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173
Conditions
3.5
Value
4.0
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.6
77.5%
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3.7
110 Reviews (110)
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3 Stars
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Conditions
3.4
Value
3.9
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.6
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4.5
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3.7
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
3.3
Value
3.9
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.4
73.3%
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121 out of 165 reviews
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Course Highlights
The strategically challenging layout rewards thoughtful play and delivers consistently strong pace of play well under four hours. Friendly, flexible staff and solid value make this course a rewarding choice for repeat visits.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 7290 yards
Slope 143
Rating 76.5

White Heron Golf Club (formerly known as Ridgewood Lakes Golf Club) has had many accolades over its history and for good reason. The Ted McAnlis layout is sculptured from lush rolling land and features immaculate playing conditions year round. Water and natural wetlands come into play on 16 of our 18 holes and the resident breeze can significantly change the course from day to day. Yet despite the natural beauty and obvious pedigree of the layout, with four sets of tees the course is still enjoyable for golfers of all levels.

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Course Details

Year Built 1994
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Champions Turf
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ted McAnlis (1994)

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 Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Restaurant, Beverage Carts

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

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3.8
2725 Reviews (2725)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 33
Brunch 9
Watching the Game 8
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 116
Bunkers 73
Forced Carries 47
This course/club is great for:
Locals 71
Advanced Golfers 62
Seniors 48
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 50
Worth the Drive 49
In the 'Burbs 33

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Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Rather challenging

For an over 65 it can appear to be very challenging but sensible play can reduce the very challenging parts

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 10/14/2024

Thank you Stephen for playing and enjoying White Heron Golf Club. Some of the par 4's it pays to keep the driver in the bag, a little bit longer to the green, but at least your still in the hole, The Par 5's are some of the best in Florida and all of the par 3's can stretch out to over 200 yards.

Thanks again, WHGC

Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Being a community course I expected your average run of the mill course not too difficult wide fairways large greens and not much in the way of hazards. I couldn’t have been more wrong, a course with character we played off the whites good choice as the further back tees require a few good drives over water.

Excellent course well worth the money

A word of warning for those with gps’s the front nine and the back nine have been swapped round. But numbers 1 and 10 are similar doglegs with water. Confused me not that it takes much. The usual reason for this is when the members find what are now the 9, 10, 11 holes too hard for opening holes and ruin your card before you even start

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 10/14/2024

Thank you Allister

White Heron Golf Club is a Championship course and plays like one. We have soften some of the holes from forward tees to help along the beginners and higher handicaps.

This course has been home over the years to many of Florida's Mini tour swing and has always proven itself on being one of the top challenging courses in Central Florida.

Once again Thank you for the kind words and hope to see you soon.

WHGC

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

No drinking water out on the course. Not acceptable in 93+ temps which is common for this area.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 10/04/2024

Thank you for playing White Heron Golf Club

We provide, coolers on the cart which can be filled with ice and beverages, free ice and water outside the pro shop, a fully stocked bar with every beverage available.

We do not have coolers out on the course (like most top courses) do to the fact of possible contamination by an individual, but once again we provide every means of keeping you well hydrated during the round.

Thank you, WHGC

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Bit shabby

Tees and fairways had sime crab grass, range balls had seen better days and the greens were very slow. Having painted a bad picture it was actually a very nice layout and challenging in places. It was just a shame that it needs a little investment. Given that it would be a great value track.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 10/04/2024

Thank you for playing White Heron Golf Club.

Hope to see you soon.

Played On
Reviews 46
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

White Heron Golf Club

You need to know that the course is in a gated community & you have to allow time to get a parking pass & enter the community through the main gate. The course itself is an interesting layout with water in play on many holes. Generally, the course needs a bit of TLC as recent weather has taken it's toll. Tees & bunkers in particular need more attention. It was cart path only which was only notified on the first tee by the starter.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Intermediate
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 Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 23
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Improved golf course

Much improved greens and general conditions

Great layout

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great golf....great price!!

My group...2 foursomes...thoroughly enjoyed our round.....great amenities.

Super friendly staff!!!

Will definitely be back!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Unplayable

Played in May this year, it was great. Went back yesterday and was shocked to find it was even open. Fairways so wet, hard to find a dry bit to place the ball. The greens were poor and scruffy. Persevered for 9 holes then gave up, took nearly 3 hours just for 9 as everyone was losing their plugged balls. Buggies were allowed to drive everywhere which was churning up the course, it was a mess.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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Commented on 09/16/2024

The guy that collected the cart after our 9 holes said they hadn't had rain and the course had been watered! Have played 3 other courses nearby and all in great condition.

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Commented on 09/16/2024

Thank you for playing White Heron Golf Club, as I have explained before in previous reviews the notifications are in place for course alerts and it was your option to play here.

Golf Courses should not be faulted due to wet conditions and maintenance issues because of Mother Nature.

We have the majority of players enjoying themselves and playing quality golf with out any problems, hopefully next time you'll have a better experience.

Thank you, WHGC

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Don’t bother

We had a tee time today for 18 holes at White Heron, we did see the airification alert and also looked at reviews which stated the greens had been aerated 8/30 so we assumed wrongly that the course would be ok, we were very wrong.

On arrival we were told we would have to play the front nine twice and obviously we hadn’t read the note on your website, I told them there was no note but he assured me there was and I hadn’t read it. I have just looked again and there is no mention of this I can see.

The course is in an awful condition the fairways haven’t been cut and it is like playing out of the rough, there is no mention of cart paths only until you get halfway down the fairway and the buggy tells you cart path only and comes to a stop.

In our opinion the course should not be open as there are workman all over the place.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 09/15/2024

We give every notice to consumers of our maintenance on the course and we never mislead players about the conditions. You booked a very inexpensive Hot Deal which should have been your first indication of course conditions and you could have called the course for more information, second when you booked, a red course alert and aerification alert pops up, third we were aerating the fairways and tee boxes which takes about 2 weeks to heal, fourth you were told when you checked in about the 9 holes twice (hence the cheap price) and cart path only (which with any course is day to day), it was your option to play or not to. I'm not understanding your comment about workers on the course as that is normal when your doing course maintenance. Golf Courses for the most part do not intentionally try to deceive the players it does nothing for our reputation and future business, our goal and mission is for every player to have a great time, no matter what their score is and to walk away feeling that day was a memorable experience. I'm sorry your day did not turn out like you planned, but believe me that was not our intention.

Thank you, WHGC

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice for the Price

Course was soaked. Nothing can be done about that, it is Florida. Most greens were in good shape while some were sandy and had weed patches in them. Hated the crab grass on the fringe of fairway ( I know hit the fairway) it was very difficult to play out of. Everyone from the guys in the pro shop to the starter were super friendly and the drinks from the bar were not lacking in anyway. Overall good day for myself and my friend. Challenging course for me, but very fun.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 09/09/2024

Thank you for playing White Heron Golf Club and thank you for the honest review. We are in the midst of our yearly maintenance and golf course changes. These are necessary so that we can have a top course throughout the year. White Heron is one of the most challenging golf courses in Central Fl. which will test every part of your game. See you soon, WHGC

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Enjoyable course layout

Aeration had just taken place the previous week so I can over look that on any course. Staff in pro shop extremely friendly very enjoyable course layout and great value. Would love to return in future after Aeration I'm sure I'd enjoy it more.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 09/09/2024

Thank you for playing White Heron golf Club.

Sorry about the course maintenance, but it's a necessary evil and we have such a short window to do it in with the Florida weather.

We'll be in top shape soon, so I hope to see you back here.

Thanks, WHGC

Played On
Reviews 22
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Nice design

This course used to be called Ridgewood Lakes back when they opened it got a nice layout friendly staff if you paid for hot deal and it’s not busy they will let you tee off. I hate the courses nobody there and they make you wait till the time.

It’s got a lot of water and there’s alligators roaming about, but don’t go in the woods or wet😄

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 09/09/2024

Thank you for playing White Heron Golf Club our goal is to make everyone's golf experience as enjoyable as possible.

Hope to see you soon, WHGC

Played On
Reviews 1
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Best of Luck

This course has a great layout. So sad that I will not recommend this course to anyone.

The tee boxes and greens were a disaster.

I could have played in my backyard and had better conditions for free.

There was no water on the course and it was 98 degrees. This is not a shady course - we were hot and miserable after slow play.

Staff is not super welcoming.

Hopefully the owners can change things up.

It has potential.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 09/03/2024

Thank you for playing White Heron Golf Club,

We apologize that your Golfing experience wasn't what you expected.

We pride ourselves on having the Friendliest and welcoming Staff in Central Florida, so when I hear there was an issue we would like to know about it.

The course is undergoing it's yearly maintenance and aeration projects, hence the low price to play. Like most courses we do not put water coolers on the course do to potential contamination, but we did have on course cart service, an ice machine and water at the clubhouse, coolers on the carts, plus a restaurant which would give every golfer plenty of hydration for the round. Please try us again in the near future and we promise you'll have a better experience.

Thank you, WHGC

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Decent course for the value

Ground was soggy on some tee boxes and the greens were in not so great shape. Overall for the money, the course is decent. Staff were very friendly

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 112
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Too much walking

The course was in beautiful shape a great value for the money charged however, the carts stop too far away from the greens for all guys to walk. We quit after exhausted in the heat.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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