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4.0
1530 Reviews (1530)
5 Stars
397
4 Stars
705
3 Stars
278
2 Stars
92
1 Stars
58
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.3
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.5
88.7%
Recommend this course
1312 out of 1530 reviews
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3.9
70 Reviews (70)
5 Stars
17
4 Stars
35
3 Stars
12
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.7
Value
4.2
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.6
84.3%
Recommend this course
59 out of 70 reviews
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4.1
137 Reviews (137)
5 Stars
44
4 Stars
69
3 Stars
16
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.4
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.6
89.8%
Recommend this course
123 out of 137 reviews
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Course Highlights
Mt. Dora delivers outstanding value with fast, well-maintained greens and a layout featuring elevation changes rare in Central Florida. Friendly staff and a well-managed tee sheet consistently keep rounds moving at a smooth, enjoyable pace.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 70
Length 5715 yards
Slope 111
Rating 66.7

Mount Dora Golf Club is a historic, member-owned golf club open to the public, located about 35 miles northwest of downtown Orlando. The course began to form in 1945, shortly after World War II when returning G.I.'s petitioned the city for land to build a golf course.

A second nine was added in 1959 and the clubhouse was build in the 1960s. Set on just 85 acres, the course bills itself as "The longest 5,700 yards in Florida" thanks to an abundance of water and up and downhill lies that will demand precision over power.

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Course Details

Year Built 1946
Greens Bermuda grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Teaching Pro No
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Snacks

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities, Locker Rooms
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Reviews

4.0
1530 Reviews (1530)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 8
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 35
Bunkers 20
Narrow Fairways 20
This course/club is great for:
Locals 38
Beginners 28
Seniors 26
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 24
Worth the Drive 20
In the 'Burbs 15

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Reviews 109
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Bob

Nice course, a lot of tree damage. Course has a nice varied layout.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
2.0
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Mount Dora golf club

I understand why trees had had fallen due to Hurricane a week and a half ago alling and not picked . The grass not being mowed in the fairways or anywhere else made finding balls virtually impossible not a great day of golf looking for balls. I lost two boxes of ball due to the long grass in the fairway and debris in the rough. Expensive day of golf at $45 a person the 2 boxes of balls. I don't usually comment on these things but that was ridiculous.

Signed, Unhappy golfers.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
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First Time Playing

Old,tired, confusing course that had so much debris everywhere

Needs updating, cleaning and better maintenance. Debris everywhere, grass too long, very confusing course layout. Fairways narrow and dangerous at times with potentially getting hit by balls. Golf cart was old and dirty. Bathroom needs major cleaning.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

A lot of tree damage from Milton

They have a lot of clean up work to do. They have done a good job getting all the trees in piles. This has been at the expense of the cutting the rough. Lost 3 balls because the balls were hidden in the grass and could not find them.

The staff was very helpful.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 59
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Waste of time

Granted the storm blew thru. I understand the severity of the downed trees. Why open a course that you spend the majority of your time searching for your golfball because the rough is to deep.Complete waste of 4 hrs. I won’t return.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 30
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

it got hit

the course was hit hard and it needs to be cleaned up The greens are slow and bumpy number 15 green is a disaster all in all it was kind of playable s

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart

Fun corse

Because of the hurricane the course was wet. The fairways were mowed well but the roughs were not. The course clearly rewarded the shots that were straight. The tees and greens were in good shape.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Welcome to the jungle

Unless you want to look for your ball every hole for about 15 minutes I highly recommend playing somewhere else. Never thought I’d be so disappointed in Dora. You really do feel like Dora the Explorer playing there.

Conditions Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 10
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great staff, better course

Course is a little tight on some of the holes with narrow fairways, but that’s just a challenge. No houses at all on the course and it’s got some challenging hills and small greens. Bright green grass and no sandy spots or dead grass anywhere. Will definitely be back!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Mount Dora Continues to Fall Off

First time I played Mount Dora, more towards the beginning of the year, I actually really liked it. Course has an exciting handful of downhill/uphill holes, but then the remainder are mainly dead-straight par 3/4s that are the missionary position of golf.

The WORST part is the course conditions. The grass of the rough is SO tall that unless you hit a fairway every single shot, you will be searching aimlessly for your ball because it is completely submerged in grass. Every. Shot. I shot zero OB shots, I lost 5 balls, because it was useless to look in some areas the grass was so tall.

Take your money and go somewhere where they care about the course.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

MDGC

Always nice to play course, greens were worst ive seen, maybe too much rain, other then that always a great course to play if rates are good, not a 45.00 course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 74
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Tough Rough

Great day but to be honest miss the fairway and you can spend some time trying to locate your ball. The rough was penal. The purist would say “well don’t miss the fairway”. The realist would say most golfers expect to find their ball just off the fairway. Be aware

The rough is tough.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

It's not a long course, but it is narrow, with small greens and thick rough. Pace of play was decent and Chris took good care of us at the bar afterwards.

We'll be back!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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