Palatka Golf Course — Attraction in Palatka

I never post reviews however the experience today at Palatka Golf Club was too fun not to share the good vibes. First off the gents in the Clubhouse were very friendly from the moment we stepped in the door. Was provided a complementary course guide book and was treated like a member throughout the check in. Told to take our time and tee off when we were ready. The course was awesome. Classic DR with small turtle back greens and adventurous doglegs. Many choices off the tee boxes in terms of strategy. Hitting the proper side of the fairway is a premium here as is a signature of Mr. Ross designs. Played the tips and the course played about 10% longer than the yardage indicates due to moist conditions and surprising elevations. Course conditions were not perfect otherwise I would rate 5.0. I believe the course would play a lot different in the summer when the ball could roll more. What a fun experience. This is a poor man’s...

They recently hired a company to run it and make it better, but it's been long enough for some results to have shown, and they haven't. Nice people, decent prices in the pro shop, electric carts. The fairways are not in good enough shape for a golf course with unlimited water. They leave rough in grass that makes your ball disappear -- lost. They should cut it to make the course more enjoyable for the public. The bunkers were not consistent, with one having a normal layer of sand hiding hard sand just below. At least it was raked by the grounds crew, unlike others. The greens were in horrible shape, with huge rough patches, bare spots, and slow, slow, slow. If they are even working on the greens, give them at least until June 2012 before you attempt to play here. And as for it being a Donald Ross course, there really isn't anything special about the design other than the greens and...

This is a great designed course. Our first experience was great. Today we booked an 8 am Tee time and got there early and encouraged to start earlier due to a tournament. We were fine with skipping warm ups. Started at 7:30 am just to have another Tee time moved right up our back side. Which was probably the original 7:30 schedule. Poorly managed. Let them play through only to be hollared at on hole 5 to speed things up. Later to be told we should have not played a ball where it lay but throw it in the crab grass. Just a bad experience for mismanaging times with tournament. Just outside the fairways where so high with patchy crab grass , it was difficult to even find a decent hit ball. Hopefully next time it will me better managed time wise...