The Club at Osprey Cove

Fun course and great layout. Challenging holes, but wide fairways, make this course a lot of fun to play. Staff and starter very friendly, offering water bottles before teeing off. Ice machines and water also available in various places on the courses where the bathrooms are located. Due to the heat, a staffer drove by and offered some additional ice water during the round. Played in afternoon, so no issues with pace of play. Greens had been recently aerated which did affect putting, Would definitely recommend.

Excellent track, only negative was the greens had been recently aerated and were a bit slow and uneven

Tee boxes and fairways were in great shape. Some of the greens were a little bit rough making us think that maybe they had been recently aerated.

Fairways and fringes in excellent shape, greens had recently been aerated and we a bit bumpy, excellent layout and a good challenge for all levels based on the tee placement, would and will l go back again.

Course has always been a fun and normally in pretty decent shape. Greens were the worst I have seen them, even being the heat of the summer they were extremely bumpy and dead spots. Tee boxes need some love as well. Other than that the course was good, fairways and bunkers were in good shape

Overall course was in great shape. They had punched the greens about week or so it looked like at the time. No real negatives. If you can get a scorcher deal, take it. Even if you can’t, it’s worth it.

The greens were very poor. They had been stated recently. The course was OK but it didn’t have much character.

An overall good course. Low rating because greens were punched and wasn’t told before paying. Would not have played knowing greens were in bad shape.

I was visiting family in Jacksonville, FL. This course is located 1 mile across the Florida/Georgia state line.

Let me start with the things I wasn’t the biggest fan of;

1. Range Balls cost Extra — it wasn’t a terrible expense, but being ranked as a top course in the state of GA I expected the range to be included. Again, not the end of the world, but wish it was included with the round.

2. Pro-shop — I saw the logo online—it looked awesome. I didn’t bring a hat, because I assumed with a logo like that, they would have had a plethora of really good hats to choose from that I was hoping to purchase. Unfortunately all the hat selections were disappointing, and I couldn’t find anything with their logo…in my opinion this is a clear misstep by the team there because their merch could be incredible if they got the right stuff and put their osprey logo on it.

3. No one told me the greens had been punched — this turned out not to be a big issue because the greens were in such good shape, but it would have been nice to have been given a heads up that they had aerated recently.

4. Course Routing — the overall design of the holes was nice and enjoyable. However, the greens and tee boxes were often far apart and if you ever plan to walk this course I would think twice. From 9 to 10 the distance was a good distance away and signage was minimal and caused me to question if I went the wrong way. Info about some of this after telling the pro shop I had never been there before would have been good.

Nothing was terrible, but had some of that been different this would have been a 5 star experience.

Now for the good;

1. The Course Conditions—one thing I want when I play golf is a course that is in good shape—and this course was—despite a ton of rain that left it cart path only. But the tee boxes, fairways, greens, fringes, rough, and couple of bunkers I found were all in really good shape.

2. The Scenery — there were 5 or so wholes on the marsh that were just beautiful. Coming in on both nines the last few on each side were truly serine.

3. Pace of Play — I went out as a single even though I booked a hot deal that would have paired me with 3 other players. I played in 2 hours and 30 minutes and had no issue from the one group I caught letting me play through.

4. Price — I got a Hot Deal and I am a golf pass member—meaning this round only cost me $48 dollars. I am from the Raleigh area of North Carolina and can say for the conditions — I would pay a lot more back home. Also, Jacksonville’s public golf is not very good. Massive amounts of play leave many of the public courses in rough shape—especially the greens. So for a little less than an hour drive, it was totally worth it to play a place that is in much better shape than most of what you will find in Jax or St. John’s.

5. Staff Friendliness — the staff was really kind and friendly even though they didn’t have much to offer. Everyone was really kind and generally seemed excited that I chose to come out and play there.

6. Complementary Water Bottles — they offered complementary water bottles in a cooler near the pro shop. Being that it is south GA in June, it was hot and humid and the water was a nice thing to have throughout the round.

7. Score Card — the score card was nice. Had a modern look but also was designed with combo tees designated for ease if you chose to mix in a couple of boxes. I played the blue/black combo which was a combo of tips and one up. It was I good yardage for me, especially considering the wet conditions that would have made the tips play extremely long.

I would absolutely tell anyone in North FL and South GA to play here as often as you can. I will try and make it back in the not too distant future when I am down here again—especially if I can snag a hot deal for under $50 bucks. Get out, have fun and go low and thanks for reading my review!

Awesome course and definitely worth it if you get a deal time! Course in awesome shape. Beautiful layout and greens fast and pure.

Course is in great shape. Both challenging with amazing views of the marshes. The wind can offer different challenges at different times. I recommend this course for most levels of players. As play increases the addition of a beverage cart would be recommended.