This course is in our GSPro library — pull it up in any bay and play it wall to wall.

"Typical Florida planned-community club; catalog-completeness entry alongside Palma Ceia for a two-course Tampa set."

Arthur Hills carved this par-72 through the wetlands and pine of New Tampa in 1987, back when Tampa Palms was the area's flagship master-planned community. It's classic Hills: environmentally sensitive routing, water threatening on ten holes, and greens defended by well-placed sand rather than brute length — though at 7,004 yards from the tips with a 135 slope, it has teeth. Now operated as a private club under Invited (formerly ClubCorp), it remains one of the better pure golf tests inside Tampa city limits.

Mid-to-low handicappers who like a shot-placement course over a bomber's paradise, and New Tampa locals who want a private-club home course close to home.

The signature is the par-3 17th: a tee shot over an expansive pond to a green guarded by two bunkers left — the kind of late-round nerve test Hills loved. The water-lined finishing stretch decides most matches here.

Water on ten holes means forced carries and lost-ball potential for new players, but forward tees are generous and the fairways reasonably wide. Playable for a patient beginner riding in a cart; the 135 slope from the back is real.

This is genuinely local — New Tampa, straight down Bruce B. Downs from Wesley Chapel, 15-20 minutes from the venue. Members who live in Tampa Palms or Hunter's Green can scout their home course in the bay.

In GSPro via a Tekbud recreation (updated 2024) — a rare chance to play a Tampa course in a Tampa sim bay. The water carries that eat golf balls in real life are consequence-free practice here; a great pick for members who actually play New Tampa golf and want the home-turf scouting trip.

Private Invited club — member and guest play is the norm. Outside tee times have historically surfaced on booking sites like GolfNow, but don't count on it; the reliable route is a member invite or a membership inquiry.