7/25/26 - Waldorf Astoria

The Waldorf Astoria Golf Club in Orlando may be the chief amenity of the elegant and luxurious Waldorf Astoria Orlando hotel, but tee times are open to everyone at this excellent Rees Jones-designed layout that sits next to Walt Disney World. The Waldorf Astoria Golf Club offers a peaceful interlude in a serene realm abutting the Bonnet Creek Nature Preserve. Although five sets of well-spaced-out tee markers and a lack of forced carries ensure that players of all skill levels can manage this course, the Waldorf Astoria Golf Club maxes out at 7,108 yards and is anything but a piece-of-cake resort layout. Jones was given the task of creating a challenging championship layout on a property laden with wetlands and woodlands. Although 14 holes feature water hazards of some sort, the water features complement rather than dominate the design. The primary threat to par on the holes at the Waldorf Astoria Golf Club comes from the tightness of the fairways, the strategic bunkering, and the elevated greens. Some of the holes are also very long and into the wind. The vast majority of holes play straightaway. From the 5th green you’ll gain one of the coolest views of the day almost every hole on the course is in view.