Winter Park Golf Course

Had a chance to play Winter Park Golf Course yesterday. Built in 1914, it went through a nationally acclaimed renovation in September of 2016. The city, which owns the course, hired two relatively unknown architects to complete the work, and the result does live up to the hype.

Gone are hundreds of trees that crowded the fairways. There's basically no rough, as fairway grass covers the entire property. All the greens were expanded and re-shaped to include interesting contours. And what bunkers they kept were re-dug and look spectacular.

As a par 35 and playing under 2,500 yards from the tips, it's not very difficult to score out there. A few of the par 4s are definitely driveable, but there's enough OB and deep bunkering to make you think twice about it. All three par 3s are excellent, and play from a good variety of distances (120, 140, 180-ish).

It cost us $17 to play a round (9-holes) and rent a pull cart. A second loop would have been an extra $10 but we didn't have time.

This course shows exactly what ANY struggling facility should do. Especially old layouts like Temple Terrace, and any city course like The Babe. Winter Park GC actually made a profit last year for the first time in decades.

Sadly, with all the construction and traffic in Orlando, the course is probably too far away for me to recommend driving out there. But if you're ever over there for something else, set aside a couple hours to walk 9 holes.

Golf - Sunday, September 16th

9:30am - Southern Hills

Apparently they are not cart path only.

Couple of guys said they wanted to play this Sunday. Gonna book something around 9:30am. Southern Hills was just punched and has been cartpath only for weeks... so if not there... Southern Dunes or Waterlefe.

Currently in are myself, Gary, Geoff and Reid. If enough people want in I'll book another foursome. Let me know ASAP. NO SPOTS REMAINING

Roster
Chandler
Gary
Geoff
Reid
Darren
Dave
Adam
John