Walt Disney World Golf Courses now Palmer Golf Courses

September 7, 2011 by

Disney turns golf courses over to Arnold Palmer group

Well everyone, looks like the next time you play some golf on one of Disney’s golf courses, they really are not Disney’s anymore. Seems as thought with many other golf courses around the area it’s not as profitable anymore for Disney.

At least not as profitable as they want to be for the time they put into them. So they are turning over the day to day operations over to the Arnold Palmer Group management company.

Yes that is the same famous Palmer golf player. It will be Disney’s 5 golf courses; the Palm, Magnolia, Lake Buena Vista, Osprey Ridge and Oak Trail golf courses.
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Walt Disney World’s Lake Buena Vista golf course

June 12, 2011 by

Walt Disney World Lake Buena Vista golf course

There are many golf courses to choose from in Orlando, Florida. Walt Disney World has several great ones. In fact they have some of the best golf courses around, some which host classic games.

If you’re visiting Orlando and want to get your golf game on, check out Disney’s Lake Buena Vista Golf Course. The course received a four-star rating form Golf Digest, so you know it has to be awesome.

The fairways and greens are meticulously maintained, and they’re beautiful, too. Included are lakes, forested areas, villas, and canals. Bunkered greens, winding fairways, and islands create a course that’s both fun and challenging. This course is so amazing that it’s been the site for numerous USGA, PGA, and LPGA events. You can play where the pros play!
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Disney’s Magnolia Golf Course in Orlando

March 13, 2010 by

Disney's magnolia golf course

As one of the two original Disney golf courses, the Magnolia was field of choice for the PGA Tour Qualifying School finals until the early 1980s. Disney’s 18-hole “Magnolia” course features 7,190 yards from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course design uses the natural features of the area to emphasize the beauty of the rolling greens and sparkling water hazards.

The Magnolia course is the longest of all the Disney courses. What makes this course so special is the state-of-the-art equipment available on site, which includes golf carts equipped with GPS, computer-generated images of course fairways and the ability to monitor time and pace of play.

It also features precise yardage to different fairway and green locations, professional tips that aid course strategy and 3D views of each hole. More than that, the Magnolia supports a greater abundance of wildlife than all the other Disney courses. Here you can see alligators, deer, wild turkeys, turtles and osprey in their natural habitat. The layout carves through more than 1,500 Magnolia trees.
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