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4.4
1663 Reviews (1663)
5 Stars
1102
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
32
1 Stars
27
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.2
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.3
90.0%
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4.4
90 Reviews (90)
5 Stars
52
4 Stars
28
3 Stars
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2 Stars
3
1 Stars
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Conditions
4.4
Value
4.3
Layout
4.8
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.5
91.1%
Recommend this course
82 out of 90 reviews
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4.5
161 Reviews (161)
5 Stars
93
4 Stars
55
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.3
Layout
4.8
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.5
92.5%
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149 out of 161 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Par 72
Length 7015 yards
Slope 136
Rating 73.8
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Mission Resort & Club - El Campeon
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Course Details

Year Built 1917
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Ultra Dwarf Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect C. E. Clarke (1926) George O'Neil (1917)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code No t-shirts or tank tops. Shorts are allowed but must be proper style and length. No tennis shorts or athletic shorts.

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities, Spa

Accolades

Reviews

4.4
1663 Reviews (1663)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 56
Dinner 42
Brunch 39
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 138
Water Hazards 121
Bunkers 111
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 103
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 96
A Weekend Splurge 86
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 129
At a Resort 99
In the 'Burbs 37

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Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
First Time Playing

Course is nice, pace of play terrible!

On my visit to see my kids. My son treated me for a round that we both looked forward too. Course layout and condition beautiful, The pace of play was the worst I have ever been on in 48 years of playing! No ranger monitoring pace of play. We were a twosome, two many groups on the course and the two groups in front of us had no idea how to play ready golf. Consistently letting a hole gap in front of them We reached 14 after 5.5 hours, no joy. We picked up and left with 4 holes left. Expensive 14 holes. Maybe 6.5hrs may be generous!

Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
2.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Course in great condition, pro shop staff not so much, pace of play - awful

Arrived with exceptional service from the cart attendants, headed to the pro shop where two unpleasant gentleman checked us in. Good practice facility with nice driving range and small chipping green with practice bunker. When time to check in with the starter, seemed a little overwhelmed, but directed us to the tee and we teed off on time.

Course was in great condition, loved the layout. However, our round took close to 5 hours and 30 minutes. I gather they set teetimes eight minutes apart, which is silly for a championship layout like this. Course condition, 5/5, cart attendants 5/5, staff in the pro shop 1/5, pace of play 2/5. Not sure if I’ll be back.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 124
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Top 250 Contributor

Course is in terrific condition. The hilly terrain and elevated greens make this course easily 1 of the toughest tests in all of Florida.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fabulous layout

Loved the course. Greens were a little slow but ran true. Course is in good condition. Thoroughly enjoying the day

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great Customer Service

I had an amazing time golfing at Mission Inn! The beverage cart girl named Kaitlyn had amazing service and was extremely nice! Best service i've ever had on the golf course. The greens were in amazing condition as well. 10/10 recommend

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Mission Inn

Always try to get a round in on this course when in the area. Very well kept and greens always roll fast and true.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Excellent well established course.

Definitely worth playing. Well established course with unbelievable elevation changes for Florida.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Issues

Nice course, but expected it to be better than its sister course.

Troubled with other groups playing music, smoking cigars, and having a party on their round, but can't find out correcting their divets in the green, or using the rave in the bunker. And they obviously should have played a different (easier) tee.

The starter had no idea of the course slope, hence not able to calculate the number of strokes vs our handicap.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Nice Course

This is a course you need to play several times. The more you play it the more you learn to respect the personality of the course. I played in the Hickory Open a couple years ago . With the Hickory clubs you really have to think your way around the course where a successful hole is that much sweeter.
I have a love hate relationship with several holes. Go play it and enjoy the experience.
Mike

Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Lots of personality

A challenging course you need to think your way around it. A course you need to play more than once to really appreciate it.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Never had a chance to find out, we were looking forward to it but during the 1st hole the rain became pretty steady to the point I was getting very cold, soaked through my jacket,had to quit to avoid becoming sick and catching a cold. Tried to contact Golf Now but 3x on the chat I was cut off and not given a chance to ask for a refund or a rain check.

Very very disappointing
Norio Vanderheyden

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Wet weather

Good course, slow play

I come to the Mission Inn and play the 2 courses every year in January. El Campeon is a very nice course - challenging but accessible if you play well. I really like playing here - which is why I keep coming back despite the limitations. I played here 3 times (El Campeon twice and Los Colinas once) in the past week. Despite having a reserved tee-time, I never started less than 10 minutes after the assigned time. Earlier this week, I had a 12:33 tee-time, but the course started a scramble at 12:30!! I've never been to a course where the starter does not keep things on-time at the first tee. The pace of play is incredibly slow. The course was packed today so there was no where to go, but the group in front of us was 1-hole behind the ground in front of them. There was no course-ranger to get things moving along. This has been my experience every year. If I didn't like the layout (and to be fair, I've been coming here for over 20 years), the pace-of-play here would probably keep me from coming back.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart

Great Layout

There are two courses at the Mission. This was the first time I played the Campeon track. Lots of water on this course and the catch bunkers are in play on most holes. You don't need to be a long hitter, but you need to be straight. Next time I'll use my 3 wood more frequently. We had two foursomes ahead if us which were a little slow. If they had been playing ready golf, then no problem. Overall, a
great course with excellent amenities and staff.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Fantastic course in great condition

El Campion is a fantastic course in great condition. Elevation changes, mature vegetation, water hazards and a really interesting design.

There was a Ladies professional tour event being played and that shows the quality of the course.

It’s as good a course as you will find.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Fast greens

Greens are fast, they may have rolled them for the Next tournament. Staff is friendly, but pace could be a bit better. The only allow you to check in 30 mins beforehand. Lots of water on the course so bring extra balls!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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