Orange County National Golf Center and Lodge

Even in a light rain course played true. Any trip to Orlando would not be complete without playing one of these tracks.

Left after 9, which took 3 hours. Complete lack of effort from staff, no rangers pushing play, absolute dogshjt experience.

Crooked Cat at Orange County National was awesome. My buddies and I booked it two days out on a Hot Deal for $60 and we felt like it was a steal of a deal. Tee boxes were all in solid condition, fairways were great and the green rolled true despite a bit of an issue with others not cleaning up their ball marks. Pace of play was fantastic for us as a foursome until we ran into a slower group on the back that we got held up behind for a while, but if it was any ordinary group in front of us, there never would have been an issue. One thing to take note of this course, this course may seem a bit easier due to the nature of it being a links course, but was by no means an easy course. It plays pretty long, if you miss the fairways you are in for some trouble, and some of these greens are a force to be reckoned with. I wouldn't say it was a hard course by any means, but it definitely can present some challenges.

Side note: the practice facilities are massive and absolutely amazing for the course being public.

We wished the cart girl had showed up a bit earlier in our round, as we didn't run into her until we reached the 9th hole. Also we were a bit bummed by the clubhouse being closed at 6 as we wanted to eat dinner there before heading home.

All in all, we had a fantastic experience and will for sure be back again!

Normally one of my favourite courses in the area. I brought out 3 friends who had never played the course & they hated it due to slow play. We had to call the clubhouse on the # 7 tee cuz we had been out on the course for over 2 hours. The guys had rental clubs & were playing the Orange tees which were way too long for them. Marshall showed up but didn't change anything. Not too much fun for us or the guys behind us. We were tortured for 5 3/4 hours!!! Probably not going back.

Disappointed in this track. I think they over seeded to try to thicken the fairways, but hasn't worked so far. Cart path only makes for an extremely long round. Nice layout, but not worth the money.

Had a good time a Panther Lake. Would be nice when looking for courses on Golf Now if it mentioned that the course will be cart path only. Looks like it was due to over seeding which was done a while ago, so it should have been information available well before the round.

Beautiful meticulous course that is both a challenge and fun. Will play every time I come here in future, greens were fast but excellent condition.

I play this course 2-3 times a year. Everytime I’ve played here it’s fantastic. The course was immaculate the greens were both receptive and fast. Top notch place that I look forward to playing again and again.

I was really excited to play the course and show it off to my friend that came to town to play a local course that is highly regarded.

Unfortunately the experience was very poor.

Here are 3 examples of this:

1. Course seeding & watering was being done so the play was Cart Path Only.

Walking was not what I signed up for to have to walk back to the cart multiple times for all 18 holes.

Unfortunately the booking site did not explain that, as it was buried in the fine print only after you have to click on a separate booking details link.

I would have rather known that clearly before booking, since I would hand paid more to play the other course to not have to walk.

2. Watering was being done immediately before our tee time.

Tee times should have been delayed to restrict play into the course had time to drain and dry.

Unfortunately that resulted in very wet play.

3. Cart range computers were way off.

Unfortunately on most holes the yardage on the cart computer was 20-60 yards different than the tee box markers.

It seems some operational practices need attention to be much more customer experience focused.

I played here 10 years ago, and it might be another 10 years before I play it again if nothing changes.

Ps.

Clubhouse staff, Cart attendants and Starter were great, so they should be commended for being very customer friendly and helpful.

I previously played Panther Lake and enjoyed that experience so I wanted to play Crooked Cat to see if I would enjoy it as much and I did. The course was in good shape and the layout was interesting. This course could play as easy or difficult as you would like based on tees chosen. I would definitely play here again.

Booked a tt on Golf Now, arrived to starter 10 min before tt told me on was on tee sheet for 1 spot later, I tried to show him my confirm email and he was rude, telling me I needed to go back to pro shop, I.stead of arguing said ill just wait 1 more spot. Then when are turn came up a group of two came to starter with that time. Pro shop guy came down and he said one of them booked as single at my tt and the other at the time after. Pro shop guy then decided to send the group of 2 ahead of me, now I'm 2 spots behind, and 20 min last my booked tt. I asked to be taken care of for this and they didn't care, Then after our group of 3 teed off they sent out a group of 2 after us. Totally incompetent and unprofessional golf staff, will never play here again