Around Orlando
Whether you're here with kids or on an 'adults only' vacation, you will want to check out the top golf courses in Orlando open to the fee-paying public. Some of Florida's best golf course designs are found at golf resorts: Reunion Golf & Spa Resort and Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge are worth your time and the stay! To make the most of your golfing trip, and to help in your planning, you can look up the location of the best courses in Orlando on our customised maps.
Rsrt guests only
Orlando
Original design and routing by Dick Wilson (1961); modifications and updates by Arnold Palmer from 1975.
Visitors welcome
Orlando
P.B. Dye
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Robert Trent Jones Sr and son Robert Jr.
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Greg Norman
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Greg Norman
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Joe Lee
(Closed in 2014)
Orlando
Joe Lee
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Joe Lee
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Joe Lee
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Original design by Joe Lee (1971); redesigned by Arnold Palmer Course Design (2013).
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Ron Garl and Howard Swan
Visitors welcome
Orlando
A Rees Jones Signature Design
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Tom Fazio (1992 original design and 2013/14 renovation).
Private club
Orlando
A Jack Nicklaus Signature Design
Restricted
Orlando
Jack Nicklaus
Restricted
Orlando
Jack Nicklaus: North & South (1984 ); East (1986). North & South nines redesigned by Nicklaus (2007/8).
(Closed in 2014)
Orlando
Steve Smyers & Nick Faldo
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Original design by Joe Lee (1986); redesign by Bob Cupp (1998).
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Mike Dasher
Private club
Orlando
Original design by Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay (1986); modifications by Steve Smyers (2003).
Private club
Orlando
Tom Fazio
Restricted
Orlando
Tom Fazio
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Robert Trent Jones Sr.
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Original design by George O'Neil of Chicago (1917), further enhanced by Charles E. Clarke of Troon, Scotland (1926)
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Gary Koch
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Gary Koch
Visitors welcome
Orlando
David Harman, Phil Ritson & Isao Aoki
Visitors welcome
Orlando
David Harman, Phil Ritson & Isao Aoki
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Arnold Palmer
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Original design by Joe Lee (1982); redesigned by Mike Dasher (2005)
Rsrt guests only
Orlando
A Jack Nicklaus Signature Course
Rsrt guests only
Orlando
Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay
Rsrt guests only
Orlando
Tom Watson & Bob Gibbons
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Greg Norman Golf Course Design (lead designer Jason McCoy).
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Chip Powell: Blue and White nines (2001); Red-nine (2009).
Visitors welcome
Orlando
David Harman
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Steve Smyers
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Original design by Ron Garl with later revisions by Bobby Weed.
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Rees Jones
Tournaments:
European Tour: 2021 marks the 50th and last season of the world renowned European Tour, launched in April 1972 at the Spanish Open. From 2022 the Tour will be sponsored by Dubai-based global supply chain and ports operator DP World, and will be known as the DP World Tour.
South African Open: December 2021 events in South Africa have again been impacted by the Covid pandemic. The South African Open (Dec 2-5) will no longer be played as a DP World Tour event, and the Alfred Dunhill Championship (Dec 9-12) has been cancelled.
Who's Who:
Bernhard Langer: at age 64, Langer collected a record sixth Charles Schwab Cup, the only player to have won the season-long points chase more than twice. He also topped the PGA Tour Champions money-list for the 11th time out of a possible 13 since 2008.
Carlota Ciganda: the five-time Solheim Cup star was delighted to record a fourth Ladies European Tour win in her home national championship, the Ladies Spanish Open.
Lee Elder: Trailblazer, Ryder Cup player, four-time PGA Tour winner and eight-time Senior PGA Tour winner, Lee Elder died on November 28, aged 87. In 1975 he became the first African American golfer to play in the Masters tournament, and in so doing provided one of the pivotal moments in the history of professional golf.
Golf World Top 100: Best Golf Courses in Europe. From France to Spain to the Netherlands and Norway, the Golf World Top 100 panel reveals the places you have to play (published 20 October 2021).
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
You can subscribe to the Where2Golf channel on YT if you like to see more video content. You'll find a "Subscribe" button on any of our YouTube videos. Or if you want a quick and direct access subscribe here. Once done, any new published videos will show up in your Subscriptions feed.
