6/25/25- Last round in Orlando, a slight delay in the review as it was a wild trip home including lost clubs and bags, thank you Southwest.

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6/25/25- Last round in Orlando, a slight delay in the review as it was a wild trip home including lost clubs and bags, thank you Southwest.

I was able to get out and take a drive to Orange County National and play the Panther Lake course. Tee time 7:10AM, hot, humid, and gators on the course. Orange County National is one of the largest golf facilities I have ever been to. The clubhouse is the size of a grocery store, the range can hold at least 100+ people when fully operational, and multiple large putting greens around the property. This place hosts a multitude of events including LIV tournaments and national level junior tournaments. The Crooked Cat course was under a full makeover, so I played the Panther Lake course, which is across the street.

What a course! We started off playing the back 9 first today, as there was some maintenance being done on the 9th fairway in the morning. Played the Green tees which registers at 71.2/132. The challenge was real but also fair. The course has some bunkers in tough spots, very deceiving greens, some water holes, and of course the fear of seeing a gator or two... I saw 1. Everything was great, GPS carts, water and ice on the carts, clean restrooms, a free lunch card for the turn, and a cart lady who found us at least 3 times. As the course goes, the tee boxes, fairways, and bunkers were about as good as you can ask for during this time of the year in central Florida. The greens were slightly sanded and that made it hard to read the breaks at times. Never caught the group ahead of us, and never even saw the group behind us. They run a tight ship here, the marshall's and starter's do not mess around. I spoke with the starter for a long time, this guy was like a drill sergeant. The Marshall watched a few holes we played, and he was nice as I was joking with him

If you ever make it out to this area, I would highly recommend coming to Orange County National. Even if just to practice, this is place.
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Shingle Creek 6/20/25- On a family trip to Orlando I decided to bring the sticks and make the most of my time when not at the parks. Staying close to ... » More

Shingle Creek 6/20/25- On a family trip to Orlando I decided to bring the sticks and make the most of my time when not at the parks. Staying close to Shingle Creek I decided this was a good price point course. Cost was just over $100 for a Friday 7:50AM Tee time. The Shingle Creek Resort and golf facility is very well done. The practice facility is top notch. Boasting a massive range, and large practice green. On the backside of the range there is a full training facility. A few restrooms located strategically throughout the course, with restocked jugs of water at each one. The bathrooms on course were well kept and clean, the stop at the turn boasted a bar and grill style with a good menu. The carts are really nice and new, have all the updated GPS systems, with speakers and comfortable seats, also a drop down cover for the rain.

The course itself, is a challenging resort course and I played from the Gold Tees (130 slope).
The greens had been punched about 2 weeks ago and still had not fully gotten back to a flat surface, I struggled getting my ball to stay on line. The fairways, bunkers, and tee boxes were very well taken care of. I saw no dead spots on the course, and no gators. Water comes into play on about 9 holes, and I managed to be near or in that water on all 9 of those holes.

I would recommend this place to not only stay but also to play.
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