Walt Disney World

When I started the temperature was 60 degrees, sprinkling rain and very windy. It was 20 degrees cooler than the day before, and I wasn't dressed warmly enough for the front 9. By the back 9 it became sunny, but still windy.

I played the yellow tees. The tee boxes were in good shape, well covered with grass, but on several holes there was only one yellow marker and on one hole there were no yellow markers at all.

The fairways were only thinly covered with grass. This led to tight muddy lies and the fairway didn't offer much advantage over the matted-down rough. The lack of coverage may have to do with recent wet weather, but I read reviews saying other courses in the area don't have the same problem. Wispy, muddy fairways always make me think the course isn't draining well and conjure images of underfunded munis. LBV shouldn't be underfunded, given the high greens fees.

The bunkers had very little sand in them; this made getting out of fairway bunkers easy but made greenside bunkers very difficult until I resorted to a chipping stroke. I wonder whether rain has washed the sand out of the bunkers.

I thought the greens were in good condition and the ball rolled smoothly.

The layout is forgettable. It's flat and unimaginative - nothing leaps out as a clever use of terrain and it doesn't seem much earth was moved to make the course more interesting.

LBV is fine for a round of golf if you're at Disney for the parks and want a break, but it's not a course to play for a golf trip.

The greens were painfully slow. We were told that the maintenance crews used the wrong grass cutters on the greens the week before and scalped them. They had to let the greens grow and will cut them to a proper length so they can roll better(around a 10 on the stimp meter) again.

Course was in good shape and lay out was fine. Play was slow due to a six some in front of us. 2 45 to do 9 holes. Not sure how that happens. For that reason I didn't enjoy the round as much as I should have.

Disney LBV course definitely has a theme park feel as it winds through the resort complete with tourist boats passing by golfers at a couple of the tee boxes. The course was in good condition, a bit wet in spots, well designed and presents a fair challenge. Just managed to get 18 holes completed before dark so $US60 was a real bargain.

I golfed with my two adult sons and had an incredible time. Every staff person that we encountered was very welcoming and just about as friendly as you could be. We had a fourth person with us. They introduced us to the guy joining us and made sure we were good and he was good. The tee boxes, course and greens were extremely well maintained. It also helped that the weather was perfect! We are golfing Disney Palm tomorrow and are really looking forward to it after having golfed Disney Magnolia.

There are far too many options in the area than to play here. The greens were the slowest greens of anywhere I played. Do yourself a favor and play somewhere else that's far better for less money.

My wife and I played and it was perfect for us. We enjoy walking and 9 holes is just enough for 2 retired individuals.

Truly enjoyed our round.

Decided to play on my birthday. Got a deal on golf now to play at 2.20. Managed 16 holes. First 9 good but back 9 slow. Course not in best condition so glad we didn’t pay top money

Sadly unless conditions improve this was my last round at Magnolia. First the good. Staff was very friendly and helpful. Pace of play was good and on course rangers were friendly and did a very good job.

Now the conditions. I have played probably 30 rounds in Florida this winter and these greens were by far the worst. And I mean by far. Slowest greens I have played in years. Third course I played in Orlando this week and the other two had good firm and quick greens---for less money. So they can't use weather as an excuse. Fairways were mediocre and very wet. Zero roll and tons of mud on ball on every single hole. Again other courses played within 10 miles were fine so weather can't be used as an out.

Also disappointed in GolfNow as I booked it here and there was no mention of course under construction on a few holes. The holes being renovated do look good, unfortunately I think other areas of the course are being neglected because of it.

Very cool layout but man these greens were just awful. Will email management and see what their response is. But for now I will not be returning.

Spent $150 for 18 holes and was forced to play with 3 non-golfers who were terrible. Such a frustrating experience and only made worse by the terrible greens.

Course very wet with multiple areas of distressed turf and muddy lies from rains I was told occurred a week earlier. Greens satisfactory. Limited rollout on shots led to a much longer course. My playing partner indicated the course was in very good shape last summer and assured me today was not a fair test.