Remington Golf Club

Posted on by • Posted in Top Golf Destinations • Tagged , , • Leave a comment

The design team of Clifton, Ezell, Clifton have made quite an impression in the Orlando golfing scene. Their Orlando portfolio includes quite a lot of best sellers, including Kissimmee Bay Golf Club, Stoneybrook East Golf Club, King’s Ridge Golf Club, and the Remington Golf Club. The last one holds a close semblance to the Kissimmee Bay, and are amongst the most recognized golf vacation destinations both as a CEC creation and a go-to place for golfers visiting Orlando.

Remington Golf Club is an 18-hole course that stretches to a whooping 7,111 yards from the longest tees, par-72. It is conveniently located just a short ten-minute drive from the Orlando International Airport, making it a great option for golf vacations. Golfers need not go far to experience what brand of excellence in golfing this 4-star rated golf course has to offer them. Like most every Florida course, water is abundant here. These water features are paired with generous landing areas and undulating fairways, not to mention verdant greens with an abundance of native vegetation.

The course comes with 5 sets of tees, making golf trips here even more inviting and accommodating for all types of golfers. Even more so, it has a unique water driving range and huge practice areas for that perfect warmup to an even better round. Clifton, Ezell, Clifton have clearly sealed their legacy in the Central Florida golfing scene. Remington Golf Club is, without a doubt, at par with all the other excellent courses crafted by this trio.

The North Shore Golf Club

Posted on by • Posted in Top Golf Courses • Tagged , • Leave a comment

It is not an everyday occurrence that one finds an entirely different paradise without going too far out from the city. Unless, of course, if the city in question is Orlando. Not every city in Florida, or in America for that matter, could get from one world-class theme park to a high-end golf course in a matter of minutes. From family-oriented ones to golf vacations, one can get it all in here. Orlando, without a doubt, is just too full of surprises – and there is just no room nor reason for disappointment. One of the best surprises Orlando is the new Mike Dasher creation, the North Shore Golf Club.

This golf vacation destination is located a short 10-minute drive from the Orlando International Airport, in the southeast end of the city. Dasher created a complete spectacle here, with two very distinct nines meshed all too perfectly, something only a true genius could create. The front nine of the North Shore Golf Club features a modern links style layout of sorts, with a lot of natural wetlands, marshland preserves and native vegetation. The back nine is different, though not contrasting, with its thick mess of centenarian oaks growing liberally on undulating fairways. Together, the 18-hole spectacle is an entirely different world – separate from the rest of Orlando.

Surprisingly though, the North Shore Golf Club contains one classic Florida golf feature: water. There is water on both nines, melding well with all the other course features that include some of Orlando’s best and fastest TifEagle greens. The course measures a good 6,898 yards from the tips with multiple tees to accommodate most any handicap. The only thing not surprising about this golf course is the fact that golf trips here are going to be fun. Very fun.

Kissimmee Oaks Golf Club

Posted on by • Posted in Top Golf Destinations • Tagged , , • Leave a comment

This is one golf course that would go down the books for being a classic Florida design. The joint creation of Karl Litten and Gary Player has become such a hit that it is hard not to stop by for a round here when on an Orlando golf trip. The Kissimmee Oaks Golf Club and its natural terrain and even more natural features and hazards has got golfers – local and visiting alike – charmed and hooked.

The Kissimmee Oaks Golf Club measures close to 7,000 yards from the longest tees and plays for a par of 72. Apart from the obvious presence of oaks growing liberally about the course– which are more than a hundred years old, by the way – the golf vacation destination also enjoys a healthy sprinkling of tropical vegetation that include pampas and cypress trees. And just as classic a Florida course this is, this course has a lot of water. Several lakes come into play on ten of the 18 holes – all of which are equally challenging and awe-striking in beauty. This course cannot be anything other than beautiful.

Even its being part of a high-end residential community does not make it less beautiful. The designers have successfully routed this course away from the homes that it feels like there is nothing more here than the narrow-looking fairways, small greens, and a lot of nature that includes native fauna along with the natural flora selection. With all its merits, not only would the Kissimmee Oaks Golf Club go down the books for being a classic Floridan; it will also go down the books to be among Florida’s most irresistible and most unforgettable site for golf vacations.

Hunter’s Creek Golf Club

Posted on by • Posted in Top Golf Courses • Tagged , , • Leave a comment

It would be a mortal mistake to go on an Orlando golf trip and miss out Hunter’s Creek Golf Club. Well, actually, it would be hard to miss. For one, the famed golf course is just 15 minutes away from the Orlando International Airport and from the major attractions of Orlando. And another thing, this has got to be the longest public golf course in yardage at more than 7,300 yards from the tips. This is also quite known a go-to place by golfers – locals and tourists alike. The reasons are quite obvious.

Hunter’s Creek Golf Club is quantity with quality. Designer Lloyd Clifton has made sure every inch of this large property gets to proper use and that nothing goes to waste. True enough, the course is filled with all sorts of hazards and features that are meant to stun, trick and provoke the golfers. Its 18-holes meander through and around premier kind TifEagle greens, wide tree-lined fairways, strategically-placed shaped bunkers, and some thirteen sparkling lakes. Apparently, they don’t mean to act as mere decors. They sting when golfers let them. Now, is there room for surprise and question as to this course’s being a golf vacation favorite?

There is no question either why Hunter’s Creek Golf Club is as celebrated and awarded as it is played. The golf vacation destination has been ranked by Golf Digest as amongst the Top 100 Golf Courses in America. It is also a favorite site for tournaments including the US Open Qualifiers, PGA Tour Qualifiers, and the 2008 FSGA Florida State Public Links Championship. Missing this golf course is missing half of a lifetime. Or at least half the fun of a complete and epic Orlando golf getaway.

Highlands Reserve Golf Club

Posted on by • Posted in Top Golf Destinations • Tagged , , • Leave a comment

Highlands Reserve Golf Club is perhaps one of the most aptly-named golf courses in Orlando or anywhere else. No pretensions, no assumptions, no hiding in poetic cloaks – pure, honest and exact. The golf course is in fact seated atop one of Florida’s highest points – on the edge of a long sand shelf, looking very much like a giant sand hill, called the Green Swamp Ridge. The beauty about this golf vacation destination, though,goes more than its very appropriate name. It is in fact one of the most beautiful, challenging, and unique golf courses on this side of the Sunshine State.

 Mike Dasher designed this course that opened in 1998. And it was since then that this course has been creating the most fantastic golf vacations for Orlando visitors. The Highlands Reserve Golf Club, because it is in an elevated area, offers a variation of undulation so unlike many others among Orlando golf courses. And the sand bunkers, it being in a gigantic sand hill, are just about everywhere, pretty much after every hole. Interesting? Yes. Unique? Definitely, and without a doubt. A true golf vacation favorite? Hands down, yes!

Because of this, Golf Digest has ranked the Highlands Reserve Golf Club amongst its Places to Play list, with a 3-star rating to match. Apart from fun and one-of-a-kind, golf outings here are even made more special and fun for all with its 3 sets of tees ranging from 6,673 the longest, and 5, 062 the shortest, playing for a par of 72. Not only is this course well-named, it is also best suited for every golfer looking for that golf trip unlike any other.

Forest Lake Golf Club of Ocoee

Posted on by • Posted in Top Golf Courses • Tagged , , • Leave a comment

How likely is it for one to find a golf vacation destination in the Orlando area devoid of housing, created with such fine and clever design techniques? So fine that in fact, even having a turnpike right smack in the middle of it did not make it any less better. The odds are low, but definitely not an impossibility. Just a little outside of Orlando, a golf course holding a 4-star rating from Golf Digest’s Places to Play and holding just as much heart, has been the best-kept secret of Orlando golfers: the Forest Lake Golf Club of Ocoee.

This Clifton, Ezell, Clifton design is known for giving great value for golfers’ money. It is never mainstream expensive but always high class quality in looks and in plays. The Forest Lake Golf Club of Ocoee has been mapped out particularly well. It has the right amount of sand bunkers, water and other hazards and the holes are placed strategically, where the turnpike is visible but not a distraction. And with no homes in sight, and the only thing there is that’s considered a development is the highway, it would be easy to ignore everything else and focus on the game. How is that for total golf vacation experience?

The Forest Lake Golf Club of Ocoee delights its guests with its 5 sets of tees, the longest yardage measuring a whooping 7,113 yards and the shortest measures just a little over 5,000 yards. Now, that said, how likely is it that every visitor finds a golf trip here their most unforgettable? They most probably would.

Diamondback Golf Club

Posted on by • Posted in Top Golf Destinations • Tagged , , • Leave a comment

There can never be anything more dynamic a course in Orlando than the Diamondback Golf Club. And that is even with half of it generally bare. This is one of the highly favored, average-priced courses that golfers go to in Orlando for their golf vacations. No unusual displays, nothing too fancy. There is just a lot of golf and a lot of fun all in a single location.

Designed by Joe Lee, the Diamondback Golf Club was opened in 1996 and measures 6,805 yards from the tips, playing for a par of 72. What makes this golf vacation destination really interesting and a hit among golfers – local and visiting alike – is the fact that for a course that follows the natural contours of the land, it is highly varied in terrain. It is a salad bowl of natural swamplands and virgin forests and flat lands – all that texture can be experienced throughout the 18 holes. It feels like a little bit of Florida and a lot of other places. Oaks and pines with a little helping of citrus groves compose these woods that give more than enough distance and danger in between holes and greens.

Generally speaking, the Diamond Golf Club is fun and playable. This may not be the easiest and most relaxing course in the world, but hey. Nobody wants to be a sixth grader in a kindergarten course! Every round here is also an explosion of different emotions and reactions brought about by the levels of excitement that almost every hole gives. And each golf trip here will definitely be different from the last; no wonder golfers come here over and over and over.

Ridgewood Lakes Golf and Country Club

Posted on by • Posted in Top Golf Courses • Tagged , , • Leave a comment

When in Orlando in search of a golf vacation destination with a fun and enjoyable layout, multiple sets of tees, beautiful surroundings, and a great value for money, golfers know that Ridgewood Lakes Golf and Country Club always tops the list. The golf course knows just exactly what to give and how much of it to give its patrons. No wonder this is on the list of many golfers that they do not hesitate to recommend to friends and family.

Ridgewood Lakes Golf and Country Club is the Ted McAnlis creation in Davenport, Fl that perfectly epitomizes the essence of Florida golfing – fun, unforgettable, and has lots of sand and water. In this case, large and sparkling white sand bunkers and water hazards playing on each one of its 18 holes accentuate the perfectly maintained greens and wide fairways. This gives the course enough grit and teeth to make every round here challenging. But it is generally playable from any one of the four sets of tees, the longest being 7,016 yards long, par 72. This makes it an ultimate favorite for golf trips among the ladies, the seniors, and pretty much everyone else.

The golf vacation favorite, though, did not stop with an excellent layout to make this course stand out. Ridgewood Lakes Golf and Country Club has an even more beautiful practice and driving range; a most perfect warm up to go with the game. The search for the best golfing experience in Orlando starts from everywhere, but will always end here.

Kissimmee Bay Country Club

Posted on by • Posted in Top Golf Destinations • Tagged , , • Leave a comment

The lakeside view is perfect. The numerous water hazards – thirteen ponds on 16 sixteen of the eighteen holes – even more so. And then there are the wooded areas – both beautiful and treacherous. Of course, there’s the 6,846 yards of golf from the longest tees, par-71. If there is anyone who could say something that is not irresistible about the Kissimmee Bay Country Club in Florida, the floor is open. That is just least likely; this is one of the most favorite golf vacation destinations this side of the Sunshine State, and that is among locals and tourists alike.

This Lloyd Clifton creation opened in 1990 and has since been the go-to place for epic golf vacations and simple golf outings. This is the epitome of simple, timeless beauty – with just the right of grit to keep the golfers engaged and happy. Centenary oaks and towering cypresses grow abundantly throughout the Kissimmee Bay Country Club and in one way or another, will make their presence known as more than just visual aesthetic elements.

And then there’s the wind. The wind that blows off the lake is as fickle as a woman, thus making rounds vary from day to day; on more interesting days, the wind would change its mind more than it is supposed to in a day and transforms a game into an entirely different one. That is the Kissimmee Bay Country Club – of little perfections coming together to make every golf trip the best one there is for everyone.

King’s Ridge Golf Club – Kings Course

Posted on by • Posted in Top Golf Courses • Tagged , , • Leave a comment

There’s nothing better and more idyllic than a round of golf after a hard long week. And there’s nothing better than a golf course that is playable, fun, relaxing, and beautiful. That pretty much rounds up every single element a golfer would want and need for a most perfect golf vacation. And that’s exactly what the Kings Course of the King’s Ridge Golf Club in Clermont, Florida can offer its guests. One round here just is never enough; it will always be round after round after round.

The Kings Course of the King’s Ridge Golf Club is a Lloyd Clifton creation that opened in 1996. This 18-hole layout is shaped according to the dictates of the land’s natural contours. Thus, there is a high variety of elevation on the course. That, paired with several elevated tees, results in a golf vacation destination of rolling hills, natural mounds, and fast greens. There are just the right amounts of par-3s and par-4s all over the course to make it a fun course, playable for all skill levels with tee sets ranging from 6,183 yards the longest, and 4,462 the shortest, with three others between them.

And with the view of the scenic and peaceful Florida countryside, there is not a reason why a golf trip here won’t be relaxing and beautiful. The Kings Course of the King’s Ridge Golf Club, indeed, has enough a reason to keep a golfer coming back. Can there be anything better than this? None, for this offers only the best golf experience.