The last two days spoiled the heck out of us! Reunion Resort is a huge and gorgeous complex. Reunion has three courses designed by three golf legends. It’s sick! For our morning round we played the Jack Nicklaus course called Tradition. Reunion is such a big property that once we paid for our round at the clubhouse we were told to get back in our car and drive over to Tradition. It was probably about a mile’s drive…
As we arrived to a rubber-tiled parking lot covering dirt and a dirt path towards the first tee we really weren’t expecting much. As we passed a great practice facility with balls stacked in perfect triangles our expectations raised a bit but it wasn’t until we arrived at the first tee that we realized we were in for a treat. The layout was interesting and the fairway pristine. After two days of inconsistent and slow greens these perfectly manicured, undulating and fast greens were a bit of a shock but it was definitely a treat (even including my multiple 3-putts and even a 4-putt on my card).
Maybe it’s just that the course is much better than I am and this isn’t a course for a bogey golfer but I got my butt kicked. Let’s put it this way, there are so many bunkers on the course that instead of having rakes by the bunkers they instead are placed in the cart… Bunkers are everywhere and strategically placed in the way of where one wants to hit the ball. With a slope of 147 from the back tees it’s among the hardest courses I’ve ever even heard of, much less played.
There are two holes that especially stick out as being exceptional and memorable. Hole #3 is a long par 5 that one arrives at through a wooden bridge constructed through a densely wooded area.
The 16th hole is visually stunning par 3 that requires 150 yards of carry to a shallow and wide green. I said my prayers and hit a 6-iron to the right edge of the green. While I was excited to be on the green I was a good 60 feet from the pin that was located on the left side of the green. My first putt was solid and got me within 8 feet. As is both embarrassing and typical of my game, I missed the 8-footer and settled for another 3-putt (one of 7 holes where I had 3 or more putts… arrgghh!).
The weather throughout the morning was overcast with occasional sun and showers mixed in. We finished the 18 without too much rain but the forecast didn’t look good for the afternoon. Drew did the smart thing and chilled in the clubhouse but Luc and I put on our rain jackets and started towards the Tom Watson course called Independance. There was no one in front of us and we were excited to fly through a quick round. After the second hole a warning came through the GPS screen saying that bad weather was coming but we continued on. The rain got increasingly heavy but we didn’t hear any thunder until the 7th hole and even then it was way off in the distance. We looked at each other, shrugged and kept on… At the end of 9 the torrential rain stopped our round short.
Overall, we played 97 holes in three days on 5 different courses. Great trip even if we didn’t get all 6 rounds in!! For any golf obsessed northerners that want to start the season on a golf binge – Orlando is a great location and OCN and Reunion are must visit locations!! I hope to be back next year!!
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