Golf Orlando

Can anyone give me a recommendation for a top flight golf experience in Orlando? Money is no object. I am looking for courses to remember. Thanks

Golf Orlando

My favorite in the touristy area is Hawks Landing GC It has some nice holes, though its not in an isolated area (plays around 3 sides of the Orlando World Center Marriott, a 2000 room hotel). It has a lot of water on the holes. The only drawback is it is close to I-4 on the front 9. Also, I prefer to play the front 9 first, but they like to start off on 10.

Other top flight golf courses:

Grande Lakes Golf Course at the Ritz Carlton Grande Lakes (they have a caddie concierge program--its a Greg Norman course)

Walt Disney World GC: 99 holes of golf; the Palm and Magnolia courses host the PGA tour Funai classic; Magnolia was redone last year

Also, MetroWest GC and Falcons Fire GC are two of the top daily fee courses; MetroWest has hills. Also, Orange County National GC(36 holes) has hosted and will host again the PGA Tour Q-School finals, and has one of the best practice areas around. And ChampionsGate has 36 holes of Greg Norman golf.

Also, Bayhill Club and Lodge. This is Arnold Palmer%26#39;s course, and he hosts the Bayhill Invitational on it (Tiger Woods has won 4 times). I am not sure if they allow outside play, though. I do know that guests at the Lodge can play the course.

And, Grand Cypress GC. This is 45 holes of Jack Nicklaus golf, including The New Course at Grand Cypress, Jack%26#39;s tribute to St. Andrews (7 double greens, and a burn as well). Once again, I don%26#39;t know if they allow outside play, but if you stay at the Hyatt Grand Cypress (large hotel), or the Villas at Grand Cypress, you can definitely play. This is probably about as posh as it gets in Orlando, along with the Ritz course.

On the north side of Orlando, the Legacy Club at Alaqua Lakes is a Tom Fazio course (and is also where Tiger Woods shot the commercial where he gave away Buicks to unsuspecting golfers--on the 12th hole). But I actually like Timacuan GC a little better. Both are near I-4 near Lake Mary. Also, 40 minutes from Universal, taking the Florida turnpike, you have Mission Inn, which has two courses (El Campeon is the older, more famous one) in Howey-In-The-Hills. And if you take Highway (FL) 50 west from the Florida turnpike for 1 1/2 hours or so, you will come to Brooksville, where World Woods GC is, which is Tom Fazio golf, featuring the Pine Barrens, done in the style of Pine Valley, and Rolling Oaks, done in the style of Augusta National. And if you take the turnpike to I-75 and Ocala, up there is Golden Ocala GC, voted the best Replica course in the country by a national poll. It has replica holes of several famous courses, including Augusta National.

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