Black Bear Golf Club

For the first time in a while, the greens were very nice. That was the only complaint I had previously.

This is a golf course in need of money obviously! Pro Shop / Cart idiot told me I couldn't hit golf balls on the range unless I bought them at the Pro Shop. A range is for hitting golf balls and no where is what he said written. So over what was the equivalent to a small bucket of balls this guy thought all the future green fees that this course now lost from me and all the future lost green fees from people in the multiple golf groups I'm posting this in and from people that read this and don't play in protest of being nickel and died over a small bucket of balls. All that future profit for the course over a small bucket of balls. It's that small minded thinking that has that dude working in a pro shop making minimum wage. Won't ever set foot on the property again and will continue to tell people not to play Black Bear. Hope it was worth it over a small bucket of range balls!

Black bear has a great layout. Definitely challenges your short game. Greens are small and fast. Pace of play never an issue. Staff always friendly and efficient. Ine of my favorite courses.

For the $80 price tag you would expect a lot more from this place. It used to be a gem. The fairways are ok on some of the holes but most have large bare spots that leave you hitting off of the same dirt that in your backyard. The rough and sand traps are just flat out neglected. The greens are bumpy with weeds and most have bare dirt areas as well (or green paint). The people are nice and the facilities are good, but it’s is evident not much is going back into this course. Disappointing to say the least. Its a decent muni at best. Really surprised by the overly positive reviews of the course conditions.

The course is good, greens are rolling true, fairways are good. Challenging greens, as they are elevated, small, angled for small targets, make sure you have your distances. We had a windy day, a bit more challenging, but was fun to play.

Trash conditions. If I knew beforehand that you can upload photos to your review, I would have taken pictures to show you the greens and you wouldn’t expect to pay more than $20 to play this dog track. They’re a sloppy mix of bare spots and weeds. The bunkers have mostly been abandoned and the fairways fade nicely into packed dirt bare spots. A 4-wheel drive Silverado couldn’t damage this course much worse than the grounds crew already has. The clubhouse restaurant is pretty nice though, just not the golf course.

Wife and I played Black Bear for the first time. As described by many, this is a course with wide fairways and small greens. All grass areas were in good shape, and bunkers near greens were filled with soft, fluffy sand. The great bunkers were appreciated since there are many of them on the course. I liked the green sizes as this makes for some real target golf. Nick in the pro shop was very friendly and got us off a little early which we appreciated. Will definitely play again when in the area.

This course is consistently in good shape. The pace of play was awesome…we finished in 3 and a 1/2 hours. The greens were in good shape, as well as the fairways and tee boxes. I still hate whole 18 because it’s simply the hardest hole in Orlando. (LOL) The only thing I didn’t like was the rate. I know it’s peak season but $79 is pushing it. Although that’s the going rate pretty much everywhere and I feel courses are price gouging.

We just wanted to get out and play. Its a course that as you pull into for the first time your think oh boy we made a mistake. But no one in your group wants to say anything just yet. From the tee boxes to the fairways to the deeply washed out traps and greens that left you thinking.? Why are we here? I would compare the course to a beat up muni and rate the place a two.

Friendly staff, the Organisation about thunder and rainfall was very good, After waiting we could play very well. The course ist interesting, AL lot of bunkers an hills, any blind holes, good restaurant with excellent margherita.

Course in need of some TLC. Bunkers are horrible. Just needs cleaned up. Fairways and greens are ok

Course is usually in much better condition.

Greens were very slow. Some had a lot of damage.

Fairways had a lot of course grass and weeds.