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4.4
778 Reviews (778)
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3 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.4
Value
4.2
Layout
4.8
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.3
89.0%
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4.4
30 Reviews (30)
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Conditions
4.6
Value
4.2
Layout
4.8
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.3
86.7%
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4.3
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Conditions
4.5
Value
4.2
Layout
4.8
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.3
86.0%
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 7226 yards
Slope 139
Rating 74.8

Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club offers two championship courses, the North and the South. Both courses sprawl across a verdant landscape covered with mature oaks, lakes, and ponds. The terrain is unusually hilly for Florida. Like the South Course, the North Course is undulating with a lot of movement but it has even greater elevation changes than the South, which provides scenic views of the surrounding community. On a clear day, golfers can see at least five miles to the northeast from the second tee. The North has a more modern layout that plays a little bit longer. Although the golf courses are nestled amongst rolling hills, Lake Jovita is situated just 30 minutes north of Tampa. The unique hilliness of the courses and their convenient location have made them some of Florida's must-play courses.

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Course Details

Year Built 2002
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens TifEagle Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Kurt Sandness (2002)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Dress code Collared shirt, slacks or shorts (walking short length) are preferred: work-out shorts or denim are not allowed.

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Restaurant, Beverage Carts

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Fitness

Reviews

4.4
778 Reviews (778)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 21
Dinner 11
Brunch 10
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 50
Elevation Changes 44
Undulating Greens 41
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 43
Playing Multiple Courses 33
Locals 32
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 43
Convenient to the City 16
In the 'Burbs 16

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Always great to play

It was a busy Monday at the course. The rate we paid we paid for this time of year was $60 special I live only 20 minutes from the course and had company in town so it was an easy choice. The fairways were a little short- tight lies as our growing season is just starting now. We got paired up with a father/son and had a great time the pace of play was just over 4.5 hours which was good for the amount of golfers

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Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 5
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First Time Playing
Perfect weather
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Jovita North - first time but would play again.

First time playing this course. Course is in impeccable condition, and the greens while not super fast, have undulations that make them tricky (it was obvious even at the practice greens). I would assume if you're a regular, you'll know where to hit the ball and manage better than us, but I thought the course was very nice and would play again. We teed off at 3pm so got a significant discount per person w/ cart. The range was closed for maintenance on Monday so keep that in mind.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Reviews 80
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
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4.0
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Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

The greens were challenging.

The overall condition of the course was in very good shape. The greens were challenging but a pleasure to putt on.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Great course

Lake Jovita was its usual self. In great shape and very fun to play

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
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5.0
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Perfect weather
Used cart

Great conditions, challenging greens, very nice course!

First time on this course (North). We played late (3:10) so likely not going to finish and we had the local college team playing ahead of us. Course is in very very good condition and it's very picturesque and challenging. Driving off the tee is fair with some carries (open), but the greens if you're on the wrong side (narrow approaches with undulating greens), is extremely challenging. I would go back again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Reviews 5
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4.0
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First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Pace of play

Only issue. They sent a single out ahead of us followed by a twosome behind us. Poor management of tee times. We waited all day. The foursomes did OK. The single dropped back after nine and joined the twosome at our suggestion. The starter should have sorted this. 15 minutes quicker on the back nine but still 4:40 to play on a Monday.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great features

I rated the pace of play as excellent,we didn't see a group in front of us or behind us. Maybe that was a dead giveaway as to what we experienced. Our foursome has played the North and South courses many times over the last 2 years. Back in December, we played the South course. Have to say we were disappointed with the conditions around the greens and fairways. So we decided to try other locations and give some time for the course to recover. Maybe it was getting too much play. Like others, we are not concerned about paying $80 plus if the conditions warrant that. It has to be money well spent. Lake Jovita must be going through some transition. As I walked into Proshop I heard a manager asking a member of the course, "So how was it?" Referring to conditions, and all I heard was, well it was alright. Well after the 4 th hole we were all saying, it's alright, but not worth the $80 plus maybe $60 If we were to rate on a scale 1-10. T-boxes 7 Fairways, 6, were not consistent in length of grass and baron in some areas. Approach areas and greens, 5. Baron and spotty, inconsistent length, and dry dirt areas are unmarked as ground under repair. The greens themselves rolled with a consistent pace at least, but had many hole location changes or purposely added black dirt over the spots, which were many on each green, which could have been miracle grow to heal some bad spots on the greens. All the greens were peppered with these. The course must be in the middle of receiving new carts. To our surprise, these did not have GPS installed no explanation was given and no consideration in price was considered. When you're accustomed to paying for something and then it's not there. The staff has been great and cart personnel try to be accommodating. However, many seem to run out of sandwiches, and most will run back to the snack bar and come back with them. This cart person did this for us and was tipped well for it. The other group with us requested a return trip for food. I guess the wise thing for this person would have been to stock up just in case, upon the first request. This time the cart person returned to us, and was told not to return with more food. We appreciated the courtesy of returning to tell us we couldn't have more food. Not sure if it's a new management thing or they lost their Greens superintendant. So for the time being we will spend our money elsewhere and wait to read reviews as the year progresses before returning. Keep us posted.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Great layout and in very good shape

Excellent layout and in great shape. Pace of play was outstanding as well, played on a Sunday at noon and not crowded, very unexpected treat.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 20
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

SLOW, SLOW, SLOW!!

Second slowest round of golf in my life. 5 hours 10 minutes. Would have been even longer if the group ahead of us hadn't quit the last two holes Had to wait EVERY tee and fairway shot. Clubhouse attendant didn't care at all. Only response was "Well it was only 55 minutes longer than normal".
Have played many times before never again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Super Slow Play

This is the fourth time I've golfed this course - but never again. Our round took 5 hours and 10 minutes. It would have been an even longer but the slow people in front of us quit after the 16th hole. I asked the golf pro there why there wasn't a course ranger moving the course of play along, but he said there wasn't a course ranger. We waited on every shot once we hit the backlog after the first hole. It was ridiculous. All the years I've golfed (45+) this was the second slowest round of golf I've ever played. When it happened the first time,, the golf pro there offered us a free round of golf for our troubles. I asked the golf pro at Lake Jovita if he would do the same, and he said "that isn't going to happen." He offered nothing else either. The slow pace of play took a lot of the fun out of the round. This is too bad because the golf course itself is great, but waiting on every shot makes it a course to avoid.

Conditions Excellent
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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