Saddlebrook at Saddlebrook Golf & Tennis Resort
About
The Saddlebrook Resort boasts 36 holes of championship golf designed by Arnold Palmer. The resort sprawls across 480 acres of lush, rolling hills covered with groves of tall cypress trees and swaying palms that weave through sparkling blue lagoons. The Saddlebrook Course is the tighter and flatter of the two courses at the resort but the layout offers a mix of wide and narrow fairways. Palmer equipped the layout with beautifully designed par 4s and par 5s framed with moss-draped cypresses. Water is a more prominent feature on this golf course with ponds and lakes coming into play on 14 holes. There are also more than 50 sand bunkers that are strategically placed along the greensides and near the landing zones on a few of the doglegs. The course has a memorable finish with a lengthy par 4 that doglegs right with water all along the right side.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Blue | 70 | 6480 yards | 72.3 | 142 |
White | 70 | 5869 yards | 69.1 | 137 |
Gold | 70 | 5349 yards | 66.6 | 123 |
Red | 70 | 4722 yards | 63.9 | 117 |
Red (W) | 70 | 4722 yards | 68.4 | 123 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Blue M: 72.3/142 | 377 | 369 | 203 | 544 | 402 | 295 | 438 | 207 | 392 | 3227 | 352 | 477 | 144 | 417 | 500 | 374 | 389 | 201 | 429 | 3283 | 6510 |
White M: 69.1/137 | 329 | 306 | 185 | 504 | 388 | 275 | 386 | 180 | 360 | 2913 | 336 | 363 | 133 | 373 | 482 | 345 | 360 | 176 | 410 | 2978 | 5891 |
Gold M: 66.6/123 W: 72.0/130 | 319 | 295 | 165 | 438 | 341 | 257 | 336 | 150 | 336 | 2637 | 326 | 302 | 122 | 363 | 454 | 315 | 330 | 160 | 344 | 2716 | 5353 |
Red M: 63.9/117 W: 68.4/123 | 270 | 264 | 132 | 411 | 311 | 239 | 314 | 141 | 297 | 2379 | 278 | 245 | 111 | 310 | 415 | 242 | 257 | 135 | 300 | 2293 | 4672 |
Handicap | 11 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 4 | |||
Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 70 |
Handicap (W) | 5 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 4 |
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Reviewer Photos
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Photo submitted by u815175832 on 07/27/2023
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FABULOUS 9TH HOLE Photo submitted by webbknight on 03/09/2021
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Photo submitted by u3897278 on 02/05/2020
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Photo submitted by Butch88288 on 04/08/2018
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Photo submitted by Butch88288 on 04/08/2018
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Photo submitted by Butch88288 on 04/08/2018
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Photo submitted by MikeBaileyGolf on 01/31/2018
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Photo submitted by MikeBaileyGolf on 01/31/2018
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Photo submitted by MikeBaileyGolf on 01/31/2018
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Photo submitted by MikeBaileyGolf on 01/31/2018
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saddlebrook fun day Photo submitted by webbknight on 01/16/2018
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#18 Green Photo submitted by David5354608 on 12/24/2013
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#9 Tee Box Photo submitted by David5354608 on 12/24/2013
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#9 Green Photo submitted by David5354608 on 12/24/2013
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Photo submitted by David5354608 on 12/24/2013
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#18 Tee Box Photo submitted by David5354608 on 12/24/2013
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#11 Tee Box Photo submitted by David5354608 on 12/24/2013
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Photo submitted by Alejandro7982762 on 06/28/2013
Wasted my golf pass points
Complete waste of time and points.
I’m not sure how this place got the rating it got but they should be ashamed.
1. The golf now rate was $88 and this place isn’t worth $40.
The valet parking was cool until you find out you have to walk across the entire resort to get to the pro shop.
2. We showed up 40mins early to use the range. What they don’t tell you is that the range is on the complete other side of the resort all by itself and it’s 2.5 miles thru the neighborhood to get there.
3. By the time we got checked in and to the range we had time to hit exactly 11 golf balls then had to drive 2.5 miles back.
4. The golf balls on the range looked and felt like they had been in a swamp for 3yrs.
5. No signs or directions to 1st or 10th tee anywhere so we had to ask a resident where to go.
6. I don’t drink but my buddy does. We walked up to the bar and we were charged $35 for a 6 pack of Mich Ultra.
7. The layout was cool but the conditions were terrible.
Burned out fairways, greens were full of crabgrass, pitch marks and craters.
8. The water hazards were full of trash and stink of sulfur.
This place is not good. We wasted our time and drove 3hrs to play here. Go somewhere else, this place is trash
Saddlebrook Course
The course was nice and staff was friendly. A huge resort community. It seemed most people were there for other amenities. The property has a magnanimous amount of tennis courts and resort style pool. We didn’t use the amenities and not sure what additional costs (if any) would be incurred.
Positives: The course was in decent condition. The pace of play was great. It was just me and a friend and we were not paired with anyone else. The first 4 holes we had no one in front of us, but we eventually ran into a foursome. As to be expected, the pace slowed down slightly given that there were just 2 of us. But it was still not a terrible pace. It’s possible there was a tournament in the morning that we caught the tail end of. Not sure.
Negatives: The access to drinks around the course was terrible. Especially given that it was early Sunday afternoon. There was not a cart path attendant and limited stations for water, ball washing, etc. NOTE: IF YOU WANT TO HIT THE RANGE, GET THERE VERY EARLY. The range is nowhere near the clubhouse or first tee box. You must drive through neighborhoods on a golf cart (about 10 mins).
Overall, a good course with abundant wildlife. Course was not “premier”, but definitely playable conditions. I would play again.
Nice track
Tees re growing
fairways playable
greens grainy but medium speed i would guess 8.5 on stimp
Overall nice track cant wait to play again.
ONLY issue is long walk to pro shop if no shuttle which we didnt get after 10m mins.
Shot 36 on the back.
Staff went overboard to get us a tee time swapped us from a course that had a tourny to the better course Palmer, so for staff great...
Weeds in Greens
Nice course, but greens need a lot of attention (weeds)! Fairways are average. Need to bring the course conditions up to the price we are paying!
Nice course
Nice course, unfortunately some golfers just lack respect and drive the golf carts in soft spots which are clearly visible and ruin parts of the fairways.
Hard course
Great course , great condition but fairly difficult course. Plenty of water and narrow fairways.
Over all would play again 👍👍
Beautiful peaceful course.
Love this course..very scenic . Great condition..
Would play here more if the price was more reasonable for local florida residents...
Beautiful course
Beautiful course with nice layout. Greens and fairways were in great condition. Only negative is all the nonsense you have to go through just to get to the first tee. You first have to drive up to the main entrance of the hotel and then the valet has to take your clubs out of your vehicle and put them on an extended golf cart. You give your car keys to a young man who drives away with your car and parks it somewhere. You get on the extended cart and they drive you over to where you sign in at the pro shop. Then you walk over to get your cart. They then point you in the direction of the first tee and tell you to check in with the starter. We get to the starter booth and there is no one there. We eventually found the first tee and had a very enjoyable round. After our round we had to wait for the guy in the extended cart to show up again to take us and our clubs back to the hotel. He never showed up so we walked back and they brought our clubs back in a work cart. We then had to wait for the valet to go get my car. I’m glad we had lots of time to play our round.
Expensive and far too challenging for mere mortals
Concession and food costs, drinks way too expensive. Confusing valet service. As for the course, (Saddlebrook 18) bring lots of balls; way too much water and off fairway brush/jungle. This is not a mid to higher handicap course, you will get punished for not being on fairways. Subdivision signage and directions are confusing to the course/clubhouse. This golf course could be a whole lot more golfer friendlier, from course maintenance (greens) being poor to punishing off the fairway shots.
Great course
To be honest, we have now played both Palmer and saddlebrook courses. If you want a little more open area I would suggest Palmer. If you want to challenge I would suggest saddlebrook. Both are in excellent shape and both were highly enjoyable.
We are definitely coming back to enjoy both of them. There were two holes on the last three that had just a little bit of issues on the green that did not affect play at all. But you can tell they work hard to keep the course. Immaculate.
Course in good condition
The greens and fairways were in pretty good shape considering the time of year. The greens were soft and holding wedge shots. An overall good experience.
I hate to see this course disappear
I know things change, but to see a landmark be modified into something different so the new owners can make a profit, I question???
I hope they can keep this course at the level we all want!
Could use some work
Couldn’t beat the price but the Palmer course is in much better shape. Since they plan on closing the course in the future it seems like they don’t want to put up too much money maintaining it.