Colony West

I played the glades course for the first time. It was very easy and played it in less than 2 hours. The course is very average conditions, but for the price it’s acceptable.

Very disappointed in management of this club. Paid for a membership and two days later they gave a special offer and wouldn’t offer it to those already who had resigned their membership. VERY POOR MANAGEMENT DECISION
Don’t recommend buying their membership

Great course, great greens, and great people inside the clubhouse!!! If you ever get a chance to meet the manager Ryan inside he’s a great guy, told me the clubs I should buy and the balls that were good but cheep!!! Eventhough I lost 3 of them they worked like a charm!!!
Great place and I will for sure be back next Saturday for another 18 on the champ course!!!

The Track has vastly improved over the past year. Greens are rolling smoothly, however the fairways remain thin and teeing ground needs to be improved. The pace of play on weekends remains slow, not because of the volume on the course, but they allow Twosomes to go out without forcing a pairing with another two players. Additionally, Rangers, when they are around do not seem to be willing to take the action necessary to speed up play. So expect five hour rounds as a norm.

I tried to book a on-​line tee time to play, but being a single player they would not allow. They tell you just to come to the course and they will pair you up with others who are not paired in foursomes. The problem is in the price since you cannot book on line they charge you the daily walk up price which is 10 – 15.00 more than their on line price. They have no drinking water on the course, just a beverage cart you never see, no yardage GPS and charge high prices. When they advertise on Golf Now and say Go Play my advise is GO SOMEWHERE ELSE this place managed by Billy Casper Golf is a rip off.

Colony West Championship course with the wife today. Nice course with greens recently redone, but they stack ‘em too tight. Seemed like there was a golfer (or two) at every hitting position on the course. The golf company gets maximum revenue but we won’t be playing here anytime soon — too much waiting. Also we played the glades course last week. It has no par 5s and the greens are in dire need of reconstruction. Serious golfers need not play there. And as we sit in the (admittedly decent) clubhouse after 18, we see s group of six (yes six) golfers finishing on 18. Not acceptable.

Well, I checked the Unilocal reviews before I played at Colony West, and convenience and location overrode any hesitation from «hater» reviews.
Facilities: great. Not the fanciest clubhouse, but the green fees are priced to value. The food at the restaurant was better than adequate and the waitress was cheery and efficient.
Greens: their website boasts, «the most challenging course in Florida,» and though I wouldn’t go that far, the course was indeed challenging with thoughtful layouts, traps, and ponds. I like a course that starts with a good drive, and this one starts at around 549 yards. Overall, the course was green, groomed, and balanced. There were some obvious patches on the green, but none were terribly distracting to the game.
Starter: Art was efficient, thoughtful, and careful with the clubs. The carts are in great shape, and seem newer than most public courses.
Overall, I liked this place, and I’m rating it five stars on price to value. I bought their value three pack without hesitation. 3 plays+cart for $ 99! A steal.

When i first moved to sofla 17 yrs ago, this was my fave course in area. The Rack family of Pittsburgh, tho not the savviest business people, ran a pretty tight ship here at Colony West. Decent prices, efficient tee times, and rangers on course who kept things moving. Jump forward to now, having left the golf biz and a course that was left to nature and what you have is very sad. Billy Caspar golf now owns the property. Their website proclaims money spent on improvements etc. Not so. No yardage markers, no drinking water, an invisible beverage cart, and teeboxes, fairways and greens that are cow pasture-​esque. Oh, and the cart paths will knock the fillings out of your teeth!.. Lets hope those much needed improvements appear sooner rather than later. I paid $ 42 for a round on the champ course, after 2 pm. Thats steep for a course in this shabby shape, season or not. Until i hear that vast improvement has been made, i will not be returning. Which makes me sad, because this is (was) a great track.

Thought this was going to be a nice course but was disappointed. Greens and fairways were all pretty crappy. You can tell they don’t maintain it very Well an each green was a different speed. The only good thing was there was nobody there. Has potential to be a really nice course being it’s long an has some challenging holes with a nice layout. But also beware of all the kids running around the course when they get out of school

Reopened in December 2013. Nice course not so difficult. We played Champ course on Saturday. It was good, not so busy, we were playing less than 4 hours.

First words spoken to me as I waited in the Proshop 5 minutes, before someone noticed me were «you need something». Next words spoken to me were «there’s going to be a rider fee for him» referring to my 5 year old that was with hoping to learn a game of etiquette and morals… it looks like it won’t be long before these guys are filling bankruptcy too. Not a «hello» or one kind word spoken… For a dying sport I don’t understand why these people don’t learn how to run a business… For what it’s worth they did put some money back into the course and it is in much better shape than the last owners left it. But they still haven’t fixed the cart paths that will leave you driving straight to the nearest chiropractor. I gave it a 2 because they raised the prices, the course is much the same, and they could have cared less if we ever came back.

There are two courses. The Glades course is practically a dog park with a golf course on it. Absolute trash. Pay the extra ten dollars for the Champs course. It’s beautiful considering the area it’s in and you’ll be hard pressed to find a better value. The Tamarac area feels like you’re in a time warp back to the 80s, but the Champs course has been upkept well. Lots of long holes and playable for all skill levels. It’s never busy and you can always get a tee time the day of. Also the club house has pretty decent food, if you can stomach all the Steeler fans that seem to be there at all times of the day.