Eagle Creek Golf Club is an eighteen-hole

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located in near the Lake Nona region of

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. The course has a par of 73 and measures , containing five par-5 holes and over ninety bunkers. The course is public and includes a clubhouse with a

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as well as a 120-seat restaurant.Welcome to Eagle Creek Golf Club!
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History

Eagle Creek is an Emerson International development designed by Ron Garl and Howard Swan. The course opened for business in May 2004. Eagle Creek Golf Club was the first golf course in Florida to use Mini Verde Grass on its greens, and the first course in

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to offer PrecedentGolf Cars made by

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. In October 2004, Eagle Creek became home to Graves Golf Academy. In November 2004,

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magazine named Eagle Creek as one of the best courses to open in Florida since 2000. The course received a rating of 4.5 stars (out of 5) in

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's Places to Play program in June 2006; this was the highest rating ever awarded by Golf Digest to a Florida golf course. Eagle Creek hosted a

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Pro-Pro Series tournament in January 2005 during the week of the 52nd PGA Merchandise Show. In April 2006, Eagle Creek was named host site for the 2006

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References

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