Old Corkscrew Golf Club

Let’s start with the good. It’s a great layout.
Now the bad. Conditions are poor. They really want too much for this course. It doesn’t get a lot of play. If you go here, book through Golfnow or you’ll pay $ 50 more if you call the course directly.
Staff doesn’t seem to care whether you are happy or not. My experience today was poor.
We had a 7:09 tee time which was supposed to be the second time of the day. However the 6:50 tee time was not a foursome, it was 16 golfers. College kids who played terribly slow. I just came off the course at 12:30.
After playing a 2 hour 45 minute front nine, one of my partners complained and was torn into for complaining. I’m glad I didn’t say anything so I’m saying something now. My advice, avoid this course. I was told they’ve been in bankruptcy at least twice; I’m not surprised.

Beautiful and challenging Jack Nicholas course. Narrow fairways and protected greens favor the straight shot. Elevated greens make chipping in the Bermuda grass surface difficult. Equally difficult for ladies and men, not well suited for the occasional golfer. Friendly staff, nice practice facility, good pace of play.

The layout of this course is very cool, however the conditions were terrible. The tee boxes were all sand very little grass! The greens were basically Unputtable. They had not been punched recently but for some reason they had sand all over them. It looked to me they added sand to cover all the areas where their was no grass on the greens. The staff was smug and said this is the nicest course around when I asked them why it was in such bad shape. Do not waste your money on this course!!!

Last Sunday at about 5:20pm we were approached (14^th hole) to speed up our game, since we were the last ones on the course. Even though we were not asked in a rude way, it spoiled our round. With a heat index of 100 degrees we took it easy. We would have understood if we would have held up anybody, but did not understand why we suddenly were responsible for the staff to go home early. The course is beautiful and we still give it 3 stars, but do not recommend a tee time after 2:00pm.

I have no choice but to take away a star. The course doesn’t seem as green as last year, though it’s still in very good shape. The staff are still very friendly, but they had trouble managing a celebrity today (Smokey Robinson is in town). The starter moved us up a hole because 4 holes were open after Smokey’s fourseome and he was holding everything up.
After we finished 18 we were told that we could not go back to the 8^th hole because of a shotgun that left in the afternoon. I went in to speak with a manager and he was just leaving with a walkie-​talkie to kick them off the course because they still hadn’t finished their round and it was screwing up the entire day. The Management should have done this sooner. It was 90 degrees out and it’s a 144 slope to boot — I didn’t need the extra delay on top of it all!
Anyway, it was obviously a tough day on the links for yours truly (my wedge and I did not have a good working relationship) but I enjoy Old Corkscrew and I’ll be back some day.

This course is a challenge to say the least, and one of my absolute favorites in the area. However, at $ 200+ in-​season, the greens were like Velcro. I’ve played it multiple times in the off-​season on the SW Florida PGA GolfPass at sub-​$ 50 and the greens were lightning fast like they should be. What gives?

My favorite course in Florida. I wish I got to FL more so that I could play Old Corkscrew more. It really is a spectacular course. Always in excellent condition, VERY attentive staff and what a GREAT layout. I do have to disagree with some of the other reviews that talk about how difficult it is. Playing from the Blue tees is only 6600 yards and as long as you play smart and don’t try to hit a driver off of every tee you should be fine. There are some wide landing areas if you play it smart. The greens are fast and not that difficult to read. I played 36 holes in one day and not only did the starter work me in for the second 18 but he sent us off the back nine so that we didn’t have to run into slow play.

Good Course with GolfNow Special…
We paid around 60 dollars for 2 people/​18 holes/​cart w/​GPS which is a great deal, the staff was helpful and polite. They load /​unload your clubs before/​after golfing like most Florida Golf Courses. The Golf course was in very good shape for offseason, fairways clean and bunkers (tons of them) well manicured. A very difficult course, you have to be very accurate as the rough and OB play can hide your miss-​hit with the best of them. I was disappointed in one thing however and that was the warning of EXTREME weather was EXTREMLY late, me and my wife where on the 15^th fairway when a huge storm rolled through and we took it upon ourselves to head back to the clubhouse only for the warning to come across our GPS as we pulled up. Overall a great course, great driving range, helpful staff and a challenging course made for a memorable experience. I will be back to finish 16,17,and 18 as mother nature had different plans for us and it will be in offseason again as the price in season is a little absurd.

Great Golf Course! Nicklaus has a way of making a simple hole look and play ridiculously difficult. It’s genius!
If you play from the correct tee’s and take what the course gives you, you can play well here. If you try to attack this course and be overly aggressive, you better have lots of balls.
~Setup: The practice area’s are great! The course is everything you’d want and more. The greens are very undulating but manageable. Fairways/​Landing area’s are very generous.
~Condition: Outstanding! The greens are the best Bermuda I’ve ever putted. N
~Price: $ 90 in the afternoon is a reasonable price for the course.
~Pace of play: When I booked my tee time I told them I was a single and I’d like to be paired with another group. They had no problem and said there were a few openings I could jump into. Well, That didn’t happen. The course was packed for a Tuesday afternoon and I playing by myself. I followed a 30 hdcp dad who was coaching his 11 yr old daughter on every shot. The group in front of them were supposed to be 2 threesome but played as a Six’m. I waited on every shot for 18 holes. I called the clubhouse to see if the ranger could make a visit but they only made excuses and he never showed up. I expect a course like this to have control of every situation. I had looked forward to playing here for weeks and poor management ruined the experience.
~Ambience: There are only a couple times you see other holes. It’s cut through a beautiful Forrest of Palm trees and tall pines. It’s beautiful.
~Overall: It was a good experience, unfortunately not good enough to return.

One of my all time favorite courses. Clubhouse nice, not overdone.