Royal St. Cloud Golf Links - Red/White Course

This course is a unique experience near Orlando area

Only complaint is that the course is always busy for good reason I guess

Place was a zoo. Had to wait for a tee time and it was super super slow

I asked him the staff was it regularly like this. They said yes.

Nice greens though and you could practise putting for 10 minutes and the next tee would still have people on it.

So the course is great. Fast greens and they care for it and it shows. The golf carts are super fast, but not the cleanest in Florida. But if you like golf and not pay a large amount for fun, this is your place. The ranger came out and made the group ahead of us speed up. So that was a first for me.

It is hard these days to find a excellent course in reasonable price in Florida, and this course is. I particularly like the green which is well maintained, smooth but challenging. You need to read the grain carefully to get the speed right.

The course is the gem of Central Florida . . . there is no doubt about it, but as someone who probably plays the course 6-8 times per month, they simply need to do a better job with keeping up the pace of play and making sure that every group is a 4-some.

Too many times they allow 5 and 6-somes seemingly because they don't want to say no, someone knows the GM or the owner or there is no marshal making sure after they leave hole 1 that this doesn't happen.

Rangers should be be driving around (especially this time of the year) and making sure groups are playing from the correct tees, (had a group of 30+ handicappers playing from the black tees yesterday), keeping up with the groups in front of them, etc.

I was very pleased with my round at Royal St Cloud today. I played yesterday at Lake Buena Vista in Disney and this course was in just as good of shape as the Disney course for about half the price! Now-there are not alot of frills and extra. Older gas carts. No GPS. No windshield. Just a cart. You have to put your own bag on the cart. No one to clean your clubs when it’s over. But the course itself is just as nice! As for the course. It’s wide open. They are trying to simulate a links style course. Or something out of the Australian Sandbelt. Big fairways. Very little rough. With huge dunes and sand lining the hole. On a lot of holes the dunes cut in towards the fairway and pinch in some of the landing area. The greens are pretty big and very undulating and fast. If you aren’t close to the hole expect some 3 putts. There isn’t a lot of water in play. But it will sneak in on your when you aren’t expecting it. Or can’t quite see it. I will also say. If it’s your first time playing it would help to play with someone who has played there before. Bc of the wide fairways and sand dunes. Some of the holes are tough visually. It’s hard to recognize where the hole goes and what the lines are. Several earlier reviews complain about pace of play. It was pretty crowded. But I played all 27 holes in 6 hours and 15 minutes. I will say the first 18 took about 4 hours and 30 minutes. And I was able to play the last nine quicker bc it wasn’t as busy. All in all. If you are looking for solid golf and don’t mind doing without the extra frills some other area courses might have then this is a great place to play.

Active military with an id plays free! The staff is very kind and it’s definitely worth the money as it is one of the cheaper courses around with lots to offer! They have 3 sets of 9 holes that you can mix and match for a different experience everytime

I have been in the golf industry for 12 years and this place is a gem. Unfortunately I live in Tampa so it's a bit of a haul to get there but I will still be back. I saw many great reviews on conditions and it was better than I thought it would be. Very friendly staff.

I had stopped playing here because of the pace , but decided to give it another go. Staff are very nice, Had to wait a while to get off which was annoying since we were on a late time of the day.

The course has no big commutes between holes so i guess it should play fast.

We met the group in front on every tee box. We could have had a picnic on every hole. No shot was playes without a long sit in the cart. We almost gave up after 9, but played the same 9 again at least it was better

The course would be only good if you are a very slow four ball that cant keep up. There are no marshalls and no one trying to speed up play. They seem to squeeze out too many players its packed and SUPER slow

efficient friendly staff, course in great condition

When I arrived there was a large number of people waiting to start their round. It was apparent that they overbooked the course and this is why it took over five hours to play 18 holes.

nice staff, great layout, not your typical Florida course, challenging

I just always seem to enjoy time on this course. I enjoy the atmosphere. No houses. Comfortable feel. Interesting links layout. Pace of play was excellent. Course is in great shape.

27 holes in ~ 4 hours.