ChampionsGate Golf Club — National Course

The National at ChampionsGate is Greg Norman's parkland counterpart to the International, an 80-bunker layout that opened in 2000 routed through 200 acres of woodlands, wetlands, and former orange groves. Norman built the two courses simultaneously as complementary experiences rather than variations on a theme, and they're operated together by the Omni Orlando Resort. Where the International strips you out into the open and the wind, the National keeps you inside corridors with mature trees framing the fairways.

You're playing 7,128 yards, par 72, slope 138. Length matters here, but the bunkering does most of the strategic work. The 80 bunkers are larger and more visible than the pot bunkers on the International, giving you clear sightlines and obvious decisions. Wetlands create a few forced carries that add weight to the tee shot.

Fairways are softer and the greens are more receptive than on the International, which makes the National friendlier to a high-trajectory game. Pin positions provide variety, but the larger green complexes are forgiving compared to its sibling. The orange grove sections give several holes a character you won't find on other Orlando courses, with a contrast between the manicured corridors and the wilder grove edges.