Deer Island Country Club - Tavares, Florida

Ruben Orozco

Gem of a course ⛳️ - everything from the drive to the clubhouse, to the wonderful staff and impeccable fairways and greens 🏌️‍♂️and the prehistoric gators 🐊 (PERFECT)

First Class Experience

Richard Hornsby

Admittedly, expectations exceeded reality as I thought it would be much more picturesque. But the course was okay and reminded me of a typical community golf course that winds through the neighborhood. While it’s a good value, I’m not sure the value justifies driving an hour outside of Orlando to play with so many other options available. With that said, it is definitely very challenging with water - and alligators - everywhere.

T jW

This place has real promise. It’s a challenging but great layout with beautiful views. The conditions are fair on 2/28. Fairways were a little thin and the rough was a little thin but dormant so not much to complain about there. Greens were nice, though a tad slow. This place has great value. It could be fantastic if not for one thing. The ranger was frankly incredibly out of line and rude. We were approached on the 12th fairway, after getting some refreshments from the cart girl and told to pick up the pace because we were a hole behind. I was baffled as we had been waiting to hit every shot with multiple groups in front of us. I told her this and she doubled down and said the next group was clearing the next green and that we needed to pick it up. We move off the green and wouldn’t you know it the group ahead was just getting to the green ( par 3). She then stalked us the remainder of the 4.5 hour round. Not sure what her problem was but we were told she was the GM and it was far from a pleasant experience. For what it’s worth, the pro shop/bar attendant, starter , and cart girl were all very welcoming and friendly. If not for her, we would have had a fantastic day, on an otherwise nice golf course with great value. Could easily be 4 or 5 stars but cant say I’d recommend this place as a result of our experience.

Mark Enriquez

Loved it. Love a course cut out of the natural environment with lakes, trees, wildlife. All the water makes it more challenging. Greens and overall conditions were great. The layout of the holes and fairways were dictated by the natural landscape. Truly out in beautiful nature. I would be down to play the course week in week out.

lee wetherill

First of all I must apologise for taking so long to write this review, I really thought I'd entered one when we played it in November 2022.
What a gem of a place this is, we met the owner and his little dog at the clubhouse after our round and what a fantastic gent he was.
The guys at the check in and marshall were all brilliant too, a bit of comedy and banter are always a winning combination.
So we are a group of English guys who take a trip to Orlando every two years to play golf, we take a gamble sometimes on new courses to play.
It is not unknown for us to drive 2hrs from Kissimmee to play.
We took a gamble on Deer Island and what a fantastic place it turned out to be.
The course was interesting and challenging in places, great condition and we all loved it.
Water hazards, great green layouts, just a great course.
Loads of wildlife on the course
We are due back to Florida in November 2024 and it is the first course on our must play list.
See you soon Deer Island

Robin Harris

We have played this course several times over the last 8 years. The course itself was always very average at best but the wildlife was entertaining. This year the course was beautiful and kudos to the new owner for the amazing makeover! Staff was very friendly, bathrooms nice and clean. We hope to be back in February!

William Karczewski

The course is in great shape and offers some really unique holes. The greens roll very well and the views on the water holes are beautiful. The only downside is how far the driving range is from the 1st hole, but this does not take away from the experience. Club house is quite nice and the staff are always very friendly. This is indeed a hidden gem

Ivan Martez

Great course, fairways and greens are in great shape. Keep your eyes open as there is a lot of wildlife roaming around. This would have been 5 stars but the driving range could be better.