Florida Golf Course Reviews
Mystic Dunes Golf Course ReviewCelebration, FL
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Reunion Legacy Golf Scorecard, as of the date of last review
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Mystic Dunes Golf Course Overview: This golf course is off the beaten track, in a suburb of Orlando, Florida. It has and on-site resort and some golf holes play along/near this resort and some houses but other parts of the golf course meander through swamps and tree-lined areas of more native Florida landscapes. The best holes are mentioned below:
Mystic Dunes Course Hole 2: The first par three on the golf course goes right for the jugular as a tough near-island green with bunkers left and right faces the golfer here. It is fairly long and also has a tier in the green, making back pins longer and even more difficult. The only bailout is just right of the green where the narrow walking area exists.
Mystic Dunes Course Hole 2: The first par three on the golf course goes right for the jugular as a tough near-island green with bunkers left and right faces the golfer here. It is fairly long and also has a tier in the green, making back pins longer and even more difficult. The only bailout is just right of the green where the narrow walking area exists.
Mystic Dunes Course Hole 4: The second of two fairly similar, long par fours, this one has OB on both sides, and a large tree to the left of the fairway, but the ideal drive will skirt or fly the right side of the tree. The green is well-guarded by sand and has a good amount of slope to it.
Mystic Dunes Course Hole 5: This short par five is really about picking a line to cross the large waste bunker where the golfer chooses risk versus reward. Otherwise, given it's length, a good drive should yield an opportunity to score well on this hole.
Mystic Dunes Course Hole 7: This par five has an awkward drive as the hole bends to the right. A long drive straight down the fairway can actually go too far into a series of trees. Thus, the player needs to layup to play conservative, or challenge the dogleg, where a bunker is set along with some trees. OB is also lurking to the right. The green is protected by a huge bunker short but is a downhill shot, so a good drive can make going for the UGIR a real possibility, but played conservatively, the hole can be mastered by more accuracy than length.
Mystic Dunes Course Hole 9: The finishing hole to the front is truly a difficult dogleg left par four. Not only is it long, but the ideal drive must be a strong draw or cover some of the dogleg over the trees to leave a shot under 200 yards in. The green is long and fairly narrow, with trees pinching in from both sides and a deep bunker to the right side.
Mystic Dunes Course Hole 10: The opening par four to the back allows the golfer to play safe out to the left, towards the two sand traps, or to cut the corner over the waste area to allow a shorter approach to the green, which is heavily sloped in places.
Mystic Dunes Course Hole 13: This short par four is the classic risk/reward hole with a green that is perched along side of a hazard. However, in this case, the bailout area is quite small as their is more hazard long and trees to the left, leaving tough shots at best to get up and down for birdie; thus, the conservative layup here probably is the best play as the player can still have wedge in, even if they layup left of the fairway bunkers.
Mystic Dunes Course Hole 14: There are few prettier and more adrenaline raising par threes than this one, which plays over a swamp/lake to a slightly raised green that is much wider than it is deep, with a bunker short and a very circuitous but cool drive around the swamp to the green.
Mystic Dunes Course Hole 15: This very unique par five is a massive dogleg left. The drive is hit over the swamp and the further left one goes, the closer the second shot will be, assuming the golfer covers the distance. The hole continues to horseshoe left so much so that it's hard to see anything but a front pin from the fairway. The layup can be out to the right, but needs to avoid large trees in the center of the fairway and really should leave a full shot to a front pin. The reason for that is that the high area of the green is the front third, which is maybe 15 yards deep at most and then a massive tier drops to the back third of the green. This might be the hole on which knowing the pin placement is more important than any other hole anywhere else.
Mystic Dunes Course Hole 17: This downhill par four features a very unique drive as there is nothing but sand between the player and where they want to go. However, the farther left, the more sand there is to carry with a reward of a wedge in hand if successful. Right is more tame but still requires the right club to carry the trouble. The green has more undulation than most on this course.
