Black Bear Golf Club

"The staff were all excellent. The course condition is poor. Many patches of "cabbage" on the greens and in general the bunkers, fairways, and rough are in poor condition. We had the same experience lat year and gave it a second try this year. I doubt we will be back"

"We played Black Bear on Friday Feb16/24, and were shocked at the condition of the course. First the positivies…the course itself is an excellent layout with lots of fun golf holes especially on the back nine. Very challenging undulating greens which if they had been in good shape would have been fun. However, the entire course was in terrible condition, the fairways and greens were full of weeds, we played winter rules to find/get some grass under the ball. Staff were pleasant and helpful, but unfortunately it’s one and done for Black Bear."

"P.B. Dye did a great job on the course design. Really liked the layout and undulations of the course. Tee blocks and fairways were in nice shape. Greens weren't as nice but coming around. Will definitely play there again"

"Come on Black Bear, what is going on? Played last week and the course is in horrible condition. What happened? Played there a bunch last year and the course was in above average condition. Really enjoyed playing there. Let's get it together. Such a beautiful course but you are failing to keep it up. Please get this course into better shape. I won't be back until you do."

"We found this golf course for our second round in the US. We'd sent a few emails for info prior to playing and always got quick helpful responses from Roger, the owner. We went out at lunchtime as we wanted it a bit quieter on the course. The club was easy to find and we were welcomed/checked in Roger on arrival. We hired rental clubs which were brand new Callaways and taken out of the wrapper on arrival! I was living a golfers dream!! These were loaded onto our golf cart for us. I'm guessing this doesn't happen every time but you will get a good quality rental set at this club. They have a good range to practice before your round with new range technology coming. The views on this course are amazing, you can tell care has been taken in it's maintenance, fairway lies are always good, the challenge of this course comes from bunkers (120+) - some very difficult to get out of if you find yourself there and well placed pins. The 18th is a challenging hole to finish your round with a shot over water but is great fun as well. Other local golfers also made us feel so welcome and were very friendly. The clubhouse is very nice with a bar, patio and small pro shop. The staff were very friendly and welcoming and being remember when we returned was a really thoughtful touch. It's added bonus is that you can order food and drink before your round to collect after hole 9 which was very welcomed. All in all when we come back to Orlando we will not hesitate in booking another round here."