Orlando World Center Marriott

Was very excited to play hawk’s landing; turned out to be one of the biggest disappointments in Orlando.

Cash is useless at this locality, pro shop, beverage cart girls, snack bar all require you pay with a card.

Additionally we found out that the drastically overpriced round is marked up an extra $50, as locals we had this tourist fee waived but one of our threesome was unable to get his round cost reduced as he had already paid and a long line had formed. We also watched on as the pro shop turned away one tourist who wanted to join his friends because the pro shop said they were too busy.

Meanwhile we ended up behind a group who waited for every green to clear, even on 400+yd par 4’s and par 5’s. It’s a shame the director of golf was collecting range ball buckets instead of ensuring a decent pace of play.

Course layout is odd overall, bunkers have too little sand pushed up on the faces to be playable with the concrete lining; no sense renovating the bunkers if you can’t afford to adequately fill them with sand (2” on the face, not a light dusting’.

Hole 18 the signature par 3 island has arguably the worst contoured green I have ever played on, not sure what the architect or crew who performed the renovation were thinking.

Having played,and enjoyed the course over the years,I was very disappointed with both course and amenities

They layout has changed and several holes which had make the course really good we’re either gone and replaced , altered

Being Very expensive I didn’t expect greens to have little tufts and fairways were patchy and bare in places

Finally

Except for a small free bottle of water, we had to pay $3 for any extra water

A slow 5 hours and a poor experience as staff seemed uninterested in us

For the most part we enjoyed the golf course. My wife loved it with the ladies tees being very short. She had some trouble navigating around and over some the water hazards. For myself I thought the course was very challenging but came away disliking the course because of two poorly designed holes. 2 was a goofy double dog leg par 5 with a very difficult 2nd shot over water to a crowned fairway with water on both sides. 18 is an island green par 3 and for the length of the hole (I played from 165) The green is unfairly contoured giving a very small safe landing area that even the best golfers would have trouble hitting. Wouldn’t play the course again just because of 18.

The course is a little tricked up with its layout with lots of water hazards to contend with. They had a 90 minute frost delay but managed to get us off only 30 minutes late to our 12:15 tee time. That was the good news. The bad news is that they had no rangers on the course and it was a plus 5 hour round. Do not like the changes they made to 10 and 18. Made it a par 34 on the back. Probably not go back.

We were 45 minutes late teeing off. Staff said it was due to a frost delay but talking to other players who were doing a double loop said that they went off at 8 AM with no delay. Not sure what to believe.

We had to quit after 14 because we were so late starting, we were at risk of being late for our dinner reservation.

The course conditions were worse than a muni course but cost premium $. Never again.

Marriott should be embarrassed.

MTC

Tight, target golf with fairly poor conditions. Excellent staff and amenities. Have a foreign grass growing into greens. Some bunkers with thin sand with liner 1/2 inch below sand. I would avoid. Falcons fire is much better design (Rees Jones) but also fairly rough conditions with deferred maintenance.

Not terrible, but it seems like a lot of holes were worked around hotel expansion. Plays very short.

nice course but nothing great..pace of play was a bit slow. A bit pricey for the course

, very playable and nice shape. Really friendly staff. Not a fan of the surrounding area or overall course beauty. Played at twin rivers - much less expensive and much, much more beautiful

For a winter round of golf,course was in great shape. Greens were a good speed.

Have played this course many years an thought the fairways were not as good of shape as previous years .Especially for the money you have to pay to play

Played this course a few years ago and it was in better shape then. Most traps were beat up, a few muddy tee boxes but good greens. Some holes are in much better condition then others so it’s a little odd.

Great staff, great conditions, great course. My only complaint is the redone 18th hole. The island green is beautiful and brutal at the same time. Great finishing hole. But extremely difficult to hit and hold. I hit 8 iron from 165 landed middle of the green, appeared to check and just continued rolling right and fell into the water. Not the first time a ball has landed near the middle and spun/rolled into the water. Probably need to soften up that green. Other than that the place is great!

It is a resort golf course with a fair lay out. The grass on the fairways is a bit thin. The best finishing hole is the new #18 a copy of the TPC. FUN ISLAND PAR 3

Where the club selection is key.

Staff very friendly. I would recommend and play again.