Seminole Lake Country Club

I called and made a tee time 3 days in advance of the tee time.... Nobody on the phone told me that they had temporary greens that day.... Which means they stick a flagpole in the fairway and expect you to think that is golf!!!!????? You plan a whole day you get there and it's a joke.... The fact that they were repairing the greens was not the problem.... The problem was the people in the pro shop could have cared less...... This place is a great golf course...... But they need to work on the people that work there......

In 2009, Seminole Lake Country Club became a semi-private club and to this day remains one of the favorites of golfers throughout the Tampa Bay area. Coincidentally, membership has grown due to the course’s consistently good conditioning, playability, and service level. The club is still owned by the Cunningham family and there’s still that same friendly feel as it was when the brothers opened the club in 1962. Seminole Lake Country Club is located on the banks of Long Bayou and Cross Bayou and is one of only a handful of courses in Florida that features SeaDwarf Seashore Paspalum grass on the tees, fairways, and greens. Paspalum is one of the most versatile turfgrasses out there, it’s tolerant to various mower heights as well as salt. Its upright growth habit allows golf balls to sit up in the rough and fairways. It also produces a firm and fast putting surface that has a lot less grain than traditional Florida Bermuda greens. If I have a choice of what turf to play on, Paspalum is the clear winner! The length at Seminole Lake is not going to overwhelm most players. This par 71 golf course was designed by Chic Adams, and plays 6,501 yards from the back tees, with a course rating of 72.1 and a slope of 133. Five sets of tees provide an enjoyable experience for golfers of all abilities. They also have a great practice facility too, with a recently renovated driving range, a complete short game practice area with a bunker, and two large putting greens. The majority of the fairways are very wide and generous off the tee. The Paspalum greens are also large and receptive with great undulation and contouring. The course has plenty of doglegs and like most Florida courses, plenty of water; each hole has its own unique character. Bunkers are strategically placed throughout the course and water hazards come into play on nearly every hole. With the Gulf of Mexico nearby, birdlife is abundant and a family of bald eagles has claimed residency on the property. Look for them as you make your way around the course. Seminole Lake Country Club offers several membership options including Full Memberships which entitle you to all of the club's amenities (golf course, tennis courts, swimming pool, kayak launch, clubhouse, and member-only social functions), Golf Memberships, Tennis Memberships, Seasonal Memberships for both golf and tennis, and Social Memberships. Dues are quite reasonable. Last Word: Pay attention to the yardages, a lot of the par 4 doglegs look longer than they are. Hitting something less than driver off the tee will prevent you from hitting it through the fairway and out of bounds and incurring penalty strokes. The course is a lot of fun to play and although the parking lot might be full when you arrive, play moves right along. We played on a Saturday afternoon in a little more than 4 hours.

I played Seminole Lake CC on Tuesday 10/10/2023, porpoisefully waiting until the new greens were available. All I can say is HOLY ENCHILADA! I’ve been playing a lot here locally. The best course condition I’ve seen locally of late is Fox Hollow, which didn’t surprise me. Seminole Lake was in at least as good as condition, if not better than Fox Hollow recently & Lake Jovita North course a couple of months ago. I should start with the new greens. They rolled amazingly! Even made me look like a good putter on more than one occasion, not an easy feat. There was a little sand, and a couple of not perfect patches, but they were 90% perfect and rolled so true! The fairways were as lush and green as any I’ve played recently, period. Just perfect grass in the fairways, and plenty of it (no bare spots), on every fairway. I, unfortunately, had plenty of shots out of their bunkers as well, which were deep with soft loose sand. Hitting out of the bunkers is just dogpoop in general, and anyone that says differently is just lying. But if I have to hit out of the bunkers I want them to be like these fluffy beaches. I really wish all courses were in as good a condition as Seminole Lake CC was on 10/10/2023.