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Lexington Oaks Golf Club:

A Challenging Tale of Two Different Nines.

Those driving the I-75 north of Tampa have many golfing options available less than a drive and a wedge from the ribbon of asphalt. One of these locations is Lexington Oaks Golf Club located on Route 54 at exit 279 in Wesley Chapel. This challenging Gordy Lewis design is at the heart of its namesake residential community in Pasco County. The layout is routed with water and wetlands as an integral feature. Agua debuts on your Lexington Oaks experience at the driving range. An expansive practise deck lets the kinks and clunkers get worked out on the aqua-range. Getting warmed up this way might simply be foreshadowing of things to come readying you for the forced carries and guarding ponds throughout the routing. The course is a tale of two-sides. The front side, although longer, is more forgiving off the tee. The back is tighter and far more demanding off the tee presenting many raised greens, narrow chutes and forced carries and while forcing more from your approach game. A course that requires a mix of braun and precision, Lexington Oaks will test your mental game and execution.

Course Stats:

Access: Public daily fee.

Location:

Wesley Chapel, Florida

Editor's Shot Maker's Picks: Lexington Oaks

Feature Holes Descriptions:

The Second Hole lets you know the welcome party is over. A severe par 3 with a forced carry all over water may require a 3 wood or driver for many. The round green is tucked amid a collection of pot bunkers adding to the challenge for any tee shot struck less than perfectly. The opener on the back plays as a sharp dogleg left. The challenging par 4 is best played from the middle or right side of the bending fairway to avoid the bunker, wetlands and overhanging oak left that guards the long narrow green. Hole 14 is a beast of a par 5. Playing as the longest on the layout, the difficulty is not just in the yardage, but found in the narrow chute, lengthy forced carry and double dogleg. A par here is no easy feat. The finale is the shortest of the par 5’s, but has a world of hurt for anything errant or too aggressive. Two sentinel palms act like field goal posts for the drive and encroaching trees and wetland force a layup on your way to this raised green.

Lexington Oaks will present you with a wide range of holes and shots. A few can be downright scary with a claustrophobic feel to them. Combine that with some of the considerable forced carries on the back side the layout places a lot of demands on your ability to hit the ball straight and long. Only the most capable of players should consider the back tees even at the 6800 yards to traverse.  

Contact:

Lexington Oaks Golf Club
26133 Lexington Oaks Blvd,
Wesley Chapel, Florida,
33544
813-907-7270

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