Black Bear GC
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3.8
1684 Reviews (1684)
5 Stars
591
4 Stars
708
3 Stars
229
2 Stars
76
1 Stars
80
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.9
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.0
80.0%
Recommend this course
1411 out of 1684 reviews
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4.0
76 Reviews (76)
5 Stars
29
4 Stars
33
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
6
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.2
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.1
88.2%
Recommend this course
67 out of 76 reviews
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4.0
172 Reviews (172)
5 Stars
59
4 Stars
82
3 Stars
19
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
8
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.1
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.2
87.8%
Recommend this course
151 out of 172 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Style Links
Par 72
Length 7041 yards
Slope 139
Rating 74.1

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.

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Course Details

Year Built 1995
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect P. B. Dye (1995)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS No
Pull-carts No
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf Simulator No
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole No

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire required

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

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Reviews

3.8
1684 Reviews (1684)

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Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

It always great to Dare The Bear!

Always a wonderful experience. Staff is very friendly. Challenging course in great condition.

Green fees are a great value.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Black Bear

It’s totally different than your usual Florida golf course . We will play it again

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Fun track with gaping flaws

I play this course 5 or 6 times a year and really enjoy it.

So during my past visit I decided to look at it as if I was a first-timer! As I walked from the parking lot I noticed that the landscaping has been largely ignored, and the American flag was shredded on the end.

As for the course, the fairways and greens were quite well maintained, but for some reason the bunkers are totally ignored. Most bunkers are ringed with foot-high weeds, with many bunkers having high weeds growing within the bunker itself.

NO course should have foot-high weeds anywhere! If I wanted that I'd visit Eagle Dunes!

Get out the weed-eater, clean up the bunkers AND the parking area landscaping and you'll be good to go.

I'll be back in November with hopes of those improvements!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun course, nice place

Really enjoy this course, good value, solid practice area.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Management needs to ban this

The 4some in front of us were recording their round like good/good wannabes. Not simply using phones but set up tripods and cameras to record every shot everyone made. They never offered to let us play through and with no Ranger on the course we finally had to skip a hole to get around them. This ruined what would have been a great round on a great course. We won't be back until I hear that this practice has been banned.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 41
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Holy cow

Hardest course I’ve played. I wasn’t hitting good, but still. Craters everywhere

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 86
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Coming along nicely...

tee boxes, fairways and greens in good shape. Worth the trip out to play.

Nice driving range with shot computers too.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 86
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Great shape and a quick round

Course is fine....played in 3 1/2 hours. Fairways, tee boxes and greens all in good shape.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun, fair course

Course was in great shape, tough but fair, hard to lose a ball out there. Would recommend

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 28
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Wow!! 🤯

It’s been a while since I had been there, but I gotta tell you it was one of the best days I’ve had at the golf course in a long time!

It’s kinda like one of those feelings when you’ve been gone for a while and you go back home. Everybody’s glad to see you. They treat you right and make you feel right back at home!

From the moment I walked into the moment I left I had an absolutely fantastic time. The golf course was in great shape. The range was impeccable. I had such a good time. I even stayed there for food! Which by the way was delicious.

Now there’s a place around here that gets it about service, everybody a black bear went out of the way to make me and my guest feel more than welcome!

So much so that we’re gonna go back there again and again and again!

We had a great time and I just wanna extend my thanks to everybody who works there because it’s been a while since I’ve had a day like that on the golf course!

And one more thing, we bought some merchandise which was reasonably priced and very fashionable. I might add!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fun course

Fun course, not flat, plays fair, good condition. Would play again

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

I play heavy to irons over woods. This course plays PERFECTLY to my style of golf. The fairways run like carpet. Very friendly staff. 10/10 will be back soon!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Worst owner of a golf course!!

Been playing here for years…. Owner is some Spanish, maybe Asian dude who is the most disrespectful human I’ve ever came across… this guy runs a golf course?? Those poor employees! Absolute duesch bag, rude, disrespectful, doesnt know how to talk to paying customers or how to approach any type of situation on a golf course the right way. Talks down to you, enjoys being mean to paying customers lol. If you care about customer service as much as course conditions the course is in much better shape then the staff!

Shout out to Jordan in the cart barn! Great kid! Nicest guy there

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Owners disrespectful and out of line

Don’t hit it over a fence or the Spanish/somoan duesch bag who runs the course will come out and talk down to you like youre a child who did bad. Absolutely the worst experience I’ve ever had after playin there for years… I’ll save myself $50, won’t be back. Guy who runs it needs to practice how to speak to ppl

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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