Florida Golf Courses
Florida, the Sunshine State, is a golfer's paradise with over 600 golf courses catering for golfers of every level.
Below, is selection of popular golf courses in the Central Florida area.
Champion's Gate Golf Club
Designed by Greg Norman and home of the David Leadbetter Golf Academy An impressive American style course in the best traditions of modern U.S. golf course design. Golfers will long remember the memorable par 3 holes, awesome bunkering, and daunting tee shots. Definitely a treat for golfers who enjoy the opportunity to use every club in their bag and play every type of shot. The style of this unique course will be familiar to those who have played the great old courses of Scotland and Ireland. The International Course offers hard, fast fairways and bunkers that could have been shaped by the winds off the North Sea.
Reunion Golf Resort
Three championship golf courses designed by Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson.
Innovatively routed on hilly, roller coaster-like terrain, Palmer’s 6,916 yard, par 72 Legacy Course™ boasts dramatic elevation changes – up to 50 feet in some places – creating a unique variety of risk/reward golf shots.
Unlike the severe hills of the Legacy™ and Independence™ courses, this Parkland-style layout is smooth and flowing, with long horizon lines as well as elevated tee boxes and greens. Designed to tempt golfers into hitting risky shots with potentially big payoffs, The Tradition challenges the golfer to step up to the ball with a carefully organized series of shots in his or her mind.
Highlighted by fast, firm and wide rolling fairways, a variety of strategically placed bunkers and large greens, the 7,257 yard, par 72 Independence Course™ is as much about strategy as it is about length. Demanding a well thought out approach from every player regardless of skill level.
Mystic Dunes Golf Club
Mystic Dunes is located within the beautiful Mystic Dunes Resort & Golf Club. Carved from rolling orange groves and native protected wetlands, the resort is situated in the heart of the world’s premier vacation destination, yet offers a feeling of escape from it all. Neighboring some of the most thrilling attractions found anywhere, it only seems fitting that the Mystic Dunes golf experience be designed with some of those attributes in mind. Champions Tour Player and NBC Lead Golf Analyst Gary Koch has created a masterpiece of blended philosophies and unrivaled challenges that is certain to go down as one of the most unique in all of Florida.
Southern Dunes
Opened in 1993, Southern Dunes is an upscale daily fee facility that continues to receive numerous awards from the golf industry. The charm and appeal of the club, comes from the friendly staff and unique characteristics of the course. The course offers players of all abilities the opportunity to play and enjoy one of the most challenging and beautiful courses in Central Florida. Located just outside Orlando and only 15 miles from Disney World, Southern Dunes has become a local and tourist favorite.
Highlands Reserve Golf Club
This is not your typical Orlando, Florida golf course! Highlands Reserve sits atop one of the highest areas of Florida and offers remarkable scenery along with a course designed for hot golf. This championship Mike Dasher design gives you pine tree-lined fairways reminiscent of the Carolinas, open spacious fairways likened to the great Scottish courses, and a bit of old Florida with citrus trees along the countryside.
