In Volume 2 of The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses, Tom Doak published that.

“When a 646-yard par-5 isn’t the longest hole on the course, you know you are playing with the big boys, and this national-membership club on the north side of Tampa is a big-boy course if I’ve ever seen one. Designer Steve Smyers is one of the strongest golfers who’s ever been a full-time designer, and the course is reflective of his game and his client’s vision: at 7400 yards from the back tees and 6400 from the front, you shouldn’t come to play here unless you came to play. The bunkering scheme, modeled after Royal Melbourne (East), must encompass 25 acres of sand all told, and after a while it gets hard to remember which long hole is which.”

The Old Memorial Golf Club received a score of 6 out of 10 from Tom Doak.