Post by Richie3Jack on Oct 8, 2012 8:58:45 GMT -5
Eagle Creeks is a duo-design of American Architect Ron Garl and European architect Harold Swan. It is located across the street from Lake Nona High School, about 5 minutes from the Orlando International Airport.
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Going into Eagle Creek I had been told that the course was very easy, but very fun to play. Getting into the club requires to go thru a security gate and then you pull into a very large and nice looking clubhouse. The community itself is doing very well as it is filled with nice homes and I only saw a few 'For Sale' signs.
The course was built on old farm land instead of old wooded and swamp land like many Orlando courses. You will see this up front on the back nine where you will feel like you are in 'the place that time forgot.' But the front nine is surrounded by houses on virtually every hole.
Condition wise I thought the course was immaculate. The greens were bumpy and slow, but they aerified them about a month ago. You can usually tell how good of a job a course does with the conditioning by examining the small things like mowing tight spots around bunkers properly and roping off casual water. Eagle Creek did all of that, so while the greens were slow and bumpy, it's safe to assume it was just due to the recent aerification.
The course plays to 7,198 yards from the tips, but is a par-73 with 3 par-5's on the back nine. Generally the course was more difficult than I anticipated as its ease of play is primarily on the back nine with the extra par-5 and the par-5's are generally fairly easy. But, the rest of he course is moderately difficult particularly their long par-3's.
The tough holes were #5, #6, #8, #11, #12 and #17. The par-5's were generally easy and the par-5 18th was a very nicely desiged finishing hole. I think it would be neat to see more big tournaments at Eagle Creek as the finishing hole would provide a nice backdrop for the crowd.
The best holes were #8, #11, #17 and #18. While there was not an abundance of great golf holes, it's another Florida course that avoids screwy hole designs so the golfer comes away happy.
Personally, I enjoyed playing Eagle Creek. For me, it's probably a course that I would not care to spend over $35 to play and would be a good one for friends coming in to visit to play early on in their vacation because it's a respectable design that doesn't beat the golfer up.
3JACK
Going into Eagle Creek I had been told that the course was very easy, but very fun to play. Getting into the club requires to go thru a security gate and then you pull into a very large and nice looking clubhouse. The community itself is doing very well as it is filled with nice homes and I only saw a few 'For Sale' signs.
The course was built on old farm land instead of old wooded and swamp land like many Orlando courses. You will see this up front on the back nine where you will feel like you are in 'the place that time forgot.' But the front nine is surrounded by houses on virtually every hole.
Condition wise I thought the course was immaculate. The greens were bumpy and slow, but they aerified them about a month ago. You can usually tell how good of a job a course does with the conditioning by examining the small things like mowing tight spots around bunkers properly and roping off casual water. Eagle Creek did all of that, so while the greens were slow and bumpy, it's safe to assume it was just due to the recent aerification.
The course plays to 7,198 yards from the tips, but is a par-73 with 3 par-5's on the back nine. Generally the course was more difficult than I anticipated as its ease of play is primarily on the back nine with the extra par-5 and the par-5's are generally fairly easy. But, the rest of he course is moderately difficult particularly their long par-3's.
The tough holes were #5, #6, #8, #11, #12 and #17. The par-5's were generally easy and the par-5 18th was a very nicely desiged finishing hole. I think it would be neat to see more big tournaments at Eagle Creek as the finishing hole would provide a nice backdrop for the crowd.
The best holes were #8, #11, #17 and #18. While there was not an abundance of great golf holes, it's another Florida course that avoids screwy hole designs so the golfer comes away happy.
Personally, I enjoyed playing Eagle Creek. For me, it's probably a course that I would not care to spend over $35 to play and would be a good one for friends coming in to visit to play early on in their vacation because it's a respectable design that doesn't beat the golfer up.
3JACK