Orlando, Florida

Osprey Ridge has been recognized by Golf Digest with 4 1/2 Stars "Best Places to Play" in Florida, in addition to Golf Magazine's Gold Medal endorsement as one of the 25 resorts in the United States. This Tom Fazio designed 18-hole, Par-72 championship course is arguably one of the most tranquil locales in all of Orlando and boasts a challenging 7,101 yards from the tips. Recognized as a Certified Audobon Cooperative Wildlife Sanctuary, Osprey Ridge holes are cleverly routed through wetlands and stands of Florida live oak, palmetto, cypress and bay trees to create a naturally stunning and challenging must play course.

Challenging, masterfully conceived and stunningly beautiful, Magnolia Plantation's newly renovated championship golf course offers every component of a perfect game in a pristine setting. Thanks to the vision and talent of designer Dave Harmon the wilderness of the Wekiva River has been preserved in conservation areas artfully intertwined with one of the most unique golf courses in Central Florida.

With its superb layout, tree-lined fairways, challenging doglegs and tif-eagle greens, Magnolia Plantation Golf Club is sure to become one of your favorite places to play. Its fabulous scenery and breathtaking sunsets are sure to delight even the most discriminating golfers.

This Ted McAnlis designed course has a top reputation among golfers. Opening in 1994, The Ridgewood Lakes course features strategically placed hazards and fairways framed by sparkling white sand bunkers on both nines. In addition to the meticulously maintained landscape, the Ridgewood Lakes course is the host for several of the Orlando areas professional golf mini-tours and features a superlative practice facility for pre-round warmups. With all of this, as well as our New Champions Turf greens, new bunkers, and leveled tee boxes, you can have the most enjoyable golf experience Orlando has to offer. Rate includes $10 merchandise voucher good towards merchandise purchase, excludes sleeves of balls and gloves.

Victoria Hills Golf Club, named by Golf Magazine as a "Top 10 You Can Play in the United States," is an extraordinary place located just East of Orlando in the quaint college town of DeLand, Florida. The Ron Garl-designed course is a challenging par 72 championship course surrounded by dense oak hammocks and Augusta pines carved meticulously from rolling sand hills. Pristine lakes create stunning views and challenge player skills throughout this gem. In addition to our top-rated course, visit our award winning restaurant - Mulligan's Tavern & Grille, and make Victoria Hills one of the best experiences of your trip.

Harmony Golf Preserve, designed by 1973 U.S. Open Champion Johnny Miller, has been rated 4.5 stars by Golf Digest's "Best Places To Play" and is a Certified Audobon Society Golf Program Sanctuary. This beautiful course features generous fairways, protected greens and is set along rolling hills dotted by natural wetlands. The course is located in in the Harmony Village South of Orlando near the Orlando International Airport. The land in which the Harmony Golf Preserve lies is home to tremendously diverse plant and animal life, including fawns and adult deer, otters, sandhill cranes, bobcats, foxes, ospreys and owls, as well as hundreds of types of plants, including at least one kind of rare orchid.

While blessed with a great natural setting, Harmony Golf Preserve doesn't spare amenities for players seeking great golf. Guests can take advantage of a highly rated practice facility, featuring a driving range, putting green and chipping area, while a magnificent 18,000-square-foot clubhouse offers a professional shop, men's and ladies' locker rooms and a taproom. The professional staff caters to guests, upholding Harmony's standards of quality.

Eagle Creek Golf Club is an 18-hole, 7198-yard Par 73 championship Orlando golf course that opened to rave reviews. Located minutes from Orlando International Airport near prestigious Lake Nona, Eagle Creek Orlando Golf Course was designed by world renowned golf course architects Ron Garl of the U.S. and Howard Swan of Europe, with the resulting golf course offering the best of both worlds, standing out from other Orlando golf courses!

Eagle Creek's Orlando golf course features five Par 5's, five sets of tees and over 90 bunkers and dramatic bulkheads that are reminiscent of those found in Scotland and England. Eagle Creek's Orlando golf course is an Audubon International Silver Signature Course and the first of the Florida golf courses to sport vibrant Mini Verde greens for exceptional play. Eagle Creek Golf Club is also home to the prestigious Graves Golf Academy, offering outstanding instruction.

Falcon's Fire Golf Club is recognized both regionally and nationally as one of the finest public golf courses in Central Florida. This Rees Jones designed championship golf course and the spacious clubhouse offer guests a spectacular venue of Golf Digest 4-Star golf, exquisite dining at the Falcon's Nest Restaurant and award-winning Golf Shop. Falcon's Fire Golf Club is a premier Florida golf destination, conveniently located just steps from the Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando International Airport, and the Orange County Convention Center.

Featuring classic architecture, this championship golf course is exquisitely maintained and boasts TifEagle greens and great year-round playing conditions. Stretching nearly 7,000 yards from the back tees and providing golfers with four sets of tees to choose from, Falcon's Fire offers a challenging yet playable course for a relaxing round with friends or a competitive group. At Falcon's Fire, all guests enjoy complimentary valet parking, club cleaning and golf carts equipped with GPS navigation. Come see why Falcon's Fire is one of Golf Digest's "Best Places to Play" and one of "Florida's 50 Finest Golf Courses" by Golf & Travel magazine.

Located within the Village of Celebration, the Celebration Golf Club boasts one of the finest daily fee golf facilities in Central Florida. The renowned father-son team of Robert Trent Jones, Sr. and Jr. sculpted a park-like atmosphere around a natural wetland environment, creating a truly serene golf experience. The course boasts rolling terrain that weaves through a series of pristine lakes and periodic clusters of native oak, pine and magnolia.

Designed with shot-making strategy in mind, the championship caliber course demands accurate approach shots and consistent putting. Featuring strategic hazards and challenging greens, and sporting five sets of tees on every hole, the course invites competition for many skill levels. Celebration Golf Club is proud of Golf Digest's 4.5 star rating of "Best Places To Play", and has hosted numerous PGA qualifying tournaments and state of Florida amateur championships.

Golf Zoo packages include greens fees, cart, range balls and $10 merchandise credit.

The David Harman designed, 18-hole, 7,228 yard championship golf course features undulating fairways and interconnecting waterways bordered by the natural backdrop of dense oaks and pines along historic Shingle Creek. The design objective is to make the course play "fair" while keeping it an exceptional "test" of golf. There are five sets of tees, enabling players to choose their own degree of difficulty. Located just east of the Orange County Convention Center, the challenging, yet playable, Shingle Creek Golf Club opened for play in December 2003.

Golf carts feature GPS yardage system, large pro shop - golf equipment, clubs and shoe rental, state-of-the-art practice facility, daily on course food & beverage delivery service, full service 1,600 sq.ft. golf shop and Brad Brewer Golf School with PGA teaching professionals.

This beautifully manicured 18 hole course was designed by golf course architects Clifton, Ezell and Clifton. This majestic course stretches 6911 yards from the gold tees and is a test of any golfer's skills at a par 72 with Slope Rating of 130 and a Course Rating of 72.9.

Selected in the January issue of Florida Golf Central Magazine as Number 1 in the list of Top Ten Golf Courses in Central Florida for 2002, this course is destined to continue to be recognized as one of Florida's finest courses. In a recent issue of Lihn's Orlando Golf Guide, Legends was described as "Featuring vertiginous elevations, cinemascopic horizons and breathtaking views, this handsome addition will definitely elevate your spirits". All players will receive a $10 merchandise credit.

Designed by Champions Tour Player and NBC Golf analyst Gary Koch, Mystic Dunes is rated 4 1/2 Stars by Golf Digest and renowned as one of the most unique courses in all of Florida. With 80-foot elevation changes, rolling sand dunes, mature oaks and large wetland areas, the par 71 course offers two distinctly different nines. The front nine is reminiscent of classic Carolina courses meandering through native marsh areas bordering oak and cypress forests. The back nine gives the feel of a British Isles links course with extensive mounding, pot bunkers and rolling fairways. The course features two island greens and several signature holes, including the par-3 11th green surrounded by waterfalls and a free-flowing brook.

North Shore Golf Club is as semi-private club conveniently located less than ten minutes from Orlando International Airport - perfect for afternoon rounds the day of arrival or a morning round before heading home. Created by Mike Dasher Design, the well-manicured course winds around native wetlands, natural sand waste areas and through groves of 100 year-old Florida oaks for an enjoyably unique setting. The par 72 championship course can play to 6,900 yards from the tips with a rating of 73.5/slope 136 and four addtional tees ensures the perfect challenge for golfers of all levels. Golf Zoo customers can enjoy the clubhouse with pro shop, snack bar/grill, shower and locker room facilities. Great course layout, outstanding course conditions and convenient location, makes North Shore Golf Club a must play while in Orlando!

The New Course adds another dimension of Grand Cypress Resort play with steeper and more challenging bunkers and slopes. Set in the midst of an open meadow, the New Course is Jack Nicklaus' tribute and homage to the famed Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland. This Scottish links masterpiece is complete with double greens, stone bridges and walls, gorse mounds, burns, and pot bunkers as deep as 12 feet.

Very little water comes into play on the New Course and very few trees are located within the interior of the course, creating plenty of room to drive the ball. However, even the best of drives will be challenged, as even a slight slice or fade can cause the best of golfers to find themselves looking in the wrong fairway for their ball.

The Grand Cypress Course, comprising the North, South,and East nines, offer a variety of physical and mental stimuli and provides a test of accuracy rather than strength and distance. The North and South nines, the original course built in 1984, features terraced fairways, generous landing areas, mounds and platformed greens with yawning bunkers. The East nine, added in 1986, is more generous, with less bunkering, particularly in front of the greens, allowing more run-up shots.

The North, South, and East Nines provide three distinctly unique 18-hole masterpieces. For a full round of 18 holes, courses can be combined as the North-South, South-East, or East-North courses. Each combination provides a distinctive playing experience, which will challenge golfers of all skill levels.

A Shotmaker's Paradise...by Design

Renowned golf course architect Steve Smyers has designed one of Central Florida's most dynamic new golf courses. With credits including three mainstays on GolfWeek's 100 Greatest Modern Courses list, Smyers, together with player consultant Nick Faldo has created a thinking person's golf course. From its lakes and tall pines, through its oaks and palms to its Tif Eagle greens, the features and contours at Grande Pines make shot selection as important a consideration as any other aspect of your game.

Southern Dunes Golf and Country Club is rated 4 1/2 Stars "Best Places to Play" by Golf Digest, has been consistently ranked in the top ten best courses in the State of Florida, and over the years, top 100 in the U.S. This dramatic hillside layout stretches to over 7,200 yards and features 100 foot elevation changes offering great views of expansive fairways dotted with over 180 bunkers. And with seven teeing areas, the course will challenge players of all skill levels. The design encourages golfers to use imagination around the greens as the use of slopes and contours can help players maneuver the ball around massive high-lipped bunkers and closer to the cup. Southern Dunes is well-known for its large, undulating and fast greens that tests even the most seasoned golfers. Located south of Orlando and only 15 miles from Disney World, Southern Dunes is a local and visitor favorite thanks to its distinctive look, imaginative design and impeccable playing surfaces - a must play.

Legends Walk takes golfers back to the early days of the game as they walk their way around the links. Winding throughout The North Village, this spectacular 1,581-yard walking course is no ordinary pitch and putt, with holes ranging in length from 85 to 222 yards. The course is as beautiful as it is challenging with rolling fairways, rustic water features and pristine tee boxes and greens. This course is lighted and offers golfers the chance to play at night.

Among the most magnificent golf courses Orlando has to Offer, MetroWest Golf Club has been a Central Florida favorite since 1987. This Robert Trent Jones Sr. signature design features spring-fed lakes and mature native trees bordering expansive, rolling fairways. With large, undulating greens strategically surrounded by sculpted bunkers, a fair yet demanding test of golf faces you with every shot. This 7,051 yard masterpiece has received many awards and recognitions and is considered by Links Magazine to be "the Southeast's finest example of the Master's work".

Now when you visit Orange Lake, you'll have a brand new golf experience waiting for you. Architect Mike Dasher transformed the former Resort Course, designed by Joe Lee in 1982, into this all-new, exciting golf experience. The Reserve at Orange Lake is now an 18-hole, par 71 course winding through a myriad of water, sand and rolling greens.

It was named The Reserve at Orange Lake to highlight the harmony between the perfectly manicured greens of the course and the carefully preserved surrounding wetlands, home to a variety of native plants and wildlife. Improvements to the layout and course conditions-including new water features and bunkering-make the course even more challenging than before.

Arnold Palmer has created 18 beautiful, challenging holes at The Legends course and this 7,072-yard championship course offers five sets of tees to meet the skill level of every golfer.

The front "Links" nine, reminiscent of old Scottish-style courses, brings windy conditions along with strategically contoured greens which require well placed approach shots and precision putting, which adds a welcome level of challenge to any players game. The course's back nine, the "Pines", features towering pines, majestic oaks, winding fairways and flowing water to create a serene setting to complement each hole. Like the "Links", this nine requires proper club selection and accuracy to navigate through the "Pines". If you're looking for a little challenge to your games, then The Legends Course at Orange Lake Resort is for you.

The King's Ridge - King Course 18 hole, par 70, 6183 yd., designed by Clifton, Ezell & Clifton Golf Design Group, is recognized as one of the outstanding courses of the Central Florida area. According to Clifton, the King's Ridge Golf Course is designed to challenge the golfer to think and to use every club in his or her bag. The course capitalizes on the naturally rolling terrain of the beautiful Clermont, Florida countryside. The seasoned golfer will enjoy the surrounding panorama while encountering the elevated tees, rolling fairways and undulating greens. The Kings Ridge greens are a true test of any golfers putting skills.

The Ridge Course at King's Ridge is a new Par 57, 3660 yard course, designed by Ron Garl, is a gem of a golf course. The course can be walked or a cart can be used. The panoramic views of the surrounding hills just add enjoyment to the challenge of this exceptionally designed course. Water hazards, precise landing areas, well protected multi-tiered greens, pot bunkers, grassy hollows, and deep Bahia grass roughs will test the skills of every golfer. Come prepared to play your best golf!

Kissimmee Golf Club has been a golfing landmark since its first nine holes were built in the 1940's. The club boasts an atmosphere of pure golf - at the most affordable rates in the area. A superbly conditioned 18 hole golf course awaits golfers in a magnificent Florida setting of lakes, narrow waterways, majestic oaks, tall pines and breezy palm trees. Golfers of all levels will be challenged on this par 72 champoinship course that stretches to a challenging 6,450 yards.

The founders of the Diamondback Golf Club selected a true gem of a site for their course, designed by world-renowned golf course architect Joe Lee. From the natural swamp areas to the high sandy, rolling hills covered with trees and native Florida vegetation, this is one course you won't forget. You will experience pure golf in an extremely natural setting on this par 72 championship course that stretches to 6,900 yards and features four sets of tees. After playing 17 great golf holes, you still have a treat at the scenic 18th with cascading water flowing over rock formations into a sparkling lake dangerously close to the elevated green. Diamondback is rated by Golf Digest as 4 1/2 Stars "Best Places to Play" and is located south of Orlando within 30 minutes of the attractions.

Forest Lake has become one of Orlando's top courses - a hidden gem with an unspoiled atmosphere and scenic beauty. The par 72 championship course features rolling fairways and large smooth greens surrounded by large oaks, natural lakes and well-manicured turf. Course features include elevated greens well protected by pristine white sand bunkers and large mounds, plus multiple dogleg fairways that on several holes require careful shot-making around native Florida oaks. Guests can prepare for a round on the expansive practice areas and relax or eat in The Niblick Clubhouse grill before or after your round. This well-conditioned and challenging course is just northwest of Orlando and within 30 minutes of all the attractions.

The Highlands Reserve Golf Club winds through pine trees, old citrus groves, and features over 120' of elevation change. As scenic as it is challenging, Highlands Reserve is a must play for all golfers. Only minutes from the Main Gate Entrance to Disney World, Highlands Reserve offers a great golf experience at an affordable price. This championship Mike Dasher design gives you pine tree-lined fairways reminiscent of the Carolinas, open spacious fairways likened to the great Scottish courses, and a bit of old Florida with citrus trees along the countryside. Large, fast, undulating greens make this course challenging and fun for all levels of golfers.

Moss-draped majestic oaks line the gently sloping fairways. These hardwood trees and surrounding 135 acres of land provide a virtual sanctuary for all types of wildlife - eagles, osprey, turtles, beaver and sand cranes. The course is speckled with crystal lakes that provide glistening challenges as water comes into play on all but three holes. Kissimmee Oaks provides a natural backdrop for players of all levels.

El Campeon, "The Champion", was built in 1917, and is one of the south's oldest golf courses. One of two championship courses at The Mission Inn Resort, El Campeon is a hidden gem in the highland countryside just north of Orlando that has formidably stood the test of time. The traditional style course features elevation changes of 85 feet, rolling fairways framed by towering live oaks and sparkling spring-fed lakes. These features, combined with rare Ultra Dwarf Bermuda Grass undulating greens, offers guests a tour-caliber experience. The signature hole is the par-5, 17th, a long, double dogleg that has more obstacles than some entire courses.

El Campeon has attained a 4-Star and "Top 25 Resort Course" rating by Golf Digest, in addition to Golf Magazine Silver Medal "Top Resort" and Golf Week "Top 25 Places to Play in Florida" awards. Come stay and play at Mission Inn's oasis of 36 holes that is touched by history and blessed with natural beauty.

Las Colinas, "The Hills," opened in 1992 to a nomination for "Best New Resort Course" by Golf Digest, Top 25 Most Challenging Courses in Central Florida and a recipient of the "Top FairWays" recognition by Golf for Women. This remarkable course offers quite a different challenge from El Campeon. The classic architecture style of wide fairways across gently rolling hills create an inland links design, while the large, undulating TifDwarf greens demand proper shot placement.

Las Colinas is a formidable 7,200 yards from the tips with six sets of tees to create the right challenge for all golfers. The signature par 5, 12th hole "Alligator Alley," spans nearly 500 yards along one of the tree-lined fairways, requiring absolute accuracy from tee to green.

This visually striking course offers abundant water, generous landing areas, and a contemporary design that is fair and challenging. Remington Golf club is a prime example of the artistry of course designers, Clifton, Ezell & Clifton Golf Design Group nominated as Best New Course by Golf Digest magazine in 1996. Remington is designed to offer a fair test from every tee and an enjoyable experience for all golfers. The undulating fairways, the lush greens and the manner in which the holes wrap around the lakes offer options to play it safe or to go for it.

Kissimmee Bay is surrounded by century-old oak trees, abundant wildlife and small lakes and ponds. Inside the clubhouse visitors can pass time by checking out the Langley Golf Museum with many collectible artifacts. The course is well maintained, features many challenging holes with water hazzards in play on 16 of the holes. This course isn't particularly long or overly difficult, and a premium should be placed on accuracy off the tee.

One of the most interesting features of Sanctuary Ridge Golf Club in Clermont (northwest Orlando) is the unbelievable changes in elevation throughout the golf course. With 190 feet of overall elevation change, and the highest elevation point on the course over 200 feet, Florida's Mountain Course provides scenic views and a 7000 yard championship design.

Golf Course architect Terrill LaGree, known for his work as original project manager has created yet another gem to add to his collection, but this time it is just a little closer to home. Water comes into play on seven of the eighteen holes and natural sands provide picturesque bunkering throughout the entire course. Five separate sets of tees make Sanctuary Ridge Golf Club in Clermont the perfect fit for any golfer.

Wrapping around three sides of the Orlando World Center Marriott, Hawk's Landing Golf Club is convenient for both resort guests and golfing enthusiasts staying in the Orlando attractions area. At just over 6,800 yards, 134 slope rating from the back tees, plus 3 other sets of tees, the modern architectural course design is both fun and challenging for all levels of golfers. Water is in play on 15 of the 18 holes and the greens are slightly elevated and well bunkered.