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Tour Panther Lake at Orange County National, a top Orlando-area facility for serious golfers
The two 18-hole courses at Orange County National are well known in central Florida as two of the best options for serious golfers. Brandon Tucker recently played OCN's Panther Lake golf course and brought along his camera.
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Play away at The Reserve golf course at Orange Lake Resort in Kissimmee, Florida
The Reserve at Orange Lake Resort isn't the best golf course on the 1,450-acre timeshare property in Kissimmee, but it doesn't look or feel like a secondary option. The Reserve is shorter and easier than the resort's more-renowned course (The Legends by Arnold Palmer), but there are still plenty of places to find trouble.
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There's more than just golf at Orange Lake Resort in Kissimmee, Florida
Holiday Inn Club Vacations' signature time-share property is still the place that started it all, Orange Lake Resort just outside Orlando. In addition to golf, there are endless pursuits at the resort, such as putt-putt golf, seven pools, lazy rivers, nine restaurants, three arcades, two fitness centers, an 80-acre lake with watersport rentals and a beach, and tennis, basketball and racquetball courts.
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Shingle Creek Golf Club lets you test your game, enjoy the best of Orlando
Listed among the "Top 40 Best New Golf Courses in the U.S." by Golfweek upon opening in 2005, Shingle Creek Golf Club is conveniently located within a 15-minute drive of Orlando International Airport, the Orange County Convention Center, Sea World, Disney and Universal Studios. Shingle Creek G.C. is home to The Brad Brewer Golf Academy and the Rosen Shingle Creek resort.
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El Campeon Course at Mission Inn Resort & Club: One of Florida's great historic golf escapes
Located just northwest of Orlando in Howey-in-the-Hills, Mission Inn Resort & Club is one of Florida's great historic golf escapes. The main attraction for golfers is the El Campeon Course, which sits on a former citrus estate in the central Florida highlands and features far more elevation change, up to 85 feet, than you'd expect around Orlando.
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Grand Cypress Resort's North, South, East and New golf courses
Grand Cypress Resort features three nine-hole layouts and an 18-hole course modeled after the Old Course at St. Andrews. All of the holes were designed by Jack Nicklaus. The North, South and East nines offer a variety of holes with one constant: accuracy is more important than distance. The New Course at Grand Cypress features double greens, stone bridges and walls, gorse mounds, burns, and pot bunkers.
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Grande Pines Golf Club in Orlando
Located on International Drive just north of Walt Disney World is Marriott's Grande Pines Golf Club. The course opened in 2003 and sits on the former site of the International Club, a Joe Lee design from 1986. The new course, designed by Steve Smyers and player consultant Nick Faldo, is entirely different and heavily shaped, full of large mounding, some water and severe bunkering.
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Celebration Golf Club near Orlando
Located south of Orlando, Celebration Golf Club was the last course designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. and Jr. It winds through tall trees and wetlands, playing to a maximum yardage of 7,038 yards from the black tees with a tough slope/rating of 74.5/140. The back nine features some especially secluded, scenic holes that play tightly through trees.
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Lake Buena Vista Golf Course at Walt Disney World
Lake Buena Vista Golf Course is a classic Florida design by Joe Lee featuring raised greens, subtle doglegs and water hazards. At 6,745 yards, it's the shortest (and, many say, easiest) of the Disney golf courses. It winds through the Old Key West Resort on the front nine, while the back side takes on a more secluded feel, playing through canals and forest.
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Rees Jones' first Orlando design, Waldorf Astoria Golf Club is a beauty
Carved from a rare piece of vacant wetlands in the heart of Walt Disney World, Waldorf Astoria Golf Club was 10 years in the making before it opened in conjunction with the adjoining Waldorf Astoria and Hilton hotels. This is Rees Jones' first course design in Orlando, but he's rightly confident of its place in the region's golf scene.
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