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4.0
1363 Reviews (1363)
5 Stars
219
4 Stars
481
3 Stars
305
2 Stars
181
1 Stars
177
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.8
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.6
84.2%
Recommend this course
928 out of 1363 reviews
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4.1
8 Reviews (8)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
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2 Stars
1
1 Stars
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Conditions
4.0
Value
3.9
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.9
StaffFriendliness
4.8
87.5%
Recommend this course
7 out of 8 reviews
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4.1
8 Reviews (8)
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3 Stars
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Conditions
4.0
Value
3.9
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.9
StaffFriendliness
4.8
87.5%
Recommend this course
7 out of 8 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 71
Length 7005 yards
Slope 124
Rating 71.9

Editor's Note: Course closed. See Clermont National Golf Course listing.

Course Details

Year Built 1999
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Terrill LaGree

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fee
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Caddies No
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Amex MasterCard Visa Discover card(s) Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Appropriate golf attire. No denim. Collared shirts required.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Reviews

4.0
1363 Reviews (1363)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 50
19th Hole Scenic Views 41
Brunch 22
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 169
Bunkers 122
Forced Carries 70
This course/club is great for:
Locals 99
Advanced Golfers 90
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 83
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 113
Convenient to the City 65
In the 'Burbs 57

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Played On
Reviews 73
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Revamped and renewed-way better!!!

This is the first time playing since it was closed down and way better than before. Actual grass and plays a bit better with certain traps filled in. I always liked this course and still do. Just not sure it’s worth $90. I will keep looking for the deals.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice to have it back!

The course still needs some time to grow in, mostly in the fairways and the rough. The greens were nearly perfect, though. Very nice tee boxes. I had forgotten how much fun this course is- the elevation, the choices from the tee, and did I mention the greens? Large, smooth and in great shape. The putting surfaces on the course were better than the practice green which was a nice surprise. I have high hopes for the survival of the course this time around. It’s a little pricey compared to the other 2 or 3 courses nearby, but if the money keeps going back into course maintenance, it will be worth it.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Clermont National lives up to billing

Unique Florida course, lots of elevation changes! In good shape, firm, large greens, not to fast. Played as a twosome until 13 when a single caught us, still played in 3 hours! Overall, a great experience.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Dimond Players Club turns Sanctuary Ridge turns The Grove at Clermont National.

The same great layout minus the terrible conditions we have all seen in the past.

Staff were all very nice and helpful.
The carts are awesome.

This course is still filling back in, in a few areas but over all a huge improvement on all fronts.

Hopefully the keep the price up all year to keep the round count per day down a little bit. We don’t want another Legends or White Heron in the center of Clermont.

Keep up the good work CN team!!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 22
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Sanctuary Ridge now Clermont National

I played Sanctuary Ridge the last day they were open. It was a little more than a cow pasture. I was excited when I heard it was reopened. I even payed much more than I normally pay for golf, $95 + tax, thinking that with this being the elevated cost they must have done some major renovations to the course. They did redo the restaurant, put in a new pro shop, and a new pretty elaborate driving range. The driving range almost makes you think of Top Golf with real grass. However, all they did to the actual golf course was reseaded everything, yes it was green and in fair shape, but to charge the rates they are now seems only to pay for the amenities off the course. I will NOT play there again until there prices come down.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

All bark and no bite

Unfortunately, all the money was spent on the restaurant and range. There was little change to the course, except for making bunkers smaller. The back nine still had dirt and bare spots. The first hole should have been graded smooth, before planting new grass. The course should be the star, not the clubhouse.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Closing today....

I live next door and was one of the first golfers to ever play this course. And i was probably the last or nearly the last to play also. Loved this course for many years, great layout, interesting holes. It became badly rundown the past couple years, but i will miss it greatly. I hear it may comeback as Clernont national, next year, we`ll see....

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 09/20/2021

Hi, allennoell. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Sanctuary Ridge Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 2
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 09/13/2021

Hi, u925661976. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We see you rated the course 1 star and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take single star feedback very seriously at our course. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Poor conditions

It’s clearly not a well maintained course. It lacks mowing and watering.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 09/07/2021

Hi, u000007642077! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Sanctuary Ridge Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Used To Be A Nice Course

Second time playing here. Both times have run into issues with other golfers and pace of play. Course is set up awesome, nice club house, but nothing is maintained well. Still a fun place for the low price.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 09/07/2021

Hi, u314159867513! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Sanctuary Ridge Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

New ownership coming soon

Hopefully this picturesque coarse will get the owner of deserves and will turn this around into a premier course. The layout is great. Good challenges, but man oh man, show the course dinner live, cut the grass, clean outa sandtrap or two. Hopefully a cart could come by as well.

Looking forward to playing again soon

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/30/2021

Hi, C4ish9! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Sanctuary Ridge Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 51
Handicap 20-24
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Grass would be good

Fairways are is poor condition. Greens not bad. Counter staff good, outside attendant sucks

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/30/2021

Hi, u314160719353,
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes. Your feedback helps us do better. We are looking into this issue and hope to resolve it promptly. Thank you for visiting Sanctuary Ridge Golf Club. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.

Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

The course needs help

The course is suffering. I really like the course layout, but the tee boxes, fairways, greens, and even the rough are not even close right now. Greens fees match course conditions, so you're not getting ripped off, but . . .

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/30/2021

Hello u000003736493, thank you for taking the time to review us, and for the 2 stars. We're sorry to hear the course may not have been in the best shape on the day of your round. We appreciate your feedback as we work to make any necessary improvements. Thank you for choosing to golf with us, and we look forward to seeing you again soon at Sanctuary Ridge Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 08/30/2021

Hello, jcunningham79. We appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Sanctuary Ridge Golf Club. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!

Played On
Reviews 3
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 08/23/2021

Hi, u684582802. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We see you rated the course 1 star and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take single star feedback very seriously at our course. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 08/16/2021

Hi, u000008161959. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We see you rated the course 1 star and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take single star feedback very seriously at our course. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback.

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Poor Course Condition

1-Fairways were in such poor condition making it even hard to navigate a golf cart.
2- Ball cleaning stations without water
3- Drinking water stations empty
4- Forget looking for your ball if it travels slightly off the fairway because grass estimated to be 6 inches high and add another 1 to 2 inches of grass clippings on top of that.

This was my first time this course and most likely my last time if golf course management can't to better than this.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 08/23/2021

Hello, u314162010631. Thank you for reviewing the course. We would like to apologize for your recent experience. We're sorry to hear you were less than satisfied during your round. We pride ourselves on our providing great service and the high-quality standards we maintain. We hope you give us another try.

Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 08/02/2021

Hi, u762192128. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We see you rated the course 1 star and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take single star feedback very seriously at our course. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Sanctuary Ridge Golf Club.

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