Victoria Hills Golf Club

Victoria Hills Golf Club sits in DeLand, a city in Volusia County roughly midway between Daytona Beach and Orlando in central Florida. Ron Garl designed the course, which opened in the late 1980s as part of a residential community development. Garl, a Florida-based architect who worked extensively throughout the state during that era, typically routed courses to incorporate the region's natural features while creating strategic interest through water hazards and bunkering. The layout occupies rolling terrain by central Florida standards, with elevation changes that provide variety uncommon in much of the state's flatter coastal regions. Water comes into play on multiple holes, a characteristic element of Garl's design approach and a practical necessity given Florida's hydrology and development patterns. The course winds through a residential setting with mature vegetation that has grown in over the decades since opening, framing holes and defining playing corridors. Victoria Hills serves as a semi-private facility, accommodating both member and public play. The course reflects the design sensibilities of its period, when many Florida communities built golf courses as lifestyle amenities and real estate anchors. It provides a traditional parkland experience suited to the region's year-round playing season, with Bermuda grass surfaces typical of the area's subtropical climate.