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

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4.5
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Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Nice 9 hole walking option

Good course and layout to walk. Plays longer than the arccos says. Also, hole #1 is actually #2 and so on using arccos. Directions to the start are sketchy at best if not nonexistent. Park over by the range then walk up a fairly steep hill to the starter shack. Starter was very helpful pointing out the course holes and directions.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Used cart

Overpriced. Nice Staff

fun course. Staff was really friendly. Unfortunately, if you’re not a resident, you pay too much for basically a Muni Course.

Greens are in great shape. Staff was very friendly. Definitely worth playing if you can get a good deal on it.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Memorable Round

First impressions very favorable, practice facilities were outstanding. Tee boxes and fairways were in amazing shape, greens were true and challenging. Our group thoroughly enjoyed our round. Our most memorable of 5 rounds we played during the week. Spectacular. Will return.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Overall really good but…

The golf course, practice facility, putting green, etc. are really good. I was told that Crooked Cat is solid as well. However, my primary complaint was that I’d hoped to grab some breakfast before my round and was told that they don’t serve breakfast. Seems like they’re missing a revenue opportunity here as I’m sure that they get asked about this daily. Kind of nitpicky on my part but how hard is it to make a bacon, egg, and cheese sammy?? Other than that, a good day 😊

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 26
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Crooked Cat — challenging, fun and great conditions

My experience was great. We teed off in some fog, which lifted after a couple holes, and the beauty of the course and enjoyment of our round was able to take off from there. Fun place to play with great staff. Course was in great shape from tee boxes to fairways to greens. The back nine of Crooked Cat really has some teeth — as the starter told me, make sure to score well on the front nine!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 36
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Christmas Eve golf

Fun course. Open and undulating fairways. Will definitely be back.

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

Orange County Gem!

Resident of orange county for many years and had heard good and bad about OCN. Course showed up at a great price for county resident on GN. Money well spent! Staff was great and course well managed. Course is for golfers! Not much scenery just a tough course. Undulating Fairways and sand traps make you think about every shot. Enjoyed the round despite challenge! Looking forward to Crooked Cat next!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Super golf setup

Great course, green a bit slow

Great staff, was a good day except for the cold wind

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Excellent course

I enjoy playing at this course and great condition. Very friendly staff sometime the courses get very busy and that makes the game slow, but it’s OK for me.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Course never disappoints

The greens were rolling true and not too fast. Fairways were great, plenty of grass to hit off of. Some of the tee boxes could use a little work but overall they were nice. The layout of Panther Lake is so much fun. Pretty wide fairways, elevation shots, plenty of water and plenty of sand to test all levels of golfers.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Course layout was awesome

Cannot complain one of the best courses I’ve played in Orlando! Tight fairways but rough is not bad at all. Challenging but very getable course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 146
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Overseeded and Great!

Both of the OCN courses are always in great shape. They always look great in the winter months because of the overseeding that is done this time of year. Course is in great shape, greens are a bit slow due to the overseeding.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Spectacular

Thoroughly enjoyed our round Course was in spectacular shape, greens tough and amazing shape. Can’t wait t to play it again. .

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 33
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course but POP not

Great course in great shape but pace of play was terrible at 4.49 for 18 holes.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 90
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Consistent!

This is one of the few courses in Orlando where you can almost guarantee the course conditions are going to be in great shape. I always enjoy playing here. The layout is great, and the environment is always enjoyable.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Well worth a visit

Panther Lakes remains a strong favourite for us to play when we’re in Orlando The greens have always been in great condition and fast. The layout challenges all levels with the tee options.

The staff are some of the freindliest we have come across on all the courses we have played.

We had planned to only play it once but we may play it again before we head back to Scotland.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course

Enjoyed Panther Lake with a gorgeous layout and somewhat open fareways with great contours. Greens looked fantastic but were playing pretty slow, likely the high relative humidity. Overall highly recommend this track.

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