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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4.2
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Played On
Reviews 7
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 549
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 25 Contributor

always nice

Always in fine shape, no CPO on 1 or 18. Cart service/starter was kinda loose that morning, not the usual. Usually they bring a cart down to the bag drop, not Wednesday. Guy that functioned as starter was not sure what was going on, much looser than usual as I said.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 38
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great time …..

Had a great time out yesterday. Course is in great condition / beautiful layout / greens in great shape.

By far one of the best courses in area for the money. Staff is very friendly and helpful.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser

Course is run down

I've played this course several times before, and I don't know if they have new ownership, but the condition of the El Campeon course is below average. A lot of dry spots and fairways that have not been receiving regular watering

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Awesome

Such a great layout , some amazing holes .

Really enjoyed the day

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Pace of play

First time I walked off a course due to slow play. Waited 3-10 minutes on each hole due to slow play.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Condition a disapiontment

A nice course layout and Clubhouse. some of the fairways and semi rough needed attendance therefore to many balls lost balls

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Played On
Reviews 46
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Stagnant pace of play

The course is in good condition and challenging. That said, when we got with the starter he said that we may have a problem. They had a group of 52 that had started in the morning with the last foursome teeing off at 9:30. Normally it wouldn’t be an issue since we were teeing off at 11:08. The starter had heard that the group had played another course the day before and played a 6 hour round. We were playing at a 4 hour pace and caught up with the last group at hole 10. The ranger came out several times to get them to pick up the pace and finally came to us and said that he was giving up. We were waiting 10-15 minutes between shots. I quit at hole 14. It was just unbearable and quite frankly inexcusable to let them play at that pace.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 26
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Outstanding service

This is an upscale course that is in excellent condition. That being said, at some up scale courses the service is given with an expectation or a hand out for a tip. Not here! My experience was refreshing as the starter saw me getting out of my truck, brought me a cart. Then when I went inside the pro shop and the gentleman there had my starting ticket already printed with my name written on the top of it. I had pre paid online. These gentlemen deserve recognition! That is what will keep customers coming back. Not to mention the course is beautiful. Great experience!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 48
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Over-played

We’ve loved El Campeon in previous years, and it is highly recommended always by many, me included. However, because of this, it is now overused, and sadly, by many standards of golfers. The pace of play is now appalling, and unfortunately no sign of course marshalling. We packed up after 14 holes @ 3h 45m.

Fortunately the starter team were great and suggested we could play 9 on Las Colinas, which we’d never played before. The difference was amazing. Great layout, great condition (not overplayed) and a joy to play. Will definitely return and play Las Colinas for 18 holes.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice condition

Course is in good shape. Greens area a bit grainy and many cart paths are under repair but his is a really fun track.

The club shop guy was a complete tool...about as bad customer service as I've ever seen at a golf course.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 53
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A must play

Enjoy playing here. Always in very good condition. Every hole is unique. All holes ha e greenside bunkers. Very good greens for putting. Two par 3's over water. This is not an easy course fir double digit handicapper but still worth playing. Many local tournaments played there. Including the Epson & MacKenzie tours.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Worth a try

I expected more because of it’s design and history but all & all I enjoyed myself. Played along with a father/son duo and had a great time. The elevation changes throughout are spectacular. Most holes offered great views. Wish the clubhouse had a better selection of items to buy.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Fun but Challenging Course

Word to the wise...stay out of the rough...Bermuda is a club killer if you can find your ball. The greens were fair but challenging and fairly fast. This course is not tricked up...fair, beautiful and in great shape.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

The rough was rough

Driving range was closed yet it wasn’t specified on Golfnow. I even called the pro shop to see if there were any course concerns brought on by the recent hurricane- nothing was said about the range. The rough was very long and we spent half our day looking for golf balls that didn’t find the fairway, but should’ve been easy to locate. Las Colinas is a tight course and keeping the rough shorter would make play more enjoyable. I’ve played this course before and it’s always impeccable, so I assume it hadn’t been mowed due to the hurricane and sogginess. The greens were impeccable. All in all, not a bad day. But just a little frustrating.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser

Dissatisfied

I was scheduled for a 7am tee time. I woke up with flu like symptoms and was concerned I had Covid. I wasn’t able to cancel in time and I was charged for the round. I tried to call Golfnow to explain the situation, good luck, they don’t have a customer service number. I was charged 140 bucks and didn’t get to play. Also to be noted, I’ve used Golf now well over 12 years.

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

Awesome Day Of Golf! 💪🏾🕳🍷

Listen the outing was phenomenal. Riding into the first tee I saw Tiger and his son on the 18th green. Tiger was his caddie. Charlie shot a -4 in this Jr. event presented by Notah. I heard he was there also. I played the big course El Camperon. I birdied Hole #1. 30 ft drain dead center. On the green in 3. Knew it was gonna be a great day. Greens where magnificent, the right speed. Barely drew the putter back and thru. Tee box, fairways; love this course. Staff over friendly, so are the cart staff. Shot +9 81 from the whites. Listen you must play this course. It’s worth every penny believe me. Back in the day I heard it was one of Michael Jordan’s favorite courses. Way to go Mission Inn and Staff.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 69
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Rainy day

T-off on time. Joined a couple of great guys. 2 stops for some hard rain. Course held up pretty well through the 1st one. Sloppy after the 2nd. Just wanted to get done @ that point (16th 🕳). Course was in pretty good shape. Recently had green's maintenance. A lot of sand. 1st 🌧 actually helped. Must have pushed the sand down to grass level. Soggy green's after 2nd rain. All 👍. Paid decent price to play $55. I was happy 😊

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