10400 FL-48, Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida 34737, US
(352) 324-3101
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About Mission Inn Resort & Club

The family-owned Mission Inn is one of Florida's friendliest and most value-forward resorts. With two golf courses, including the century-old El Campeon layout, it is an ideal setting for buddies trips and, at about 45 minutes from Orlando International Airport (MCO), remains convenient to reach from afar while removed from O-town's occasionally chaotic energy.

Facts

Price Range$$
Property Class★★★★
Acres1100
Year Opened1969
Number of Units100-300

Amenities

RestaurantsFine, Bar, Casual, Buffet
Room TypesRoom, Suite
TennisYes
Fitness CenterYes
Practice FacilityYes
Golf School/AcademyYes
Banquet SpaceYes
SpaYes

Services

Room ServiceYes
ConciergeYes

Rules

Is the resort pet friendly?No
Is resort stay required for a tee time?No

Golf courses at Mission Inn Resort & Club

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Played On
Reviews 47
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course is in excellent shape and the staff was very friendly and helpful.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Pure Las Colinas

Mission Inn Golf + Resort should be must play for any avid golfer. The “Las Colinas”course is labeled as the “easier” course of the two you can play at Mission Inn but still provides a fun challenge. Las Colinas translates to “The Hills” so be prepared for elevation changes and some blind shots. The Par 3s are long and mostly over water so make sure you use enough club! Course was in great condition with just a few tee boxes/greens that could use some TLC. I paid $90ish after taxes for a 7:53 AM tee time so this course also didn’t break the bank when most of the other premier courses in the area are going for well over $150 this time of year.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 76
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Some holes were great, some were not

Course play left more to be desired on the back 9. Considerable distance between holes. At times I felt I was

Spending more time driving my cart than playing. I appreciated very much the cart’s distance to the hole app/graphics. Overall an enjoyable round but you do feel you are playing the “2nd” course and a little envious to not be playing El Campion…

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow 🐌 5 hours plus

I would love if the management kept the pace of play at 4 hours or under. Nobody needs more than 4 hours to play a round. I understand that nobody wants to rush though their round they payed for, however 4 hours is very fair ask.

As much as customers that don't want to be rushed there are just as many that don't want to wait on every tee box.

Happy medium.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
1.0
Previously Played

Starter needs to understand pace of play

I am a regular at Mission Inn, I probably play there 8 times a month at least. I do feel like I should bring up the pace of play after today's 5 hour round. My tee time was 945am and I finished around 300pm!!! That's not the worst part, I talked to the starter for the first time on around hole 5 ish. I told him the pace was horrible, at one point there was 2 foursomes on the tee box and then me 🤦‍♂️. The thing that really got me mad was the Starter. He was kinda rude to me for him not doing his job. He literally told me "the pace of play is good we give 15 minutes a hole. I said there is no way they are keeping pace of play....!!!....!!...at the end of the day I was right because the customer always is and for the simple fact it was a 5 plus hour round.

The starter needs to hold a standard for ALL members, none members doesn't matter. More importantly he needs to listen to customers, I could have shown him exactly what I was talking about but he Instantly dismissed what I was telling him. Two 80 year old gentleman and there sons where keeping up right behind me, I only know this because I basically saw them on every tee box...... oh and they were not happy either....

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Halloween treat (no trick)

El Campeon has long been a favorite tract, but I can’t recall playing it in better condition. The tees and greens were great, the bunkers raked & the greens were fantastic. Las Colinas tends to have better greens imho, but when fixing ball marks, one can feel the solid root structures and they rolled fast and true. My only complaint is not enough golfers fixing their own ball marks. The super and staff are doing a great job.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

what's going on?

1. Played. here for 30 yrs., in worst shape ever.

While still a good course. * a good value if getting a discounted rate. they have a fungus problem, and a mole or vole? problem, to which #14 is a prime example.

2. I pre-purchased a time online, which was the 1st time avail. after some kind of outing / tournament. & was asked to not press them (as a single). That was impossible to do, due to the v. slow pace of a what looked like a v. junior girls tournament. In my opinion, Mission should not've sold a time where they KNEW could not have played at a normal pace, or had no chance of completing a round before dark.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 54
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 44
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 74
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

El Campeon

Hey,

awesome course to play, nice layout and good conditions.

Later about 6:30 pm on the 17th hole the water sprinkler startet his work.

To much flights were to slow, we endet on the 18th in the dark, startet at 1:40pm endet at 7:15 pm...

The were also just one cart coming over with drinks and snacks.

Overall it was nice to play.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Florida course with elevation change

I golfed this course last year and wanted to take my son here this year

We’re from Buffalo so to me it’s a very Florida style tract with lots of water, par 3s over water, lots of guarded greens with great sand traps. Plus palm trees, gator warning signs and fast greens

My son really liked it! It’s worth the extra drive from Orlando

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 80
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Great Conditions!

Not much to say other than “excellent”. The only issues with El Campeon are caused by the morons that play it and fail to fill divots, repair ball marks, or rake bunkers. With great conditions from tee to green, it is unbelievable to me that players won’t take the time to reward the hard work of the staff by taking a few seconds to fix their divots, ball marks, and bunker prints/shots. Anyway, El Campeon is a fabulous track that is a mere 40 minute drive (at most!) from the Orlando area. If you love golf, you will thoroughly enjoy El Campeon but you better bring your A game as it will test every aspect of your skills. Unlike most FL courses, this course has some serious elevation changes and some extremely tricky and FAST greens. Well worth the trip and a great value for your golfing dollar!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 38
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great fun, tuff course ( for me anyways)

Beautiful layout, change in elevation makes it challenging.

Food at Nickers was very tasteful. Enjoyed it and will be back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Mission Inn

I played the old course this time and except for one green, the greens were smooth and a good pace! The on course cart attendant was timely and the prices were reasonable. There were a few wet areas and the new carts have GPS and you can't drive into any wet spots The GPS showed the hole and was a touch screen so you could see how far that bunker was from the tee box! I have played both courses and enjoyed both of them!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 12
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
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