Best golf courses: Tampa

Tampa: the table below provides brief details about the top golf courses in and around this city. Each golf club has been visited and/or researched by Where2Golf. Click on the course name below to discover more. The course ratings below range from 5 highest, to 2 lowest. They attempt to provide an indication of the golfing experience you might expect at the course (based on its design, condition and surroundings). Hover your cursor above the Rating Key below for the rating definitions.
5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Doak, Tom

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Tampa

Designer

Tom Doak of Renaissance Golf Design.

5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Hanse, Gil

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Visitors welcome

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Tampa

Designer

Gil Hanse

5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this.
Private club
Tampa
Fazio, Tom

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Private club

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Tampa

Designer

Original design by Tom Fazio (1988); modifications by David Whelchel (2012).

5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Weed, Bobby

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Tampa

Designer

Bobby Weed (architect) and Chi Chi Rodriguez (player consultant)
5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Coore & Crenshaw

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Tampa

Designer

Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw.

5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this.
Rsrt guests only
Tampa
Packard, Lawrence

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Rsrt guests only

Nearest city

Tampa

Designer

Lawrence "Larry" Packard

5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Fazio, Tom

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Tampa

Designer

Original design by Tom Fazio (1993); revamped by Kyle Franz (2022).

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Rsrt guests only
Tampa
Packard, Lawrence

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Rsrt guests only

Nearest city

Tampa

Designer

Lawrence "Larry" Packard

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Fazio, Tom

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Tampa

Designer

Original design by Tom Fazio (1993); revamped by Mike Nuzzo, Kyle Franz & Ran Morrissett (2022).

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Lehman & Sandness

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Tampa

Designer

Tom Lehman & Kurt Sandness
4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Jones Sr, Robert Trent

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Visitors welcome

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Tampa

Designer

Designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr and constructed by golf course architect, Roger Rulewich.
4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Sandness, Steve

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Tampa

Designer

Steve Sandness
4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Palmer, Arnold

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Visitors welcome

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Designer

Palmer course designed by Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay (1986), incorporating nine holes from the resort's original 27-hole Dean Refram-designed Saddlebrook course.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Garl, Ron

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Visitors welcome

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Tampa

Designer

Ron Garl

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Clifton, Lloyd

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Visitors welcome

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Tampa

Designer

Lloyd Clifton
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Diddel, William

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Visitors welcome

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Tampa

Designer

William Diddel
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Harman, David

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Visitors welcome

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Tampa

Designer

David Harman
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Refram & Palmer

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Tampa

Designer

Original design by Dean Refram (1976); modifications by Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay (1986).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Garl, Ron

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Tampa

Designer

Ron Garl
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Pate, Scott

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Tampa

Designer

Scott Pate
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
(Closed in 2015)
Tampa
Hills, Arthur

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(Closed in 2015)

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Tampa

Designer

Original layout (1988) and significant modifications (2008) designed by Arthur Hills

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Rsrt guests only
Tampa
Packard, Lawrence

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Rsrt guests only

Nearest city

Tampa

Designer

Lawrence "Larry" Packard

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Lee, Joe

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Visitors welcome

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Tampa

Designer

Joe Lee
3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
Rsrt guests only
Tampa
Packard, Lawrence

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Rsrt guests only

Nearest city

Tampa

Designer

Lawrence "Larry" Packard

3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Ross, Donald

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Tampa

Designer

Donald Ross
Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Powell, Chip

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Tampa

Designer

Chip Powell

Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
Restricted
Tampa
Dye, Pete

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Restricted

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Tampa

Designer

Pete Dye
Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Garl, Ron

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Tampa

Designer

Ron Garl
Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Garl, Ron

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Tampa

Designer

Ron Garl

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Ryder Cup: Rome plays host to the first ever Ryder Cup to be staged in Italy, with the USA defending golf’s greatest team trophy at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club (Sept 29-Oct 1).

Solheim Cup: also in September, also in southern Europe, the 18th Solheim Cup will be contested at Finca Cortesin on the Costa del Sol, with Europe defending after their surprise win in Toledo, Inverness Club (Ohio) in 2021 (Sept 22-24). 

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Marco Simone Golf & Country Club

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.

Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.

Prince's Golf Club, Kent (UK)

Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.

Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available

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