One North Jacaranda,
Orlando, Florida FL 32836
Office
+1 (877) 330 7377 (toll free)Pro shop
+1 (407) 239 4700Fax
+1 (407) 239 7219Website
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Joe Angelino (Director of Golf)Academy
Grand Cypress Academy of GolfThe Course:
18 holes. Links-style. Relatively flat terrain - easy to walk.
Surroundings:
Woodland.
Designer:
Jack Nicklaus
27-hole North, South, East course (6983 yards from back tees).
28.405850
-81.526580
15 miles SW of downtown Orlando
South west of Orlando take Lake Buena Vista exit from i-4. Turn right at bottom of exit ramp onto SR 535 North. Turn left at the second traffic light onto CR 535 North. Drive 1 mile north (past entrance to Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress) and follow signs to The Villas of Grand Cypress. After 2 mls golf entrance is on the right.
Grand Cypress (New)
Grand Cypress Golf Club (New course): Orlando's impressive Grand Cypress Resort, located next door to Walt Disney World, boasts 45 holes of Jack Nicklaus Signature golf. The original three nine-hole loops, which make up the North/South/East course, were joined a short while later by the distinctively different New course.
Although New in name, this Nicklaus Signature design takes its cue, and opening and closing holes, from the Old Course St Andrews (and other notable Scottish links courses). All the hallmarks of a traditional duneland seaside golf course have been recreated here, except of course views onto the sea, and a notable absence of thick rough. Although surrounded by woodland, the course itself is open and virtually treeless.
There are plenty of small, strategically located pot bunkers that threaten marginally wayward drives and also defend the large, undulating greens. Water ditches (burns), low dry-stone walls, gorse-like bushes (whins) and slick, bump-and-run green surrounds all feature strongly. As do several huge double-greens.
One Scottish feature that is relatively absent here is knee-high rough skirting the well-groomed fairways, which allows big-hitters to "larrup" the ball into relatively non-penal, expansively open areas. Really fun to play, and a good test off the back tees.
Stay&Play at Grand Cypress: luxury onsite accommodation available, see Where2Stay section below.
Resort guests (staying at The Grand Cypress Resort) can book to play on weekdays and weekends.
Some outside visitor play is also possible.
Credit cards accepted. Contact club for full details, discounts, Stay&Play packages, etc. [Last updated: 2018].
Non-metal spike facility. Walking permitted.
Excellent
The Grand Cypress Resort sits directly alongside Walt Disney World, with the Disney Springs dining, shopping and entertainment complex just a mile away from the resort hotel.
One Grand Cypress Blvd, Orlando, FL 32836
+1 (407) 239 1234
Visit websiteIdeally located next to Walt Disney World in Orlando, the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, located in the Grand Cypress Resort, provides access to an outstanding array of resort amenities. Close by are 45-holes of Jack Nicklaus Signature golf, an Equestrian centre, tennis, swimming, sailing, Spa and excellent restaurants offering a global variety of cuisines.
Grand Cypress (North/South/East course and New course)
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The majority of courses in Where2Golf's Around Orlando coverage are within 20 miles of Grand Cypress.
Grand Cypress Resort, One N. Jacaranda, Orlando FL 32836
+1 (407) 239 4700
Visit websiteGrand Cypress's elegantly appointed villas provide views onto tranquil waterways or the fairways of the resort's North course. Spacious and premier quality accommodation for golfers, families and business travellers alike.
Grand Cypress (North/South/East course and New course)
Disney's Lake Buena Vista; Tranquilo; Golden Bear at Keene's Pointe; Hawk's Landing; Falcon's Fire.
The majority of courses in Where2Golf's Around Orlando coverage are within 20 miles of Grand Cypress.
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