Mission Inn Resort & Club - El Campeon Course

Played last Sat , weather perfect. Both courses are tough, however…

The new owners have removed a buncha low hanging, golf ball catching limbs. It has made it 2-3 strokes easier, yippee. The greens are perfect, fairways close to perfect, and rough brutal on some holes. We are making a few putts now, and my son made a 40 footer for eagle on #14 El Campeon. He beat me again, whoops. We had a great time.

Great track, was surprised they had a Sr rate (55+) that knocked it down to about $70…they threw in free range balls as there was a delay due to a College tourney that was running late-not a big deal maybe 30 minutes, that didnt hurt us, but storms came through as we finished. I will def come back to play it again now that I have seen the layout.

My wife and I were surprised on arrival to find that there was no-one booked on the course for an hour before or after us so we had the course to ourselves and went round in three hours. The course was ok but not worth the price, it wasn’t that special. Worst point was that we were told there was a drinks cart on the course but it never appeared and we really could have done with some refreshments during the back nine - we would have bought some to take out if they hadn’t said there was a drinks cart. The clubhouse reminded us of the film “The Shining” - it was dark, old fashioned, dull and weird. I expected a couple of girls to come in shouting “Redrum” like in the film. There was no draft beer available in the bar either, which was a disappointment after a round with no drinks cart! The price of a bottle of beer and a wine was ridiculously high too. Also a Greenkeeper was rude on the course and pushed ahead of me as I was about to step into the on-course rest room. I wouldn’t visit this place again, it’s over-rated, over-priced and would only have been worth the visit if Jack Nicholson had actually walked in and re-enacted a scene from The Shining!

Uphill, uphill, uphill. Wow, very unique course for Florida, even the downhill tee shots hit an uphill fairway. extremely interesting course layout, great condition. I wouldn't want to pay 120 for a round, but with a little hot deal action you cannot be mad about this. You will not be bored by this layout.

Was not disappointed. Challenging course. Very scenic. Excellent greens.

It being the first time playing this course, made more difficult