Played on Saturday, 9.19 at 11:15 in a tournament. First time at San Clemente and for a muni the course is in decent condition, however there are a few major issues. First the good. Fairways are consistent, customer service was good, and the traps are great and multiple holes have great ocean views.

Now the bad news. Greens are slow, especially putting uphill into the hills. They also have serious issues on the edges of the greens with multiple holes showing burned out, dry areas that are dreadful to putt through. The layout is pretty boring, you rarely need to hit a driver with just about every par 4 between 320-390 yards. I hit hybrid on every par 4 on the back 9 and never had more than an 8 iron into the greens. The tee boxes looked like bigfoot stomped on them. Hardly any of them are level and most of them are missing grass.

The best part of the course are the par 3's. All 4 of them are really quality holes and have a good mixture of long/short/ uphill and downhill shots. They alone almost make the course worth it. Carts don't have GPS, so be sure to bring your own and the driving range was mats only today.

All in all, it's a good course that is right in front of you. It's worth the green fee and I wouldn't hesitate playing it again for the right price.

Played on Labor Day at 7:30am, called in as a single and they matched me with a threesome pretty quickly. The course is in fair condition, there's not much rough to speak of and the fairways are very firm, probably due to the persistent drought. Greens are a little on the slow side, but they're consistent and are basically pretty smooth. There are a few greens with new sod growing in, but as the previous posters mentioned this is mostly on the edges and not really in play. POP was around 4.5 hrs, which on a holiday weekend was just fine (still too slow for my preference, but that seems to be the norm nowadays).

The layout of this course is pretty fun. It's not exactly target golf, but it's not wide open either. There's a good mixture of demanding and easier holes that keep your interest. It's a short course, but the greens will keep you honest as many of them are sloped into the mountain, causing confusing reads.

While Eagle Glen isn't quite in the Oak Quarry category, it's a good mountain course with great rates (I payed $57), good customer service, fantastic views, and good enough condition to leave you feeling glad you came out.

Almost forgot, carts have GPS that's pretty good and gives you a good layout of the hole. Definitely helpful on a number of holes to see where you should be aiming.

Played on Sat 8/22 at 11:55 with @jgill07 in a tournament. It was my first time playing this course but luckily Jeff had played it before because it's a little bit of a funky layout. There are at least 3-4 holes that are hard doglegs left that require a strong right to left shot shape. The course played very firm and you could tell the water restrictions are taking a toll on the fairways as they are definitely turning brown. But overall, it's a decent track that rewards good tee shots with lots of birdie chances. It's not an overly punishing golf course and chances are you won't lose too many balls out here.

Greens were very average and about what you'd expect from a muni. Lots of divots that were either not repaired or repaired incorrectly (for crying out loud people, learn how to fix a divot, don't just make the ground level, actually push the grass back...). The speed was fair and consistent, which I thought was good.

Tee boxes were not good. Lots of divots and finding level lies is tough.

Pace of play was downright awful. Not sure if it was because of the tournament or just really poor course management but it was a 6 hour round and we were waiting on every single hole. That alone would make me second guess coming back here.

Played the Dinah Shore course on 6/21 in extreme heat (113 by the time we made the turn!). With the exception of slow greens, this course is in excellent condition. It looked like they let the greens grow a little longer than normal due to the heat wave in the last few days, but while they were slow, they were smooth and consistent, you just had to hit the ball a little harder. The fairways, tee boxes, and rough are all in excellent condition while the sand was nearly perfect.

Customer service is what'd you'd expect from a Club Corp private venue, generally very good with a touch of "elitism." They did let me use their locker room to shower off which was nice, and the pro shop has a good selection of souvenirs. The other facilities are pretty typical, good driving range, separate chipping area but no bunker to practice sand shots (at least I couldn't find one). Carts do not have GPS so be sure to bring your own range finder.

The course itself is a beast. For the most part it's right in front of you with few blind shots, but it beats you with ball placement & well placed bunkers. We played the ANA tees where the lady's play in the tournament and you really have to be able to work the ball right AND left off the tee if you want to score well. Even the so-called "easy" holes have demanding tee shots with bunkers guarding the landing area or trees blocking angles. It's a good collection of par 5's, highlighted by the iconic 18th guarded by Poppy's Pond (which looks nasty to jump into BTW). I've got a ton more respect for Brittany Lincicome for hitting that green in 2 with Major Championship pressure, it takes two giant golf shots, both carrying hazards. Other notable holes are the tough par 4 6th that plays much harder than the 375 yards the scorecard indicates. Word of advice, don't try to carry the water, it offers no benefit, take a 3 wood or hybrid out to the right and go the long way.

Overall I definitely recommend this course if you get the chance to play it. Just avoid the extreme triple digit temps!

Played on Monday 6/15 as part of a tournament. It was my first time playing the course and I was super excited to give it a go.

First the good stuff:The facilities here are top notch. Nice locker room, good clubhouse, and excellent service all around. The driving range was nearly immaculate and they had 2 different bunker/short game areas to get warmed up. There's no GPS on the carts, so be sure to bring your own yardage device (you'll need it).

The conditions all over the course are what you would expect from a private country club. Nearly perfect tee boxes, lush fairways, and consistent greens. The fairways are still recovering from a hard aeration they did about 2 weeks ago and you could tell the grounds crew was watering them like mad to get the grass growing. In fact, the fairways played very soft (quite unusual for this area) and made the course significantly longer. The greens are Bermuda grass, again a little atypical for SoCal but were in good condition, albeit a little slower than you'd expect, but I'm guessing they let it grow out to fully recover from their aeration.

Now the criticism. Mark O'Meara needs to stick to playing golf and move away from golf course design. Nearly every hole has blind or semi-blind tee shot/landing area that make it difficult for a first-timer. Also there are at least 3 or 4 holes that have trees right in the middle of the fairway (my pet peeve) and 10 of the 14 par 4 & 5's are uphill tee shots. The back to back par 5's on the back nine are 2 of the worst designed holes I've played. The first one requires you to hit a 230 yard drive, followed by another 230 yard layup which will leave you a 115 yard shot to green fronted by a giant oak tree. OR you smash a driver to down the hill to a landing area 15 yards wide only to be rewarded with a 220 yard approach to an elevated green that you cannot see and have to hit it over another oak tree.

The 2nd par 5 is even worse as after you smash a 275 yard drive, where you have the option to go for the green (240 yards away) by traversing a giant ravine or lay up to 160 yards. I literally hit driver, sand wedge, 7 iron to the green, in that order.

O'Meara tries to make up for it with the 270 par 4 17th, but again he puts a giant oak tree directly in front of an elevated green so actually going for the green requires a huge right to left swinger. That's not awful, but there's no flat area to lay up to and if you hit the fairway, you're 80 feet below the green and can't see the flag.

Overall the course is in splendid condition,but the layout is way to wonky and I'd really have to think about if I'd want to play this course again.

Played Slammer on 6/11 in the AM as part of a corporate outing. The greens will be punched next week, so be sure to call if you're heading out there in the next few weeks.

It's been a few years since I've played at the WGV courses and you can tell they've had to cut some costs, but the course conditions remain nearly immaculate. The fairways and greens are perfect and the rough is no joke (it's at least 3 inches deep, 6 in some parts). Fairways are firmer and the greens softer than I remember both in tournament quality condition.

The layout and design of the course is wonderful. It's a resort-style course as most holes have generous landing areas but there are numerous risk/reward style options throughout the course. Best holes are the par 5 4th which is either easily reachable if you're brave enough to carry the marsh, or it's a difficult 3 shot hole and the par 4 18th which at 430 yards and water down the right reminds locals of 18 at TPC Sawgass.

POP here is average. Tee boxes are generally pretty close the the greens, but 8 minute splits between tee times is a little tight for a "luxury" course. I'd like to see 10 or 12 minute splits but I understand they need to maximize revenue.

Customer service is very good. They like to pamper their patrons as they'll pick you up in the parking lot and escort you all that way to the pro shop, locker room, driving range and the first tee. Definitely grab a mango-scented ice towel from the ranger, It's unique to the WGV and completely refreshing. Also don't forget to grab some complimentary apples at the 1st and 10th tee boxes. That's a nice touch.

I'm probably bias, but this is one of my top 5 courses in NE Florida and a must play if you're in the St Augustine area. I try to play here every time I'm sent out this way.

P.S. After the round, go to Caddyshack for a drink, it's a cool place to check out some Bill Murray memorabilia.

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.

Played in the AM of 4/14 and was round #7 of 9 on our Masters Week Golf trip. World Woods is an absolute world class golf course and you definitely can't go wrong with either PB or RO. I already wrote about the basic facilities and clubhouse in my PB review, so check that out to get a feel for what to expect. Basically, don't come here if you want to get pampered. Come here if you want to play golf, 'nuff said.

As it was with PB, the greens had recently been aerated & top dressed so that detracted a bit from the experience, but we knew that in advance so it wasn't a surprise, just disappointing to fly across the country and have a course with punched greens. Oh well, RO makes up for it with an incredible layout that's unique to central Florida. While not quite as dramatic as it's big brother, RO sports towering oak trees (hence it's name) throughout the property that actually play into the strategy on multiple holes (I hate oak trees... pretty sure I hit at least 10 of them throughout the day). There's not a lot of water on the course and with generous landing areas, RO plays a bit easier than PB.

Quick Tip, on #18, don't even try to go for the green unless you are positive you can stop the ball on the putting surface. It's nearly impossible to get up and down from behind the green. of the 7 of us playing in two different groups, 5 went for the green, all ended up long (there's bunkers guarding the front so it seemed long was the "safe" play), and nobody made par, let alone birdie. Don't get enticed by the 190 yard uphill shot.. play to the bunkers or just in front of the green and you'll have 2 strokes.

I digress, anyways, RO is a great tune up for PB, just be sure to check their aeration schedule.

Had a 1pm tee time on 4/14 as the second round of 36 at World Woods. I don't think there is a better designed, more fun course in Central Florida (besides maybe Streamsong). The course is modeled after Pine Valley in NJ and while I've never played PV, Pine Barrens lives up to the hype.

Before I get to gushy, first the downsides: Don't come here expecting a 20k square foot exclusive clubhouse. It's a modest facility with a "concession stand" type bar, a locker room, and a small pro shop. There's no greeter at the door, no concierge service, this is pure golf and only golf. That being said, the customer service is less than what you'd expect from a top 25 golf course (I think Golf Mag has it in the 15ish range). There was no cart attendant or signage letting us know where the range was (which is awesome BTW), so we wondered around for a few minutes looking for a place to hit a few balls. The starter was MIA and when we got to the tee there was a single hanging around asking if he could join us. We had 7 and didn't mind, but felt bad for the guy as we were all playing from the tips and I think he struggled to shoot 120 from the sr tees (nicest guy ever though). All that said, don't expect red carpet treatment, come for the course and you'll be happy.

As far as the course. The greens had recently been aerated and top dressed and they weren't even close to being recovered. I bet they were running around 7 or 8 so it took a few holes to get the speed down (we had been playing on greens that were closer to 10-11). Figuring the greens will heal, this course is awesome. Great mix of doglegs left and right, driveable par 4s mixed with 475yd monsters and each par 3 could be a signature hole on any other Florida course.

Fairways were in excellent condition and tee boxes were perfect. Never really had a bad lie in a bunker as the sand was typical Florida beach sand. Heavy rains from the night before had very little effect on the course as there was only 1 place where I had to take a drop from casual water.

Great course, especially when you consider the value. I'd give the greens 1 or 2 weeks to heal and give it a go again. Will definitely be back for my next Florida golf trip.

Played CG National at 8AM on 4/13. As I wrote in my CG International review the clubhouse, range, and amenities at this course are absolutely unbelievable! Driving range is top notch, especially if you are able to sneak into the Leadbetter Academy and look at their "pot bunker greens." On to the course:

While the International is a links style course, the National is more of a traditional parkland course with trees, hills, and water on just about every hole. The course grabs your attention right away with an incredibly difficult first hole (no clue where to bail out there, just hit your drive deep down the middle and pray). There are a few quirky holes, like the technically driveable par 4 5th (300ish yards) but they let the marsh grass grow to about 8-9 feet and you can't see the landing area so it's really not practical to hit anything more than a 5 iron and the par 3 14th where the tee box is directly behind a palm tree (cut that tree down or move the tee box!). But overall, Greg Norman designed a beauty here.

The course doesn't drain nearly as well as it's sister, as there were all kinds of standing water from the overnight rains, especially around marshes and low points of the course (which are there are many). However, the greens rolled very nicely, very consistent and comfortable.

Overall it's a great course, not quite on par with the International, but you won't be disappointed.

Played on 4/13 as round #5 of 8 in a week long golf trip. This course is an absolute MUST PLAY for anybody in the Orlando area. Lets start with the range... it's flipping phenomenal. If you can weasel you way into the Leadbetter Academy it's worth it. We had a few hours between our AM and PM rounds and they let us test out all their equipment (my launch angle is awful).

The International is the tougher of the 2 courses, and it's as "links-ish" as you'll get in central Florida. Don't expect firm,fast fairways but you will have that links strategy to contend with as there are very few trees and a lot of careful bunkering. Nearly every hole makes you think off the tee box, but don't let that confuse you with target golf, this is NOT target golf, but most holes have a bunker or hazard guarding the landing area so you have to be careful. The course plays nearly 200 yards longer than the card says, so be careful.

The condition of the course was great. Greens ran in the 10-11 range, very smooth and consistent. The fairways weren't spongy, but they weren't firm (it had been raining all week, so take that into consideration). There are 4 or 5 "signature" holes (like the enticing par 5 #3 over the marsh or just about any of the last 4 holes).

POP was great as we were the only ones out there, but had a 45 min rain delay on #13 and simply played the last 5 holes as an 8-some.

Great course, definitely recommend to put on your Orlando bucket list.

Started off our annual Masters Golf Weekend trip at the WDW Magonlia course on 4/11. Had an 2pm tee time for $45, simply a great deal. As expected the customer service Disney gives you is top notch. They greet you at the car, walk you into the pro shop and generally go that "extra mile" to make it a magical day.

There is no restaurant at the course, but there is one attached to the onsite resort. The driving range is a little small considering this is a 36 hole facility, it wasn't a problem for our afternoon tee time, but I could see it being very crowded at peak times.

The starter was very pleasant and was able to get our 2 foursomes out a few minutes early, which was nice due a threat of rain. I will say this was one of the few times that the on course rangers were quite helpful. We ran into a family with 3 beginners who were playing sooo slow on about the 5th hole and didn't have the etiquette to let us to go through. The ranger came by around #7 and told us they'd let us pass on #8.. well, that didn't happen so when we made the turn I asked the ranger what the deal was, and he basically forced the slow group to stop and let us play through. Very well done by the course staff.

The course itself was in typical disney condition. Very good to excellent across the board. Greens were a little bumpy but pretty typical for bermuda grass late in the day. Fairways and tee boxes were well maintained and the rough, while short, was pretty consistent.

The layout isn't anything overwhelming or creative, this won't get confused for OC National or World Woods, but it's a great "Resort" course that rewards good shots and doesn't overly penalize the typical hacker. Definitely recommend, especially at the twilight rates (but for the record, I'd pay the $125 prime rate too).