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Value
1.3
Layout
2.0
Friendliness
3.3
Pace
2.8
Amenities
2.5
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About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Par 72
Length 7072 yards
Slope 137
Rating 71.8

Course Details

Year Built 1998
Fairways Floradwarf (Ultradwarf Bermuda Grass)
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Arnold Palmer (1998)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes - "The McCord Golf Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Reviews

1.6
1219 Reviews (1219)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 76
Dinner 35
Patio Dining 35
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 148
Bunkers 137
Forced Carries 78
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 89
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 69
Locals 62
This Course's Location is:
At a Resort 130
Near Local Attractions 111
Convenient to the City 77

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Always enjoy this course......

Once we found this course, we play here often. A young man from Scotland joined us and it was a fun afternoon.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 47
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
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5.0
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Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Legends at Orange Lake

This course is very well maintained and it offers just enough challenge to make it a fun course to play. Shots require precision in order to avoid multiple water hazards and soft sand bunkers that surround some of the holes. I've played the course three times and it has become one of my favorites in the area. Would highly recommend it.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 33
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Great value for money

Aggressive pricing makes this the bargain golf choice in the Orlando area at present. At $25 per head, you won’t find a better quality course at such good value for money.

Greens look and play well, and, considering the footfall, the fairways play well. But don’t expect the round to be quick, unless you get out early. It is full most days. We’ve played here twice recently. Early start took 3h 30mins for 4-ball, late start took 5 hours for 2-ball.

Well worth the money if you get lucky.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 71
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
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I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Reviews 10
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

A Pure Palmer Design (See Pictures)

The Legends at Orange Lake glorifies Mr. Palmer's stamp of a Palmer designed golf course. Legends Grill was closed but they are doing renovations according to the sign out front. The greens looked worse than they played, but I'm local and know this is the time the superintendent rolls the sleeve up. Don't get me wrong, they had some sneaky speed to them. This is a scenic golf course that has many challenges for all levels of skill. I am excited to see what the course looks like after overseed. I would definitely recommend this course to golfers of all levels. Dustin and Chris were, as always, very friendly and accommodating

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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Reviews 18
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

My game needs work

Descent course for the value. Several greens were topdressed. There was no mention at the proshop in advance. A little ticked off about that but I didn’t complain in the proshop. I am rusty after rescently completed chemotherapy. I will be back here next week. Maybe the forecasted rain will soak in the sand. They have several different tee selections five in all for all different levels. I think I am going to move up a deck from the blues for better enjoyment.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 145
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 100 Contributor
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Love Legends Orange Lake

Our other favorite course - always playing here when we get the chance. LOVE IT!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great challenging course

A course that would test anyone a good number of holes are guarded not only by bunkers and water hazards. The quotes on the tees by Arnold Palmer and others are good advice, if you finish with your original ball you have either been very lucky or had a great round. We will return!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 119
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Kentucky Advisor
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

No Longer A Favorite

This course was one of our favorites until this year.

It started when we pulled up to the bag drop and there was no one around. Then just as I placed the second bag on the rack the starter/valet/bagboy pulled up in a cart. Then we went into the pro shop to check in and there was no one behind the desk. A guy carrying a bunch of empty boxes walks in from another door and says he didn't hear us come in (seems like bell on the door would be a nice touch). These two staffers never mentioned any issues with the course itself, which i will get to later.

While cutbacks at some positions are acceptable they're not acceptable on this course. Although the fairways were in reasonable seasonal shape it was apparent the greens have been left to the weeds. Putting was an adventure as you watched your ball being misdirected by patches of what looked like crabgrass that had been cut with the other putting grasses.

Another frustration came as we approached two greens (which included #18) to discover they had been replaced by temporary greens - something we should have learned from the pro shop attendant or the starter.

In addition to on-course issues, the normally robust restaurant was closed (we learned had been closed for over a year) and may never open again.

Our only takeaway is that management no longer deems the OL courses imporant enough to the resort, and as an owner it's an embarassment to bring guests.

So now it's no longer on our list of must plays in the area.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 72
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Good course

Always liked orange lake for its layout and design. Greens had been hollowed tined but that didn’t detract from an enjoyable round.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Green Green Green, but the Greens

Green Tee boxes, Green fairways and Green greens. But some of the greens can use some work.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Just Too Slow

The course was fine with the exception of very slow greens. The guy in the Pro Shop was far from friendly. The Cart person was friendly and efficient which was good because on a Saturday morning nothing else was open.
The major problem was that it took over 5 hours to play. No joke. At the turn I asked if their was anyone who could go out and try and speed things up. Guy in the Pro Shop said no. It's Saturday morning and no Starter, no Ranger, just the Cart person and a guy in the Pro Shop. The course was by no means packed either. No excuse for this.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
4.0
Previously Played

Slow Play

Nice course. It’s a shame that being a resort course it allows residents to pay one price and play as much as they want. After beingbtold in the pro shop that the front nine should have no one on it, I got behind a twosome on the second hole. They had 1,set of clubs to share. I would think that every golfer has to have their own clubs. They practically drove the cart onto the green. Didn’t offer to let me play through as they continued to pass the clubs s back and forth.

This is a shame because the first time I played here it was great. I love the course but without a Marshall to keep this from happening it ruined the round for me. I probably will pass on playing here again.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course decent rate

I think this course is excellent. Great layout challenging pin placements. Only complaint is the greens are starting to get thick. Other than that it is never busy and I enjoy coming out and playing this course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Something is bad

This course has a great layout. That being said, the cart staff was good. Pro shop guy was on his phone sitting down and looked bothered when we came in. No updates on the course so we thought it would be great shape. Putting green was a disaster. Go to play and the greens are TERRIBLE. I dont know what happened but it sure is ashamed. Then we find a 6 some ahead of us after 4 holes and refused to let us through. Ended up just leaving the greens were terrible. Cart guy asked if everything is ok we explained and he said "yeah it's been that bad for a little over a year now". I dont know why there was no alert or why they wouldn't tell us up front but dont waste your time like we did. Perfectly good day for golf wasted.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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