Rio Pinar Golf

This course was <40$ on weekdays and <60 and weekends. I don’t see any improvements, other than no longer having a temporary green on hole 6. Paid an extra 30 dollars to have my wife ride along in the cart. I was completely okay with spending the extra money, BUT i got paired with an 8 year old girl that was playing a practice round for a tournament, and a father son duo. WHICH MEANS, i would’ve had my own cart anyways even if i came without my wife. Felt like a spit to my face since we needed 3 carts regardless for i was the last one to check in for our group. Would not pay 80$ to play here on saturday. Go play Mission Inn for some superior golf and amazing holes. Go play wedgefield for 48 for a 8am sunday for better golf. Rio should still be 50 at most.

Course is coming along and conditions are improving. They need to either quit overbooking tee times or get more carts. This is the second time in two weeks that I have had to wait more than 15 min for a cart, making me late to the first tee. Following this the starter told us that we should show up to the first tee on time, which almost sent me over the edge. Especially since I showed up to the course well over an hour before my tee time and had to wait an extended period of time to just get a cart.

Additionally, my cart died. When I tried getting another at the turn I was told that there were no more carts.
For the amount of money they are charging, this needs to be fixed ASAP. Unacceptable.

They have spent a ton of money on clubhouse and looks amazing. They are now working on the course. Greens are GREAT!!! Fairways are ok little sparse here and ther. Tee boxes have some new grass going in. Looks like doing a lot of work to bunkers. Good value for the money and greens were great which for me is most important!

Rio is a fantastic layout and nothing like it was a couple years ago. The greens are fast and roll very pure, fairways and tee boxes are lush and the new driving range is spectacular. I will definitely be back and looking forward to eating at the new restaurant again also! Great service all around love what they’ve done with the place.

Good course for the money. Greena and fairways were up kept nicely

Pace of play was beyond acceptable. I understand people Want to blame snowbirds but you can’t when you schedule tee times 5 mins apart. Finished at around 5 1/2 almost 6. 70$ and the cart gps is a joke . Will not be back

As the renovation continues, in 6 months, course will be among the best courses in Orlando

The course is under construction, trying to be a competition course again. It will never get there. The biggest issue if the gps carts, They make over 50% of the course unusable. You still get charged the whole cart fee though. The course conditions are not good enough to make up for it. I will not be playing this course again because of the carts and the poor management. No reason to not just go anywhere else. The price is competitive with much better course and with the only real amenity being a bottle of water, I'll play elsewhere for a much better experience.

The past reviews were pretty much accurate. The positives were they've done a nice job with renovating/updating the clubhouse and restaurant, the range was open and should be real nice once the tee box area is completed, and the fox squirrels were really entertaining. However, the negatives outweighed the positives. First, the pace of play was awful as it took our foursome five hours and fifteen minutes to play. We only saw a ranger once or twice, and he didn't talk to us or do much abut the issue. The starter said that they were starting groups every five minutes for the first hour or two that morning, so the ranger probably couldn't do anything. Second, at least fifty percent of most fairways were in poor shape as they were basically dead grass and dirt. Also, the greens were I would say only average. I've played Rio Pinar maybe five times in my life, but not since 2017, and the course was definitely not in as good a shape as six years ago. It seems like the new owners should have invested their money first into the course and second into the clubhouse/restaurant, but it appears they did it in reverse. By the way, the back nine is in better shape than the front nine, and is a lot more fun to play. I brought my other three players from The Villages to try a course in the Orlando area, but they were not impressed at all. We will not return.