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3.2
614 Reviews (614)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
91
1 Stars
73
Conditions
2.7
Value
3.5
Layout
3.3
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.1
60.4%
Recommend this course
403 out of 614 reviews
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3.1
32 Reviews (32)
5 Stars
0
4 Stars
15
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
3
Conditions
2.6
Value
3.5
Layout
3.1
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.0
StaffFriendliness
4.2
68.8%
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22 out of 32 reviews
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3.0
55 Reviews (55)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
21
3 Stars
14
2 Stars
9
1 Stars
8
Conditions
2.5
Value
3.4
Layout
3.2
Pace
3.8
Amenities
2.9
StaffFriendliness
4.3
56.4%
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31 out of 55 reviews
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Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 64
Length 4545 yards
Slope 117
Rating 64.2
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The Palms Golf Club at Forest Lakes
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Course Details

Year Built 2015
Fairways Tif-eagle Grass
Greens Celebration Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Gordon G. Lewis (2015)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire

Food & Beverage

Food & Beverage

Reviews

3.2
614 Reviews (614)
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Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not what it has been in the past

The pro shop and bar staff were not very friendly, might even say grumpy. The course wasn't in the condition it used to be. The overall layout is decent, but the maintenance staff needs to pay more attention. Totally out of food at the turn and we teed off at 11 in the morning. Don't believe we will be playing this one again.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 01/19/2023

Hi! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. Please know the current conditions are by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We will continue to work towards a 5-star experience and we hope to see you back!

Played On
Reviews 2
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 01/18/2023

Hello. Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit.

We take customer feedback very seriously at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind.

Played On
Reviews 1
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 01/13/2023

Hello. We appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. We would love to know how we can earn those last two stars next time! Thanks for playing The Palms at Forest Lakes Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 04/24/2023

Hello
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 4-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing at our course.

Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Mediocre course

If u want to play a short course with average conditions, check this place out. I played with a GolfNow special rate of $33 but wouldn’t pay a dollar more. The layout is dangerous with many tees in perilous spots from the prior hole tees. Greens and fairways are typical of Florida courses - bad and thin grass. Not much to hit off. Ready to leave my clubs north with the prices at obscene levels.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 01/09/2023

Hi. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Your feedback helps us do better. Thank you for visiting The Palms at Forest Lakes Golf Club. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Beautiful,well kept short course

Well kept course with excellent pace of play. But the back nine is quite short with many par 3s. Good pla e to tune up one's game

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Beginner course

My wife wanted to learn how to play golf, so I took her here to learn the basics. Choose it because of cheap price and basically a par three course. Not a course anyone who knows how to play golf should go. The scary thing is most of the tee boxes are basically located in the path of the ball from the previous hole. You have new or poor players hitting the ball at your head.

I only used my driver once and reached the green on an easy swing on their longest listed par 4. Greens are small and in fair to poor condition. The rest of course, fairways, tee boxes, ruff are all poor.

As low end as expected, when i arrived at course dropped off clubs at rack and went inside to check in, only person in was behind bar, he came around to counter and checked me in. Gave me a cart key and told me I would be playing the back 9 twice. He was very friendly and helpful. He told me how to get to 10th tee box. You have to cross a dangerous road a few times. Don’t worry about golf attire or any golf etiquette, it doesn’t exist here.

Basically the old expression, you get what you pay for but many better choices for the regular cost. I had a hot deal.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 11/22/2023

We apologize for the negative experience you had at our golf course and for any inconvenience or safety concerns you encountered during your visit. We appreciate your feedback and will take it into consideration as we strive to improve our course conditions and ensure a better experience for all golfers. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us.

Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great little course

I didn't like having to cross a major street to play part of the back 9, then crossing again to finish. Tee boxes were in good shape and the greens were in good shape and fairly fast. I'm not a fan of residential course, but would play again. Wish they took cash in the clubhouse.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Cow pasture?

Actually, calling it a cow pasture is an insult to the cows...
The rating depicted on your site is a misnomer and certainly not worth the money. The front 9 has turfed greens, the directions and hole flow is catch as catch can. The back 9 is a poorly maintained executive course without notice which should be disclosed before the transaction is completed. Lastly the course and club house are antiquated at best. VERY DISSATISFIED!

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 07/24/2023

We apologize for your dissatisfaction with our golf course and clubhouse. We appreciate your feedback and will take it into consideration to make improvements. Thank you for sharing your experience.

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Fun, straight forward course

The greens were challenging the day I went but the course was still in great shape.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Okay par 3

The course is okay for someone wanting to work on there short game. Just 1 par 5 which really can be a par 4. Very short par 4s and a ton of par 3s. Tee boxs are rough and ants everywhere. Greens were mostly sand so can't get true putts. Fairways are so so but need work. Driving range is weird since you hit in the water and can not get true distance reads hitting on floating islands that move around. Don't expect much when you go.

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 06/22/2023

Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our course. We appreciate you playing our course and are very sorry to hear your recent experience with us may have been poor due to the course conditions.

We greatly value your feedback as we work towards any necessary improvements and hope you will notice some of these improvements during your next round with us. Thank you for choosing our course, and we hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 04/03/2023

Hi,

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes.

Your feedback helps us do better. We are looking into this issue and hope to resolve it promptly.

Thank you for visiting us. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.

Played On
Reviews 25
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 04/24/2023

Hello
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 4-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing at our course.

Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Short but enjoyable!

Our foursome was pleasantly surprised to find this course very forgiving as the fairways were wide. We will return to play again as the course layout is familiar to us now. Thank you for the course map as three of our foursome had not played the course before. An enjoyable course to practice your irons!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/24/2023

Hello
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 4-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing at our course.

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Pace Fair
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Commented on 02/24/2023

Hello, Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit.

We take customer feedback very seriously at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

A fun afternoon

Small greeens and narrow fairways more than make up for how short the course is.
Friendly staff and pace was good.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 02/27/2023

Hi! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. Please know the current conditions are by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We will continue to work towards a 5-star experience and we hope to see you back!

Played On
Reviews 44
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Once a good course

The reviews were decent but the course was not. Tees just ok. Rough not maintained at all. Fairways ok. Greens not good. Old course was good. This version is a one and done. Price is way too high for what you get.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
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Commented on 01/05/2023

Hi,

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes.

Your feedback helps us do better. We are looking into this issue and hope to resolve it promptly.

Thank you for visiting The Palms at Forest Lakes Golf Club. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.

Played On
Reviews 5
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 01/06/2023

Hello. Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit.

We take customer feedback very seriously at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Great lil course

Sven was awesome! Jason was also awesome!!! Course is coming back from Hurricane Ian and is getting better every time I play. I suggest playing from the Long tees so you get your $$$ worth. Fun course and cold beer in the clubhouse! Will play again and again!!!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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