Valencia Golf & Country Club - Naples, Florida

Tim Gosen

Only friendly staff member was the starter. Pace of play was extremely poor. Not unusual to have one group on the green, one in the fairway and two groups waiting on the tee box. Always at least 5-10 minute wait between shots. Will not go back for the price.

R S

The course is not what you would expect for $300.00. Way over booked, non existent pace of play. Took five hours to play 18 holes after waiting and waiting and waiting. The course is a mess. Front nine is just in bad shape surrounded by cement block houses, and the back nine is literally a construction site. Our cart got stuck in mud and rocks with no signage in site. Oh, and no sand in the cart, which may explain why the course looked as it did. It needs a lot of work or at least some attention. The starter was great.

Ben Tyler

Fun course with a decent layout. I wish the greens were bigger, but overall not a bad course. I went on Columbus Day and still had a sub-4 hour round. The only negative was how slow service was at the turn. They were out of hotdogs (how does a course not have hotdogs on a holiday?) so we had to get sandwiches (1 ham and one chicken salad) and it took 10+ minutes—for a few pieces of ham, and a slice of cheese on plain bread. Same for the chicken salad! We got passed by the group behind us and they were so slow that we had to skip a hole to get back ahead, since that wouldn’t let us play through. Overall, not bad but I’ll pack my own food next time so I don’t lose my place on the course.

Tricia Korhorn

Pretty course and in good shape. Back 9 has neighborhood construction still taking place so it isn’t as pretty as the front, but the course itself is complete and we had a beautiful morning. I was in the sand a little more than usual, so they have strategically placed sand traps! They have a cool logo which required a golf shop purchase. ?

Logan Whatcott

Decent public course. Not too keen on watering their course at the moment. Several approach shots on the green looked like we had landed in the bunker due to the amount of sand that kicked up.
Course got crazy backed up with several different generations on the course, of all skill levels. Difficult to pass a group because you still can’t go anywhere. That was a bit frustrating, especially when you have 2 rangers on the course who really didn’t do anything other than drive their carts around. Tough problems to solve, but many have figured out how to do it well.

Fairways were in decent shape, tee boxes were pretty good for a public course.

Overall: decent course, nothing too note worthy.

Regina Wimbley

The staff was friendly and so were the other players. The course was okay, nice layout but the greens were grainy. I know that it’s season but the course is nit worth $100 with no clubhouse and just a trailer.

Brock Deighton

Pretty decent public course. I tee'd off in the am at 7 and I noticed the bunkers were not raked. Club house is very basic as are the carts. Layout was pretty good and greens and tee decks were in good shape. Bit pricey, but overall 8/10.

Nicholas

First visit for me.
5 stars for design, layout, & staff.
3 Stars for current condition & amenities.
As I write this review, 04/23/2023, the course is in okay shape, a little burnt & some issues here & there. Course overall is definitely in need of a modernization & update. Practice facilities are a little ruff. The putting green is okay, not great. They have a driving range with three ball amounts for purchase through pro shop. Pro shop is inside what appears to be a double wide trailer that was placed next to the main clubhouse, kind of tacky, honestly & im not spoiled! I assumed the course would have a nice clubhouse, with a decent restaurant or concessions. They do have a small concessions counter, really all you need, but for $100+ a round, in a gated community, you'd expect more. Greens were very fast & well kept, some blotches & bare spots, as I mentioned previously, some burnt areas & very worn from high season traffic. They assigned me to play with a twosome, very nice guy who've played here for years. Our round took five hours because of slower players. Player management via Course Rangers eas non-existent, backed up from the beginning & slow the entire day. Started at 10:07am, in a line with 5 groups, we were the third group to tee off. Hit & wait the entire day. Saw a group of five players, two groups in front of us. It's was too slow to allow a group of five players on one tee time. The day was long, but I managed to score my second best ever game 79 legitimately. Another reason for the five-star review. Don't let my review hold you back from playing the course. It's a nice track with some challenging doglegs & nice true rolling greens. If you can get past the wear & tare, the double wide pro shop, the 1990's feel, the mediocre practice facilities & the high Greens fees, a fun day of golf will await you. Play well & good luck.