Florida's Heron Creek tops Power Rankings for the week of Dec. 1

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27-hole Heron Creek Golf & Country Club topped Power Rankings for the first week of December. Courtesy of Heron Creek

Grande Pines Golf Club in Orlando - bunkers

Orlando's Grande Pines Golf Club scored top marks for conditioning on Golf Advisor. Courtesy of Marriott Golf

This week, the splendor of southwest Florida golf will be on display for the Franklin Templeton Shootout in Naples, and it comes as little surprise that a collection of area courses topped this week's Power Rankings.

Just north of the Naples hotbed, 27-hole Heron Creek Golf & Country Club in North Port topped the list in overall and conditions categories. Meanwhile, nearby Stoneybrook Golf Club in Estero (near Old Corkscrew) also made the list.

Here are the rest of the top-rated courses of the week as reviewed by GolfAdvisor users in overall, value and conditions categories.

(Editor's Note: Courses needed a minimum of five ratings for the week to qualify, ties are broken by cumulative scores in sub-categories.)

Top 10 overall golf courses of the week

1. Heron Creek Golf & Country Club, North Port, Fla.
2. Cimarrone Golf Club, Jacksonville, Fla.
3. Crooked Cat at Orange County National Golf Center,Winter Garden, Fla.
4. The Eagles Golf Club, Odessa, Fla.
5. Royal St. Cloud Golf Links, St. Cloud, Fla.
6. Bear's Best Golf Club, Las Vegas, Nev.
7. Old South Golf Links, Bluffton, S.C.
8. Providence Golf Club, Davenport, Fla.
9. Ambiente Course at Camelback Golf Club, Scottsdale, Ariz.
10. Grande Pines Golf Club, Orlando, Fla.

Top 10 value golf courses of the week

1. Heron Creek Golf & Country Club, North Port, Fla.
2. The Eagles Golf Club, Odessa, Fla.
3. Old South Golf Links, Bluffton, S.C.
4. Cimarrone Golf Club, Jacksonville, Fla.
5. Palm Beach National, Lake Worth, Fla.
6. Vistal Golf Club, Phoenix, Ariz.
7. Bear's Best Golf Club, Las Vegas, Nev.
8. Grande Pines Golf Club, Orlando, Fla.
9. Kino Springs Country Club, Nogales, Ariz.
10. Crooked Cat at Orange County National Golf Center,Winter Garden, Fla.

Top 10 course conditions of the week

1. Grande Pines Golf Club, Orlando, Fla.
2. Heron Creek Golf & Country Club, North Port, Fla.
3. Providence Golf Club, Davenport, Fla.
4. JW Marriott Desert Springs Golf Club Resort, Palm Desert, Calif.
5. Cimarrone Golf Club, Jacksonville, Fla.
6. The Eagles Golf Club, Odessa, Fla.
7. Ambiente Course at Camelback Golf Club, Scottsdale, Ariz.
8. Highlands Reserve, Davenport, Fla.
9. Stoneybrook Golf Club, Estero, Fla.
10. Legends Course at Orange Lake Resort, Kissimmee, Fla.

Brandon Tucker

Brandon Tucker is the Sr. Managing Editor for GolfPass and was the founding editor of Golf Advisor in 2014, he was the managing editor for Golf Channel Digital's Courses & Travel. To date, his golf travels have taken him to over two dozen countries and nearly 600 golf courses worldwide. While he's played some of the most prestigious courses in the world, Tucker's favorite way to play the game is on a great muni in under three hours. Follow Brandon on Twitter at @BrandonTucker and on Instagram at @btuck34.

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