Finished my Annual Central Florida Buddy trip at Celebration on 5/18. This marked the last of 144 holes of golf over a 5 day period and somehow all of us made it through! Being that it was our last ro... Continue »

Finished my Annual Central Florida Buddy trip at Celebration on 5/18. This marked the last of 144 holes of golf over a 5 day period and somehow all of us made it through! Being that it was our last round, we played a mixed set of tees, moving up 1 tee box every hole just to keep it interesting. While that was fun, it turned a few of the par 4's into par 3's so we really didn't play the course as it was designed to be played. That being said, I highly recommend you try that some day, it's kinda fun to have a few driveable par 4's or pretend I'm Jason Day and have a 9 iron into a par 5. Anyways, on to the review.

This is a great course if you're heading to/from the airport. It's only 10 minutes away, and they cater to that crowd. Complimentary use of the member's locker room made it easy for me to clean up after the round, take a shower, shave, and just feel refreshed prior to getting on a plane. The clubhouse even offered to get me a cab (which I didn't need), so that was a nice touch.

The range here is pretty cool and unique. They use floating golf balls and you hit into a lake. We spent a fair amount of time just trying to hit the floating island greens and it was kinda fun. Just don't think you'll get your distances locked in, because the greens move!

From a design and playablity perspective, it looks the course was designed with seniors and women in mind . Which I'm not saying is good or bad, just there's not many forced carries, most greens allow for a "bump and run" type play and there are multiple sets of tees that move the course from 7000 all the way to 2400. Quick note on the tee boxes, the colors here are NOT traditional. White tees are the ladies tees, so be sure to check the yardage & slope before you tee off.

Conditions today were pretty good considering the whole area got absolutely drenched the night before. Most fairways were either soft or had standing water, but we expected that as they got upwards of 4-6inches of rain the previous night. However, that did make everything not quite as pristine. Because it was so wet, nothing had been cut, so the greens were a little slow, fairways a little long, and the course just generally sloppy. I wish we had the chance to play under better conditions, but overall I think the course handled it well. Maintenance crews were pumping water out of bunkers and doing their best to clean it up.

Final verdict, I'd like to play it again from a normal set of tees and not after a monsoon, because I think I really enjoyed the course. It's not all that difficult but there's enough hazards to get you thinking.