Orange County National - Crooked Cat: #9
A view of the 9th green at Orange County National - Crooked Cat Course
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4.5
2318 Reviews (2318)
5 Stars
1450
4 Stars
640
3 Stars
140
2 Stars
47
1 Stars
41
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.2
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.4
90.4%
Recommend this course
2132 out of 2318 reviews
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4.5
50 Reviews (50)
5 Stars
35
4 Stars
10
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
3
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.2
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.6
90.0%
Recommend this course
45 out of 50 reviews
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4.4
72 Reviews (72)
5 Stars
46
4 Stars
20
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
4
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.2
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.6
91.7%
Recommend this course
66 out of 72 reviews
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Course Highlights
Crooked Cat's thoughtfully designed layout and plush, consistently well-maintained fairways make it a standout destination for repeat visitors. Friendly, accommodating staff and strong overall value complete a course experience that regularly exceeds expectations.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Links
Par 72
Length 7493 yards
Slope 139
Rating 76.0

The Crooked Cat Course is one of two 18-hole regulation courses at the Orange County National Golf Center and Lodge. The facility is also home to a nine-hole executive course. The Crooked Cat Course is a challenge with dramatic elevation changes and rolling fairways that are framed with mounding. The golf course has a links-style design with large, contoured greens and wide landing areas. Water hazards and several bunkers come into play throughout. There are also trees and native heather present on the course for a naturally beautiful atmosphere. Orange County National's Crooked Cat Course is favored among low handicappers due to its length and difficulty.

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Course Details

Year Built 1998
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Champions Bermuda Ultra Dwarf Turf Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

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

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Lodging

Lodging Available

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Locker Rooms

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Reviews

4.5
2318 Reviews (2318)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 84
Brunch 35
Watching the Game 33
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 115
Undulating Greens 87
Forced Carries 86
This course/club is great for:
Locals 105
Advanced Golfers 104
Playing Multiple Courses 97
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 120
Near Local Attractions 61
Convenient to the City 56

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Played On
Reviews 61
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 47
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens need work

Crooked Cat is a great layout in overall very good shape. The greens seem to be suffering a bit as they are patchy and not as fast as usual. Still reasonable to putt, however not as good as I have seen in the past. Hopefully this is temporary and maintenance is able to get them back to normal.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Always good

I got the course when it wasn't at its best, and it was STILL excellent. The greens were not in good shape -- bumpy and splotched with weeds. Every other aspect of the course was excellent and in great shape, as always.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Coarse ok but greens in rough shape worst I've ever seen

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 28
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

what happened to the greens?

i played ocn earlier this year and the conditions were incredible. but mid april it’s not very good. fungus all over the greens, chipping areas and tee boxes. what a bummer, and without any discount.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Goodbye OCN

What you get for EIGHTY dollars at Crooked Cat is 30-minute waits per hole. They’ve never attempted to solve the pace-of-play disaster that is #12.

The problem was a group of 24 they let out – likely comprised of 90% non-golfers. That’s a problem of the American golf industry, not OCN, that doesn’t restrict access to courses by skill level. So, good golfers end up hating golf.

There was no attempt to refund my money.

The recently-punched greens are covered with splotches of something green that does not look like grass.

Where I’ll be playing now for TWENTY to FORTY dollars: Zellwood, Mayfair, Ventura, CC of Mt. Dora, Redtail, Black Bear, Dubsdread, Winter Park 9, Winter Park Pines, Legends of Clermont, Wedgefield, Eagle Dunes, Deltona Club, etc., etc.

Goodbye Crooked Cat. Goodbye Panther Lakes. Goodnight Moon. Goodbye OCN.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Greens were in terrible shape

it appears that they aerated and sanded the greens but there was no notification of this when booking the round. I wouldn't have played this course and paid this much to play on these greens. They were basically brown and bare.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Greens, Greens, where are you?

Not the best course for the money, management kill the grass in the greens. is a big sand area with a flag, they should let people know. I was looking to attach pictures but the app does not work. Please manavement publish course conditions so people dont waste money.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
5.0
Previously Played

Greens are bad

Took a big group to play here because I hyped it up so much from the last time I played there. The greens are completely gone, trashed and likely not to come back anytime soon. The rest of the course was in great shape but the greens aren’t. Avoid at all costs, I’m not sure with the shape they were in that would be playable for another month or maybe even longer.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Greens, Greens where are you?

Got into the course early, good help from the field people, office staff were nice too, start playing and fairways were fine a little dry but playable, green in the other side were not playable, just been aireated and kill the grass so only left a big sand area pocked with holes and rocks and a flag. Please if you plan to aireate the golf course do 9 holes and then other 9 holes.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Awesome

Very happy with the course! The rate for my round came down enough for me to play after 2:00. Course was in great shape. Holing out 18 from 130yards didn’t hurt either. :)

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Pace of Play

Although my husband and I loved the course itself, we found it very frustrating that there was no one solidifying the pace of play. We were behind almost 45 mins in the back 9. We ended up having to skip 4 holes just to get in front of the hold up. Once we did that, we got to play the last hole and even our cart monitor said we were back on time. If we had waited it would have easily been another hour and a half possibly 2 hours at the pace we were playing. Disappointing as you pay a lot of money to play 18 holes but spent more time waiting to play than actually playing and on top of that, skipping 4 holes. Not sure if we will be back but we won’t be paying full price if we do.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 46
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great conditions, slowwww AF

Greens are excellent, rest of the course is in good shape.

Pace of play continues to be an issue - 5 hours to play... Again. It's become a once or twice a year course due to pace rather than a "must play regularly" place.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 35
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

After Round

I’m still not sure why the restaurant shuts down the kitchen so early on a Saturday afternoon. We finished our round at 5 pm and could only get a cold pre-made sandwich or the last hot dog left. The course was FULL and I’m certain we weren’t the only ones that wanted to order off the menu.

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