The Legends at Orange Lake Resort

A course that would test anyone a good number of holes are guarded not only by bunkers and water hazards. The quotes on the tees by Arnold Palmer and others are good advice, if you finish with your original ball you have either been very lucky or had a great round. We will return!

This course was one of our favorites until this year.

It started when we pulled up to the bag drop and there was no one around. Then just as I placed the second bag on the rack the starter/valet/bagboy pulled up in a cart. Then we went into the pro shop to check in and there was no one behind the desk. A guy carrying a bunch of empty boxes walks in from another door and says he didn't hear us come in (seems like bell on the door would be a nice touch). These two staffers never mentioned any issues with the course itself, which i will get to later.

While cutbacks at some positions are acceptable they're not acceptable on this course. Although the fairways were in reasonable seasonal shape it was apparent the greens have been left to the weeds. Putting was an adventure as you watched your ball being misdirected by patches of what looked like crabgrass that had been cut with the other putting grasses.

Another frustration came as we approached two greens (which included #18) to discover they had been replaced by temporary greens - something we should have learned from the pro shop attendant or the starter.

In addition to on-course issues, the normally robust restaurant was closed (we learned had been closed for over a year) and may never open again.

Our only takeaway is that management no longer deems the OL courses imporant enough to the resort, and as an owner it's an embarassment to bring guests.

So now it's no longer on our list of must plays in the area.

I would play again. Nice greens. One hole being worked on so cost us $25 plus tax. Well worth that for 17.

Arrived at course to find that today is first day of rolling repairs to the course. Each working day for next 18 days one hole will be closed to play with, where possible a temporary pin position on the fairway.

Guys in the pro shop advised I could have the round for $20.00 instead of the $27.00 golf now we’re showing. I used credits from Golf Now to cover the convenience fee I would not have incurred booking directly.

Have tried to locate a contact point I could raise this with Golf Now but have only found lists of answers to questions I don’t have.

This course despite pending work is in the best condition of the four I have played this vacation. Thank you Legends Staff.

Always liked orange lake for its layout and design. Greens had been hollowed tined but that didn’t detract from an enjoyable round.

Green Tee boxes, Green fairways and Green greens. But some of the greens can use some work.

The course was fine with the exception of very slow greens. The guy in the Pro Shop was far from friendly. The Cart person was friendly and efficient which was good because on a Saturday morning nothing else was open.

The major problem was that it took over 5 hours to play. No joke. At the turn I asked if their was anyone who could go out and try and speed things up. Guy in the Pro Shop said no. It's Saturday morning and no Starter, no Ranger, just the Cart person and a guy in the Pro Shop. The course was by no means packed either. No excuse for this.

The course was really good condition and the staff working were really friendly.

Nice course. It’s a shame that being a resort course it allows residents to pay one price and play as much as they want. After beingbtold in the pro shop that the front nine should have no one on it, I got behind a twosome on the second hole. They had 1,set of clubs to share. I would think that every golfer has to have their own clubs. They practically drove the cart onto the green. Didn’t offer to let me play through as they continued to pass the clubs s back and forth.

This is a shame because the first time I played here it was great. I love the course but without a Marshall to keep this from happening it ruined the round for me. I probably will pass on playing here again.

Booked a late round trying to get a quick round in. I guess they wanted to go home so they made up some bs about thunder in the area which there wasnt and would not let me out. Funny though that before i even went up to pro shop they had already put all the golf carts away. This is the second time they have done this.

I think this course is excellent. Great layout challenging pin placements. Only complaint is the greens are starting to get thick. Other than that it is never busy and I enjoy coming out and playing this course.

This course has a great layout. That being said, the cart staff was good. Pro shop guy was on his phone sitting down and looked bothered when we came in. No updates on the course so we thought it would be great shape. Putting green was a disaster. Go to play and the greens are TERRIBLE. I dont know what happened but it sure is ashamed. Then we find a 6 some ahead of us after 4 holes and refused to let us through. Ended up just leaving the greens were terrible. Cart guy asked if everything is ok we explained and he said "yeah it's been that bad for a little over a year now". I dont know why there was no alert or why they wouldn't tell us up front but dont waste your time like we did. Perfectly good day for golf wasted.

We really enjoy playing here but, due to Florida weather, AGAIN we got rained out! The staff is great except one outside person nasty attitude and he won't stop us from returning. Great course, wide open and the layout is perfecto!!!

This course was in good condition overall bit not what it was a free years ago.

Great course in very good condition, some of the holes 8, 10,14,15 personally i think are spectacular

Challenging course,. But in excellent shape. Enjoyed the day beautiful scenery

This course is in our regular rotation. We always have a great time, the course is in good shape and the layout is fun. We'll definitely be back!