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Scotland Yards Golf Club
is like a “wee bit o’ Scotland” set in the gentle
rolling hills of West Central Florida. Located twenty miles north
of Tampa, between Zepherhills and Dade City, it’s definitely
a Florida golf course, though several of its links style golf
holes are very much reminiscent of Scottish style golf links,
double greens and all.
Playing
conditions are always great at Scotland Yards Golf Club and it’s
truly a joy to play. Its Bermuda 419 fairways and Tif-dwarf putting
greens are always well maintained, and during the Winter season
the entire course is generously over-seeded with Winter Ryegrass.
The high lipped bunkers
that protect this green are a reoccurring theme at Scotland Yards
Golf Club.
Opened
in 1988, the 18 hole, par 72 championship golf course at Scotland
Yards Golf Club was designed and built by its former owner, PGA
professional Bill Rinaldo. Very much like the young Pete Dye,
but without the railroad ties, Rinaldo was inspired by the Scottish
links-style golf courses, and it shows in the shaping of the
undulating greens and fairways.
The
bunkers at Scotland Yards are diverse and well placed, and many
of them around the greens are cut into the mounding and have
exaggerated shaping and high lips, making it a challenge to get
out of the sand. Many pot bunkers, waste bunker and grass bunkers
also add to the ambiance that is Scotland Yards.
The two mounded bunkers above
protect Scotland Yards Golf Club's #3 green.
The
giant Carnoustie-like Par 5, # 3 hole, referred to as the signature
hole, for the two giant mounds and pot bunkers that guard the
front of the green, is the longest hole on the course at 554
yards and is rarely reached in two. Its fairways are so very
much undulated that a golfer could almost getting seasick. The
third shot, played from a vast deep swale, 60 to 80 yards out
must be hit up to the green some 12 feet above.
Scotland
Yards Golf Club is a semi-private club that’s open for daily
fee play and its competitively priced green fees are considered
a real golf value among the locals around the Tampa Bay area.
Scotland Yards Golf Club also has a large clubhouse, a restaurant
with fine dining and a cocktail lounge and overnight accommodations
nearby. So, it’s a perfect spot for an affordable golf vacation
in West Central Florida. Reasonably priced golf lessons are available
from PGA Certified instructors at Scotland Yards Golf Club and
their well trained staff always provides extraordinary customer
service. Whether your looking for an excellent golf travel destination,
or a day of golf on an impeccably maintained links-style course,
Scotland Yards Golf Club provides memorable Florida golf experience
that you will undoubtedly enjoy.
Just twenty miles
north of Tampa, Scotland Yards Golf Club is set amongst the rolling
hills of West Central Florida.
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