Bardmoor
Golf & Tennis Club is one of the premier
public golf courses in Tampa, Florida. For more
than a dozen years, This club was host to
the PGA/LPGA JCPenney Classic, as well as many
prestigious local tournaments.
Bardmoor was founded in 1971 by Oliver Bardes,
a wealthy Ohio industrialist who was an avid
golfer. The present course was one of three
courses designed for Bardes by William Diddle.
In 1998, Bardmoor Golf and Tennis Club opened a
new 12,000-foot clubhouse. It houses Bardmoor's
tennis operations as well as the golf shop, bar
and grill, locker rooms, and banquet facilities
for up to 200.
A few years ago, Bardmoor unnderwent a $2
million design renovation by Gary Koch, a
six-time PGA tour winner and renowned golf course
architect. Greens were renovated, a new irrigation
system was added and sparkling white sand was put
into bunkers.
The addition of Tifeagle grass to the newly
reconstructed greens has firmly established
Bardmoor's reputation for having some of the best
greens in Florida. The fairways are 419 Bermuda.
As you play, you'll find some elevation changes
and plenty of holes loaded with character. There
are good sightlines on the fairways, and a great
many well-tended pine trees.
All of the par-3s here are outstanding and each
has something special about it. Everyone loves the
shortest of them, No. 5, measuring 174 yards from
the back and 115 from the forward tees. This is a
picture-perfect hole with lots of appeal. It's one
you will remember at Bardmoor, with its elevated
green and glistening water behind the green
and to the right.
Thereare some longer par-3s as well, like the
13th, measuring 225 from the back and 136 from the
front tees.
On the back nine, you'll find a true strategy
hole, the 14th, a par-4 measuring 376 yards from
the back tees and 230 from the front. It's a
dogleg left that needs a good tee shot so that you
can make a good approach to the green.