Rio Pinar Golf

First time for Rio Pinar. Has a pretty storied history of hosting the Florida Citrus Open. I enjoyed the course. Greens in good shape. Nice layout. Surprising wasn’t too busy the day I played. Good value for the money. I will return.

Best play and course condition I’ve played in central Florida so far. I’ll be back

I love Rio Pinar. The course is well maintained and has a variety of practice amenities. My only suggestion for improvement is the gps carts. They slow the pace of play tremendously. The restricted areas need to be reduced in size and marked with signs. Sometimes even the fairway (non par 3) is “restricted “ according to the cart. The cart shuts down and will only go slowly in reverse. Every time my son or I hit a ball in the woods, we had to walk 20-30 yards to get it. If we were planning to play from the woods, we’d have to carry our clubs and hope we brought the right equipment. Pace of play would improve dramatically with some tweaking to the geofencing.

I teed off on Saturday at 11:27AM with my teenage son. There was no water anywhere on the course and not once did a cart attendant come by during the four and one-half hours our round took.

The first time we ever saw the cart attendant was on the 16th hole, where she was parked in the woods looking at her phone. (See attached photo.)

It's unconscionable that a course in Florida would not hav any water available anywhere on the course or not have a cart attendant working on a weekend in the middle of the day. Do better Rio Pinar, even the Winter Park Pines has water coolers in the middle of their front and back nines.

Tout est parfait pour une excellente journée gokfique.

Nous revenons demain 11 juillet avec 2 amis golfeurs pour passer un bon moment.

First time. Really enjoyed this course. The layout was good. The greens were really nice. The amenities were very well done as well. I will plan to play this course again.

All was good; first 6 holes in an hour last 12 in 4 however; not sure what happen, my cart shut down and I missed one hole but is what it is cause staff did make a few accommodations for my older but very good golf pal.

I really like R.P. The staff is always considerate and attentive and the course is always in great condition. One major flaw and I hope that management remedies this problem quickly. NO water to be found anywhere on the course. For someone who has lived and played these Florida courses for over 35 years I can't ever understand how any course can justify not putting coolers or fountains at the rest stations. Even though the course wasn't exceptionally crowded, everyone of the golfers looked to be wilting in temps in the 90's with high humidity. I started at 9:45 and had to really push myself (a real dumb thing to do) to finish the last 5-6 holes. They always have 3-5 people by the golf carts helping players and taking care of the carts. I can't see why one or two of them can't make the rounds and replenish coolers with water so no one passes out. It would be ashamed if they lose business over this but I'm going to think twice before driving over an hour to only survive an unbearable round of intense heat. Rectify this gents before something bad happens.

I have played this score several times over the years. It’s a challenging, nostalgic place to play. The staff is always very helpful. The course conditions are in the best shape I’ve ever seen them.

Would highly recommend playing here provided you can get a decent rate. Remember to bring crackers for the fox squirrels.😁

Great layout but ended up stuck behind a group of 5 new players to the game. Front 9 took 3 hours, ended up leaving the course on the 12th hole

Very fair course but challenging, will be back again and again, kudos to the superintendent and staff great job!!⛳️👍🏻

I played a morning round and was paired up with a couple of guys who turned out to be very friendly and about the my level of play. The course was in excellent shape. Pace of play is sometimes an issue here, but that was not the case this time. We breezed through the round and had a good time.

Overall it was a great course to play, will be back soon!

This was only my 2nd time playing Rio Pinar. I played in August 2024 the first time and wow this course has changed for the better! The whole vibe at this place is nice with the driving range and clubhouse. I hope it stays improved from here. Definitely coming back and highly recommend!

Fantastic shape and pace of play is getting better!