experience.

Plenty of water holes. A typical SW FL Course.

The bunkers here are terrible....

Starter was awful, had no clue what he was doing.

nice track , greens were great , fairways were good , lots of sand and water to sharpen your shots.

The sand traps were not what I expected. It looked like they just scooped the sand right off the beaches; a lot of rocks and seashells in the traps. Watch out for the houses. You need to be able to hit it straight. Some great holes and well manicured course.

Bobcat Trail was a fun and challenging course. Sand traps could use some work and some sand. Overall challenging and in decent shape.

This was an excellent day except for the way a number of golfers/customers treated the starter, they were rude and confrontational with a young man that was doing his absolute best to accommodate everyone considering tee times were just running late, he was an absolute gentleman to me and my partner especially considering the circumstances

Greens were great. Great layout. Super tough with a windy morning.

I used to play at this course more,but now no more GPS in carts so there is a lack of yardage markers.

Sand traps are missing the sand of old. Land not maintenance needs updating.

Thought I would do better the second time. I didn't. I'm going to play it again.

Course is well maintained and carts were in good condition. Pace of play was good for our group (beginner and intermediate players)

The course was fun to play despite the shots I was hitting on this day.