Grand Cypress, Orlando

This was definitely the best of the 3 Orlando courses we did. It also cost the most at about $80. We did the North & South courses...the East had a island green I would have liked to try, but oh well. The "new" course is the links style which really isn't too much different than any Florida course! The fairways were in great condition on the North...not so nice on the South but still good. The greens were fast but deceptive. They looked straight but definitely weren't. There was the usual water and lots, lots, lots of sand. It was a very challenging course. We were behind a kind of slow foursome even though we started at 8am. We eventually went through because we had to check out of the room by 1pm, we had a late check out. The bathrooms were very nice and there were ice & water stations on the north...not on the south. We ate in the clubhouse after...it was too hot and humid to stop...we just kept going. The food was expensive but very good. Would golf (& stay) here again in a minute.

Falcon's Fire, Kissimmee, Fl

This was the better course I talked about in the Hunter's Creek post. It cost about $50. Another typical Florida course - just a little more challenging than the Hunter's Creek one. Still pretty flat, lots of water & sand and still really hot & humid. I did try a bloody mary here...not very good...only a slice of lemon in it! But again the course was in really nice condition and all the employees were so nice and friendly. There were bathrooms on the course and the cart girl was very accessible. We golfed at 8:30 so it wasn't very crowded. The greens were nice, fast but kind of straight. Most of the fairways were pretty good. Would definitely golf here again.

Hunter Creek, Orlando, Fl

Golfed again on 1/9/15...was surprised to notice there were no trash cans or ball cleaners (or very few anyway)...it was very crowded and we weren't even able to finish golfing because of slow groups in front of us. However, we still like this course.

Golfed here on a recent golf trip to Orlando. Stayed at the Villas of Grand Cypress which is a golf resort. Very beautiful place with 27 holes and the "new" course which is a links style course. Included in the resort fees was free driving range, putting & chipping green, iron range and 3 practice holes - a par 3, par 4 and par 5. We golfed at Hunters Creek which wasn't too far from the resort. It was in another "golf" community. We ended up doing kind of a good, better, best type deal...this course being the good one. It cost about $35 and was well worth that price. The creek meanders through the course and offers some nice water challenges. There's enough sand too. The greens were fast and the fairways were in good condition. It was a typical Florida course...flat but sand and water challenges...not many trees. It was quite hot and quite humid - the cart girl was around frequently and there were bathrooms accessible. We didn't really order any food or drink here...it was too hot! We just wanted to get back to the pool! But we had no complaints and would golf this course again.

Collins Park, Toledo, OH

We golfed this little 9 hole course because we were driving south looking for some place where it wasn't raining. We paid $14 each, which I think was a little too much for this course. It was really unique...every hole was straight. There was no water other than the water from the heavy rains. There were no bunkers other than those made by the holes made by carts in the mud. There were really no fairways...it was just a big meadow. Obviously there was no cart girl but there was one port a potty out there. It is a city owned course in a city owned park so it was well maintained. The greens were in surprisely nice condition...very straight so we made a lot of putts. We had a hard time finding the tee box shown above...it was way left of the fairway. The picture on the right shows where Jerry was hitting to. The fairway was on the right of those trees. Very unusual course but must be very popular in the area cause they had a scramble every Friday. However we accomplished what we set out to do which was golf a little...

Timber Ridge, East Lansing

Very nice course...it was very, very hot so it was hard for us to enjoy it but would love to go back when it's cooler. We got senior rates on a holiday weekend! The course advertises "a natural golf course" which means lots of hazards...trees, water, rough. There were gps systems in the cart...mine kept going in and out but worked for the most part. You could keep score on the gps also. We all lost lots of balls. Lots of bathrooms - not porta-potties, cart girl was attentive and made great bloody marys. The course was in really good condition with nice fairways and really fast greens that, for the most part, were also in good condition. They had some really nice par 3s. We had nachos in the clubhouse later...not worth the money.

Hawk Hollow, Bath

Very nice course...mix of links and woods at a decent price. We were able to get out early, thank goodness, cause it was quite hot. Nice condition course with some challenging holes. Nice mix of water, trees and sand. Some really nice par 3s - hole 17 especially had a beautiful view of the clubhouse and was a great par 3 with some water. Decent bloody mary...nothing special. Decent bathrooms. Would be happy to golf here again.