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

"Widely considered the best public-access round in Lakeland proper — the elevation change makes it play unlike a typical flat Polk County course. Rates float roughly $49-95 by season and tee time."

Ron Garl's 1996 design in southern Polk County is a Florida oddity: over 100 feet of elevation change on a links-leaning routing, with natural lakes touching eleven holes. Garl even had Senior Golf Magazine survey older players before building a custom forward tee set, and Eaglebrooke was the first US course grassed with Greg Norman's GN-1. A longtime Golf Digest 4.5-star 'Best Places to Play' pick, the semi-private, Troon-managed club closed for a greens-and-bulkheads renovation in April 2025, so it's playing on fresh surfaces now.

Florida golfers bored of pancake-flat golf, and anyone who wants a legit Garl design at everyday prices within an hour of Tampa.

The memory here is terrain: elevated tee shots you simply don't get elsewhere in central Florida, and the back-nine holes that hug the lakes, where Garl makes you choose a line over water rather than around it.

Friendly semi-private vibe and six tee sets, but water on eleven holes plus real elevation makes club selection tricky. Play the right tees and it's a fair, fun learning course.

Lakeland is about 45 minutes from Wesley Chapel via I-4/SR-33 — one of the closest 'destination-quality' publics to Clubhouse, and an easy members' field-trip course.

Yes — a GSPro recreation by TheGolfBoy (Oct 2024) is on the community course lists. A great Clubhouse double: play it in the bay, then drive 45 minutes and test your reads on the real greens.

Semi-private with public tee times bookable online; green fees run well under $100 most of the year. Post-2025 renovation, conditions are the draw — book morning slots in season.