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Suncoast Golf Center reviews
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wellsbranch250
Diamond level trusted reviewer
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Experience:
10.3 years
662 played
641 reviews
Golf Cart Goggles 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Feb 20, 2022
Played the course:once
Pros:
(1.932 Rating) An open and longer than normal 9 where you can legally drink a few beers and do donuts.
- CHALLENGING - Perhaps my favorite course quality was being able to grip and rip it a couple of times. Two holes are well over 400 feet. I should have practiced my rollers. There is some water guarding baskets from universal attack and the winds will likely make an impact. I would grade the difficulty as a tweener between Rec and Intermediate level.
- GOLF CARTS AND BASIC AMENITIES - I didn't use one, but I'm pretty sure I could have rented a golf cart. Having access to golf carts is a nice bonus feature that most courses don't have and most likely never will have. I could definitely see someone upping the rating a half point for something like this. To get it upped to the 5.0 level, these carts better look like a Ferrari and be loaded with beers, cigars and waitress caddies from the Tilted Kilt. As for the basics. Decent 4 feet by 7.5 feet long brick paver tees and Chainstar baskets.
- QUICK PLAY - I showed up when they opened the doors in the early morning hours. I got an empty course at tee (1) and blew through the layout in 21 minutes. I have no idea how much longer it is if ball golfers are in front, but I could see it easily adding 15, maybe even 30 minutes.
- MAINTENANCE - I really like the care free ease of walking on ball golf mowed fairways. It's just one less thing to worry about. I doubt the ground conditions are ever bad here, unless its dustbowl dry.
- CHALLENGING - Perhaps my favorite course quality was being able to grip and rip it a couple of times. Two holes are well over 400 feet. I should have practiced my rollers. There is some water guarding baskets from universal attack and the winds will likely make an impact. I would grade the difficulty as a tweener between Rec and Intermediate level.
- GOLF CARTS AND BASIC AMENITIES - I didn't use one, but I'm pretty sure I could have rented a golf cart. Having access to golf carts is a nice bonus feature that most courses don't have and most likely never will have. I could definitely see someone upping the rating a half point for something like this. To get it upped to the 5.0 level, these carts better look like a Ferrari and be loaded with beers, cigars and waitress caddies from the Tilted Kilt. As for the basics. Decent 4 feet by 7.5 feet long brick paver tees and Chainstar baskets.
- QUICK PLAY - I showed up when they opened the doors in the early morning hours. I got an empty course at tee (1) and blew through the layout in 21 minutes. I have no idea how much longer it is if ball golfers are in front, but I could see it easily adding 15, maybe even 30 minutes.
- MAINTENANCE - I really like the care free ease of walking on ball golf mowed fairways. It's just one less thing to worry about. I doubt the ground conditions are ever bad here, unless its dustbowl dry.
Cons:
Shared with evil doers.
- BALL GOLF - This course is laid directly overtop an in-use pitch and putt ball golf course. Thus I would assume that it's possible that golfers and disc golfers could be out on the course at the same time. Not a major concern as both users follow the same layout, but players are going to need to be keenly aware at times.
- NAVIGATION AND SIGNAGE - Greens fees include a scorecard and pencil. I think that was it for navigation and signage. Players are going to need a navigational app to run a round smoothly on the first time here. It's mostly open here, but a couple tees are hard to spot. On my appearance, I accidently went from (5) to (7) due to a lack of focus.
- PAY TO PLAY - I want to say I paid 5 dollars, which is really not worth it as there are better free courses nearby here, like North Water Tower for instance. However, this one does have some nice dynamics over some of the nearby courses, such as a clubhouse, restrooms, discs to purchase, snacks and beer.
- LOST DISC POTENTIAL - I think the odds of losing a disc is higher than normal here. Water comes into play on the last four holes. For those not willing to risk it, there is ample bail out space on three of them, but on hole (8), the water needs to be crossed. Despite these concerns, I think the water elements were used well and they added more points to my rating score than took away.
- BEGINNER FRIENDLY - Considering the disc risk and the length, I don't think this course is beginner friendly.
- HOLE VARIETY - Considering the features and size of the property, I'd say the variety isn't too bad. It's generally flat and open, but there are some modest sloped berms that effect play lines, some big ponds and some decent length. Overall, still a touch less variety than the average course I've seen to date.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - I scored it 35 percentile. As noted above, good maintenance and manicured fairways. On the flipside, it's open with urban sprawl visible in every direction. The south Florida vegetation doesn't seem to pop the same here either compared to other parks I've visited in the area.
- BALL GOLF - This course is laid directly overtop an in-use pitch and putt ball golf course. Thus I would assume that it's possible that golfers and disc golfers could be out on the course at the same time. Not a major concern as both users follow the same layout, but players are going to need to be keenly aware at times.
- NAVIGATION AND SIGNAGE - Greens fees include a scorecard and pencil. I think that was it for navigation and signage. Players are going to need a navigational app to run a round smoothly on the first time here. It's mostly open here, but a couple tees are hard to spot. On my appearance, I accidently went from (5) to (7) due to a lack of focus.
- PAY TO PLAY - I want to say I paid 5 dollars, which is really not worth it as there are better free courses nearby here, like North Water Tower for instance. However, this one does have some nice dynamics over some of the nearby courses, such as a clubhouse, restrooms, discs to purchase, snacks and beer.
- LOST DISC POTENTIAL - I think the odds of losing a disc is higher than normal here. Water comes into play on the last four holes. For those not willing to risk it, there is ample bail out space on three of them, but on hole (8), the water needs to be crossed. Despite these concerns, I think the water elements were used well and they added more points to my rating score than took away.
- BEGINNER FRIENDLY - Considering the disc risk and the length, I don't think this course is beginner friendly.
- HOLE VARIETY - Considering the features and size of the property, I'd say the variety isn't too bad. It's generally flat and open, but there are some modest sloped berms that effect play lines, some big ponds and some decent length. Overall, still a touch less variety than the average course I've seen to date.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - I scored it 35 percentile. As noted above, good maintenance and manicured fairways. On the flipside, it's open with urban sprawl visible in every direction. The south Florida vegetation doesn't seem to pop the same here either compared to other parks I've visited in the area.
Other Thoughts:
A solid 2.0 reasonable course to me. It felt like golf and looked like golf. It just lacked the pop and tropical intrigue enjoyed by some of the surrounding courses. The cream of the crop for the Sarasota area I think is still courses like NWT and Lakeview. Worth checking out once for those that live within 25 minutes. It will be preferred most by those that like to launch and that like open courses. Those that prefer technical courses with 200 to 250 foot shots probably won't like it much at all.
