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Great day on Usshers Creek. Greens are smooth and good speed. The pin system used is also well done. A combined foam/ pvc insert that lets the ball fall in but not so visible while making the putt. Other courses just use foam and the ball pops in and out at times which never happened at Usshers Creek. Did a replay on Battlefield, greens smooth but a tad slower. The rough was much higher on battlefield vs Usshers Creek which made it a premium to hit fairways and greens. My guess it’s because Battlefield opened more recently and they haven’t had a chance to cut? My only knock against the course is the many long distances between holes. It’s definitely more cart friendly than walker. Overall I definitely recommend!

Good value given the layout and course conditions. We teed off just after 8am and it was a 4 hour round. Good work by the staff marshal trying to help a slow group in front of us. It can be extra tough to keep a good pace if you’re spraying the ball around the course. I did notice a lot of the markers were moved up (probably to help pace) so for those that are good players keep that in mind.

First time at this course and had an overall good experience. Good layout for a fairly flat course but greens were a bit slow and fairway grass long, maybe due to the recent rain. $80 too high for my liking given conditions. Not a fan of gas power carts because of the smell and noise level but that's what they have here. It makes it difficult to have a conversation with your playing partners that might be walking

Played the National course. Really enjoyed the overall layout and conditions of tees, fairways, bunkers and greens. GPS on carts always great to have especially using the touch screen to get some layup yardages. The staff was also friendly and welcoming. Only downside was that there was no food service at the restaurant post round because of the wind/rain storm had them shutting down early. The course played extremely difficult with the wind storm we had but it helped that we used the white tees at 5900 yards vs usual length of 6400-6500. Final words, this courses' greens were super smooth and quick and the highlight of the golf trip. Without a doubt the greens were 100% better than any of the other courses I played in the days prior (Disney-Palm, OCN Panther Lake, and Mission Hills El Campeon ). Further I avoided Shingle Creek and Lake Buena Vista as the greens were on the slower side based on what I saw at these courses and feedback from a junior player about LBV. All courses I've listed are good golf club layouts but the greens for me are most important and Champions Gate-National was superior! Great job

Jacaranda has become my general 'go to' course in the area and once again it did not disappoint. Had played Plantation Preserve (PP) the day before and Jacaranda West greens and overall conditions were much better than at PP -wish I had known that beforehand. I also ended up doing a replay on the Jacaranda -East Course and the greens didn't look as 'nice' as the West but still rolled smooth with decent speed.

First time playing Maderas. The course has lots of elevation changes and played firm and fast on both fairways and greens. Carts were electric and had GPS which was great to see the hole layout. I didn't eat at the course so can't speak of those amenities but did shower and downside was that there is only 1 shower stall so had to wait a few minutes (not a big deal given that the course wasn't too busy when I was there). As a twosome played in about 4 hrs which was 'slow' but really could have been alot faster if I wasn't taking pictures, videos, and grinding on some very tricky putts! I enjoyed the overall experience and the staff was friendly and very helpful.