Rio Pinar Golf

Site of the old Citrus Open in the 60s & 70s. Still a great course. In great shape this time of year.

A little wet, but that is normal this time of year.

Since our first round here some 3 years ago, the course and clubhouse has gone through a very positive transformation rarely seen these days at public courses. Value at an all time high at the Rio.

Actually, all of the staff except for the Starter/Ranger were great. But the Starter ruined the whole day for us with his ugly, gruff attitude. We were ready at the first tee box, and the players ahead were well out of our way, but he insisted we wait 9 more minutes until the actual booking time. The twosome we were paired with were in a rush, so they played on ahead, making two 2-somes, but there were no other players ahead or behind. The Starter came to yell at us about it and said we were 2 holes behind. We never saw anyone behind us and finished the first 9 holes in an hour and a half and the total round in under 3 hours, so not sure where the problem was. There was no reason for him to be so rude and angry. I was planning to go inside afterwards and talk to them about membership, but not as long as that guy is there. There are plenty of other nice courses around.

Staff is unbelievably friendly.

Driving range is always open

Chipping Green and putting Green are great!

Beverage card has everything you need & beverage caddy is very nice.

The staff even came and found us on the course to let us know. Our car had 3% battery life and proactively changed it out for us. Amazing.

Greens were fantastic. Punching and closed 11-13.

Course in good shape especially considering all the rain!

We ate in the restaurant after the round and the food was very good.

All in all this place is worth the money and the experience!

The course has a great design and is in very solid shape right now. For the price it might be the best deal in Orlando.

I was really looking forward to playing at this course, but unfortunately I came down with an illness and had to cancel my round. Despite notifying the course that I was sick and unable to attend, they still went ahead and charged my card in full.

I understand policies are in place, but there should be some level of customer service and basic human understanding—especially when it comes to situations out of someone’s control. I wasn’t a no-show trying to skip out on a reservation. I was genuinely unwell and made an effort to communicate that.

It’s disappointing to see such rigidity, especially from a course that promotes itself as customer-friendly. Sadly, this experience has left a sour taste, and I won’t be recommending this place or returning anytime soon.

All around best value in Orlando and a premier course. Incredible shape for end of July.

Way too hot to have 2-1/2 hour front nine rounds. Tees off in the seemingly empty course afternoon, when the guy starting the rounds said “it’s pretty empty out there. You should be done in 3 hrs if not less. Just two zones and three zones primarily.

Repeatedly an issue here with NO rangers. Never saw one out here ever. I keep forgetting this fact while I’m avoiding this course for 3-4 months since last time I had the same experience here.

Hire a Ranger. Simple.

Who cares about the rest of the course review when you have to head in on 11 tee cause there’s 4 groups visible in front of you and it’s 95* out. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Almost 3 hours after teeing off on 1.

Course is in fantastic shape. Greens were good, practice area was good, beverage gorl was nice, cart guys were awesome as well as the starter. .

Rio Pinar is in the best shape of any course in the Orlando.