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Bill Homyak
Pensacola
2017-01-25
$101 (cart included), played on Thursday, January 2017 at 12:30 PM
Pensacola Country Club is a private course that was totally redone after Hurricane Ivan. It became a hugely better course after the redo.
The course has a good balance of holes, some with lakes and some without. The fairways and greens were in great shape for the month of January when I played it with the Bermuda fairways only being slightly dormant. Real challenging layout.
The only weak hole, in my opinion, is the 160-yard par three finishing hole. Yes, it is the only hole along Pensacola Bay, but they had to build the green way up to get it high enough above the bay water and with frequent winds coming off the bay, it can be a real bummer finishing your round with a double bogey.
The 17th hole is a great potential finishing par 4 - I suggest they make #18 the 10th hole which would allow #17 to be the new 18th. But, a great course and fun to play if you get an invitation - plan to pay around $110 as a guest.
Would travel: 20-30 Miles, Not Vacation Worthy
Bottom line: I would play again, Better than average course for the area, Expensive and worth it
Condition of Course, Pace of Play, Difficulty, Ambiance, Layout, No Houses on Course, Clubhouse
$101 (cart included), played on Thursday, January 2017 at 12:30 PM
Pensacola Country Club is a private course that was totally redone after Hurricane Ivan. It became a hugely better course after the redo.
The course has a good balance of holes, some with lakes and some without. The fairways and greens were in great shape for the month of January when I played it with the Bermuda fairways only being slightly dormant. Real challenging layout.
The only weak hole, in my opinion, is the 160-yard par three finishing hole. Yes, it is the only hole along Pensacola Bay, but they had to build the green way up to get it high enough above the bay water and with frequent winds coming off the bay, it can be a real bummer finishing your round with a double bogey.
The 17th hole is a great potential finishing par 4 - I suggest they make #18 the 10th hole which would allow #17 to be the new 18th. But, a great course and fun to play if you get an invitation - plan to pay around $110 as a guest.