5700 Saddlebrook Way, Wesley Chapel, Florida 33543, US
(813) 973-1111
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About Saddlebrook Resort

Since 1981, Saddlebrook Resort has been a go-to-destination for golfers, located just 30 miles north of Tampa International Airport. The resort's two original Arnold Palmer designs are being redesigned in 2025 into a 27-hole combination by Rees Jones. This entirely new playing experience will pair with a new 13-acre practice facility, home to a two-sided range, and golf school to engage golfers. A world-class tennis facility is another major attraction of this resort. A sweeping $92 million transformation will reimagine the 451-room resort from the ground up – positioning it among the nation’s premier leisure and sports resorts.

Facts

Price Range$$, $$$
Property Class★★★★
Acres480
Year Opened1981
Number of Units500+

Amenities

RestaurantsFine, Bar, Casual
Room TypesRoom, Suite
TennisYes
Fitness CenterYes
Practice FacilityYes
Golf School/AcademyYes
Banquet SpaceYes
SpaYes

Services

Kids ProgramYes
Room ServiceYes

Rules

Is the resort pet friendly?No
Is resort stay required for a tee time?No

Golf courses at Saddlebrook Resort

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3.8
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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John

Course was in excellent shape! Awesome place to play golf

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Worth it!

Course is in great condition! Challenging and fun. Pace of place was perfect. Didn’t have to wait on any tee box. Highly recommend experiencing this course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Clown Show

These courses used to be amazing and now they’ve reduced it to 27 holes of crap. What a mess! You could not figure out where you were going, they did not tell you at the front desk that there were only nine holes as part of your course and then you had to switch over, the course was in horrible condition, I can’t believe I paid this much for it, and then the top it all off the car girl forgot the credit card machine and asked if we had cash, rather than going back to the clubhouse to get it. Total clown show! I won’t be playing here anytime soon.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 14
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
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 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Couldn’t make the tee time.

Unfortunately I had a family emergency and could not make my tee time.

Is there anyway I can come

Next week? Rain check?

Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Valet very inefficient!!

Great course. Friendly staff.

Valet parking was a mess. Very crowded and confusing. Took about 30 minutes from the time we finished golf and started waiting for the ride to the Valet location until we got the car at the Valet. Very busy at the Valet.

We just wanted to get in the car and leave, but we were just standing around waiting.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Definitely not worth the money

There are several holes that are cartpath only. There were multiple areas on the course that had construction and was taped off. For the amount of money that was spent, I should not have seen handwritten signs on which way to go for the next hole. You have to valet, and the valley staff was ridiculously terrible!!

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Unreal Experience

Wanted to get to Saddlebrook Resort for a couple years and finally made it. It definitely didnt disappoint. The staff was extremely friendly and accommodating helping me on where the complemtary range is and to the first tee since there are two courses. The starter was possibly the nicest, friendliest man. I was a single and he got me introduced to the other members of the group. The course was the greenest and best conditioned couse I played in the 3 months I was in Florida. Will definitely be back and strongly recommend visiting to anyone that likes a course for most levels of players and have an overall great time..Thank you Saddlebrook

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Definitely not worth the money

My golfing partner and I went to Saddlebrook in 2025 at a discounted price because they were about to renovate. We had some issues on the course so they gave us rainchecks which we just used. Their regular rate for the day and time we played is $150.

There are some very challenging holes on the Pine and Oak nines and the courses LOOK very nice.

But here's the reality:

These have to be the slowest greens in Pasco county - like putting on velcro.

The GPS driving distances have to be grossly inflated to make golfers feel better - I hit one drive 282 yards according to their GPS and was regularly in the 240-260 range. I'm 71 years old and play a lot of golf - no way do I hit it that far anymore.

There were 4 holes - a par 4 and par 5 on the Pine and 2 par 4s on the Oak nines that were cart path only - all 4 holes were dry as a bone with absolutely NO reason to be cart path only.

We teed off at 10AM - there were 2 twosomes ahead of us and we regularly saw golfers on other holes. Yet there were 3 holes where we had to wait for maintenance - one guy with a blower on a fairway, several people working in a bunker, and, on the 9th hole of the Oak course someone cutting the green - at 1:20 in the afternoon. He was oblivious to us - didn't even look for anyone waiting to hit to the green - just took his time with a hand mower going back and forth cutting the green - ridiculous.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good, could be great.

First, the driving range and practice area are really good. Wide and long, with lots of targets. Get there early enough to enjoy.

Played the newly redesigned Pine and Oak, from the tips, 7050 yards. The course layout is dynamic and entertaining, while staying challenging yet fairly forgiving. The par fours are on the shorter side with a few longer ones. Lots of 260 two irons, 245 yard hybrids and three woods, followed by scoring wedges. The 5s and 3s on the other hand are LONG! The fairways were pretty wet. 300+ drives on the 5s left 250+ yard second shots. Every par 3 was 200+, with two of them at 240. Fun all the way around. Now, the bummer. While they appeared super healthy, the greens were dreadfully slow, 7.5-8. The breaks on the greens were nearly irrelevant because you had to walk every putt and hope you hit the back of the hole. If the greens were 9.5 - 11, I'd give the track a 5star. But they weren't. Good job on the redesign. Would love to play again when the fairways are a bit firmer and the greens are much faster.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Really?

Very nice course, staff was extremely helpful and friendly. But.......playing behind stacked fivesomes. Really? would have been nice to be notified that we have a tee time for you but you will be playing behind an outing/tournament with what appeared to be all fivesomes.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 31
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

nice layout

Got a great deal for 9 holes. only $35 on a Saturday afternoon. Course is in very good shape, They were cart path only, which took away from the experience. Course did not seem to need to be cart path only. An upscale experience with Valet parking, Overall a very good experience

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The Redo

I do understand, times change, but you tend to make them for the better. I’m a decent golfer but it was very hard to play a course, when the greens were the slowest I’ve seen in some time. You used to leave the green and the next tee box would be right there. Not anymore, if you are not paying attention, you will get turned around. We played the Pine Course, then the Oak Course. They have two par 5’s that was converted into very very long par 4’s (440 & 435). Now, the practice area is worth it and a very good place to hone your skills before you head out. Lastly, no outside GPS, will work there, so your GPS Watch, GPS Speaker or your Golf GPS on your phone, will not work.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fun times at Saddllebrook

The course was set up to play the Oak nine first followed by the Cypress nine. The Oak nine was in average shape, with a lot of dead grass and hard pan. The Cyprus nine was in much better shape, and truly enjoyable to play. Pace of play was excellent. I was a single, and I followed a twosome around. My round took three hours and 20 minutes. I would definitely play here again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

New Saddlebrook Layout

Played the Pines and Oaks, the layout is unusual with a lot of winding where the cart paths cross over the path of the other course, there are long distance between some holes and it is easy to get lost. The fairways have not been overseeded, so they are brown Bermuda, they are in good condition but brown. The greens are large and pristine. I can't wait to play there in spring when the fairways are green. One downside is that they have not got the updated course updated in Garmin golf so my GPS was useless.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Eh….

You can see that they put money into PINE & OAK but Cypress was not worth visiting. It was in much worse condition and you can tell what they did not put any money into it. The condition of the course was pretty decent considering it was late January however in Florida it’s still pretty warm so I personally thought it could’ve been a little bit better. But it wasn’t terrible. The price that I paid to play there would’ve gotten me an exceptional course local to my area. So I didn’t think that the value was there.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 46
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow back nine

We played the Cypress and then the Pine. The Cypress was the front nine and was in good condition and we played it in an hour and a half. When we went to the Pine for the back nine the starter didn’t have us in his schedule and was inserting groups playing their front nine in front of the groups that were turning to the back nine. The result was backing up groups on every hole. By the time we finished the 4th hole there were 4 groups waiting to tee off. We gave up and skipped the last 5 holes which were all backed up. The course management was inexcusable.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Solid but not worth money

The layout of this course is actually pretty nice. The Pine scores just opened after a renovation and the layout is good, I’ll be at very confusing. The holes crisscross randomly. Pace of play was not enforced. Several holes were cartpath only, but a greenskeeper came up to me on the second cartpath only. Confusing. Fairways were pretty sandy, but I guess this is to be expected with a new course.

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