• 1: Home
• 2: Golf Courses
  • 2.1: Panther Lake Course
    • 2.1.1: Panther Lake Course Information
    • 2.1.2: Scorecard/Course Record
    • 2.1.3: Yardage Book
    • 2.1.4: Tee Times
  • 2.2: Crooked Cat Course
    • 2.2.1: Crooked Cat Course Information
    • 2.2.2: Scorecard/Course Record
    • 2.2.3: Yardage Book
    • 2.2.4: Tee Times
  • 2.3: Tooth Course
    • 2.3.1: Tooth Course Info
    • 2.3.2: Tooth Rates
    • 2.3.3: Scorecard
    • 2.3.4: Tee Times
  • 2.4: Rates
    • 2.4.1: Standard Rates
    • 2.4.2: Current Specials
  • 2.5: Photo Gallery
  • 2.6: Amenities
  • 2.7: Accolades
  • 2.10: Junior Golf at OCN
• 3: Lodging
  • 3.1: Information
  • 3.2: Rates
  • 3.3: Online Reservations
  • 3.4: Lodge and Golf Packages
• 4: Clubhouse
  • 4.1: Phil Ritson 19th Hole
    • 4.1.1: OCN's Food and Beverage Girls
  • 4.2: Golf Shop
  • 4.3: Meetings
  • 4.4: Weddings
• 5: Practice Facility
  • 5.1: Overview of Facility
  • 5.4: Rates
  • 5.5: College Training Programs
  • 5.6: OCN Golf Learning Center
• 6: Golf Packages & Outings
  • 6.1: Golf and Lodging Packages
  • 6.2: Group Outings/Tournaments
• 7: Specials and Events
  • 7.1: Golf
  • 7.2: Lodging
  • 7.3: Weddings
  • 7.4: The Lynx Card
    • 7.4.4: Lynx Cardholders Only
  • 7.6: Monthly Contest
  • 7.7: t-Pod The Player of the Day
  • 7.8: Upcoming Events

Winter Garden, Florida September 25, 2009 - Florida's Best Public Golf Facility keeps getting better!
 
According to the readers of Golf World magazine in their recently released "Reader's Choice Awards", Orange County National GC & Lodge moved up to the 2nd ranked public golf facility in the country.  Last year Orange County National was ranked as the 8th best facility and the #1 rated in Florida.   This year Orange County National has maintained their #1 ranking in Florida while improving their national ranking based upon the reader's overall evaluation scores.
 
"We are extremely honored to be recognized by the readers of Golf World as one of the top golf facilities in the country.  Our entire team works hard every day to provide a superior golf experience and rankings such as this validate those efforts" stated General Manager, Bruce Gerlander.
 
 Golf World readers were asked to evaluate the nation’s golf facilities in three distinct categories—private, public and resort—based on 13 different performance criteria, such as quality of the course, course conditions, reputation/prestige and service. A weighted average of these categories determined the final course score used for the rankings.   Orange County National totaled a final score of 94.47 on the strength of top ten scores in all key categories.  Orange County National scored the highest of all public facilities for their Proshop and Practice Facilities and had the second highest scores for Overall Value as well as Prestige and Reputation.  More than 46,000 readers took part in the evaluation process.

"While we were flattered to receive such a high ranking, it was frustrating to see how close we came to receiving the #1 slot.  When we took time to review all of the rankings and took note of who the #2 ranked Private (Augusta National)  and #2 Resort (Bandon Dunes) facilities were however, we felt no regrets at all" added Gerlander.
 
Orange County National GC & Lodge is located in Winter Garden, Florida just outside of Orlando and home to two championship golf courses (Crooked Cat and Panther Lake), a nine hole short course, the world's largest practice range and a 48 room lodge.  Many awards and honors have been bestowed upon Orange County National since it first opened in 1997 including Golf Digest's Best Places to Play, receiving a coveted 4 1/2 star rating on each course every year since becoming eligible.   Orange County National has also hosted many prestigious tournaments, highlighted by the 2003 - 2005 - 2007 PGA TOUR Q-School Finals and is slated to host that event again in 2010.  Call 888 727 3672 or visit www.ocngolf.com.