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I played this course on 12/9 for the first time. Interesting layout, challenging and fair. But if you're off the fairway, it's going to take some time to locate your ball. Requested pace of play was standard 4 1/2 round......we were playing precisely to that time. On hole 16 was the first time a ranger talked to us and told us to skip the next hole. He was demanding, he was rude and had no tact. We told him that we weren't going to skip a hole at that point, especially after not being asked to pick up play prior. He got on his walkie talkie back to the pro shop and created a scene about our unwillingness to pick up our ball, which of course only slowed things down more. Needless to say we refused. In defense of the course, I did speak to someone after the round within the pro shop to say how ridiculous it was, while there may have been a hole open ahead of us, we were right on time. The club pro apologized and said there was probably a better way to handle it. However, with all the options of courses in Orlando and as a visitor who was looking for an enjoyable round of golf, definitely taints my perspective of the course. Feel free to consider the above as you see fit when deciding where to play your next round of golf. Shame.

Played the course on a Friday afternoon, so recognize its a busy time to play. Beautiful scenery, course in fine shape this time of year....but its was painfully, painfully slow. Just inconsiderate players, not playing ready golf, spending forever looking for balls, oblivious to the pace of play. I'm not sure if the squeezed extra players in, as they have more time in between tee times than other courses, but it was bad. We spoke a Ranger, 2x, nice kid about the group ahead of us who said he'd speak to them. Nothing changed. Great value, lovely course...would recommend it at off-peak perhaps....otherwise know what you're getting into.