Golf in Cape Coral, FL
I am most likely going to Cape Coral in April for my aunts 50th birthday. What are some good easy to intermediate level courses in that area? (Most likely going to be there for a week.)
Posted Jan 6, 2016, 8:16 PM UTC
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I literally just got back to CT from Cape Coral this morning... Small world!
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I'd recommend Magnolia Landing, up in North Ft. Myers.
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I'll give a rundown of the courses I played in the area over the winter.
Eagle Ridge- Good price, pretty short course, however the back tees are very challenging. Greens are a little slow but the course overall is fun and at times is very diabolical (such as tee shots on 2, 4, 5). I shot 75 from the Whites. Woulda coulda shoulda been a few lower. They only have a batting cage range if that is an issue to you.
Old Corkscrew- Expensive, but one of the best courses you can play as a public player. It's a textbook Nicklaus course with very deep bunkers. The greens were sandy when I played but this could have been only temporary, and they still rolled quite fast. Many subtilties that only a great golfer can appreciate, while most players are just scrambling to save their life. Overall fun and challenging, also pretty. I made one disaster tee shot on each side which cost me a shot at the 70's, 86 from the second longest tee.
Shell Point- Another short course, except for holes 2 and 3 which are very long. Mid level price range Lots of fairway to hit but missing them will leave you in moderate trouble. The greens were excruciatingly slow but at least were smooth. It's a somewhat challenging course and you don't need to pull driver on every hole, even though you will. The back nine gets a little goofy because you have to carry water on almost every tee shot. Shot 74 from the second longest tees with 15 pars and 3 bogies, it was dissappointing. Also the closing holes are kind of duds, all short par 4's and a short par 3.
Naples Lakes CC- It's in Naples and it's private but I just thought I'd mention it. Wide fairways but god help you if you miss them. Every hole has some way to make a tripple. I played horrible and shot 90 from the third longest tee, they have too many to remember. The 18th is a really fun par 5 that I at least birdied. Very firm greens, not much holds them.
Pellican Preserve- It's a very good public course that probably will go private eventually. The clubhouse is incredible. However, the greens all died and they are in the middle of re-growing them, so the putting surface is basically fairway, and for this reason they are only charging like half price. They have 3 nines, I played the Ibis and Egret. The Ibis starts on 3 very long holes, some holes such as 3 just feel massive, and it's challenging. Then it shortens up and gets easier. The Egret is shorter and is more like your typical Florida public course. I shot a very poor 77 where I played the hard holes great and the easy holes terribly.
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In Cape Coral? There's really only Palmetto Pines Country Club and Coral Oaks Country Club. Both are decent.
In Fort Myers there the two muni's; Fort Myers Country Club and Eastwood Golf Course. Both are pretty decent, but I definitely recommend Eastwood out of the two.
There are a billion other courses, much nicer and better kept, but prices go up dramatically.
If you have a course that you are considering, I can give you some information about it, but there's a million courses in the area.