Hawk's Landing Golf Club

Hawk’s Landing Golf Club, at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort, is home to one of the best golfing experiences available and is truly a "World Beyond Compare." And If this is your first time to Hawk’s Landing, then block off a day and take time to enjoy today's feature — you'll be happy you did: $55 for 18 Holes with GPS Cart, Pre-Round Practice Balls, Valet Parking and Same-Day Replay at Hawk’s Landing Golf Club at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort in Orlando ($173 Value. Includes Tax. Good Any Day, Any Time until December 25, 2012.)

Exquisite attention to detail on the course is one thing. But couple that with being home to the largest Marriott Resort on earth, celebrity-styled personal service, convenient location two miles from Disney, 24 AAA Four Diamond Awards, a Golf Magazine Top-100 teaching academy, award-winning full-service spa, ten phenomenal dining choices and six tropically landscaped pools? With all that, you've got yourself an experience you won’t forget anytime soon.

Hawk’s Landing Golf Club is the focal point of the resort and encompasses some 220 lush tropical acres of lavish palms, azaleas and magnolias, offering the area’s finest golfing experience available. Originally designed by Joe Lee and reshaped in 1999 by the renowned Robert Cupp Jr, Hawk’s Landing has long been revered by locals and a dream come true for the traveling business professional with a passion for championship quality golf.

Top-notch service is synonymous with the Marriott name and there is definitely no shortage of it at Hawk’s Landing. Once the valet tends to your vehicle and grabs your sticks, it becomes evident you’re in for something special. After checking in, picking up some last-minute items in the pro shop. Then, climb into your GPS-equipped golf cart and head to the range to dial in your game before heading out. Adorned with two large putting greens, a short game area and an expansive golf ball pyramid-laden driving range, you can practice every shot in the bag and then some.

Pacing off a moderate 6,602 yards from the tips and playing to a 72.6/131 rating, Hawk’s Landing is known to reward the patient golfer and punish the rest. Solid course management and a crisp short game are the keys to going low. Beautiful white-sand bunkers line the fairways and surround the greens, while water outlines 15 of the 18 holes, including every hole on the back nine. You’ll need to keep a level head while navigating Orlando’s finest course. Holes like No. 10 may look tempting to go for in two, but making par from jail after dropping one in the drink isn't exactly how they drew it up on the card.

Widely known for its pristine and brutally honest Bermuda grass greens, Hawk’s Landing Golf Club is proud to have the ability to make their tour-quality putting surfaces lightning quick for tournament play and slightly slower for general play. Either way, it’s tough to sink putts from the wrong side of the hole, so keeping your ego in the bag and staying focused on the next shot is paramount if you want to be in your playing partner’s pocket after the round.

Once you’ve taken a photo of your partner’s money changing hands, you can rub it in at the incredible High Velocity Sports Bar. Serving your favorite après-golf fare and libations, you can re-live the round’s great shots — or the missed three-footer on No. 16. Being surrounded by 28 flat screens and spending a friend’s money never felt or tasted so good.

So, clean up the clubs, grab a few friends and head out to Hawk’s Landing Golf Club at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort for a phenomenal golf experience you won’t soon forget.