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South at Bay Palms Golf Complex is an 18-hole course in Tampa, Florida.

Designed by Ron Garl. It plays 6,768 yards from the Blue tees, rated 72.9/126 (checked 2026-08-24).

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18
holes
72
par
6,768
yards (tips)
126
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES407395178364383350178355514425394360224574528200550389142433445464738495104114124133145155163175184PAROUT 3,124 YDSIN 3,644 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Ron Garl reported
address
1803 Golf Course Ave, Tampa, FL 33621, USA
elevation
10 ft derived
opened
1986

27.83620, -82.47151 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 10 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

178 traced features across 8 layers for South at Bay Palms Golf Complex, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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178 traced features across 8 layers for South at Bay Palms Golf Complex, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
22
Fairways
15
Bunkers
17
Water
18
Greens
54
Tee pads
6,768yds
Blue tees
574yds
Longest hole
178yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-01-11

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-24

All 8 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 8 rows.

BlueM72676872.912631243644
WhiteM72624470.012228993345
Gold72531765.910624032914
GoldF72531770.3119
GoldM72531765.9106
Red72507464.810222372837
RedM72507464.8102
RedF72507468.9116

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-24

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 443444345444355354 72
Blue 407395178364383350178355514425394360224574528200550389 6,768
White 375363160352345337148340479393356338153546493179521366 6,244
Gold 290307145297333279138288326323290329136479430153460314 5,317
Red 285302102292278274100283321318285292131474425148455309 5,074
Handicap 411141711816812259731310615

The Studio

The Studio can't plan South at Bay Palms Golf Complex hole by hole yet.

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  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

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Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn FloridaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,768 yds=558th of 1,178=3,781st of 12,02543rd of 107 in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area · =3,756th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 126=561st of 743=5,028th of 8,710=42nd of 62 in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area · =4,838th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 72.9=371st of 707=2,810th of 7,615=27th of 59 in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area · =2,785th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,694 yds between tees=691st of 1,150=4,152nd of 11,52356th of 105 in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area · =4,091st of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1986=342nd of 709=5,809th of 9,368=37th of 60 in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area · =4,130th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level10 ft derived =1,002nd of 1,205=12,040th of 12,437=97th of 108 in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area · =8,804th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

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What's on this page

In progress4 of 6 built

4 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 4 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 8 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.3 of 7 background details — we don't hold whether it is public or private, a website and a phone number, and 1 more.

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Sources

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