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Orlando is home to some of North America's best golf courses, with 176 golf courses located within an hour's drive of the Orlando area. Listed below are a few of the public courses surrounding Windsor Hills:
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Celebration Golf Club: Celebrating golf at every level, Celebration Golf Club was designed by the renowned father-son team of Robert Trent Jones, Sr. and Jr. The championship caliber course demands accurate approach shots and consistent putting. Featuring strategic hazards and challenging greens, and sporting five sets of tees on every hole, the course invites competition for many skill levels.
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Champions Gate: Champions Gate Golf Club features two premier 18-hole championship golf courses designed by accomplished architect and golfer, Greg Norman. ChampionsGate resort offers an un-matched golf facility and is regarded as one of the top courses nation wide. This premier golf club features an impressive clubhouse, restaurant and banquet facility, large enough to handle large tournaments, evening functions and corporate events.
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Cypress Head Golf Course: This course was laid out amid the cypress forest and natural Florida wetlands with great care for the land. With its' superb conditions and beautiful wetlands setting, the Golf Club at Cypress Head is a public club that offers a private and tranquil experience as you face its fairways. This very popular, medium length, course is also known for having some of the best greens in the county, and 14 of the 18 holes play over the water.
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Disney Golf Courses: There are 4 Championship courses, and 1 9-hole walking course on Disney Property. You can play where the champions compete at the Magnolia, enjoy the beatuiful natural setting of Osprey Ridge, experience the country club setting of Lake Buena Vista, test your skils on The Palm, or walk 9 holes on Oak Trail.
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Grande Pines Golf Club: One of Golfweek's Top 100 "America's Best Resort Courses", Grande Pines was designed by Steve Smyers in partnership with six-time major champion Nick Faldo. Grande Pines Golf Club was created to be a strategic challenge that will bring out the best in each player's game. The course is committed to environmental stewardship, and is a member of the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses. Although it is nestled among lakes, tall pines, oaks and palms, Grande Pines Golf Club is ideally situated right off Orlando's International Drive and the Orlando Convention Center.
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Mystic Dunes Golf Club: Mystic Dunes Golf Club, designed by PGA Tour Professional and NBC golf analyst Gary Koch, is located right next door to Windsor Hills. The course challenges golfers to play it smart off the tee, deliver solid iron shots into the greens, and putt like they have never done before. Each hole at Mystic Dunes gives players of every level an opportunity to experience the true joy of golf. The club also boasts an expansive driving range, an exquisite clubhouse, fully stocked golf shop and a very "sheek" restaurant and bar overlooking the course.
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Lake Orlando Golf Club: The fully renovated Lake Orlando offers four sets of tees to make for an enjoyable and challenging experience for golfers of all abilities, and has been voted "Most Improved Golf Course in Central Florida" by Florida Golf Central Magazine. Each hole has its own unique character, offering magnificent views over lakes and wildlife while moving left and right through tall thickets of majestic Cypress trees. Apart from enjoying the scenery, golfers must hit precise shots and manage their golf game diligently, as this is a shot-makers course with tight fairways and water on every hole.
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Legends Golf Club: The Legends golf course is one of the finest accomplishments of famous course designer Lloyd Clifton. This beautifully manicured 18 hole course stretches 6911 yards from the gold tees and is a test of any golfer's skills. Legends was selected in the January issue of Florida Golf Central Magazine as Number 1 in the list of Top Ten Golf Courses in Central Florida for 2002, and continues to be recognized as one of Florida's finest courses.
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