Rio Pinar Golf

First played this course 2 years ago and was very disappointed. Gave it another try as they are under new management and WOW! Amazing job turning it around!

Slow play on the front nine but it picked up on the back nine

Front nine was slow but the back nine was pretty good

The staff and amenities are incredible. We traveled to Orlando just to play golf and enjoy the weather. The food, drinks, clubhouse, and hospitality are “top shelf.” The course layout is very nice though challenging, but the grass was sparse and we had to hit off sand fairways, basically.

My wife and I are average golfers and do not like to pay the Resort Golf Prices. During our stay in Orlando we drove out to Rio Pinar after reading about its history and some of the recent reviews. Large Range with a reasonable price for a bag of balls. Golf Carts with GPS on display were great. Tee Boxes we fine for the most part. Fairways were good and we were always hitting from grass. Ample sand available in bottles to fill your divots. Greens were small. They are not cut super short so they are on the slower side with for us is easier putting than super fast greens. The surroundings are super quiet. We had an awesome afternoon and would definitely go back.

I don't advise playing this course on a Tuesday afternoon. We paid for a full round, and nobody was behind us thru 7 holes, and we kept pace with the two-some in front of us.

When we got to 8, we were told to move to the back 9 to make way for the scramble crowd.

Just saying we paid for 18, and weren't able to get it in as a result.

Sorry guys, but if you are going to boot me and my buddy off the front 9, you're gonna hear about it later.

I’ve played this course a couple of times, and I enjoy it really much, it’s for all types of golfers. Fast greens, but not super firm, I think this is the only area to work on. Super friendly staff in the shop, great starter, good training areas (putting, chipping) with improvement in progress on the range (second thing to improve). I think it’s a really good course and gives great value for what you pay.

Hidden gem,this up and coming course has all the right things going. Friendly attentive staff. Service was quick and fast. Other golfers using this course played right tempo. Never held up play. Golf cart mobile beer cart was there when we need it. Like to see the message system on the carts actual work. Green and tee box had minor debris (windy day). Worth time and effort to play here.

The starter was very unfriendly. The course is just rough, not flush at all.

We were told we had to tee off on the back nine which is fine and the pace of play was good for our first nine. The issue arose when we finished the 18th hole and went to tee off on 1 and the staff had inserted a new foursome ahead of the group of members in front of us. We waited 18 minutes to tee off and then waited on every hole for our “back nine”. We didn’t get to finish our round which ruined what had been a great experience. The course has improved since I had played 3 months ago. The greens are true and roll fast. The addition of white sand in waste areas looks more appealing. But again, slow play that could have been avoided was a huge disappointment!

We played there March 21/2024, The pace of play was fantastic, they put out foursomes about 9 min apart .
The starter was GREAT! The new ownership is spending a ton of money doing upgrades to the course. It is getting better and better! The club house / restaurant is top shelf , The memrobillia is amazing to see! We will be back next week to play again!
Cheer,,
Brian Finn