Holiday Inn Club Vacations - Orange Lake Resort

Course is very thirsty. Overseed seems dead. Fairways are almost bare. A little grass in shady spots. Greens are spotted with some kind of critter damage. No repair attempt evident. Saw one maintenance crew on the course and they were spreading pine straw on ornamentals. Course needs maintenance badly and soon. So much better in the past. Can't recommend as is.

Enjoyed a 9 hole round with a couple of short par 4 s added to a typical exec course. Finding pro shop was confusing but staff was friendly. Even a bit of excitement when a small gator picked up my wife's ball but spit it out and we played on. Greens are challenging with hard to see breaks:) We had fun!

I played on Tuesday with my son and he left his jacket in the cart. I called when we got back to our hotel and staff said they had the jacket. I decided to play at the same course on Thursday to pick up the jacket. When I checked in no one knew anything about it. Go figure I guess it fit a staff person. The course on Thursday morning along hole 1&2 Cranes Bend were next to the lake and lots of mosquitoes so be prepared. Greens and fairways were fast and good shape. Beware of the bird watchers I mean both days I golfed there were groups of 10 and 12 and not sure who has the right of way. Fun course to play and does not take long with several par 3 at 100-120 yards. Good practice for short game.

For the money we paid this was a pure robbery there are many different golf course to play in the area that are in much better shape would not recommend this to anyone

We have played, and always enjoyed, this course for many years of golf junkets to Orlando. Extremely disappointed and saddened this year. Weeds growing on some greens. Bare and uneven tee boxes. Hard to find good lies in some fairways. What really indicated where this once plush course is going were the self-printed scorecards. Clearly they do not have the money to keep the course up as it deserves. Great layout. Could be a very special venue. So sad.

As a long time owner it is sad to see that they are not maintaining the course as well as they need to, to get people out to play. Fairways are sparse, rough s patchy. Suprisingly the greens are in good condition

I've played this course many times and enjoy it every time I play it. Some short holes and some water holes. Good experience for a short course. Orange Lake in general is a beautiful place!!

I paid 44 bucks to play this course with cart. You can find better courses for almost have the price of this one, but I really enjoy the layout of the course. Very little driver play for me. I just really enjoy being able to play some good yardages and be left with nice 2nd shots.

The greens were pretty quick and rolled well. They didn't look nice though. Lots of weeds that are growing in the greens. Again looks were horrible, but they did roll decent. As far as fairways, not great, grass is very thin. I dint mind tight lies, so the hard panda didn't bother me, just not astetically pleasing at all. This course will also be packed during this time of year.

I will say, if this course management could get there stuff together, I could see this course being a gem. Right now, I would play as long as my discount is nice

Orange lake is a huge resort area. I have played the legends over the years. Each time I come down, the conditions get worse and worse. It is no way worth rack rate to play here. I play for the convinance of being at the resort.

I do like how some of the holes were designed. You can really use your imagination on how you want to play the hole.

I just can't see that they don't have money to make this course great. They always seemed to be packed with green fees.

We arrived one hour prior to our tee time. We were allowed to start play immediately. Course was in fairly good shape with well designed hazards and good pin placement. Long fairways on a number of holes allowed the use of woods, which is unusual for a par 3 course. All in all, a very pleasant 9 hole experience.

Greens were good and also quick. Fairway turf was sparse. Sometimes had to move the ball to enable a shot off turf. Hadn't played here for a couple of years and had the same issues which were.conveyed to management. Thought by now they would be fixed. Some things just never change.

From the first tee, it was obvious that very little attention was given to this course. There was very little grass on any part of this course. The tees had large areas of no grass, only dirt. Most fairways had sparse areas of grass and lots of weeds. It was also difficult to differentiate between fairways and rough. There were many areas where the fairways had only dirt. The grass on the greens had bare spots with dirt and weeds intermingled with the grass. When the beverage cart came, the price for a 12oz can of soda was $3.00 and a small bag of chips was $3.00. If you want to spend 4+ hours on the weeds and dirt this is the place for you. If you want to play golf, there are many better places to choose.

Turf condition very poor

Sand piles on greens

Weeds growing on greens

Won't go back

Greeted by friendly staff that loaded cart immediately. Starter paired us with another couple from Canada. Putting practice area right next to tee number 1 to calibrate before round. Tee boxes are in great shape, fairways are wide open, greens roll nicely. The course layout is challenging and flag placement can make some greens difficult. Played in 4 hours and enjoyed every hole. Will come back