Rio Pinar Golf

The course is in great shape. We were paired up with a nice father/son team. The layout is fair and fun. The bunkers had beautiful sand and made them easy to get out of. You won’t lose too many balls if you’re not hitting wild shots. The beverage cart seem to arrive in perfect timing.

All in all, we’re going back tomorrow.

Greens we're in excellent shape and ball rolled true. Fairways were really nice. Rough wasn't too tall and all but one tee box were good. Driving range was closed. Bummer when you need to loosen up. All in all, 4.5 out of 5.

Solid course. Some of the tee boxes are on dire need of some TLC.

It was a sweet round day at Rio Pinar. Greeted nicely upon arrival and at the starter station. Then played an excellent condition and layout track. Greens rolled true and we made some good scores. Overall, strongly recommend to golfers of any levels.

Our recent experience at Rio Pinar Golf Course was extremely disappointing.

From the start, it felt like our group was unwelcome and unfairly judged. Despite our foursome keeping a reasonable pace and with no one waiting behind us, the ranger approached us on the third hole, questioning our speed. It seemed obvious that his judgment was based on superficial assumptions about our group—two of us weren’t highly experienced golfers, but we were moving along just fine.

Things only got worse on the fifth tee. The ranger stopped us again, questioning one of my friend’s handicap and suggesting we weren’t playing “realistic” golf. It was insulting and unnecessary, as my group and I were following course rules and not causing any delays. His reasoning? The twosome behind us were members. I reminded him that I could be a future member too and that respect should go both ways, but he continued his overly intrusive approach.

Even after we let the twosome pass, the ranger continued to hover over us for the entire round, which left us unable to relax or enjoy the game. We felt policed and watched like we were doing something wrong, even though we were adhering to etiquette and doing nothing to disrupt play. Then, at the turn, when we made a quick stop to use the restroom and refill on ice, another staff member approached us yet again to comment on our pace.

On top of everything, Rio Pinar seems to have a problem with overbooking tee times, scheduling them only ten minutes apart. Instead of acknowledging this as a course management issue, they chose to unfairly blame us, further compounding our frustration.

In the end, what should have been a relaxing day was ruined by constant monitoring, judgment, and lack of respect. We left feeling mentally drained and frustrated, as though we were targeted the entire time. If you’re looking for a friendly and fair golfing experience, I’d suggest looking elsewhere. Rio Pinar’s poor treatment of customers and overbooking practices make it difficult to enjoy the game.

Golf and staff are awesome but someone needs to fix the carts. Using the cart is a moving tv commercial and a hovering parent all in one. Terrible. I honestly would consider not going back b/c of the carts.

2:30 tee time on Wednesday. 3.5hrs through 11 holes. Great track, staff, and one of the best club houses in the central Florida area. They need to stop overbooking as tee times are every 8 minutes and makes it unbearably slow. As much as I love this track, I will not be back for a while as this is my experience every time I play here.

Windy most of the day. Course was in good condition but some tempary tees because their redoing some tee boxes

i always enjoy playing rio when i’m in florida and definitely noticed a difference in grounds maintenance and course conditions under the new ownership. whatever they’re doing, keep doing it!!

The carts are ridiculously slow. Carts have a governor that shut the cart down to 3mph when you leave the fairway. So if you don't hit every fairway good luck. Pace of play was awful 5-6 hour rounds on the weekend. Sadly that is public golf in orlando these days. We need a course in town for skilled players only. Club house is elite and the squirrels are a great touch.