Champions Gate Golf Resort - International Course , an un-matched golf facility for world-class golf, offers 36 holes designed by International golf champion Greg Norman and is the World Headquarters of David Leadbetter Golf Academy. As a guest at ChampionsGate, you will experience superior service. Located just 10 minutes from Disney World Resorts and 15 minutes from the Universal Hotel Resorts, our courses are in tournament-playing conditions year-round. Known for our first-class amenities including valet parking, iced towel service and our digital GPS Caddy System. Prolink, the #1 GPS system acts as a professional caddie that gives you the opportunity to improve your skills, experience PGA-type scoring and enhance your overall play.

Greg Norman blended tradition and modern elements to create a unique golf experience. the International, with its authentic links style golf is reminiscent of the great courses of the British Isles, with deep bunkers, waste areas and mounding on either side of the fairways and some thick, gnarly rough. Rate includes $10 gift certificate for golf shop merchandise or clubhouse food and beverage on 1st daily round.

Official Site http://www.championsgate.com/

ChampionsGate Golf Resort - National Course, an un-matched golf facility for world-class golf, offers 36 holes designed by International golf champion Greg Norman and is the World Headquarters of David Leadbetter Golf Academy. As a guest at ChampionsGate, you will experience superior service. Located just 10 minutes from Disney World Resorts and 15 minutes from the Universal Hotel Resorts, our courses are in tournament-playing conditions year-round. Known for our first-class amenities including valet parking, iced towel service and our digital GPS Caddy System.

Prolink, the #1 GPS system acts as a professional caddie that gives you the opportunity to improve your skills, experience PGA-type scoring and enhance your overall play. Greg Norman blended tradition and modern elements to create a unique golf experience. The National with its traditional American style, the parkland layout with native vegetation, rolling fairways and greens, you will experience a challenging round of golf. Rate includes $10 gift certificate for golf shop merchandise or clubhouse food and beverage on 1st daily round.

Official Site http://www.championsgate.com/

Diamondback Golf Club - Designed by world-renowned golf course architect, Joe Lee, the Par 72 championship course was carved out of 240 acres of virgin Florida forest. Diamondback's rolling tree-lined fairways, undulating greens and preserved wetlands create the ultimate atmosphere for all golf enthusiasts.

Official Site http://diamondbackgolfclub.net/

Diamond Players Club Clermont - One of the most interesting features of Diamond Players Club Clermont 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 of 260 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 Diamond Players Club Clermont the perfect fit for any golfer.

Official Site http://www.diamondplayersgolf.com/

Walt Disney's World Resort - Eagle Pines - 4 out of 5 stars, as rated by Golf Digest and rated by Golf Magazine as one of America's Top 25 Resort Course's- giving it a Gold Medal endorsement.

Take on the rolling fairways and surrounding wetlands that give Eagle Pines a unique look and an equally matchless challenge. Follow this low-profile, Carolina-style course along the natural contours of the land where water and sand await errant shots. Famed designer Pete Dye's signature undulating greens are well-guarded by strategically placed bunkers. Here, success lies in the touch more than the power.

Official Site http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/moreMagic/golf/

Walt Disney's World Resort - Lake Buena Vista - Add an island green on the 7th and it all adds up to a golf experience that truly reflects the philosophy of the course's designer, Joe Lee -- an "exciting challenge ... yet fun to play." This course is one of a select few that have hosted a PGA TOUR event, an LPGA TOUR event and a USGA event. Lake Buena Vista also earned Golf Magazine's top honor as one of 25 resorts in the United States to earn its Gold Medal endorsement.

Official Site http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/moreMagic/golf/

Walt Disney's World Resort - Magnolia - This beautifully manicured Joe Lee design is aptly named for its more than 1,500 magnolia trees. The Magnolia has all of the earmarks of a golfer's paradise -- elevated tees and greens, rolling terrain and a very special hazard on the 6th hole that forms a Mickey Mouse silhouette. Golf Magazine also endorsed Disney's Magnolia Golf Course by awarding its Gold Medal as one of 25 top resorts in the United States.

Official Site http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/moreMagic/golf/

Walt Disney's World Resort - Osprey Ridge - This Tom Fazio design contrasts with its counterpart, Eagle Pines, by offering dramatically elevated greens and tees, nine water holes and more than 70 strategically placed bunkers throughout the course. Rolling fairways cut through the forests of scrub oaks, pine, palmetto, cypress and bay trees, while high mounds frame the medium to large greens. Osprey Ridge has been recognised as one of the best courses in Florida by Golf Digest's "Places to Play," which ranks the best public and resort golf courses in the U.S. Golf Magazine has also given Osprey Ridge its Gold Medal endorsement as one of 25 resorts in the United States earning the magazine's highest resort distinction.

Official Site http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/moreMagic/golf/

Walt Disney's World Resort - Palm Course - Rated one of "America's Top 75 Resort Courses", this Joe Lee design offers many tree-lined fairways, plus elevated greens and tees and it features more than its share of water and sand with nine water holes and 94 bunkers. The Palm is considered by many pros the most difficult of the tournament courses. You should save a sprinkle of pixie dust for the 18th -- it's been rated the fourth-toughest hole on the PGA TOUR. Golf Magazine also rated this course as one of 25 top resorts in the United States by giving its Gold Medal endorsement- the magazine's highest resort distinction.

Official Site http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/moreMagic/golf/

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.

Official Site http://www.eaglecreekgolf.info/

Falcon's Fire Golf Club - is an 18-hole, 6,900 yard, par 72, Rees Jones-signature course near Orlando, Florida, which pays respect to the timeless traditions of the game of golf.

Falcon's Fire Golf Club is a Rees Jones Signature Design Masterpiece which pays respects to the timeless traditions to the game of golf. This natural, classic 18 hole, par 72 golf course establishes the standards by which all golf facilities are evaluated. Boasting tournament playing conditions 12 months a year, Falcon's Fire is arguably the finest maintained golf facility in Central Florida.

Official Site http://www.falconsfire.com/welcome.htm

Forest Lake Golf Club Of Ocoee - Forest Lake has become one of Orlando's top courses. Featured here are five sets of tees, rolling fairways, water on five holes, and no homes just trees, natural lakes, and lush, green turf. Blended with nature's surroundings, it boasts an unspoiled atmosphere and scenic beauty. With easy access from Orlando, you'll find Forest Lake to provide a memorable round of golf over an interesting layout that's always kept in great shape! Expansive driving range and clubhouse facilities help make this a "must-play" golf course.

Official Site http://www.forestlakegolf.com/default.asp

Grand Cypress - Golf Course - The New Course adds another dimension of 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.

Official Site http://www.grandcypress.com/

Grand Cypress - North Course / South Course / East 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, thde 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, courses can be combined as the North-South, South-East, or East-North courses. Each combination provides a distinctive playing experience, which will challenge even the best of golfers.

Official Site http://www.grandcypress.com/

Harmony Golf Preserve - When the town of Harmony's stewards approached celebrated golf course designer, TV personality and 1973 U.S. Open Champion Johnny Miller, their goal was to create a gem of a course while preserving their original treasure - 11,000 acres of broad meadows, towering stands of southern pines and two shimmering 500-acre natural lakes.

By wrapping the course around existing wetlands, Miller created a stunning combination of art and nature. Incredibly, no homes will be built that front the golf course.

The land where 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.

Harmony Golf Preserve won't spare amenities, however. Guests can take advantage of a complete 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, taproom and a banquet facility. A professional staff caters to guests, upholding Harmony's standards of quality.

Official Site http://www.harmonygolfpreserve.com

Hawk's Landing - Wrapping around three sides of the Orlando World Center Marriott, Hawk's Landing Golf Club is open to the public and convenient for both resort guests and golfing enthusiasts in the Orlando attractions area. Recently redesigned by the firm of Cupp Design, the new course features the latest in modern architectural technique and is fun and challenging for all.

At just over 6800 yards and carrying a slope rating of 134, the Hawk's Landing layout differs markedly from its predecessor designed by Joe Lee and opened in 1986.Water is in play on 15 of its 18 holes and the entire back nine. Nestled amid the splendor of the 2000 room Orlando World Center Marriott, the Hawk's Landing golf experience is only seconds away from your Marriott guest room and only minutes from thousands more.

Highlands Reserve Golf Club - 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 MainGate 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.

King's Ridge Golf Club - South Course - The South CourseThe Kings Ridge 18 hole, par 70, 6183 yd., Lloyd Clifton designed South Course is recognized as one of the outstanding courses of the Central Florida area. According to Clifton, the Kings 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.

Kings Ridge Golf Club - North Course - The North CourseThis new Par 57, 3660 yard, Ron Garl designed course is a gem of a golf course. The course can be walked or a cart used and the panoramic views of the surrounding hills just added 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 Bay Country Club - Kissimmee Bay is full of century-old oak trees, abundant wildlife and plenty of small lakes and ponds. Inside the clubhouse visitors can pass time by checking out the Langley Golf Museum, which is located at Kissimmee Bay. The course is well kept and has many challenging holes. Water hazzards come into play on 16 of the holes. This course isn't particularly long or difficult, but it can be very unforgiving. A premium should be placed on accuracy, especially off the tee. For fun, you can warm up by hitting floating golf balls into the facility's aquatic driving range.

Kissimmee Golf Club - Kissimmee Golf Club boasts an atmospheere of pure golf - at the most affordable rates in the area. A superbly conditioned 18 hole golf course awaits golfers of all abilities via a magnificent Florida setting.While parts of the back nine were built in the early 1940's, 18 holes were officially established in 1962, and as recently as 1998 many of the greens and tees were upgraded to provide 18 unique, challlenging golf holes.

Kissimmee Oaks Golf Club - 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.

Legends Golf and Country Club - This beautifully manicured 18 hole 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".

Marriott's Grande Pines - 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.

Metrowest Country Club - Designed by world-renowned golf course architect Robert Trent Jones Sr., MetroWest is both demanding and fair. The championship course serves as host to the Oldsmobile Scramble National Finals and, in 1997, was a SENIOR TOUR qualifying course.

Mission Inn - El Campeon - El Campeon, built in 1926, is one of the south's oldest golf courses. Here course architect, Charles E. Clarke of Troon, Scotland, blended unusual elevation changes of more than 85 feet with features of traditional golf design. Rolling fairways and undulating greens only begin to characterize El Campeon.

The course's signature hole is the par 5, 17th, a long, double dogleg that has more obstacles than some entire courses. Revered as one of Florida 's finest, is ranked in the top 10 of Florida 's 1,400+ courses.

Mission Inn - Las Colinas - Las Colinas, "The Hills," designed by Gary Koch, former PGA Tour Player, opened in 1992 to a nomination for "Best New Resort Course" by Golf Digest, and a recipient of the "Top FairWays" recognition by Golf for Women, this course offers quite a different challenge from El Campe¢n. Its wide-open fairways and gentle rolling hills create an inland links design. Greens are large and undulating, while the course's classic old architecture style demands proper shot placement.

The signature par 5, 12th hole "Alligator Alley," spans 493 yards along one of the tree-lined fairways, requiring absolute accuracy from tee to green. Las Colinas is a par-71 course.

Mystic Dunes Golf Club - Bring your short game and imagination because the greens at Mystic Dunes require both to be at their best. Champions Tour player Gary Koch, who doubles as an on-course television reporter, created this interesting dramatic layout from native wetlands. This course boasts some of the most treaterous putting surfaces in the state. So extreme is the mounding on the front-right portion of the green at the 379-yardninth that a pin placement there is impossible. Mystic Dunes offers a unique take on Orlando golf. The 7,012 yard, Par 71 design is a stylish blend of strategic forms and thoroughly modern methods.

Rated by GolfDigest's "Best Places to Play" 2004 "A great new course"

Ranked #2 - Orlando's Top 5 Golf Courses - FloridaGolfGuide.com

"Florida's Best 18 Holes That You Can Play - One of the largest par-4's in Florida." GolfFlorida.com.

North Shore Golf Club - The lay out was inspired and created by Mike Dasher of Dasher Design. Before establishing his own design firm, Mike created numerous properties with the world-renowned Arthur Hills Design Team. Mike is an avid amateur golfer, current Central Floridian, and was also the architect of the acclaimed Highlands Reserve Golf Club located just south of Orlando. The layout at North Shore Golf Club winds through native wetlands, majestic oak trees and utilizes the natural topography to create a truly remarkable golf experience.

Orange County National - Crooked Cat offers a strong compliment to its sister course, Panther Lake. Recently awarded 4 1/2 Stars by Golf Digest's "PLACES TO PLAY" for 2000, this 7,277-yard course has a distinct "links" flavor in its open, flowing design. This course features few trees, wide terraced fairways and native redtop heather grass in the rough giving it a Scottish feel. Although a slightly different breed than Panther Lake, this course is just as dangerous and beautiful. With large sloping greens, steep grass and sand bunkers and 50-foot elevation changes, Crooked Cat offers a true test to golfers of all skill levels. In the Golf Digest rankings, Panther Lake was listed in the Top 50 courses in North America for Conditioning, Value and Pace of Play. It ranked in the Top 200 for Service.

Orange County National - Panther Lake, voted Golf Magazine's "Top 10 You Can Play" in the United States in March 1998 and more recently awarded 4 1/2 Stars by Golf Digest's "PLACES TO PLAY" for 2000, was designed to showcase the native beauty of the Florida landscape. This 7,295-yard masterpiece is the first course ever to feature 18 signature holes, incorporating rolling hills, including 60-foot elevation changes, as it winds through natural oak hammocks, pine forests, scenic wetlands and glistening freshwater lakes. In addition to its natural beauty, Panther Lake offers numerous strategic options in its design, thus allowing all levels of players to be fairly challenged. In the Golf Digest rankings, Panther Lake was listed in the Top 50 courses in North America for Conditioning and Pace of Play. It ranked in the Top 200 for Value and Service.

Orange Lake Resort - Legends Course - 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 features spacious rolling fairways reminiscent of old Scottish links style courses. It's wide open spaces can create windy conditions that make club selection challenging and multi-tiered greens require well placed iron shots and precision putting. The back "Pine" nine is modeled after the classic courses of North Carolina with towering pines, majestic oaks, winding fairways and flowing water.

Your tee shots must be fired between narrow openings between the trees. The Legends course is rated four stars by Golf Digest.

Orange Lake Resort - Legends Walk Course - 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.

Orange Lake Resort - The Reserve Course - 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.

Remington Golf Club - At Remington Golf Club all pricing includes "All You Can" practice, play and eat. The one rate includes unlimited use of the unique water driving range and expansive practice areas, unlimited golf on the outstanding 18 hole championship layout, and all-you-can eat in the Remington Bar and Grill. The additional time and attention to walk-mowing the greens, translates to the finest conditioned greens in the Orlando Area and makes the "All You Can" experience the greatest golfing experience you will ever have. The Four Star Rating given by Golf Digest's of Places to Play for 2000-2001 is testimony of the experience that awaits you.

Shingle Creek Golf Club - 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 expansion, the challenging, yet playable, Shingle Creek Golf Club opened for play in December 2003.

Dave Scott, Director of Golf and PGA Professional, and his team of professionals provide tee times, compatible pairings and merchandise ranging from golf balls to stylish sportswear.

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

Southern Dunes - Southern Dunes Golf and Country Club was ranked #6 in Florida in GolfWeek's America's best course's you can play. The course offers players of all abilities the opportunity to play and enjoy one of the most challenging and beautiful courses in Central Florida. Located just outside Orlando and only 15 miles from Disney World, Southern Dunes has become a local and tourist favorite. Southern Dunes Golf course is one of Central Florida's most beautiful and challenging Florida golf course and recognized as a premier Orlando golf course.

Architect: Steve Smyers
PAR-72
Length of Course: 7227 yards/ slope 135

Full service club-house, GPS ProShot System, PGA Professional Instructors.

Official Site http://www.southern-dunes.com/Florida/Golf-Courses.html