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Herons Glen Golf & Country Club

Designed by Ron Garl and opened in 1991
Heron's Glen - North Fort Myers, Florida

Course Details

Holes:
18
Par:
72
Length:
6375 yards
Slope:
131
Rating:
70.7
Driving Ranges:
Yes

The 18-hole "Heron's Glen" course at the Herons Glen Golf & Country Club facility in North Fort Myers, Florida features 6375 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course rating is 70.7 and it has a slope rating of 131. The estimated green fees for 18 holes is $125. Herons Glen Golf & Country Club Golf Club has an onsite driving range with 6 practice tees. Designed by Ron Garl, the Heron's Glen golf course opened in 1991.

Estimated Green Fees
$125
These rates are an estimate of what you might expect to pay at Heron's Glen with a cart. Actual rates may vary.
Fees are typically lowest Monday through Thursday and during twilight (late afternoon and evenings). Expect to pay the highest rates on weekends.

Scorecard for Heron's Glen

HOLE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 OUT 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 IN TOT
Tee 172.00/138 486 328 364 175 410 370 167 325 521 3146 393 188 511 359 171 392 419 539 350 3322 6468
Tee 270.20/128 468 304 336 160 393 350 155 311 507 2984 375 163 490 345 162 368 402 509 312 3126 6110
Tee 368.30/122 447 274 300 137 365 328 135 301 482 2769 352 152 460 333 143 339 380 500 302 2961 5730
Tee 465.80/110 412 231 261 107 268 308 115 275 450 2427 321 132 425 321 131 282 346 463 279 2700 5127
Tee 4 (L)70.40/125 412 231 261 107 268 308 115 275 450 2427 321 132 425 321 131 282 346 463 279 2700 5127
Tee 5 (L)68.00/120 387 216 227 93 252 280 106 265 429 2255 288 119 411 296 118 271 320 436 219 2478 4733
Par 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 5 36 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 5 4 36 72
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Herons Glen in North Fort Myers is a gated community with 1,300 homes. Herons Glen offers its residents a ton of amenities to help keep them in peak physical condition. These amenities include a 5,070 sq ft fitness center, six LED-lit Har-Tru tennis courts, four pickleball courts, four Har-Tru bocce courts, twelve shuffleboard courts, and a lakefront heated swimming pool with a spa. The 45,000 sq ft clubhouse features a ballroom with a dance floor and stage, dining room, and lounge. The Sports Complex is currently undergoing a renovation of its own. Oh, there’s an 18-hole championship golf course on the property as well.

The original golf course was designed by renowned golf course architect Ron Garl and opened in 1991. Gordon Lewis did a redesign of the course in 2006 and in 2021, the Herons Glen rehired Garl to do a 6-million-dollar major renovation.

For much of 2021, the golf course remained closed but on December 16, Herons Glen Golf & Country Club reopened the golf course. General Manager J.B. Belknap feels very fortunate to have worked with Ron Garl and Clarke Construction during the redesign. Belknap was the General Manager of another nearby Garl-designed course, Kingsway Golf & Country Club, that was sold and will become part of the new Sunseeker Resort in Port Charlotte.

One of Ron Garl’s specialties is practice facilities, and the new Herons Glen Golf & Country Club has some incredible practice facilities, including a full-length aqua range with 27 Turf-Hound hitting stations along with several Bermuda grass stations, an 8,100 sq ft putting green, and a chipping area. It’s not uncommon to see members on the range, honing their game or warming up before a round. Annual practice facility memberships are available.

Centrally located just south of the Charlotte County line, Herons Glen Golf and Country Club boasts the ultimate value in Southwest Florida golf and has some great membership opportunities. Herons Glen is a semi-private facility meaning you don’t have to be a resident to become a golf member. Golf memberships include seven-day advanced tee time requests via the Chelsea tee time software for events and regular golf sign-up, year-round men's & ladies’ golf association events, and year-round club-run events. golf carts and unlimited use of the practice facility are also included. For non-members, tee times can be booked online through several online tee sheets.

Herons Glen’s length isn’t going to overwhelm many players. The course offers six sets of tees and can be enjoyed by golfers of all levels; the scorecard goes a step further and includes a total of ten yardages that range from 4,168 to 6,458 yards. Just pick the set of tees that best fits your game and you’re guaranteed to have a fun round.

The golf course winds its way through the community with natural preserves that bring out the best of what southwest Florida has to offer. As you make your way around the layout, you’ll find holes lined with Spanish moss-covered majestic oaks and groves of towering pines. The undulating greens, pristine lakes, and abundant wildlife throughout create a challenge amid all the beauty of a newly designed golf course. Water comes into play on at 14 holes; more if you spray your tee shots! Several holes parallel Route 41, but the trees and mounding on the peripheries do a good job of insulating the golf course from all of the traffic and noise.

The newly redesigned Herons Glen Golf Course has several holes that will stick in your memory for a while. The second hole is a short risk/reward par 4 that offers longball hitters the opportunity to drive the green. From Tee #2 the hole plays 271 yards; by taking a line directly over the trees on the left side the green is reachable. A word to the wise: if you hit your tee shot left or push it right, there’s a good chance you may never see it again. The smart play off the tee is a long iron or hybrid which will leave a short pitch shot into a relatively flat green. Number 2 is handicapped as the easiest hole on the course.

On Number 3, a 341-yard par 4, Garl takes a page from the Donald Ross playbook with three separate bunkers fronting the green, forcing an aerial approach shot onto the green. It’s also a great use of waste bunkers which frame the entire left side of the fairway.

Number 4 is a par 3 and is Ron Garl’s signature – an island green. From tee #2, the hole plays 163 yards with two separate bunkers that guard the front right. Playing out of these bunkers can be a daunting task, with the lake looming behind the pin.

Most of the members I spoke with said that the most significant change was making the 10th hole a dogleg right; a completely different look from the original dogleg left design. There’s water all the way down the right side from the tee to green and trees on the left off the tee. A good drive down the right side that doesn’t find the water will leave the shortest approach shot into the green. Pull your tee shot left and you may find one of the fairway bunkers. There’s a greenside bunker that sits between the water and the right side of the green. Par is a good score here.

Number 13 is probably the most interesting hole on the course. It's a 369-yard par 4 dogleg left, although it’s more like a left turn. I remember from high school geometry that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, however, taking such a line would require playing directly over the lake and a couple of houses. You may be able to get away with it during the summer months when many of the residents aren’t home, but during peak season, it’s a different story. It’s only about a 225-yard carry over the water to go directly at the green. The safe play – one that doesn’t involve homeowners or liability insurance - is to hit a hybrid or iron off the tee and leave a short pitch shot, slightly uphill, onto the green. There are a couple of bunkers in front that need to be carried on your approach shot and the green is a lot wider than it is deep.

Number 14 is yet another picturesque par three that plays 160 yards from Tee 2 and is all carry over water into a large green fronted by a single bunker between the green and the water. Par is a good score here. There’s plenty of room on the right side to bail out if you’re feeling overwhelmed.

The 16th hole is a par 4 that plays 402 yards from Tee #2 and has a fairway that is wide enough for course architect Ron Garl to land his airplane on. The waste bunker on the right side off of the tee is reachable and a good drive will leave a long or mid-iron approach shot into a green that slopes left to right with water behind it and two large bunkers on the left. It’s one of the more challenging holes on the course.

Herons Glen is a great place to call home with a fantastic golf club and a very friendly staff.

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Herons Glen Golf & Country Club Course Layout & Flyover
2250 Herons Glen Blvd, North Fort Myers, FL
33917-6717
(239) 731-4520
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