Played on Friday, 5/17, with a 9ish tee time. Day 2 of the Orlando trip. We were able to play as a 5 "as long as we kept pace," and we finished in exactly 4 hours, including a stop between 9s to grab ... Continue »

Played on Friday, 5/17, with a 9ish tee time. Day 2 of the Orlando trip. We were able to play as a 5 "as long as we kept pace," and we finished in exactly 4 hours, including a stop between 9s to grab some food. Service was basic, easy check in, friendly F&B staff (with great prices!), and a great starter. Carts are basic, no GPS or coolers. Course was in really good condition. Flat tee boxes with the markers on the par 3s spread wide to give you plenty space. Fairways were pretty lush, with no bare areas. Rough was almost non-existent, Bermuda growing back in and cut short. Bunkers were the best of the trip, the sand was a little dense, but loose and easy to hit from. The greens had some of the craziest undulations and elevation changes I've ever seen. Great condition and running at 11.5 according to the starter. They were fast and smooth. This course is definitely not a high end resort, but more of a mid to high locals place. I really enjoyed it. Laid back feel. The course has 2 different nines, the front is wide open, with few trees, but plenty of marshland areas. The back is very tree lined with pine needles everywhere. Not a destination course, but a nice break in the area.

Played on 4/15. North Shore was the last stop on a 153 hole tour of Central Florida over 5 days. It's nicely situated near the airport and with decent showers it was easy to clean up and hop on an ai... Continue »

Played on 4/15. North Shore was the last stop on a 153 hole tour of Central Florida over 5 days. It's nicely situated near the airport and with decent showers it was easy to clean up and hop on an airplane after the round. The course is your typical southern subdivision golf course, where the developers plotted the houses, then the course architect (Mike Dasher) fit the course between the lines. For the most part he did a decent job, but there are a few holes that really didn't quite fit or had odd angles and you could tell he needed more space (like the short par 4 16th that doesn't allow anything more than 200 yds off the tee). There are brilliant holes such as #1, which is a classic risk/reward short par 4 with a monster waste bunker protecting the front of the green and #18 which is a classic finishing hole where a well placed drive is rewarded with a "speed slot" that adds 30-40 yards of roll. The greens are very nice. They are mostly smooth with very few ball marks and consistently fast (I'd say 10-11ish). The fairways are little spongy and drainage is a problem here. At least 3 or 4 different holes had large bodies of casual water and a handful of bunkers had pumps working to drain them. Being a Florida course, you're going to get downpours and the soil here just doesn't drain all that well. The rough was basically non-existent and didn't affect play much. The tee boxes were well maintained but had a few areas of divot damage. Overall this is a decent course, not something I'd go out of my way to play, but it's in a convenient location with moderate pricing (I think we played for $40). It's a course that if you play often, you'll score really well but it left us wanting a bit more drama.