Orlando: a world-class golf destination

With dozens of golf courses, Central Florida has become a paradise for golfers. If you want to take a beginner, teaching courses in a prestigious golf schools or experienced golfer who seeks new challenges, there is a golf course in the Orlando area to meet your specific needs.





Walt Disney World Resort offers five golf courses: Osprey Ridge, Palm, Magnolia, Eagle Pines and Lake Buena Vista. Designed bylegendary architect Tom Fazio's Osprey Ridge course probably the most difficult to Disney World. The Palm course has a rating of 4 stars by Golf Digest. The Magnolia course is the abundance of beautiful magnolia trees that line the fairways known. Eagle Pines is a-72, 18-hole golf course designed by Pete Dye par. Opened in 1971, the par-72 Lake Buena Vista golf course 6819 yards. Disney World also offers nine-hole, par-36 Oak Trail golf course.





Verycaliber golf courses are just minutes from Walt Disney World Resort. Thus, the award-winning MetroWest Golf Club by Robert Trent Jones Sr. designed and offers a wide range of challenges, including numerous bunkers and water hazards abundant, generous fairways. Celebration Golf Club, located just 5 minutes from Disney World, was designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., has together with his son Robert Trent Jones Jr. ChampionsGate Golf Resort has 36 holesgolf course and is also home to the famous David Leadbetter Golf Academy. Designed by Ron Garl and Howard Swan, the par-73 Eagle Creek Golf Club's five par 5 holes. The new Shingle Creek Golf Club has already received the "green distinction" from Corporate & Incentive Travel Magazine.





Two field courses, the Grand Cypress Golf Club and The Golden Bear Club at Keene Pointe, were both designed by "The Golden Bear" himself, Jack Nicklaus. L 'award-winning Grand Cypress Golf Club has three nine-hole golf, as well as new 18-hole course. It 'also home to the Grand Cypress Academy of Golf. Amenities at the Golden Bear Club at Keene Pointe has 24,000 square meters large clubhouse, full service restaurant, fully stocked pro shop and driving range.





Orlando is also home to several golf tournaments like the PGA Tour Arnold Palmer Invitational (formerly the Bay Hill Invitational known) at Bay HillGolf Club of March and the Walt Disney World Resort Classic (formerly known as Funai Golf Classic) at Walt Disney World Resort Magnolia & Palm Courses mid-October. Both tournaments immensely popular attracting some of the best professional golfers in the world, including Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh and Phil Mickelson.





"The presence of golf courses, theme parks all around the world, Orlando is an ideal base for a family vacation," said KyleCollins, director of interactive marketing for HotelsCorp.com. "Visitors can from a variety of discount vacation packages that they enjoy Disney World experience and some time on the links to select possible during their stay."

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