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3.2
226 Reviews (226)
5 Stars
26
4 Stars
74
3 Stars
73
2 Stars
29
1 Stars
24
Conditions
2.9
Value
3.6
Layout
3.8
Friendliness
4.0
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.4
70.2%
Recommend this course
162 out of 226 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.0
23 Reviews (23)
5 Stars
0
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
10
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
2
Conditions
2.7
Value
3.3
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
3.7
65.2%
Recommend this course
15 out of 23 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.1
29 Reviews (29)
5 Stars
0
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
11
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
3
Conditions
2.8
Value
3.4
Layout
3.9
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
3.9
69.0%
Recommend this course
20 out of 29 reviews
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About

Holes 9
Type Semi-Private
Par 36
Length 2748 yards
Slope N/A
Rating N/A

Previously known as Blue/Red at Vista Royale Golf & Country Club.

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Course Details

Year Built 1976
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Arthur Hills

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed Yes
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code No denim, collared shirt and bermuda shorts required

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Locker Rooms

Reviews

3.2
226 Reviews (226)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 11
Narrow Fairways 6
This course/club is great for:
Seniors 8
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 10

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Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

pratice round

If all you what is to go out and hit the ball, it's a place to go. Tee's, fairways and greens were poor at best. It was hard to find a place it hit from on the fairways.
But for $20.00 in season what can you expect.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Will play again for value

Red and Blue course is very playable but the White course needs some maintenance. Despite following a group of league players we completed the White course in two hours and then followed this on the a Blue course in just over 1 hour.....no delays.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Would definitely play again!

Had a great round! Good course, especially for the affordable price! Course was rather short, which helped my score, so no complaints there! I'll be back

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Terrible

Would have had more enjoyment playing at ole Mc Donald's farm. My first and last.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

ok for the money

Fairways in poor condition,driving in a very dangerous location almost got hit with a ball, very well located in the middle of the city and easy to get to.

Conditions Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

needs tlc

COARSE COMMING BACK NEEDS TLC. SHOULD BE ABLE TO BOOK FOR TWO FOURSOMES ON GOLFNOW

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

nice courses

Greens were nice, fairways were wet , not sure why, also fairways need work, we played lift and place.
Friendly staff, had a great lunch there and met nice people.
Would prefer red course over white. White course had 4 par 3s. Red was more challenging.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

The course is worth the price.

Friendly and helpful staff. Fairways could be improved along with some of the greens.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

course sat vacant for years but is coming back to life

don't get me wrong some fairways and some of the cart paths need repairing but the tee boxes and greens look great. greens a little thick (may have been a day or two since mowed) and a little slow but honestly look like it was astroturf but it was real. they have 3- 9 hole courses we played the red for the front and the blue for the back. some dirt spots in fairway but kicked it over to some grass and hit it again a couple of tricky holes with double doglegs make you think a little. will be playing here again for sure. cant wait to see it in probably a year or 2 hopefully restored back to where it was in its hay day. they also have a nice driving range and putting green

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Lay-out

We liked the lay-out very much.We saw big gators on 3 ditterent holes.

Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 150
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Top 100 Contributor
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

old course trying to come back

Drainage is nonexistent but probably is playable in dry season. Rained hard stopping play and flooded car paths and the course. Cart stalled, waded through knee deep water walking back to parking lot.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 09/27/2014

There has never been knee deep water anywhere on this course, and the parking lot has never been flooded. Don't make up comments because you had a bad round.

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Up and Coming

I've been playing this course almost everyday this summer, and have watched the hard work the management has put forward to improve this course. They have been battling rain all summer, which makes it impossible to maintain the course the way would like, but they are all over it when they get a little break in the weather. I am able to play golf whenever, and where ever I'd like, but choose here mainly because of the staff, and I see the hard work they are doing to bring this course back. One thought...more ball washers.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Something to say about restoring a Golf Course after being Dormant for 5 years

I hate to see what was once a nice golf course be abused like this after 5 years of being dormant. 18" Fairway Grass was more suitable for a Safari Rhino Hunt than a Golf Fairway. But alas! The American Golf Club is coming alive. The Golf Manager is putting his best foot forward and trying to restore it back to playability. There close but still needs work on Fairways and Tee Boxes. Just use your imagination and close your eyes and you can see that back to 20 years ago or so, this course was a Jewel. So folks, if you have a certain part in your Heart for a Course that's trying Hard to get a healthy heartbeat , this is the one that needs your play! Give it a shot. The price is right. ((Cheap). Great Hambugers and cold Beer too!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

A work in progress

I've seen this course along the road into Vero for years and I will admit that at times it looked pretty bad. It looks like the might be trying to fix the place up.

The course is made up of 3 9 hole courses, the red, blue and white. I played the white and the red. I'll start by saying that the greens for the most part were phenomenal. They were not that challenging, but they were very well maintained.

The white course could use a lot of work. Large sections of the fairway were sand or hard dirt, no grass. In places there was almost no distinction between fairway and rough. The cart path degrades to almost nothing except scattere sections of blacktop in spots. The ninth hole runs along the driving range coming back into the proshop and balls will be coming right at you if you play to the right.

The red course was much better. It still had nice greens, but the fairways were In much better shape. The tee boxes could use some work but they did the job.

The carts did have a gps system, very basic compared to most courses in the area but it was programmed well and provided mostly helpful info.

I got a deal that was too good to pass up, but I would defiantly NOT pay full price. I would probably play again to try the blue course but I don't think I'll play the white course again for a while.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser

Great layout. Greens in great shape. Condition of rest of course is aweful.

We played the Red/White course. The tee boxes were in rough shape. There was no fairway to speak of just different variations of rough grass and bare, hard-packed dirt. This made your stance at the tee a little challenging and your second shot very difficult to play. There was no real advantage and often a disadvantage to keeping the ball in the fairway.

The layout of the 2 courses is very unique. There are 3 par 5 holes. three par 4 holes and 3 par 3 holes on the Red course. There are plenty of trees, hazards and bunkers to make things interesting, so I give the course design a big thumbs up.

The White course is short, with only 1 par 5 and 3 par 3s.Again, it makes you play smart golf.

The greens are brand new and are in really good shape. The hold the ball well. They were a little slow when we played, but they rolled true and are angulated just enough to fool you.

Over all, I like the course, but it needs far too much work in the fairways and tee areas. If and when it gets in shape, it will be one of my favorite courses in the area.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser

Not a very good experience

The course is not well maintained, several sandy spots on most fairways. The greens weren't mowed. We play the white and the red and they both need attention pronto.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser

Showing signs of improvement, need's lots of work

Overall, I enjoy golf, so for me it was just ok, however, it generally was in poor condition with very slow and bumpy greens. I do understand it is in a comeback period, so I will give it another try later. The price needs to be kept low to ensure return visit's. On a lighter note there was interesting flora and fauna, with a couple of gators to keep my attention.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

great value - course in time will be top notch

This course has come a long way but still needs work on the White course and on most of the fairways. Needs trash containers on the t boxes. We had to carry our trash all the way back to the clubhouse. Greens on Blue and Red courses are excellent. Great value at the golfnow am pricing. Unable to correctly rate course difficulty and staff friendliness as both should be medium which the chart would not let me check.

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Good practice course. Forgiving

Needs tp grom a little more. Greens need help. Finding your way around the course not easy

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Just starting to play again and isd a easy course and close to home.

Greens are in much better condition than last summer. They are fixing a lot of things and with 3 9 hole courses you can get around pretty fast.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
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