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 | 139 |
| Black | 72 | 6453 yards | 71.5 | 134 |
| White | 72 | 6025 yards | 69.7 | 126 |
| White (W) | 72 | 6025 yards | 75.8 | 128 |
| Yellow (W) | 72 | 5344 yards | 69.0 | 125 |
| 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
Would recommend
Great course greens and fairways good
Will play again it’s worth a visit
Dare the bear
Black Bear is in great shape. The greens rolled nice and true, fast but not lightning. Fairways and teeboxes are in nice shape too,and we played 18 in 3 hours and 35 minutes on a Thursday afternoon. A nice value and definitely a replay.
Decent
Course is in decent shape. Greens are fast, small and hard. It is close to home and for $25 it's a good value.
Sand Sand and more Sand
This is an amazing Pete Dye course - the course really makes you think about all your shots. Lots of undulation on the fairways (and greens). Fairways in great condition and most greens were excellent - a few damaged spots probably from the recent hurricane .
The course should come with a warning - lots of sand and really SMALL greens !
I was lucky to be paired with 2 local guys who guided me around the course which really helped They started calling me Sandy after all the bunkers I found !!!
For me it was just over a hour drive from south of Orlando but it was well worth the drive, particularly as I got a great deal on golf now
Bear Down
It had been over a decade since I had played here. The main reason was about a 40 minute drive from the house and some unfavorable reviews combined with a higher price tag. .But the course was in good shape and the greens were very good. I was glad I played here and would recommend the course all. The only drawback was I was a single and got stuck behind a threesome on the third tee box till the stopped at the turn.
Great conditions/ Greens tough
Overall great, fairways, greens, tee boxes all money. Staff was awesome. Pace of play perfect even on a Saturday morning. Only complaint is that greens are small and tough to hit but they’re in great shape and makes it more challenging. 5/5 for sure go play it if you can
Enjoyable Course
Thus course has probably the narrowest greens you will ever play. Some less than 10.oaces wide and almost 50 long, and quite often at an angle.
Course had seen some damage from Ian, sand washed from bunkers so they were compact but playable.
Enjoyable layout and some interesting holes.
Definitely one to play again.
Grass
I enjoyed Black Bear. It was nice to play a course that has grass (where it matters). I will play it again soon. Great price and a great course.
Hurricane issues
We booked for a foursome but do to a hurricane 2 day's prior one of our guys had to back out last minute. When the rest of us showed up the person at the register said that the understand and that was okay, now the course is changing me for the tee time because we didn't cancel 24hr in advance. I don't feel this is far due to the hurricane damage.
Excellent conditions
My first time playing. I’m a 10 handicap and play quite a bit and thoroughly enjoyed the course.; fairways and greens were great. The course layout was challenging but not overly hard and was very fun to play and experience. It’s a shot makers course and was great to test all the clubs.
Stopped in at the turn to grab some food and a beer was told the kitchen was down and just a couple of sandwiches in a warmer. . A few of the greens had weed patches in them along with some of the tee boxes. But over all enjoy playing this course
Bad business move
So first. Course conditions were fair. Some greens diseases and need work but overall average. Pace of play was great. No one in front or behind us. Now the bad. I had a 752 tee time for four. One person woke up with a sore throat so deceived not to play with us. So we showed up with three people and told them we were only three. The guy that runs the pro shop told us no problem, course was empty. We could go off early if we wanted and there was no one behind us for two hours. Well today I get a charge from golf now as black bear told t when we had one no show. So they charged me 60+ dollars. I called the pro shop and explained but they weren’t hearing any of it. They said this was their policy and that’s that. I will never play at this course again. I am a local that has played there many times. But this has left me with a very bad taste and a very poor business decision on their part. But the pro shop manager isn’t a very sharp guy so probably doesn’t look at the big picture .
Not surprised. They could care less about customer service or return customers. Horrible management. Too many other good option for golf in the area.
Fun relaxing day at Black Bear
Fun relaxing day at black bear. Course was in very good condition. Greens had very good pace and were true. A couple of greens were a little bumpy due to being plugged. Fairways and tee boxes were in very good condition. Pace of of play was excellent - played in 3.25 hrs!! Definitely visit and play!!
Superb Layout
While some parts of the course were a little scruffy, the fairways and greens were in good shape and the ball was actually rolling in spite of the overabundance of rain we've had in Central FL during the entire month of September. I'd always heard about the green complexes were difficult, but I found them to be fun and not overly penal when you missed the green. While it rained hard enough for me to call it quits after just 9 holes, I am eagerly waiting to play again even though it's a 45-50 minute drive from my house. Loved it!
Horrible business practices from a very poorly managed course.