Panther Lake at Orange County National

Staff was great but the course was pretty rough… numerous fairways and tee boxes were in bad shape. It appears that they are trying to do spot repairs in various locations but overall would hold off playing there again until in better shape.

The entire facility is obviously under maintenance. Greens on Panther were top sanded recently and there are some issues with grass in a few fairways and around greens. All in all, still a great place to play and the staff are always great.

The course layout was fun. Fairways are wide and open with plenty of tree, bunkers, water and other obstacles to keep it challenging. Pace of play was great and the staff was friendly and attentive.

I wouldn’t play it again since they charged me for my wife to ride. 25 bucks.

Panther Lake is a very enjoyable course to play. This time the pace of play was pretty slow. I think this is because of Crooked Cat being closed for maintenance. The Panther has teeth and it will bite you when you least it.

Used to be know for great conditions. Now the fairways are bare and the tee boxes are horrible. Seems to be consistent with all the courses these owners operate.

If I begin by saying that the condition of the fairways was not as good as it could be - not enough players repair divots for instance - this should not detract from an otherwise excellent venue.

The pace of play was brilliant - midday tee-off in a three-ball took just over 3.5 hours, even allowing for hold-ups on the back nine. The greens were perfect, as were the bunkers.

It is great to come back here and play - thankfully I did not leave a club behind this time!

The course has really taken a turn from a couple of weeks ago when we played. The fairways were thin, weedy, and bare in a lot of areas. You can tell they were trying to resod some areas, but not all. If I had known the conditions had turned to this, we would have booked somewhere else. Not worth the $70 we paid.

This track has several approach shots that need to carry water and bunkers. Very tight or barren lies make a high and soft shot more difficult. Played with a low handicap college guy that had difficulty creating that type of shot. He had at least two plugged lies in the fairway off the tee.

Overall, great venue. Some greens were rough. Bar closed at 5 on a Friday…we were not happy about that. Starter was not as friendly as we had hoped.

Great course for really below average players to get better. No real dangerous holes for losing balls at all. Unless you're a slicer, no course can help you anyway. But played horrible my first time there. But will be back definitely!!