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The best Orlando golf resorts put a championship course on the property, so you can play a morning round and still have the afternoon for a theme park or the pool. This guide compares nine resorts with their own or attached courses, from Disney-area luxury hotels with Early Theme Park Entry to a 54-hole villa resort and Arnold Palmer’s own lodge.
We checked every course detail on official pages in October 2026, including two big changes: the Ritz-Carlton’s course is closed for work through October 31, and the old Grand Cypress courses now operate under Evermore.
None of the resort fees we checked includes a round of golf, so budget green fees separately. Rates vary by season, availability and how far ahead you book.
Quick answer: For the most golf in one place, book Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate (two 18-hole courses plus a lighted par-3) or Reunion Resort & Golf Club (three 18-hole courses by Palmer, Watson and Nicklaus). For golf plus Disney’s Early Theme Park Entry, pick Waldorf Astoria Orlando or Four Seasons Resort Orlando. For Universal and Epic Universe, Rosen Shingle Creek has an 18-hole course beside the hotel and no resort fee.
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How we chose these Orlando golf resorts
We only included resorts where the course is on the property or directly attached to it, and we confirmed the course, the hole count and the designer on official pages (we name a designer only when the resort or course does). Then we compared:
- Golf access: whether hotel guests get tee times, preferred rates or exclusive play.
- Current status: closures, course work and new operators.
- Location: road distances from OSRM to Disney and Universal parking areas, rounded.
- Fees and transport: resort fees, parking and park shuttles as each hotel listed them at the time of writing.
We don’t use ratings or review scores, or quote green fees, which change by season and tee time.
Orlando golf resorts compared
| Resort | Course(s) | Holes | Disney Early Entry | Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waldorf Astoria Orlando | Waldorf Astoria Golf Club (Rees Jones) | 18 | Yes | Bonnet Creek |
| Four Seasons Resort Orlando | Tranquilo (Tom Fazio) | 18 | Yes | Inside Disney World |
| Omni ChampionsGate | International, National, Champs Par 3 | 36 + 9 | No | ChampionsGate |
| Reunion Resort & Golf Club | Palmer, Watson, Nicklaus | 54 | No | Kissimmee |
| Conrad Orlando at Evermore | Grand Cypress Cypress and Links (Nicklaus) | 36 | No | Lake Buena Vista |
| Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes | Ritz-Carlton Golf Club (Greg Norman) | 18 | No | South Orlando |
| Rosen Shingle Creek | Shingle Creek Golf Club | 18 | No | Universal Blvd |
| Orlando World Center Marriott | Hawk’s Landing (Robert Cupp) | 18 | No | Near Disney |
| Bay Hill Club & Lodge | Championship and Charger (9 holes) | 27 | No | Bay Hill |
1. Waldorf Astoria Orlando


The Waldorf Astoria Golf Club is an 18-hole championship course by architect Rees Jones, set in the Bonnet Creek nature preserve with cypress-lined fairways and a five-tee system for every level. There’s a practice range with target greens, a chipping area, a putting green and the Waldorf Astoria Golf Academy, led by Director of Instruction Brian Mogg.
It’s also on Disney’s Early Theme Park Entry list, so a golfer and a park fan can share one base. Our Waldorf Astoria Orlando guide covers the rooms.
- Why stay: a Rees Jones course on site, 30-minute Early Theme Park Entry at all four Disney parks, and practice facilities included in the resort charge.
- Getting there / to the parks: about 5 miles by road to the EPCOT parking lot and 6.5 miles to the Magic Kingdom lot, with a shuttle to the Disney parks and Disney Springs covered by the resort charge. Universal is about 13 miles away.
- Good to know: at the time of writing, the daily resort charge was $50 plus tax and valet parking $60 a day plus tax. Club rentals are free after 2 p.m.; green fees are extra, and a golf dress code applies. The golf page lists a seasonal overseed November 16 to 19, with nine holes open.
Best for: couples and families who want luxury, a serious course and early Disney park mornings.
2. Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort


Four Seasons sits inside the Walt Disney World gates in the Golden Oak community, and its Tranquilo Golf Course at Four Seasons Golf and Sports Club Orlando is an 18-hole, par-71 Tom Fazio design of 6,901 yards with four sets of tees. The course is a Certified Audubon Sanctuary, and the 16-acre practice facility has a double-ended driving range, chipping and bunker areas and a putting green.
Guests can book rounds, lessons and club fittings, and non-golfers get the five-acre Explorer Island water park with a lazy river and two slides. More in our Four Seasons Resort Orlando review.
- Why stay: the only pick here inside Disney World’s gates, with daily Early Theme Park Entry and its own Fazio course.
- Getting there / to the parks: about 4 miles by road to the Magic Kingdom parking lot and 4.5 miles to EPCOT. Free scheduled coaches run to all four Disney theme parks (hourly to each at last check); Disney Springs and Universal rides cost extra.
- Good to know: parking is valet only, for a fee. The resort’s January 2026 map lists a $55 daily resort fee per room plus tax, and Booking.com’s price breakdown showed US$60 plus tax in October 2026, so confirm the current amount and green fees when you book.
Best for: families who want Disney perks and a top course, and golfers traveling with non-golfers.
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3. Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate


Omni pairs a big pool resort with two 18-hole championship courses and a lighted nine-hole, par-3 course. The 7,363-yard International Course is a links-style layout with hundreds of pot bunkers and water on every hole, and it’s the longer of the two. The National Course is a traditional American-style design through 200 acres of woodland, wetlands and former orange groves, with 80 sculpted bunkers. Both play to par 72.
Golf is walk-out, with a continuous cart shuttle to the course, plus Eagles Edge, a Toptracer range with 30 hitting bays, and the 18-hole Crane’s Adventure Golf mini course. Our Omni ChampionsGate review covers the pools and villas.
- Why stay: 36 holes plus a par-3 course, a Toptracer range and a big family pool resort on one property.
- Getting there / to the parks: about 12 miles by road to EPCOT and 13 miles to the Magic Kingdom lot; Universal is about 19 miles. The resort charge includes scheduled Disney theme park transportation (reservations required).
- Good to know: at the time of writing, the resort service charge was $48 plus tax per night; self-parking was $33 a day or $38 overnight, and valet $50. Non-guests can play too, so book tee times early. At the time of writing, scheduled maintenance closes the National October 26 to November 5, 2026, and the International November 23 to December 3.
Best for: golf groups and families who want serious golf and a pool resort without moving the car.
4. Reunion Resort & Golf Club


Reunion is a villa and vacation-home resort with three signature 18-hole courses by Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus, and the resort says it’s the only place in the world with courses by all three. Palmer’s 6,916-yard course has elevation changes of up to 50 feet, Watson’s rewards a solid short game, and Nicklaus’s has elevated tees and greens.
It’s also home to the Golfzon Leadbetter Academy’s world headquarters, a Club Champion fitting studio and a Golfzon simulator with 24 hitting positions. Every Reunion unit has a kitchen and living area, and the resort has a water park and eight pools.
- Why stay: 54 holes and a kitchen in every unit, ideal for golf groups who want to cook and spread out.
- Getting there / to the parks: about 11 miles by road to EPCOT and 12 miles to the Magic Kingdom lot. The resort fee includes a scheduled Walt Disney World shuttle; there’s no airport shuttle.
- Good to know: the FAQ lists a $40 plus tax daily resort fee (it may vary for larger homes) and $20 plus tax daily parking, with no valet. The fee includes course access, but green fees are extra, tee times aren’t guaranteed, and using the range without a booked tee time costs $25.
Renting a Reunion home from a third-party company? The resort says those may have limited or no amenity access, so confirm before you book.
Best for: golf buddies and multigenerational groups who want 54 holes and room to spread out.
5. Conrad Orlando at Evermore


The former Grand Cypress courses are open and now run as Grand Cypress Golf at Evermore, the resort where Conrad Orlando sits. You get two Jack Nicklaus designs. The parkland Cypress Course opened in 2021 on the former North, South and East courses, with water on 13 holes and an island-green par 3. The Links Course is Nicklaus’s tribute to St Andrews’ Old Course, with more than 150 deep pot bunkers and double greens.
The courses are public, but Conrad and Evermore guests get preferred rates and earlier booking windows; others can book 60 days ahead. A standard greens fee includes a shared cart and range balls before your round. Off the course, Evermore Bay has 8 acres of lagoon water and white-sand beaches.
- Why stay: 36 Nicklaus holes with guest perks, a modern luxury hotel and a beach-style lagoon.
- Getting there / to the parks: about 5.5 miles by road to the Magic Kingdom lot and 6.5 miles to EPCOT (Evermore says 6 and 5.5 miles); Universal is about 11 miles. Conrad isn’t on Disney’s Early Theme Park Entry list.
- Good to know: parking is valet only ($50 a night at last check), you must be 21 to check in, and a daily resort charge applies (at last check it covered a Disney parks shuttle and $20 off club rentals at Grand Cypress), so check the final total. Resort guests without a tee time pay $30 for the range.
Best for: golfers who want two very different Nicklaus courses and a polished hotel close to Disney.
6. The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes


The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club is an 18-hole course designed by two-time British Open champion Greg Norman, with five sets of tees, an all-grass driving range, the Fairways Pub in the clubhouse and a Caddie Concierge program. It’s a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary and home of the PNC Championship, scheduled for December 17 to 20, 2026.
Course status: at the time of writing, the golf page said the course is closed for enhancements from April 24 through October 31, so confirm it has reopened before an early-November trip. The JW Marriott next door shares the course. Rooms and pools are in our Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes review.
- Why stay: a tournament course, a spa, the Ritz Kids club and junior deals: kids 15 and under pay half the rack rate before 3 p.m. and play free after 3 p.m. with a paying adult.
- Getting there / to the parks: about 5.5 miles by road to Epic Universe, 8.5 miles to Universal’s garages, 13 miles to the EPCOT lot and 12 to the airport. The resort fee includes shuttles to SeaWorld, Walt Disney World and Universal, booked 24 hours ahead.
- Good to know: at the time of writing, the resort fee was $55 plus tax, including driving range privileges; valet was $58 plus tax, with self-parking only at the JW Marriott ($42 plus tax a day).
Best for: families who golf, and anyone splitting time between Universal, Epic Universe and SeaWorld.
7. Rosen Shingle Creek


Rosen Shingle Creek is a 1,501-room resort with its own 18-hole, par-72 championship course designed by the Arnold Palmer Design Company, and you can walk from the hotel to the first tee. Shingle Creek Golf Club has five sets of tees, GPS carts, a practice facility with 70,000 square feet of teeing ground, the Shingle Creek Golf Academy and a Clubhouse Grille and Bar.
The resort’s fact sheet says there is never a resort fee, which is rare at this size. Our Rosen Shingle Creek guide has the full fee and shuttle breakdown.
- Why stay: no resort fee, a walkable course and the shortest drive to Epic Universe on this list.
- Getting there / to the parks: about 2 miles by road to Epic Universe and 5 miles to Universal’s main garages; the EPCOT lot is about 12 miles. As a Universal partner hotel, it offers free scheduled Universal transportation, reserved in person and not valid for Early Park Admission.
- Good to know: at the time of writing, self-parking was $36 plus tax and valet $48 plus tax per day. Tee times open 90 days ahead and include valet at the golf club; rental sets cost $70 plus tax.
Best for: convention trips with a round on the side, and Universal or Epic Universe vacations.
8. Orlando World Center Marriott


Hawk’s Landing Golf Club is the resort’s own 18-hole, par-70 course of about 6,255 yards, designed by architect Robert Cupp, with water on 15 holes and an island finishing hole. There’s a driving range, putting green, lessons, rentals and a clubhouse restaurant, and the golf page says kids golf free (ask about conditions). Between rounds, the River Falls water park has a 575-foot lazy river and three tube slides (48-inch minimum).
- Why stay: a full 18-hole course on site at a big Disney-area resort with a water park and an included Disney shuttle.
- Getting there / to the parks: about 5.5 miles by road to the EPCOT lot and 7 miles to the Magic Kingdom lot; the hotel’s “1.5 miles from Walt Disney World” isn’t the drive to a park. The resort fee covers scheduled shuttles to all four Disney parks and Disney Springs, reserved up to three days ahead.
- Good to know: at last check, self-parking was $40 and valet $61 a day plus tax, and the resort fee $47 plus tax. A golf package on the hotel’s site bundles a round, a $25 nightly credit, valet parking and guaranteed 10 a.m. check-in.
Best for: families where one person golfs and everyone else wants the water park and Disney days.
9. Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge


Bay Hill is the club Arnold Palmer took over in the early 1970s and shaped for half a century, and it hosts the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard. Golf is available only to members and Lodge guests, which is the main reason to book here.
Its 27 holes, per the PGA Tour, are the Championship Course (Dick Wilson’s 1961 Champion and Challenger nines, refined by Palmer) and Bob Simmons’s nine-hole Charger Course. The Lodge has King and double Queen rooms, suites and guest cottages with full kitchens, plus the Arnold Palmer Golf Academy, racquet courts, a fitness center, a pool and a marina.
- Why stay: the way most visitors get to play the Arnold Palmer Invitational course, in rooms decorated with Palmer photos and memorabilia.
- Getting there / to the parks: about 5 miles by road to Universal’s garages and 13 miles to the EPCOT lot; the airport is about 20 miles. The club doesn’t list a theme park shuttle, so plan on a car.
- Good to know: the club’s site doesn’t publish resort fees, parking or green fees, so ask when you book. A dress code applies on the course, in the clubhouse and in the dining rooms.
Best for: serious golfers and Palmer fans more than theme park families.
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Other golf options near Orlando
- Mission Resort + Club: two 18-hole courses, El Campeón and Las Colinas, in the hills of Howey-in-the-Hills, plus a spa and pool. It’s about 38 miles by road from Universal and 48 from the Magic Kingdom lot, so it suits a golf-first trip. Check your dates for Mission Resort + Club
- Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress: despite the name, it isn’t part of Evermore, whose preferred golf rates are for its own and Conrad guests. Public tee times are still open to you; see our Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress review or compare rates for Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress.
- JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes: it shares the Ritz-Carlton’s Greg Norman course and offers self-parking. Check your dates for JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes
- Walt Disney World Golf: Disney’s Palm, Magnolia, Lake Buena Vista and 9-hole Oak Trail courses are run by Arnold Palmer Golf Management.
How to choose among Orlando golf resorts
- Disney comes first: only Waldorf Astoria and Four Seasons have Disney’s Early Theme Park Entry. Orlando World Center Marriott includes a Disney shuttle; Omni and Reunion offer scheduled Disney transportation but sit farther from the parks.
- Universal or Epic Universe comes first: Rosen Shingle Creek, the Ritz-Carlton and Bay Hill are closest.
- You want the most golf: Reunion (54 holes), Omni (36 plus a par-3) and Conrad at Evermore (36).
- Fees matter: Rosen Shingle Creek has no resort fee. Omni and Reunion are in Osceola County (13.5% hotel tax); the other seven main picks are in Orange County (12.5%).
- Book tee times with the room: Shingle Creek opens tee times 90 days ahead, Evermore lets non-guests book 60 days out, and Reunion says tee times aren’t guaranteed. Reunion and Omni work with Ship Sticks if you’d rather ship your clubs. Omni, Reunion and Waldorf Astoria post maintenance dates, so check them for your trip.
If golf is only part of the plan, compare our best luxury resorts in Orlando, or see Orlando spa resorts for a non-golfer’s day while you play.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best golf resort in Orlando?
It depends on your trip. For the most golf at one hotel, Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate has two 18-hole courses plus a lighted par-3, and Reunion Resort & Golf Club has three courses by Palmer, Watson and Nicklaus. For golf plus Disney’s Early Theme Park Entry, choose Waldorf Astoria Orlando or Four Seasons Resort Orlando. Bay Hill is the pick for Arnold Palmer history.
Which Orlando golf resorts are closest to Disney World?
Four Seasons Resort Orlando is inside the Walt Disney World gates, about 4 miles by road from the Magic Kingdom parking lot. Waldorf Astoria Orlando is about 5 miles from the EPCOT lot, Conrad Orlando about 5.5 miles from the Magic Kingdom lot, and Orlando World Center Marriott about 5.5 miles from the EPCOT lot. Only Waldorf Astoria and Four Seasons get Early Theme Park Entry.
Are the Grand Cypress golf courses still open?
Yes. At the time of writing, they operate as Grand Cypress Golf at Evermore, with two Jack Nicklaus designs: the Cypress Course, which opened in 2021 on the former North, South and East courses, and the St Andrews-inspired Links Course. Both are open to the public, but guests of Evermore and Conrad Orlando get preferred rates and earlier booking windows.
Can you play Bay Hill without being a member?
Yes, if you stay at the Lodge. Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge says its courses are available exclusively to members and to Lodge guests. The club’s website doesn’t publish green fees, so ask about golf rates and tee times when you book your room, and pack golf clothes that meet its dress code.
Do Orlando resort fees include golf?
Not a round of golf at the resorts we checked. Some fees cover practice: Waldorf Astoria’s includes its golf practice facilities and free club rentals after 2 p.m., and Grande Lakes’ includes driving range privileges. Reunion’s fee includes access to its three courses, but green fees are extra. Rosen Shingle Creek has no resort fee at all.
Does Disney World have its own golf courses?
Yes. Walt Disney World Golf, operated by Arnold Palmer Golf Management, runs Disney’s Palm, Magnolia and Lake Buena Vista courses, the 9-hole Oak Trail course and an 18-hole putting course. Disney-owned resorts aren’t sold on Booking.com, which is why this guide focuses on non-Disney resorts with their own courses.
Bottom line
Pick by what shares the trip with golf. Omni and Reunion give you the most holes, Waldorf Astoria and Four Seasons add Disney’s Early Theme Park Entry, Rosen Shingle Creek skips the resort fee near Universal, and Bay Hill is for Palmer fans. Confirm course status and tee times before you book.
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Sources checked in October 2026: Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate golf, Grand Cypress Golf at Evermore, Grande Lakes Orlando golf, Reunion Resort FAQ, Bay Hill Club & Lodge golf
