Mission Inn Resort & Club - El Campeon Course

Great layout. Three island greens and elevation changes not usually found in central Florida. Bring your A game or lots of golf balls.

The course was good. Great layout. Very playable and quite difficult. The pro shop staff was friendly and very helpful. The starter was.....well he was a tool! Cart girl was nice as was the bar staff and cart wranglers. The starter made it a point, in front of other players waiting to go off, that I knew "he was in charge and that the pro shop staff didn't know what was going on." So my round got off to a contentious start. I liked the course and would love to play it again.. But I probably won't if that same starter is there. Oh, and Golf Now screwed me again....the second straight time. I cancelled my membership immediately after the round. GN can't seem to book a tee time correctly. I was really looking forward to the course since everyone I talked to said it would be amazing. And it probably is. But, as we all know, one person can spoil an experience. And that starter certainly did. Too bad.

The course had a Jr tournament taking place with zero notification or warning given before I ran into the groups on the course.. The gentleman at the Pro Shop could have at least said it was taking place and to pay at my own discretion--I would have respected that and played knowing so. Wish I would not have found out not the course.

With that out of the way, I did not factor that into my review. The track has a nice layout and the "Island green" is neat, but the conditions are fair. Greens were fast but needed major TLC along with the fairways. Lots of dead grass about the course. I am sure the course was a gem around ~2012 when it was rated a top track by golf digest, however those days are gone.

We share the ride by Uber, it is $50 one way.

We have been playing on Flyday at 8:50.

It was a little chilly in the morning at the time of the day.

You must prepare a more warmer clothes done you think until after 10 AM.

Green is a little small than other courses.

Very nice layout and great weather that day.They are trying and making improvements to the course. Greens were fast and true in great shape. off the fairways could use some attention. Pace of play was fantastic.

Good price with GolfNow and well worth the hour drive. Had a 7:40 tee time so we finished in 3+30, but had to fight 30 minutes of light fog. Course was in great shape. I really enjoyed the round but didn’t play it well.

Was looking for a Friday tee time, and this place seemed wide open. Should have known why.

$92 for a golf course in such poor shape is borderline criminal. I understand the place may have history but its in desperate need of an influx of capital to update course conditions. Was hoping for a good time as the staff seemed very friendly. But, Tee boxes were trashed, fairway and rough splotchy with leaves everywhere. Greens were OK, not fast but rolled decent with so many ball marks around. Starter made a point to tell me how hard this was and I should plan to lose a dozen balls. It was not hard at all. The layout could be really good with serious maintenance, manicuring and upkeep. Until that happens- hard pass.

For an extra $15 go play southern dunes and enjoy your round

If you like 5+ hours rounds and poor conditions, then this course if for you. My wife and I were paired with two singles. Both of them could not take the waiting on each shot and quit early.

Thankfully it was an absolutely beautiful day!!!!

Extremely difficult course

Greens are fast and undulating

Fairways are good and you need to be in them

It’s a fun track! Lots of elevation changes and the greens are tough. Staff is always friendly and the course is in slightly above average shape.

Pace of play is always slow and greens are a little beat up from so much play. Would be nice if the greens were faster too but I wouldn’t call them slow. This is one of those places that would be world class if they had the money to dump into it

Everyone should play it once

Beautiful Championship layout with several downhill drives leading to very very uphill greens. Not friendly for golfers who usually reach greens in rolling the ball. (My wife is a 17 handicap but played way over 100 because of the difficulty to reach those uphill greens.) I found the greens challenging and hard to read but the speed was perfect. The round took 4 hours and 40 minutes to play with an 11:00 o’clock tee time on a Tuesday, waiting on every single shots. But I definitely would like to play El Campeon again on a day with calmer winds and with a better pace of play.

Oh, several bunkers would need more and better quality sand considering the quality of this course!

Very nice golf course -great layout-pace of play on the slow side. Our cart went dead on the 4th hole. We had to let 2 groups play ahead which made the round 5 hours. But would try again.

Really enjoyed playing this course. Great layout. Decent shape. Greens were great. It’s not easy.

Old course with a nice layout. Starter was very nice. Pro shop staff did nothing to make you feel welcome. Cart guys had nothing to say. The worst conditioned driving range I’ve ever seen. Fairways were fair at best. Greens were in great shape. Lots of elevated greens. Overpriced by about $20 in my opinion. Not likely to return.

Love this course and will bring back a large group next time