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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.0
Value
4.2
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.7
Amenities
4.3
87.6%
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4.2
67 Reviews (67)
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3 Stars
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Conditions
4.3
Value
4.4
Layout
4.4
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.3
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4.2
228 Reviews (228)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
23
2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.2
Value
4.3
Layout
4.4
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.5
89.9%
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Style Traditional
Par 72
Length 7001 yards
Slope 130
Rating 73.7

Formerly known as Rio Pinar Country Club

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Course Details

Year Built 1957
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Champion Ultra Dwarf Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Mark Mahannah (1957) Lloyd Clifton (1995)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code No denim, collared shirt and bermuda shorts required

Food & Beverage

Restaurant, Beverage Carts

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Lounge, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities, Showers, Lockers

Available Sports

Tennis
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4.1
3485 Reviews (3485)

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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 25
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

First time playing this course . It did not disappoint

From the driving range to the putting green to the practice area . All were excellent . Course conditions was also in excellent shape

If I lived closer to this golf course I would highly consider becoming a full time member .

Looking forward to my next trip to Rio Pinar

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Remains a classy golf course

Rio Pinar is in great shape. New ownership has kept conditions top notch, and the layout is challenging even though it is not a tight course. The clubhouse has been done over to a higher quality, the practice range is high tech and top notch, and the staff is professional. What more could you want?

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Orlando's hidden gem

We've played Rio many times. Since the new ownership has taken over, this course has been phenomenal. Yesterday's round was no exception. We teed off at 9:14 am and we finished just before noon. The course was in fantastic shape. Tee boxes, fairways and greens were all perfect. You can still see areas that are out of play where improvements are still being made, but other than that I can't say enough good things about this course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 157
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 70
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Rio Pinar

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.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 157
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Best play for your dollar

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

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great course

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

More Water in a Desert

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.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Le parcours, le personnel et les installations sont top

Tout est parfait pour une excellente journée gokfique.

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

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 70
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Rio Pinar

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 16
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good remake

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.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 141
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Florida Advisor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Course Conditions Very Good But....

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 07/10/2025

Hello MBJFLA,

Thank you for coming out to play at Rio Pinar Golf and I appreciate all your positive comments about the course and staff. I will address the one comment you had regarding water. Rio Pinar Golf, as did a lot of golf courses, took our water coolers off the golf course during COVID and we have not put them back out due to 3 things:

1. Potential for contamination.

2. Liability due to someone getting ill from contamination

3. The cost for staff to maintain

While the last point may be considered the cost of doing business, the first two issues, given the health concerns as well as our insurance rates, are significant factors in our decision not to put our coolers back out. We do however do a few things to help mitigate this:

1. We have 2 large coolers of ice water located in the clubhouse with cups to take with you on the golf course if you wish

2. Each cart has a small cooler that can carry water or drinks that can be purchase in the golf shop, clubhouse or with our Bev Cart

3. We have a large cooler of ice located between holes 9 and 10 where you can fill the cooler on your cart up with ice before your round or between 9's

While I know all of this is not quite as convenient as having nice ice cold coolers full of water on the golf course, we hope this helps your next round to be a bit more refreshing!

Thank you again for supporting Rio Pinar Golf and hope to see you out soon!

Tom Jackson

General Manager

Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Rio in Great Shape!

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.😁

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Group of 5 beginners

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

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Challenging!!

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

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course is in great shape

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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