16301 Phil Ritson Way, Winter Garden, Florida 34787, US
(407) 656-2626
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About Orange County National Golf Center and Lodge

Known for having one of the largest practice facilities on the planet, Orange County National has a small but comfortable Lodge for overnight guests who want to hone their golf games from sunup to sundown. The muscular Crooked Cat and Panther Lake 18s are complemented by the 9-hole, executive-length Tooth Course.

Facts

Price Range$$
Property Class★★★
Acres922
Year Opened1997
Number of UnitsLess than 100

Amenities & Services

RestaurantsCasual
Room TypesRoom
Short CourseYes
Practice FacilityYes
Golf School/AcademyYes

Rules

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

Golf courses at Orange County National Golf Center and Lodge

Golfer Photos

Reviews

4.4 out of 5 stars
5434 Reviews (5434)
Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
Played

Three Types of Grass on the Greens

The greens were very bumpy because they have three types of grass on them. If you have that, at-least cut them all down to the same height so your putt has a chance to go in the hole. Our group also decided to “roll them” in the fairways because there were so many clumps of grass. Disappointed to pay over $150 and have conditions like this.

Previously Played
3.0
3.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 3.0
Value 3.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Review 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
Played

Disappointing

Nice course and facility, but not worth the money they are charging.

Had to pay for range balls, wouldn't expect that at a high end course.

Nice layout but the greens were terrible,

Very disappointing for what you pay!

First Time Playing
3.0
3.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 2.0
Value 1.0
Layout 4.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 3.0
Amenities 2.0
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
Recommended
Played

Always a great choice

I’ve visited OCN for twenty years staying a week at the lodge each time. I love these two courses and play them whenever I have a chance. I didn’t make the full week trip this year but was in Orlando with my son and a couple of friends and couldn’t pass up the opportunity to play Panther. It’s a challenging but fair course. The practice facility is one of the best in the country. Looking forward to playing OCN for many years to come.

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Previously Played
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 5.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Reviews 33
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
Recommended
Played

Actually played Crooked Cat

Absolutely great course. If you’ve got a mid to low handicap, you should play these two courses.

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First Time Playing
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 5.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 4.0
Amenities 5.0
Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
Recommended
Played

Great course and layout

Great course and layout overall, the range may be big but from what I saw of it I wasn’t super impressed, the on course facilities were out of order to include water. Need to address it before the hot summer months.

First Time Playing
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 4.0
Value 4.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
Recommended
Played
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First Time Playing
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 4.0
Value 4.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Reviews 50
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
Recommended
Played
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Previously Played
4.0
4.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 4.0
Value 3.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 3.0
Pace 4.0
Amenities 4.0
Review 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
Played

Disappointing staff interactions, possible stolen equipment

Crooked Cat itself was a fun track. The positive comments from me end about there. I left a rangefinder magnetically attached to the frame of the cart, and forgot to grab it when I departed the course around 6:20 pm. I called around 7:15 once I had realized I didn’t have it, and was directed to the central call center, which was extremely un-helpful. They couldn’t direct me to anyone. This would become a theme.

I had to call the next morning, and still no help. I talked with someone at the entire resort, but still nobody in the pro shop. After playing telephone with people who couldn’t help me all day, I decided to drive in and check the lost in found. Here, I went to the pro shop, and was “Greeted” by Nick. When I told Nick of my whole situation, the brand, color, time I played, etc, I asked if we can look at the lost and found. About as smug as possible, he told me flat out no. Claimed that he’s seen this before, and he won’t let me take a look. I was baffled, he said I can check with cart staff, so I left the pro shop to go check. Cart staff also claimed to not have it, even though I told them exactly where it definitely was and at what times.

So, I went to the pro shop hoping for a little help, and was treated very poorly and even labeled as coming in trying to steal a rangefinder. Given how quickly I acted, I have a hard time believing it doesn’t belong to a staff member currently. Their behavior in my time here backs that up as well. If

you go here, good luck dealing with Nick, and do not misplace anything of value.

First Time Playing
1.0
1.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 3.0
Value 1.0
Layout 2.0
Friendliness 1.0
Pace 3.0
Amenities 1.0
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
Recommended
Played
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First Time Playing
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 5.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Reviews 9
Played

Greens were slow and very poor support staff.

Need more beverage/food staff and have the grill open at the turn. It wasn’t like there was nobody there. A lot of players this day

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Previously Played
3.0
3.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 3.0
Value 3.0
Layout 4.0
Friendliness 3.0
Pace 3.0
Amenities 1.0
Reviews 46
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
Recommended
Played

Vacation golf

Course was in decent shape for March but had some weeds on most greens that otherwise would have been in ok shape. Love the layout of the course and pace of play was just fine. Would come back for sure....just wish pricing was lower!

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Previously Played
4.0
4.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 4.0
Value 4.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 4.0
Amenities 5.0
Reviews 11
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
Recommended
Played
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First Time Playing
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 4.0
Value 4.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
Played

Frustratingly Slow Play and Poor Value for Money

This was my third time playing this course, and while I do enjoy it, the pace of play has been consistently slow. However, this was by far the worst experience—4 hours and 45 minutes for a two-ball is unacceptable. It’s clear they’re overbooking tee times, especially for four-balls, which completely disrupts the flow of the game. Unfortunately, I won’t be returning, as I don’t see the value for money at $150.

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Previously Played
3.0
3.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 4.0
Value 3.0
Layout 4.0
Friendliness 4.0
Pace 1.0
Amenities 4.0
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
Recommended
Played
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 4.0
Value 3.0
Layout 4.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 3.0
Amenities 5.0
Difficulty 4.0
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
Played

The tooth

For 29$ not bad. Greens are just terrible. Rest of course decent shape. Pace of play good.

Signage is terrible and staff help to find carts terrible. “Just drive over there past the covered front entrance and the pro shop is there”. Nope.

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First Time Playing
3.0
3.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 2.0
Value 4.0
Layout 4.0
Friendliness 4.0
Pace 4.0
Amenities 1.0
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
Recommended
Played
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 4.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 4.0
Pace 4.0
Amenities 5.0
Reviews 52
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
Recommended
Played

Greens not up to standard

Beautiful day. Got paired up with a ranked 16ro. Fun to watch. Ranger was out multiple times to try to keep it moving.

Green we’re in very poor shape. Need rain? Greens fees not in line with conditions. Rest of course was in range of standard

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Previously Played
4.0
4.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 3.0
Value 3.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 3.0
Amenities 4.0
Reviews 17
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
Recommended
Played

the tooth course was a great time!

i had a lot of fun playing the OCN tooth course. i had an afternoon booking on OCN panther lake and i decided to book the tooth as a hot deal with a coupon. it was a great warm up for the big course and i would come back again if i came back to florida.

Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Walked
4.0
4.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 4.0
Value 4.0
Layout 4.0
Friendliness 4.0
Pace 4.0
Amenities 4.0
Difficulty 3.0
Reviews 17
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
Recommended
Played

great time at OCN panther lake

i had a fun time at panther lake. this was my second time playing at this course and i was happy to get an amazing hot deal with a coupon to drop the price a considerable amount. the course was in nice shape overall, but the grass around some of the greens wasn't amazing. i heard there was a lack of rain this spring and many of the courses i played had the same issue. all in all it's a great course and i would come back again 100 percent.

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Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
4.0
4.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 4.0
Value 4.0
Layout 4.0
Friendliness 4.0
Pace 4.0
Amenities 4.0
Difficulty 4.0
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
Played

Putting greens are in terrible shape. Full of crab grass. Not a condition I remember about the course.

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Previously Played
2.0
2.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 2.0
Value 1.0
Layout 3.0
Friendliness 2.0
Pace 4.0
Amenities 4.0
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