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Orlando is home to over 100 golf courses some of which are ranked as the best of Florida. You'll find everything from wide and forgiving resort courses to fantastic links courses to a course with a Mickey Mouse bunker. Below is our rating and review of the Orlando golf courses we have played. The individual Orlando golf course reviews tell you what we liked about the golf course and has information on yardages, slope, rating, and lots of pictures.

We also found and played some fantastic golf courses in and around Panama City Beach. And this page contains our Panama City Beach Beach golf course ratings and reviews.

You might also be interested in our articles on golf vacations to Orlando and Panama City Beach Beach- where to stay, where to play, and what else to see and do - which are listed on our Golf Vacations Page. And if you're planning a golfing trip, you'll find some fantastic deals on our Stay & Play Packages page.

Grand Cypress Golf Club

Orlando Golf Course Reviews and Ratings

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Brief Description Of Orlando Golf Courses
ChampionsGate Golf Club

 

ChampionsGate Golf Club

International Course

Champions Gate, FL

Texas Outside Rating 9.1

Champions Gate Course Review

ChampionsGate Golf Club features two premier 18-hole championship golf courses designed by accomplished architect and golfer, Greg Norman.

ChampionsGate resort offers an un-matched golf facility and is regarded as one of the top courses nationwide.  This premier golf club features an impressive clubhouse, restaurant and banquet facility, large enough to handle large tournaments, evening functions and corporate events. 

ChampionsGate has garnered an enviable reputation for its accomplished, attentive and professional staff.

 
Grand Cypress Golf Course

Grand Cypress Golf Club

North & South Course

Orlando, FL

Texas Outside North Course Rating 7.5

Grand Cypress North Course Review

Texas Outside South Course Rating 9.3

Grand Cypress South Course Review

The North, South, and East Nines offer a variety of mental and physical stimuli that test accuracy rather than strength and distance. The original North-South combination, marked by sharply ledged fairways, tall shaggy mounds, and plateau greens perched above water or sand, is a demanding, target-style test. The sportier, more wooded East Nine is more generous, with less bunkering (particularly in front of the greens) allowing for more run-up shots.

Within these 27 holes, the Jack Nicklaus Signature-designed North, South, and East Nines provide three distinctly unique 18-hole masterpieces. For the full round of 18, courses can be combined as the North-South, South-East, or East-North Course. Each combination provides a distinctive playing experience, which will challenge even the best of golfers.

 
Grande Pines Golf Course

 

Grande Pines Golf Club

 


Orlando, FL


Texas Outside Rating 9.0

 

Renowned golf course architect Steve Smyers has designed one of Central Florida's most dynamic new golf courses. In partnership with six-time major champion Nick Faldo, Smyers created each hole of Grande Pines Golf Club to be a strategic challenge that will bring out the best in each player's game.

Nestled among lakes, tall pines, oaks and palms, Grande Pines Golf Club peacefully coexists with the native flora and wetlands.

Grande Pines Golf Club is ideally situated right off Orlando's International Drive, next to Marriott's Grande Vista Resort, and close to all the exciting attractions, finest restaurants and the Orlando Convention Center.

 
Falcon Fire Golf Course

 

Falcon's Fire Golf Club

Kissimmee, FL

Texas Outside Rating 8.3

Falcon's Fire Golf Club Review

Falcon’s Fire Golf Club is recognized both regionally and nationally as one of the finest public golf courses in Orlando. This Rees Jones designed championship golf course that features classic architecture, an exquisitely maintained course and year round playing conditions stretching nearly 7,000 yards from the back tees and providing golfers four sets of tees to choose from. Falcon’s Fire offers a challenging yet playable course for a relaxing round.

In October 2009, after a 3 ½ month closure and a $1 million renovation project, Falcon’s Fire reopened. The renovations include new greens, providing golfers with faster, smoother putting conditions. 

 
Lake Buena Vista Golf Course

 

Lake Buena Vista Golf Course

Lake Buena Vista, FL


Texas Outside Rating 7.9

 

Lake Buena Vista Golf Course Review

Disney's Lake Buena Vista Golf Course presents meandering fairways that wind their way through pastel villas, pine forests, palmettos and sparkling lakes. Experience the pleasures of a classic country-club course with a distinctive atmosphere. Tee off next to boats, navigating scenic canals while taking in views of an enchanting lighthouse. Disney's Lake Buena Vista Golf Course is rated an impressive 4 stars by Golf Digest.

Disney's Lake Buena Vista Golf Course is one of the few courses that have hosted PGA Tour, LPGA Tour and USGA events. The course most notably features elevated bunkered greens that put a premium on accurate approach shots. You can also test your skills and fortitude at the demanding 7th hole with its inviting island green.

 
MetroWest Golf Club

 

MetroWest Golf Club


Orlando, FL


Texas Outside Rating 8.4

MetroWest Golf Club, a masterpiece designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr. was voted the best golf course in Orlando. The course design features spring-fed lakes, mature native trees, expansive rolling fairways with dramatic elevation changes, and large undulating greens surrounded by sculpted bunkers. MetroWest provides a fair, yet demanding challenge to make a pleasurable golf experience for players of all skill levels.

MetroWest Golf Club boasts immaculate playing conditions and world-class services including complimentary valet parking and the highly acclaimed Westerly's Restaurant. MetroWest Golf Club has received numerous awards and accolades for being “Orlando's Best Golf Experience.”

 
Disney's Osprey Ridge Golf Course

Osprey Ridge Golf Course


Lake Buena Vista, FL  


Texas Outside Rating 9.0

 

Osprey Golf Course Review

Disney's Osprey Ridge Golf Course at Walt Disney World Resort features dramatic golf holes that cut through stands of live oak, pine, palmetto, cypress and bay trees. The surrounding vegetation and wetlands serve as a breathtaking backdrop for a championship course that blends all the majesty of nature with the superb design by Tom Fazio. Golf Digest recognizes Disney's Osprey Ridge as one of the best in Florida, rating it 4½ stars.

This sweeping 18-hole course is arguably one of the most tranquil locales in all of Walt Disney World Resort. It boasts 7,101 yards from the longest tees for a par of 72—making Disney's Osprey Ridge suitable for serious and recreational golfers who seek a challenge.

 
Disney's Palm Golf Course

Palm Golf Course

 

Lake Buena Vista, FL

Texas Outside Rating 8.7

 

Palm Golf Course Review

Experience the natural beauty of the Florida woodlands at Disney's Palm Golf Course. This majestic course is both a pleasure to play, as well as an exciting test of skill. Golfers will appreciate the course design, which features shimmering lakes and tropical sands, all across a golf landscape that's dotted with strategically placed palm trees.

Elevated greens, 9 water holes, 94 bunkers plus a fair sprinkling of water and woods make this course distinctive. As you play, you may encounter deer and other wildlife. The course provides plenty of challenges for novice players and seasoned pros alike. Disney's Palm Golf Course has received an excellent rating of 4 stars by Golf Digest and it is home to the 40th year of PGA Tour at Walt Disney World Resort.

 
RedTail Golf Course

RedTail Golf Club

 

Sorrento, FL

Texas Outside Rating 8.8

 

RedTail Golf Club Review

Certain to test even the most accomplished player's shot-making ability, RedTail offers a challenge at every turn. RedTail is well-known as one of the finest natural golf settings Florida has to offer.

Located about 35 minutes north of Orlando, RedTail will throw a little bit of everything to keep you on your "A" game. The layout comes close to making RedTail a shot makers course requiring both strategy off the tee as well as target golf to some of the greens. With 5 sets of tee boxes and yardage ranging from 5499 to 7152 and ratings from 125 to 141, you can bite off as much as you want to challenge or pick a tee box and have an enjoyable and very memorable round.

 

Camp Creek Golf Club

 

Panama City Beach Golf Course Reviews and Ratings

 

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Bay Point Golf Course

 

Bay Point Marriott Golf Club

Nicklaus Course

Panama City Beach, FL

Texas Outside Rating 8.5

Bay Point Golf Club Review

This award-winning course was formerly known as Lagoon Legends (one of the toughest and most challenging courses in America).   The course was redesigned and renovated and re-opened as the Nicklaus Course at Bay Point on September 17, 2005. 

The Nicklaus Course measures more than 7,000 yards with a slope rating of 143 and a course rating of 75.3. The layout lends itself for a truly memorable round, regardless of skill level. It plays along the natural terrain of majestic scrub oaks, towering Florida pine trees, sandy-white waste areas and salt-water marshes. The layout features “illusionary” bunkers that are strategically placed to tempt golfers through a “risk/reward” scenario and uncharacteristic elevation changes that are unique to Northwest Florida.
Camp Creek Golf Course

Camp Creek Golf Club

Panama City Beach, FL

Texas Outside Rating 9.7

Camp Creek Golf Club Review

Ranked No. 6 in Golfweek’s 2008 "Best Courses You Can Play," it's clear once you get out onto the course why it has achieved this ranking. The course meanders through lush wetlands that take you back in time, plenty of white sand bunkers keep you on your game, and there are water hazards just waiting for stray golf balls.
 
The plush fairways are generous and fair but the approach shots require accuracy. The greens, which are in perfect condition, are typical Fazio - large and undulating with plenty of trouble if you miss them.

A must play if you're in the area.

Holiday Par 3 Golf Course

Holiday Golf Club

Panama City Beach, FL

Texas Outside Rating 7.5

Holiday Golf Club Review

Holiday Golf Club has a a semi-private, 18-hole par 72 Championship Course and a fun 9 hole par 3.   The Championship Course greens were designed to challenge even the most experienced short game artist and the broad lake-lined fairways and elevated greens are protected by bunkers of silky white sand.  The Course has been described in national golf publications as among one of Florida's most enjoyable yet challenging tracks.

The club also features Bay Counties only "Lighted" 9-hole par 3 course designed with the entire family in mind, as well as the scratch golfer. The course offers three sets of tee's, including junior tees. 

Hombre Golf Club

Hombre Golf Club

Bad & Ugly Course

Panama City Beach, FL

Hombre Bad Course Review - Rating 9.1

Hombre Ugly Course Review - Rated 8.6

Hombre's 27 Championship Holes, "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly" feature water on 21 of the 27 holes and the course is meticulously manicured to PGA specifications throughout the year.

Both scenic and challenging, Hombre is nestled amidst wetlands, marshes, lakes and preserves, and is beautifully framed with a stunning assortment of palms, pines and azaleas. The course names (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly) are pretty representative of what you can expect. The Bad is pretty challenging and the Ugly is very scenic but some of the holes can eat your lunch and your score may come close to the course name.

 
Sharks Tooth

 

Sharks Tooth

Lake Powell, FL

Texas Outside Rating 9.3

Sharks Tooth Review

The Greg Norman-designed Shark's Tooth is a private golf course that is the centerpiece of the Wild Heron community in northwest Florida. With acres of preserved wetlands coupled with loblolly pines and majestic live oaks, Shark's Tooth is among the Southeast's finest courses. In fact, Golf Digest has repeatedly tabbed Shark's Tooth in the top-10 golf courses in the Sunshine State.

The course stretches 7,209 yards from the back tees and features five fairways that border Lake Powell, two holes that play toward the water and numerous wooden cart path bridges that cross over protected wetlands and uplands. Conditions are near perfect.

 

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