Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club - South Course
About
Although it is tucked away among rolling green hills and mature oaks, Lake Jovita Country Golf & Country Club is conveniently less than 30 minutes north of Tampa. The club offers two championship golf courses, the North and the South. The South Course, the original track at Lake Jovita, has a more traditional design than the other course. It features generous fairways and velvety-smooth greens. The layout weaves through lakes and ponds that into play on several holes. The course was built to fully utilize the hilly terrain, incorporating a variety of elevation changes throughout. The par-5 11th hole even features a 94-foot drop from tee to green, which is the largest natural elevation change in the entire state. It is one of Florida's "must-play" courses
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Gold | 72 | 7153 yards | 74.2 | 135 |
Blue | 72 | 6690 yards | 72.2 | 131 |
White | 72 | 6206 yards | 69.6 | 128 |
Green | 72 | 5750 yards | 68.0 | 119 |
Black (W) | 72 | 5603 yards | 72.3 | 130 |
Red (W) | 72 | 5145 yards | 70.3 | 121 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Gold M: 74.0/141 | 465 | 549 | 368 | 193 | 403 | 456 | 202 | 420 | 534 | 3590 | 422 | 559 | 221 | 562 | 146 | 420 | 451 | 362 | 420 | 3563 | 7153 |
Blue M: 71.7/136 | 421 | 531 | 333 | 181 | 393 | 425 | 172 | 390 | 501 | 3347 | 395 | 537 | 201 | 539 | 134 | 394 | 402 | 341 | 400 | 3343 | 6690 |
White M: 69.8/133 W: 76.0/133 | 387 | 505 | 315 | 163 | 379 | 384 | 151 | 372 | 471 | 3127 | 366 | 511 | 180 | 518 | 105 | 363 | 364 | 320 | 384 | 3111 | 6238 |
White/Green M: 69.2/129 | 387 | 505 | 315 | 163 | 333 | 359 | 151 | 339 | 461 | 3013 | 366 | 511 | 180 | 518 | 105 | 309 | 302 | 320 | 344 | 2955 | 5968 |
Green M: 67.7/123 W: 73.2/128 | 381 | 470 | 310 | 150 | 333 | 359 | 151 | 339 | 461 | 2954 | 319 | 492 | 143 | 456 | 105 | 309 | 302 | 300 | 344 | 2770 | 5724 |
Red M: 64.8/117 W: 69.6/120 | 326 | 433 | 216 | 115 | 310 | 277 | 126 | 339 | 448 | 2590 | 319 | 426 | 97 | 422 | 100 | 309 | 302 | 287 | 293 | 2555 | 5145 |
Family M: 60.8/109 W: 63.8/107 | 275 | 323 | 216 | 115 | 240 | 220 | 90 | 220 | 320 | 2019 | 208 | 330 | 90 | 330 | 90 | 234 | 256 | 215 | 247 | 2000 | 4019 |
Handicap | 1 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 6 | |||
Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
Handicap (W) | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 10 |
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Photo submitted by u000003936527 on 12/14/2022
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Photo submitted by u000003936527 on 12/14/2022
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Photo submitted by u314161833352 on 09/04/2021
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Photo submitted by u523099479 on 05/23/2021
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Photo submitted by Ronthreadgill on 11/04/2020
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Photo submitted by iPutt3 on 05/07/2019
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Hole 10 green on the South course Photo submitted by bvmagic on 05/30/2016
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Lines on the greens after being punched. Difficult to putt with these grabbing the ball as it rolled into them. Photo submitted by bvmagic on 05/30/2016
Thumbs up
A little wet in areas but to considering the amount of rain in the previous days was to be expected
Great experience
Green were great pace was easy staff was friendly and helpful. Couldn't have asked for better
Pace of play was horrible
Great course, well kept up, great tees, greens, bunkers, etc. can’t say enough good things about the course. The pace of play was absolutely horrid and nothing was done about it. Didn’t see a ranger the entire day.
Amazing Lake Jovita
I played the south course today and it was awesome like always. Amazing conditions! Amazing layout! And anything you need from the pro shop to practice areas. If you haven’t played any of the courses at Lake Jovita you should! Prices are high this time of year but still cheaper than most courses of this caliber. Lots of elevation and plenty of challenge!
Best conditions -no personality staff
The course was one of the best I’ve played. Design, conditions, and speed of greens were exceptional. Loved it. The staff however need to learn hospitality. I arrived only 15 mins before my tee time snf I was told it was fine that I had time. I never played here before so I had no clue where to go and nobody offered help. I after finding my bay on a cart I headed to starter who informed me I was late and my group I was paired up with had already tees off and I’d have to catch up with them. Total bs since I was there. Anyway I played w 2 great guys who made experience worth it even after missing opening hole.
Tremendous Lake Jovita
Great value, Fantastic conditions,one of the best courses in central Florida. Both the North & South courses challenge all golfers of all playing abilities to enjoy a great on the course.
Money Trees
Hands-down one of the best courses in the Tampa Bay area I highly recommend coming to check out this course I feel like I’m a professional player on the tour
Nice staff, very 'tired' golf course in need of a little TLC
This is for the South Course. I have not played the North Course.
The staff seemed great from the pro shop to the snack bar. The course itself is an excellent layout but with poor conditions. There was recently some rain but a large portion of sand traps are have mud and weeds in the middle and the overall conditions of the grounds are poor. With some TLC this could be a great course but it's definitely showing it's age right now. More of a $45 round like a muni vs a $80+ round.
Great course but
Let me start with the good part of the course - the layout is challenging and great, very fun if you know how to shape some shots! The greens are in very good speed, better than most courses I played recently. The course wasn’t busy, so the pace of play was very enjoyable, the starter is very friendly. Now it comes the average part - my daughter used to play junior competitive golf tournaments here, the conditions were much better than it is now. The tee boxes can definitely use more care, fairways are not bad but can be better especially inside 100 yards. The golf cart GPS system kept telling us it’s car path only when it wasn’t. From #10 green to #11 tee boxes we had to drive reversely or it wouldn’t go! There is a course worker kept blowing the fairways behind me, completely ignoring that I was in the middle of my games! I had to let him know in #9 before my chipping, either let him finish through or wait for me to finish, this was unfortunately very annoying. The driving range didn’t open at our tee time, that was a surprise. We drove almost two hours, the experience was a bit disappointing.
Middle of somewhere
Remote location from Orlando. Greens rolled decent for recent punching. Another week or 2and will be mint. Great layout. Great staff.
Lake Jovita South course
course conditions were great. Course layout was challenging for 1st time playing. The cart gps helped out a lot. Will be back to play north course
Very nice
Great course layout. Fairways beautiful. Great greens. Awesome snack shop. Great restaurant. Awesome place.