Orange County National - Crooked Cat: #9
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4.4
2293 Reviews (2293)
5 Stars
1433
4 Stars
634
3 Stars
139
2 Stars
47
1 Stars
40
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.2
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.3
88.4%
Recommend this course
2109 out of 2293 reviews
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4.4
35 Reviews (35)
5 Stars
24
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
3
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.2
Layout
4.6
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.6
88.6%
Recommend this course
31 out of 35 reviews
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4.4
92 Reviews (92)
5 Stars
56
4 Stars
24
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
4
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.2
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.5
85.9%
Recommend this course
79 out of 92 reviews
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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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4.4
2293 Reviews (2293)

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Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Great layout

Love the course. Well maintained but I wish more golfers would fill their divots!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 06/23/2023

Hello, lifeunderpar. Thank you for visiting us at Crooked Cat at Orange County National. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great Course and Golf Complex

Just an overall great course and golf complex. The driving range is insane and mind blowing when you first see it. Would recommend this course to anyone looking for a nice challenge. Playing at Panther Lake this weekend for the first time and excited for another great round.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/23/2023

Thank you for your review, hughesmatt. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Crooked Cat at Orange County National. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 38
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

needs some attention

This course has been maintained better than the condition it is in currently. The tee boxes were pretty chewed up and there are bare spots in the fairways. The greens were still in decent condition.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 06/19/2023

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, Trumpshair. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Crooked Cat at Orange County National, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

12 holes in 4+ hours

I have no idea why OCN booked so many tee times yesterday. The pace of play was absurd. The cart girl told me they had 250 players currently on the two courses. My son and I called it quits after 4 hours and only 12 holes of play. No rangers on the course. Nobody apologized. Just a terrible experience all around.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/15/2023

Hello,
Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit.

We take customer feedback very seriously at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind.

Played On
Reviews 43
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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Commented on 06/23/2023

Hello u4119020. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave an excellent rating! We really appreciate your business. Please let us know what we can do for you in the future to earn that last star and thanks for choosing Crooked Cat at Orange County National!

Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Still One of the Best inthe Area

Despite the recent dry period and the effects it has had on courses in this area, this is the best one that I have played this week. The greens are recovering nicely from aeration - other courses are way behind in this respect,- and they have a true roll on them, not overly quickl but a nice pace.

This course provides you with a good test of golf, and it is great to play on a course used by top professionals in the world!

The pace of play was the best of my week, and I am never disappointed here, even if the conditions are not as perfect as in December or January.

I shall definitely put this course on top of my list when I next return

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 06/12/2023

Hello, djwoolcott. Thanks so much for your review. We're so glad you enjoyed your round at Crooked Cat at Orange County National. That's what we like to hear! We hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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Commented on 06/23/2023

Hello,

Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit.

We take customer feedback very seriously at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind.

Played On
Reviews 24
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Fairways are . . . how you say? Bad.

The fairways are bad . . . like really bad. You don't expect to see that at a place this OCN. It's not right that you're better off playing out of the second cut or even the rough to get a good lie.

There were several holes where I found myself moving the ball 10-12 feet just to find a decent lie . . . in the FAIRWAY of all places.

Greens are totally fine. They were just top dressed with sand, but still had a nice speed and roll to them.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 06/12/2023

Hi, cmills164! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Crooked Cat at Orange County National!

Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

You think a course that just hosted the pros would look better

Course was in decent condition but there's wayyyy too many spots where there's no fairway grass. No one wants to smash a 275-300 yard drive down the middle only to find out they have to hit off of dirt or sand...Greens were okay, and I imagine they're much better when they're not freshly aerated so I will withhold judgment on those. But you got to do something about those burnt fairway spots

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/08/2023

Hi, u000007431833. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Crooked Cat at Orange County National.

Played On
Reviews 22
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Excellent

Loved playing this course especially the back nine. Under 3.5 hour round as well! Course was difficult but fair if playing well! Everything in perfect condition too! Will be back!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/08/2023

Hi, u314161790046. We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Crooked Cat at Orange County National. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another 5-star experience!

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Commented on 06/08/2023

We're glad you enjoyed your 5-star experience with us. Please comment or reach out to our team in the golf shop to let us know more about your round at Crooked Cat at Orange County National!

Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Interesting course!

Fun and challenging course. Not in tournament shape as you would expect for the cost. It was a interesting round. Def not country clubs vibes or that type of maintenance. More of a golf mill that caters to tourist golfers. Catch a hot deal and book a round. That’s the value for your buck play!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 06/08/2023

Hi, u409370693. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Crooked Cat at Orange County National.

Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Need to do better.

For the money this course needs to do better. To be allegedly one of the best courses in the country or the state they need to step it up a bunch. Fairways, tee boxes, and greens all in bad shape. I don’t need it to be PGA tour qualify. But it should look better than it did. They also over booked the course. Before we started they said they were 6 minutes behind. My tee time was 12:27, I walk off the course with out stopping at the turn at 5:30. Not sure if I will come back. They need to do better.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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Commented on 06/08/2023

Hi,
Thanks for sharing your feedback. We’re sorry your experience didn’t match your expectations. It was an uncommon instance and we’ll do better in the future.

Please feel free to reach out to us with any further comments, concerns, or suggestions you wish to share. We would love to make things right if you give us another chance.

Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great staff

Course was in good shape. Greens rolled nicely. Best part was Amrut the starter/marshal keeping everyone on pace. Love it! Can’t wait to go back again!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/06/2023

titleistek, thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Crooked Cat at Orange County National.

Played On
Reviews 106
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Greens are healing, but a great track

Love me some OCN. Usual weekend slow play (5:00 round)... greens were bumpy but the rest of the course was in great shape. We got paired with 2 others and had a great time. Great staff, range, service as always. I'll be back soon.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 06/06/2023

Hello, DPru77. Thank you for visiting us at Crooked Cat at Orange County National. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Fantastic

Such a awesome course. First time playing this course amazing staff, beautiful course and pace of play was quick

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/23/2023

Thank you for your review, chlystan. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Crooked Cat at Orange County National. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 34
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Closed

Restaurant closed at 2:00 pm on a Sat.

Pace of play slow.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 06/23/2023

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, we are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Crooked Cat at Orange County National, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Beautiful course

I enjoyed this course. Great maintenance on the fairways and the greens were perfect. They do a great job manicuring this place. Pro shop guys were nice.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/23/2023

Thank you for your review, u314162603201. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Crooked Cat at Orange County National. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great!

Fairways are a bit dry and rough in some areas but I’m sure it will improve will def recommend and for the price for a resident it’s awesome!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/06/2023

Juan4108914, thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Crooked Cat at Orange County National.

Played On
Reviews 3
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/06/2023

Hi, HLi1014. We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share with us your favorite part of your experience. Thanks for golfing at Crooked Cat at Orange County National!

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