Gordon Trent Golf Course — Local services in Stuart

Located some 26 miles east of the Highland Golf Course, could this be the perfect Anti-Primland option? Gordan Trent Golf Course is family run, totally unpretentious, low-key, and costs approximately 1/20th what a round at the Highland Course would run you. Using my Tee Time Book (I was told that I was the first person to ever use this option at the course!), I paid a whopping $11 (typically about $15 for a senior during the week) to walk this 18 hole course. Is it a championship course with lightening fast greens, immaculate fairways, and yardage markers every 25 yards? Of course not. But it was fun, nicely maintained for its age and price & had an interesting, if not occasionally eclectic, layout; for example the walk from the #7 green basically forces you to return directly back along the fairway to return to #8. It operates at about 5,500 yards from the tips, but it felt longer. I would have guess closer to 6,000 yards because of the elevation changes/hills. Its hard to imagine a better value for your money in such a...

Carts are old but fast. And greens are pretty good but slow. Owner is nice, and the cats are sweet. That's where it ends. The tee boxes, well, there are no real tee boxes, just marked off (sparsely) spots on the fairway...well, actually, not really fairway, just a tad shorter cabbage than what the rest of the course is made of. Thankfully, the owner marked where to go on the score card because we'd have never found our way, going from super bumpy paved to gravel to dirt cart paths and very few signs. The setting is pretty, and if you approach this like a $27 18 holes of practice hitting from bad grass, it's not too bad. But if you expect to play golf, you'll probably be frustrated with most of the holes. As mentioned, the greens are pretty good, so par 3's weren't that bad. But it needs some work on fairway grass, tee boxes, and paths. Plenty of green stuff to hit off of, but the green stuff...

First time playing on this course. I'm not sure why some of the reviews are low... Sure this is an older course. It also used to be only nine holes. So there in lies the directions on the score card. Carts are older than some other courses. Very nice and challenging course in my opinion. One big thing player's have to understand is. This is a family ran course. Of course the greens are a little slow and sandy. It's springtime people. Even greens have to be aerated, that's where the sand comes into play. My foursome will definitely be back. My hats off to...