Oaks National Golf Club

Price and pace of play after we skipped a hole was great. Front nine greens were badly damaged.. still good practice T to Green.

The absolute worst course I’ve ever played. Overgrowth everywhere, couldn’t find my ball in the “fairway” many times, greens are not even greens, they are sand and patches of overgrown grass. However, the staff is very nice and friendly

Oaks is making progress with the condition of its greens and maintenance of the fairways. The rough is still a little high and you might lose a ball or two if you don’t hit them straight. But overall it is getting better and the course layout enjoyable if you like to be strategy challenged. Pace of play is excellent. If you play Oaks you will enjoy the round.

The course is in shocking condition, fairways in need of a cut and greens with very little grass.

Its a shame because the layout of the course is great.

Cart paths in shocking condition with huge pot holes.

Played this course for the first time, course layout is fine, staff is really friendly but the conditions were not good. We know there was a lot of rain last week but it looked like the teeboxes were out of shape far longer thank thar. I the course dries up then it will be fine to play.

If you remember how awesome Greenlefe in Polk County was…and then it wasn’t…Oaks National is very similar, Oaks National is an amazing layout but the conditions are an abomination. Little to no grass on the greens, what grass there is fairway height. We lost balls in the FAIRWAY. Course hasn’t been mowed in months. The cart paths are in shambles and the course is a swamp which being in Florida isn’t a surprise but there appears to be little to no drainage. As a former greens superintendent I can tell them that tossing about grass seed is not going to fix the problems. They need to slit seed, aerate, verticut and shut down the course for at least 3-4 months to allow some grow in and rehabilitation. The pro shop folks were fine they undersold how awful the conditions were but did tell us it was pretty rough and i’m sure they are embarrassed.

I believe this course gets a bad rap from golfers who expect US Open conditions and who play sandlot golf. Don’t blame the course for losing your balls. If you don’t want to lose balls, keep them in play. The course is also not to blame for its owners. The owners don’t invest the money needed to improve conditions. But that’s okay because I like to work on my game and Oaks National allows me to do that whenever the time fits my schedule and at a fair price. The course has far more character design than most of these other cookie cutter courses like Providence or Orange Lake. You have to think your way around Oaks National.

It would be a great course if they kept up with the maintenance.

First of all, all the staff was super friendly and nice. The course was borderline unplayable. Long grass on fairways. Greens were mostly patchy and sandy. And the little bit of grass on them were way overgrown. The tee boxes was barely green. Maybe I had to high expectations for a cheaper course. I paid and planned to do 18 holes, but walked off after 6. think that says enough.

Played a few years back and it was great value for money and course condition was excellent great greens, fairways

Etc but as I played I quit found out the course was very little maintained. No grass on the greens fairways were patchy. I can understand that has been a lot of rain and before I played recently I would’ve recommended it to anybody for the great price and condition but is severely gone downhill. I won’t be playing here again.

Not worth the 40 bucks. More dirt than grass in the fairways and greens, and where there is grass it's full of weeds and is unmowed

This course needs a lot of work but for the price it's good for working on your game. The greens have been aerated and sanded so don't expect much there. Fairways were cut but with all the recent rain there were some thick areas that were too wet to cut. Recommend bringing a yardage range finder since the course does not have any yardage markings.

Friendly people, great track , 4 cars in the lot?? This place spent a bunch of money 12-18 months ago and it was in as good of condition as it had been in 20 plus years. Brand new greens were a huge improvement . Now, 40% of the fairways and 35-40% of the greens are just gone even though we have had a ton of rain. Weeds are out of control. Lake edges and off fairway areas being neglected. It just doesn’t look like it can last much longer in this condition. I hope they figure it out soon because South Orlando/ Kissimmee can’t keep losing golf courses.

I have read the reviews where people moan and complain about the greens and such. Oaks National has improved and continues to work the problems, but what I love about the course is its layout and it’s so pleasant to play. No waiting, no one pushing you to finish your hole because pcpurse play is so slow and in the heat it’s miserable. Oaks moved along even when it gets a little crowded. So if you want to play a US Open kept course and pay out the nose to play with people who think they are US Open caliber players, then go waste your money. I’ll take Pals National any day of the week.

This is the worst course condition I’ve ever played. The maintenance of the course is poorly kept up. The greens are small and mostly muddy. Take this course off of GN, remodel it,and if not, close it permanently.