Rio Pinar Golf

Always a great course, but after a renewed it is more enjoyable

Good course for the price. First time out this season and shot my second best score. Forgiving fairways and little to no challenge in the rough. Fun course to play, especially with the little squirrel friends hanging out with you all day.

Slow on the front nine but a lot faster on the back nine until we got behind some guys who really should not have been out there

After playing golf in Orlando for the last 30 years and more recently put off by some bad reviews, we decided to bite the bullet and play at Rio Pinar .
What an absolutely wonderful day we had
From start to finish everyone gave us a warm welcome, couldn’t be more helpful, and most of all appreciated the custom .
The course is still being worked on but the greens were good , tees a little scruffy in areas, and the fairways were good with just a few spots that are under repair.
The new clubhouse is great after golf and the service exemplary.
A great day out

Loved the old school feel. Especially loved the greens. Which we're running very nicely and seems like they may have been rolled recently. Beautiful place.

It was a tough course for me because the White tees were moved back to the blue tees on a lot of the Par 4,s. The card showed about 5500 yards, but the course from the whites was over 6,000. Made it difficult for my age and length of my drive.
I still shot 90, but I was hitting a lot of 3 woods and long irons on my second shots.
Overall a nice course and one of the best conditions of all the courses I have played in Central Florida. Greens were good, fairways had grass. The only course I liked better this year was Deer Island.
Watch out for the squirrels, they are huge and they like to jump in the carts looking for food.

The course lay out is ok but the course is not in very good, at least not to justify the cost to play. Unrelated to the course the information from the GolfNow app is misleading as well, it suggested the course was 14 miles from my location when it turned to be more like 24 miles, need to fix this.

Really great course, facilities great and fast greens. Fairways a little bare in parts but overall a most enjoyable round and great value.

Very fair course; mostly wide fairways; played from the white tees and from an avg golfer perspective this was more than enough distance. Black and gold tees way back... but don't even attempt to play from there unless your shooting consistently in the 70s.
Only 2 holes where water comes in; broke 100 in my first round of the year. On vacation from New England and will definitely play again. Very nice restaurant and decor in lobby all fancy.
Mike C

Rio is slowly getting better, just a bunch of small things that are weird.

Pros
- excellent layout for an easy afternoon out
- course has a lot of new developments happening

Cons
- literally no carts available. There was a line multiple groups long to wait to get a cart.
- when asking for a pull cart to walk, you could pay $40 to rent one. Excuse me? No place should have this policy.
- range closed when course open, no explanation
- turf in rough shape. (Better than it was)
- not worth the price they are asking (yet)

Course is in ok shape - starting to see the results of the recent investment.
Pace of play continues to be an issue here. 5 hour round without a ranger in site - hard to recommend that to anyone!

This course has come a long way from a few years ago. Extremely playable, fast greens.

From MI and come down yearly to get away from the cold and snow. The wife and I enjoy golf so have played a bunch of places around the area. The first time was 2-3 years ago, and was told it was differnt owner ship. That was our first time, and it was like a ghost town and the round was more expensive. The big club house wasn’t staffed and bar was empty. No staff at the door to greet you and give you a cart. That has all changed for the better!! Staff at the door, newer carts, bar with bartenders, cart girls, rangers, it’s an actual golf course now.

Areas for improvement. I played there last Thursday left my glasses in the cart upper left corner. We were the last people on the course
Some How they were not there the next morning 👎🏼 and haven’t turned up since.

We started today with a 7:30a tee time, made the turn a little before ten, I stopped asking for food and nothing kitchen doesn’t open until 11. I’m ok with that but have some pre-made stuff. Sandwiches, hotdog roller, breakfast sandwiches under a warmer light wrapped in foil. Anything. It increases revenue and makes your guest happier!!

Also the squirrels are crazy!! Sell a bag of peanuts for a $1 at hole 1 😂😂.

Jeff is awesome! Funny mad the start of our round!! Witty, funny, personable with some great info!! He was much appreciated!!

Overall good value for your money. Fairways need some work. Greens in good shape and fast.. Starter was very informative and friendly. Pace of play good

Only problem were the golf carts. None were charged and when we got one 20 mins after our tee time, but then on 7th hole the it started to die again.

This created a traffic of golfers and made things a bit more rushed than we wanted it to be.

Very good course, very good service, and will be playing again.