Black Bear Golf Club
About
P.B. Dye-designed Black Bear Golf Club offers good value and a challenging day. Six sets of tees give you plenty of options. This 18-hole championship facility course, located within 45 minutes of the Orlando attractions boasts of a complete practice facility that includes a double ended driving range, as well as a 40,000 sq. ft. short game area.
Golfers at Black Bear can count on the Dye trademark touches which include sandy waste bunkers, undulating greens and dramatic elevation changes-in short, Black Bear Golf Club is most definitely a "do or Dye" golf course.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 72 | 7041 yards | 74.1 | 140 |
| Black | 72 | 6453 yards | 71.5 | 134 |
| White | 72 | 6025 yards | 69.7 | 126 |
| White (W) | 72 | 6025 yards | 75.8 | 136 |
| Yellow (W) | 72 | 5344 yards | 71.8 | 128 |
| Yellow | 72 | 5344 yards | 66.6 | 120 |
| Green | 72 | 4942 yards | 64.5 | 116 |
| Green (W) | 72 | 4942 yards | 69.0 | 125 |
| Red | 71 | 3723 yards | 60.1 | 106 |
| Red (W) | 71 | 3723 yards | 62.3 | 110 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship M: 74.1/142 | 405 | 534 | 189 | 548 | 197 | 378 | 402 | 394 | 428 | 3475 | 420 | 222 | 414 | 400 | 568 | 141 | 512 | 456 | 433 | 3566 | 7041 |
| Black M: 71.4/137 W: 77.6/145 | 346 | 489 | 159 | 525 | 177 | 358 | 355 | 367 | 395 | 3171 | 394 | 192 | 372 | 370 | 544 | 131 | 472 | 414 | 393 | 3282 | 6453 |
| White M: 69.5/128 W: 75.3/140 | 338 | 462 | 147 | 510 | 167 | 341 | 337 | 327 | 388 | 3017 | 364 | 184 | 362 | 336 | 469 | 118 | 454 | 373 | 348 | 3008 | 6025 |
| Yellow M: 66.5/120 W: 71.5/132 | 310 | 414 | 135 | 463 | 150 | 311 | 309 | 270 | 371 | 2733 | 348 | 167 | 311 | 302 | 383 | 91 | 392 | 329 | 288 | 2611 | 5344 |
| Green M: 64.3/113 W: 69.3/127 | 305 | 409 | 130 | 458 | 97 | 276 | 299 | 263 | 299 | 2536 | 318 | 147 | 306 | 297 | 370 | 86 | 387 | 257 | 238 | 2406 | 4942 |
| Red M: 59.4/101 W: 62.4/113 | 230 | 302 | 87 | 354 | 97 | 229 | 216 | 226 | 243 | 1984 | 243 | 112 | 226 | 232 | 305 | 86 | 290 | 195 | 238 | 1927 | 3911 |
| Handicap | 9 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 3 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 14 |
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Beautiful morning view Photo submitted by u314160080206 on 05/03/2022
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Big Bird on the Flag Stick. Photo submitted by xkyleclark3 on 12/17/2019
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Photo submitted by DougVann on 03/09/2018
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A little dark, but black bear in a dark tree, hole # 6...appropriate for Black Bear Golf Club! Photo submitted by relivgolfers on 09/29/2013
Will remain hopeful….but:
This layout is challenging if you’ve never played this kind of golf. Played here a couple dozen times over the years. What should be an enjoyable test to your game becomes a frustration. The greens have issues. It’s the same kind issues going back months. Thought I would give BB another chance since I last played there in early March. It’s not improved much. Buyer beware.
Worst greens I've ever played
Greens need a lot of attention. There were spots that were sand and they have several different types of grass growing on their greens
Greens very challenging, fairways were in good condition with limited rain. Definetly playing again!
I’ll be back!
I played this course several times and I always have a great time playing there!
The course the man’s good golf in order to score well and I love that!
The course keeps improving here after year, so I’m happy about that!
And I love going there because all the staff are professional make you feel at home!
So I don’t think you can ask for much more than that. And that’s what keeps me coming back, so I’ll be back again.!
Repeat Offender
I have to say I do love that golf course! Every time I go in there, I feel really welcomed and taken care of! It plays, puff, tough, but it plays fair and I love that!!
Me and my girlfriend went and played today. Really enjoyed the golf staff the golf course and we had a great day together so what more can you ask for?
I wanna send my personal best to everyone who works there you made my day today!
BEAR HAS TEETH
PLAYED THIS COURSE MANY TIMES ALWAYS BITES ME IN AS NICE CHALLENGING COURSE FUNTO PLAY THE FRONT WAS JUST AIRRATED BACK WAS GREAT GOT THER DONT UNDERSTAND COLD WELCOMEE 20 MINUTES EARLY NOT BUSY MADEUS WAIT TO OUR TEE TIME COLD WELCOME BUT RECOMEND THIS COURSE
90+ Degrees. No cart girl. No Ice
Course was in playable condition but this is no 4* course. 3 star certainly. Greens were ok. Fairways coming along. Tee boxes ok.
lancer57
great layout greens are rough due to drought hopefully get some rain soon
No amenities
Played on a Tuesday morning. Earlier comments here are very accurate regarding course conditions. But I wanted to add a couple of comments.
1- there are zero amenities here. No yardage screen, no towel, no water on course. That said - they still have ball washes and most holes have nice hole map on marble.
2- I've been golfing for 35 years, and this course had the least stress of any I have played - not easy, just not stressful.
Course could be great once greens improve
Pace was great, less than 4 hours. However the greens were slow and bumpy, difficult to play when frustrated by hitting a good putt that bumps off line.
The course has wide fairways but small greens. You better have a good approach shot.
showing stress
having played this course several times, it in need of water and greens repair.
Not what it used to be
Even given drought conditions in the area, the course conditions were well below average. Greens on the first nine were covered in weeds, greens on the back Lane were oddly spongy.
Challenges On Different Levels
The course has an interesting layout with a lot of Rolling Hills that favored your shot rolling into play. The fairways condition are fair at best and the greens were very very small not very smooth. Keeping a ball on the green was difficult because of the slope of the edges. When you putt your ball it would hip hop along the way to the hole. The sand traps are terrible and steep to get in and out and rough around the edges.
What happened
This course was once beautiful and green. Rough is nothing but weeds. Some greens there is no grass.
Black Bear 04.19.26
The course was good and somewhat difficult. The greens however were in somewhat bad shape and difficult to put on.
Greens Under Repair
I have played a lot out at this course…it’s always hit or miss. When we played…it was a big MISS. The greens were a mess. I get we had a hard freeze a few months back, but everyone course experienced it around here and they’ve done well to get them to respond. Management should be ashamed to charge full rate to play this course right now. Tee boxes are a mess…greens terrible and nothing fair about the fairways. Do better or discount the round until you can fix these conditions. At least make a note on Golf Now so we can decide for ourselves.