KOA Fairways Golf Course

Overview: KOA Fairways Golf Course is a short semi-private course at the Okeechobee KOA resort. Recent course reports describe nine holes, par 34 and 2,592 yards from the longest tees, with Bermuda fairways and greens, a few bunkers and water on several holes. The setting moves from the resort's RV sites toward open pasture, giving the course a distinctly local Florida character.

History: Published records place the course's opening in either 1972 or 1977. The more recent detailed playing report and current tee listing use 1977, so that year is stored while the earlier date is retained in the notes. The directory row says 18 holes, but current course sources consistently identify KOA Fairways as a nine-hole course; that identity mismatch should be corrected in the directory data separately.

Did You Know? The nine-hole routing combines par threes and par fours with one par five, and its fairways run from the campground edge toward cattle pasture. That transition gives a compact resort course a landscape that feels more rural than built-up.