Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club

Lake Jovita certainly lived up to its reputation as one of Tampa Bay’s best semi-private courses! The greens were in immaculate condition and rolled fast. The entire course was pristine and pace of play was exceptional. The staff could have been more welcoming and helpful (elitist vibes are unfortunately all too common at upper tier courses), but that was the only negative on a spectacular day of golf!

No marshal leads to poor pace - we had a foursome in front of us and they were an almost two holes behind the group in front of them. They weren’t poor players either but took over 10 min to play a Par 3 when all golfers hit the green!

Once again pace of play was horrible. They allowed a 2some to walk the course with an 1130a tee time.

Several other very slow groups with open holes in front.

A ranger that would at least prompt slow players to move along would help greatly.

Bag drop staff excellent. Great bev cart staff. Hole and range closers need to be communicated via e-mail etc. Paying $125 - $190 should not come with staffing excuses.

As always the course is stunning. But after paying 120.00 each fpr a twosome. We arrived 45 minutes prior to tee time so we could warm up ,but was told no carts available. Had to walk a pretty a ways to range, then straight up hill tp putting green ....until finally a few minutes before tee time a cart was available. Not acceptable for the high price . Management should be embarrassed by this. Will definitely remember this when I decide where to play again .

Great course in excellent condition, well worth the money!

Yes it costs a bit more but you only get what you pay for…Lake Jovita is the best public golf courses in the Tampa area!

Wow, what can I say? Beautiful layout with beautiful huge greens. They roll really fast and a lot of curves in them so never straight putts… Conditions are excellent! In this time of year, the fairways are perfect. Greens are perfect.

I’ll be back for sure!! to replay this beautiful South Course or to try the other 18 hole ; The North Course.

Course in great shape, couldn't figure out green speed/slopes so that contributed to many 3 putts. Will be back!

really cold and wet when we played which was unfortunate and nothing can be done about that. What bummed us out was that we were unaware a hole on course was closed for construction and there was no discount rate for this which I thought was weird.. we had drove 90 minutes to play it and are from out of town so we didnt really want to go somewhere else. beautiful course, I would love to play it again when its warm and dry!

What a gorgeous layout. Lake Jovita South course is open and still it makes you think your way around. The first four holes seem straight forward but be carful. The 9th and 18tg holes are bracketed by a beautiful lake. Fairways have been over seeded and are lush. The greens are lightning fast. It’s a little on the pricey side, but you get what you pay for. We are staying on the property for a month and have played the course a handful of times. Definitely a place you will want to play if you are within an hour of the course.

It’s a little pricey to play here, but worth it. The North course has some really nice holes that are really framed well with the terrain. The greens are very fast and sometimes they can put the hole I some unfriendly spots.

Don’t play more yardage than you normally play because you won’t always be able to hit driver off of the tee box.