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1157 Reviews (1157)
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
45
1 Stars
38
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.8
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.3
78.4%
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3.1
14 Reviews (14)
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Conditions
2.7
Value
2.8
Layout
4.6
Pace
3.7
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.6
57.1%
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4.0
81 Reviews (81)
5 Stars
30
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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Conditions
3.7
Value
3.7
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.7
76.5%
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62 out of 81 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Par 72
Length 6745 yards
Slope 133
Rating 72.3

The 18-hole Lake Buena Vista Course at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, FL is a resort golf course that opened in 1972. Designed by Joe Lee and Rocky Roquemore, Lake Buena Vista Course at Walt Disney World Resort measures 6802 yards from the longest tees and has a slope rating of 133 and a 73 USGA rating. The course features 4 sets of tees for different skill levels. Greens and fairways are bermuda grass.

Styled in a classic country club setting, Disney's Lake Buena Vista Golf Course meanders through pastel villas, pine forests, palmettos, sparkling lakes and other wonders of nature. Lush fairways and well-protected greens make this course as challenging as it is beautiful. Add an island green on the 7th, and it all tots up to a great golfing experience.

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Course Details

Year Built 1972
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Joe Lee (1972) Rocky Roquemore

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees (with GPS)
GPS Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire consists of a polo-style shirt with collar, turtleneck or mock turtleneck shirt, and slacks or Bermuda-length shorts.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Tennis
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4.0
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Reviews 3
Handicap 0-4
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4.0
Previously Played
Used cart

Great Course without a "Resort Stye" feel

Fun track that isnt your typical resort style course. Greens were good for this time of year. Not too fast and a little bumpy in spots, but for as much play as Disney gets they were in pretty good shape. I would defintely reccommend playing here.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Why were bunkers soaked, hasn't rained in several days

Played 18, course overall in good shape. Some brown spots/thin in fairways but not many, don't remember any on greens. Course in very good shape for a public course. Green were fast and smooth. Only course issue was the bunkers, very wet and hard packed but we haven't had rain in several days - just inattentive watering or worse not caring. Wasn't anyone waiting at cart return which saved me a dollar or two. All in all, I will play again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

very good course

Fairways, rough great shape. Greens were excellent.

Need better consideration for the handicapped. I have a breathing issue and would like to be able to get closer to the green .

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

9 holes before we fly

We played LBV the morning before we flew home. That was some more fun than going "power shopping" with our much better halves.

We had a pretty good thunderstorm during the night so all play was from the cart path, but GPS units were very helpful in determining distance so club selection wasn't an issue.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Not as Great Conditions as You'd Expect from a Disney Course

The fairways were spotty and browned out on some holes. Most greens were in good shape but not all. It had rained for a few days prior, but it appeared as if the course doesn't drain well.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Enjoyable Day!

Lake Buena Vista is a wonderful facility. Beautiful clubhouse and pro shop. Driving range is huge with water in front. Putting green is very nice. Course layout is nice with some beautiful holes. Overall I would recommend this course. Have fun!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 171
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Top 100 Contributor
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

What a let down

As with everything Disney, I went into the playing of this round with high expectations but wow was I let down. Right from the get go my experience at LBV was a tremendous letdown. I went into the clubhouse to pay and after that I headed out back to my cart only to find out there that range balls were not included. I had to make my way back into the pro shop and stand in line for another 10 minutes just to pay for range balls. After the range I headed to the first tee for, ten minutes early for my time. Playing as a single, I was told by the pro shop that there were three more with me. The started informed me at the tee that two of them went off the back and no one knew where the other person was. I watched a twosome go off for the tee time in front of me and my telling the starter that I was tight on time and had a plane to catch did not urge him to put me with the twosome. Instead, I went off late because he wanted to put me with the three people who had the time after mine. This greatly slowed down my round and I left the other three on the 15th tee and went on alone as we had fallen so far behind the twosome I never caught them on the last three holes playing as a single. As for the condition of the course, that too was a tremendous letdown with chewed up tee boxes, burnt our fairways and sanded spots on several of the greens. Luckily, I went through GolfNow and got a discount that was intune with the course conditions. If I was someone who paid over $100 to play today, I would have been outraged. In it’s current state I would not recommend this course to anyone who wants to play a premier course in the Orlando area, there are too many other great courses such as Orange County National, Grand Cypress, Waldorf Astoria, Reunion and others that you can play for about the same price and get a much better experience. Sadly, this was the last Disney course I needed to play to finish the WDW trifecta and I honestly wish I had never played it.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 03/17/2016

Thank you for your feedback on your recent round at Walt Disney World® Golf. We apologize for the fact that your were displeased with the facilities and services that you experienced. We hope that you will play our wonderful courses again in time to come, so we can exceed your expectations upon your next visit to Orlando. If you would like to further discuss what you encountered during your visit with our management staff, please feel free to reach out to our Leadership by emailing disneygolfreservations@palmergolf.com so that we can help resolve your residual concerns.

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us!

Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Wonderful Course

We love this course. I would recommend this to anyone visiting. If you can vary your tee times you can usually get a good rate but it's worth the cost.
Nice layout and a bit challenging.

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

This course has great features

This course has great features

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

So good we had to go back

We played the course a couple of weeks ago and enjoyed it so much we went back again
During this time we also played Disney's Palm and Magnolia , and this was the pick of them. Definitely the best greens by quite along way.
The only downside is the friendliness off the staff in the pro shop ... they are not!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

A Disney Attraction

Greens were firm and fast with plenty of grass. Like most resort courses ball marks and divots are not repaired by the players. At Disney you always expect the little extras and attention to detail. However, the range had no club cleaning equipment and trash was spilling out of the receptical. Staff was awesome! GPS state of the art. Pace of play was excellent.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 58
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Tricky greens

After some good showers the past few days, the greens played tricks on our foursome speed seem to vary from hole to hole. All in all this is a very good track. took a little longer to play because of the foursome ahead of us where's the marshals when needed.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

very nice course!

Excellent amenities. They pay attention to details. I like it very much!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Very nice course

Great course for a round of golf. Very well maintained course and very friendly staff. Totally recommend

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 142
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 250 Contributor
Florida Advisor
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Disney Rarely Let's You Down

When you go to a Disney course you know what to expect from the clubhouse to the course conditions. I can't remember if/when I've had a major complaint when playing there. The only complaint I've had in the past is an inconsiderate golf group or two,which isn't the course's fault. Play with confidence that you have booked an enjoyable day of golf. What, you wouldn't trust a mouse?

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Best Course at WDW

I believe LBV is the best course on Disney property. The oldest of the course but well maintained and fun to play. Whines through several of Disney's resorts. Several spots can be sloppy after a rain storm.

Beverage cart doesn't move around the course; located with the starter.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
3.0
First Time Playing

Staff way too friendly

Everywhere you go, from the valet to the starter, are all Disney-Stepford kool-aid drinkers who made things very uncomfortable for my group. We came to play golf, not get quizzed endlessly about everything.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 53
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

LBV, Disney

Good course that used to be a regular stop on the PGA tour (ended 2012).
Played in the morning with a good deal, 35 dollars including soft drink/beer before and after the round and a breakfast sandwich.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

LBV Golf

Course is in excellent condition. Friendly staff. Great time.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 30
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pleasure

This was the second second time I have played this course,and how much it's improved. Staff always the best,course conditions very good.value for money excellent. Sheer pleasure to play. C u again soon. Thanks

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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