I've completed 6 one hour lessons with Nicole Gerome. I've had a huge improvement from absolute no…read morenothing to being able to golf with confidence and humor around The Villages. I'll be totally honest. I had next to no interest in the game but with so many golf courses here, well, I was missing out on important social opportunities and quality time with husband and friends. So let's give it a shot . Nicole listened and did not try to convince me how awesome golf is, instead we just worked together on skills and I asked questions about the game. She answered simply and I listened. I started playing golf and sort of held my own in the beginning and now I consider myself " not half bad" and enjoy playing. Whenever people say, whoa, nice shot, I always say I had a great teacher. Thank you, villages academy, you have a great instructor in Nicole.

Signed up for a one hour golf lesson at the Sarasota Practice Center, but they told me the wrong…read moretime and even wrote the time wrong down on the reminder card. I show up at the time I was told and show them my reminder card and of course nothing can be done about it. They apologized and told me I could come back in a few hours or rebook. The mistake was entirely their fault. Initially it took 20 minutes to book the lesson because they were using a new computer system that no one was good with, only for them to give me the wrong lesson time. Clearly they need to have a better tutorial on their computer system, as it was an overall huge waste of time. It's too bad. I had heard good things about The Villages and was looking forward to a golf lesson -- but it's expensive and they can't even work their own computer lesson booking system. Perhaps it was an honest mistake, but I was so turned off by the whole thing I didn't even bother rebooking.

I have just moved to The Villages and knew nothing about golf and really needed an instructor who…read morewas patient with a true beginner. Luckily for me, I found a great program. If you have ever thought about trying the game of golf...then this is the place you need to come to for outstanding golf instruction. These golf classes caters to ladies only. And the classes are limited to 6 students. This way, you get personal attention & instruction. The 10 hour class I attended , met Monday - Friday for 2 hours a day. Also, the instructor offers private lessons for both men and women. Sandra Chester is the LPGA teaching professional that will guide you through the basics along with her great assistant Kim. They have excellent booklets, with great illustrations for both right and left handed golfers. The booklets cover everything from general golf course information to equipment that you will need. From day 1 we not only had indoor class time, we also headed outside for hands on putting. I would truly recommend these classes to all ladies from the beginners to those who just want to learn the correct way to stand, hold your club, or just improve your game. Thanks to Sandra and Kim, I now feel that I can play a game and not make a total fool of myself. These ladies know the game of golf but more importantly, they know how to teach the rest of us the game!!! I plan on taking a few private lessons just to refine my swing.

Sandy did a great job at their week-long golf school. I had never played before, and after this…read moreprogram, I was able to join the ladies from my neighborhood and actually hit the ball! She had a club-by-club method that really gets you to understand the mechanics of golf and your body. You also get handy books that she wrote to refer back to once you leave her lessons. I went back after two years and took a couple of private lessons to advance my game. Made a huge difference in my playing.

Beautiful community! So much to do and well cared for. Hoping the new restaurant will open soon!read more

I went here on a Sunday with a small group of neighbors to get out and enjoy a round of golf. We…read moreall wanted to only play 9 holes. They had a special of $20 for 18 holes. We had to pay almost that much for only nine. The course appears to not use much water, the fairways were more like rough on most courses. The greens have many burn out spots and many weeds that does not allow true putting. The tee boxes are not al marked correctly on the monument signs at the tee boxes. We found more than one showing yardage a lot shorter than our GPS device reflected. I will not go there again any time soon

Range balls, Sixron, are brand new as of 2/11/25, cost is $6 a bucket for 60+ golf balls. There…read moreare 40 Mats to hit from to 50, 100, 150, 175, or 200 yard markers. Also 3 Golf professionals on site available for lessons. For the women, the golf pros include one LPGA instructor who previously taught for John Jacobs Golf Schools and the United States Golf Academy.

recently this facility brought in new golf balls for their customers to use . Well what a…read moreterrible mistake. It was like they grabbed a bunch of miniture golf balls painted yellow and rented them out for their customers to use. The true explanation for this occurance I believe is to be as cheap as possible and ignore the concerns of their customers. Please make sure you don't waste your time at this below rate facility .

Best in the business! Great service, selection, and attention to every bowler's needs.read more

They have a great selection of balls to chose from and they order them for the same week. The…read moredrilling price is included in the price, extra for finger inserts and plugs. I would recommend them as I buy my stuff from them.

Wayyyy overpriced for what you get. Go to Tenuroc. It's better, AND cheaper. I've shot at both…read moreand you quickly figure out that the Tenuroc choice is far better and the folks running Tenuroc are polite and helpful...unlike the attitude you get from the help at Black Jack. Save your money!

First time shooting here. We got here at 8 right when it opened and rented a golf cart. Took the…read moreorange course, great for beginners. Ladies who are new to shooting a shotgun, wear something thicker to protect your shoulder. Great time getting out of the city!

I had Mark sell several firearms for me on gunbroker.com. I thought about doing it myself and…read moresaving some money but I'm glad I didn't. Mark elected to separated some of the accessories from my guns, like magazines and scopes, and sell them separately. In addition he targeted some regions of the country for different guns that would appeal there. This fetched a LOT more than I figured would be market value. In the end, even with their commission I received more than I expected for my guns and was very pleased. Great place, smart, trustworthy and would absolutely return to do any firearm related business

Mark and Eric are AMAZING! They truly know there craft. Super knowledgeable about all guns. Bluing…read moreand parking is TOP NOTCH. You really get the small town customers service with skills better then any big store. They can build,repair,refinish any firearm or kit you have

They try so hard!! Here to celebrate my Mom's birthday with my sister, both of us from out of town…read more Mom wanted a fancy establishment so she made a reservation for Saturday night with Prime rib specials. Beautiful building with easy parking, greeted almost immediately from the hostess. Hostess was not dressed as fancy as the establishment, so maybe it's not that fancy? Live piano music while we dined was a nice touch. Waiter arrived a few minutes after we were sat. Apologies for us having to wait, no problem. Sister and I both had a cosmo and Mom went with water with lemon. We all ordered the Prime rib, myself a queen and my sister and Mom the King cut, mom wants the end piece well done. Bread came and we sat and chatted. While chatting I became animated and knocked into my glass and spilt my drink. No one was around to ask for something to pick up the spill, had to use my dinner napkin. The waiter asked if I was OK, told him I needed another napkin and why, but never asked if I wanted another drink. Dinner comes out after 25 minutes, it's a busy night, we see that. With in seconds my Mom wants to send hers back, the end cut was 75% fat! Who sends that out? Waiter apologized profusely and took her plate away for a new cut of meat. After 5 minutes of waiting, sister and I started taking from our plates to give to her so she could eat with us. I still have no napkin and no drink except the water. My sister declares she is done and the waiter comes with Moms dinner and my napkin. More apologies and he is now frazzled so he walks away. Never asked if I wanted another drink. So now that window is closed. Boxes for my left overs and most of mom's meal. She basically ate from our plates because it took so long. Dessert menu is given, we all ordered coffee and a dessert. Carrot cake came out drizzled with caramel and too much of it that it took away from the carrot cake flavor. Only ate a quarter of it, took the rest home. While we are eating the chef comes out and starts talking to the table next to us about their experience but never leaves or asks any other guests how their meal was. An apology from him would have been great as to why Moms replacement took another 25 minutes. They really do try to be more than what the reality of the situation is. The potential is there but needs a strong lead to pull it together. A F&B person myself I saw that it was every other table type of serving which ultimately leads to poor service. Stations are for optimal results in my experience. Servers tend to not like that because they will not get seated enough, but if there are reservations, seating evenly is a no brainer. I'm pretty sure Mom is going to want to come back but for me, I think I'll recommend another place. Keep trying, you'll get there.

Last Friday was my first time playing this golf course with about 20 of my golf buddies and…read moreeveryone really enjoyed the course layout, the greens, and the fairways was absolutely amazing. Skyview has a practice/warmup area that most courses would env. The practice greens was very fast, actually faster than the ones on the course. They also have a serviceable chipping area and driving range to work on your game. Most of the holes are right in front of you, no real tricks, it does boast some of the highest points in Florida, which I would certainly agree with. The par fives are long but fair (all over 530 yards but downhill), the par fours are challenging and the par three's are a mixture of mid to long (two par three's over 200 yards from the tips). The only negative or drawback was that during our entire round we didn't see not one cart person for much needed refreshments. Other than that it was a sensational December day to golf in West Central Florida. Hopefully I'll see you on the tee box soon.