Streamsong, have you been?

[iHack]

I'm planning a golf trip to Streamsong in March.   I have a few questions, hoping you can help me out...

Did you bring your own alcohol?

Basically did you or could you bring your own drinks and hang out with your friends without having to spend a ton at the bars?

Did you bring any of your own food or is the only way to eat through the restaurants and bars? 

 

Do you recommend walking or riding?

any additional info is greatly appreciated as well.  I'm sure there are things I'm missing.  

[iacas]

Walk.

I didn't bring food or alcohol.

[iHack]

Iacas did you think it was as good as advertised?

Did you stay over night?

Is it conducive to hanging out in the evening with your own beverages or is it pretty standard to buy drinks at the bar?  

Just curious about bringing your own bottles of wine, beer, and to hear other's experiences.   It's going to be a 3 night trip and alcohol adds up.  

 

 

[jsgolfer]

I'm going October 18-21 and we're staying at the resort.  I'm sure we'll bring our own alcoholic drinks for the stay, but won't be bringing them on the course or in the resort area.

[iacas]

20 hours ago, iHack said:

Iacas did you think it was as good as advertised?

Did you stay over night?

Is it conducive to hanging out in the evening with your own beverages or is it pretty standard to buy drinks at the bar?  

1. Yes.

2. No.

3. I don't see why not.

[FLOG4]

I have been to Streamsong 3 times. Once as a 3 day stay play. Whether you walk or ride you will walk a lot. They have inane places to park carts. So best to walk. Also if you ride you must take forecaddies. The resort is very nice. They have 2 bedroom units which are best deal if have a group. The golf is as good as advertised. Taking alcohol and hanging in room or outdoor in a myriad of various places should be fine. The restaurants are very good. Overall, you get great value for your $ spent. It's not cheap, but no place with great golf is....But Steamsong is one of best values.

[The Scratch List]

Streamsong is AWESOME! I did not take my own booze but I don't see why you can't? There are mini fridges in the rooms which are really nice. I do not believe the restaurants are BYOB unless you are taking a bottle of wine they don't have, which then they charge you a cork fee.

[jsgolfer]

Just got back from Streamsong.  Very nice place, very pricey, it's in the middle of nowhere but I'm glad I went and played the three courses.  I doubt I would come back anytime soon, it's not awesome enough to be an every year destination for me, although it seems like I'm in the minority on this one.   By the time I was done, I spent over $3,000 for 3 nights and 5 rounds of golf, that isn't what I'd call a value, courses weren't that awesome.  None of the guys I went with said they would come back anytime soon. 

We're going to go to Whistling Straights for our guys trip next year.

The Lodge

Was very nice, room was huge, but pretty much wasted, by the time I was done golfing and eating, I only went there to sleep and take showers. But it was cool looking out the window and seeing an alligator swimming around in the marsh most mornings.  Food was good, didn't make it to the Italian Restaurant but everyone who went said it was good.  Loved the top of the roof bar.  Great place to watch a sunset and have an after round drink and cigar.  Didn't make it to the pool or the outside fire pits.  As for the question about drinks, I stopped and bought beer and some alcohol and kept it in my fridge, I walked around with a beer and no one said anything to me.

Alligator From Room

Courses

I walked and used a pushcart every morning round (You have to walk in the mornings, no carts), but took a caddie on the last day.  I found it pretty easy to push a cart, I even thought about just carrying my bag, but the  pushcart worked fine. When we played in the afternoon we took carts.  The price for a caddie is pretty high, I was the only one who walked and pushed a cart, everyone else took a caddie for every round.  $90 + tip, was a little too pricey for me.  We did have to take fore caddies when we rode and that ran $40-$50.  Oh and make sure you bring cash if you're getting a caddie or use the ATM, you can't charge that to your room.  If you want a good caddie, ask for Manny or Del.  Del used to be a pro in Pittsburgh and Manny plays in some mini-tour events in the Florida area.  both were excellent caddies.

The golf was good, but the greens, imo, were almost unfair at times.  I've never seen so many three and 4 putts in groups ever. 

Red Course

This was the first course I played, 38-43-81 Combo Tees, I played horrible on the back 9, I 3-putted 7 greens total.  I couldn't figure out the speed of the greens to save my life, I don't think I've ever had so many 6-8 foot comeback putts.  If you get on the wrong side of the hole you're pretty much screwed. 

Red Number 1

 

Red Number 16 (loved this hole, 76 yard long green)

The second time we played, we decided to play the black tees all day, 6600 Yards with the back 9 at 3,500 Yds and was playing into a good breeze most of the day.  So 40-43-83 for me on this day.  Again, putting killed me.  Just could never get the ball close to the hole to have an easy putt.  I had 3 - 3 putts on  three of the first four holes.  And I had several more after that.   Putting and hitting fat wedges killed me most of the weekend.  This round I was definitely tired towards the end, played the last 4 holes 6 over.

Blue Course

This was the second course we played and it was my worst round out of all of them.  42-43-85, it was hot and I think I even putted worse on this course.  Just never had an easy putt all day, couldn't seem to get the ball close to the hole to have a reasonable chance at birdie or an easy two putt.  I chunked a bunch of wedges as well, which didn't help.  Drove the ball great all day, in fact I drove the ball great all weekend, just couldn't score. 

The second time we played this course was on Sunday, our final round,  Decided to take the caddie, started the round with three putts on the first two holes.  Threw in two more and finished with a smooth 40 making the turn.  Doubled 10 & 11 and figured here I go again.  Finally parred the 12th hole with an easy two putt, but lipped my birdie and then managed to birdie the next three holes.  I had a crazy putt on 17 for birdie and made bogey (another 3 putt, again on the wrong level), so I ended up playing the last 7 holes 2 under.  40-38-78

View From Blue Tee #1

Black Course - We played this for our second round on Friday and Saturday, although i only played it once, was too tired on Saturday to play another round)

This was probably my favorite layout of the three, but the greens were a little hokey in places (11 acres of greens total).  40-40-80 (played 17 in almost dark and didn't finish 18 as it was do dark), plus the damn mosquitoes came out and there are so many they could almost take you away ; The crater hole was interesting, made par on that one.  Just had some crazy long putts over mounds and hills and the only thing missing at times was a clowns mouth at times. 

Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures of the Black course, must've been too tired. I did however do the putting course at the Black while the other guys were playing the Black and that was pretty fun.

The Food

Each course had great food.  The food out on the courses themselves were great, Tacos on the blue, BBQ on the red and the lobster/shrimp roll on the black were very tasty.  The burgers at the Black course were fantastic, as well as the brisket sandwich I had at the Red/Blue was outstanding.

The steak restaurant at the Blue/Red course was also very good.  Even the cajun mac and cheese I had at the lodge restaurant was very good.

All in all a great trip, plus the guys I went with were all cool, so it was a lot of fun.  Lots of betting games, ended up losing $28 for the 4 days, which was good, with as bad as I shot the first three days.

Edited October 23, 2018 by jsgolfer

[jsgolfer]

Hole 7 Blue Course

[Bucki1968]

I like playing there because it's pretty close to home (Tampa) so I don't have to make it an overnight golf trip. Actually can get a descent rate in the summer months. Courses are fun to play because there are not many that look like that in my area so it's just nice to play something that is different. Not sure I can disagree with the price tag you guys paid for 3 nights. That is very pricey. I don't think I would pay that for 3 days at Streamsong. And you are absolutely right about it being in the middle of nowhere. 

[rehmwa]

Nope, but I did find a logo ball from there

[jsgolfer]

58 minutes ago, Bucki1968 said:

I like playing there because it's pretty close to home (Tampa) so I don't have to make it an overnight golf trip. Actually can get a descent rate in the summer months. Courses are fun to play because there are not many that look like that in my area so it's just nice to play something that is different. Not sure I can disagree with the price tag you guys paid for 3 nights. That is very pricey. I don't think I would pay that for 3 days at Streamsong. And you are absolutely right about it being in the middle of nowhere. 

It's a check on the bucket list, probably won't be a second check.