Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge: Challenger/Champion

Bay Hill Club & Lodge -Round for 3 w/ a member

Orlando, FL

3 Guests

Item Details

A round for 3 with a member at Bay Hill with carts included. Please note: tee times cannot be booked during the tournament timeframe

Number of guests: 3

Number of rounds: 1

Booking Restrictions: This item can be scheduled for a mutually agreed upon date with the host/club within the next 12 months. Proposed dates are not guaranteed. While we will make every effort to accommodate your preferred dates, options are subject to the host/club schedule and flexibility may be required. Tee times cannot be booked during the tournament timeframe.

Attributes: CartPaid for by: Donor

$600 Fair Market Value

This purchase may be tax deductible

Course Details

Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Arnold Palmer’s home course for more than 45 years, is a distinctive Florida layout known for its rolling terrain—a rarity in the state, though less so in the Orlando area—and dramatic use of sinkhole ponds throughout the design. While Tiger Woods has made the course his own in competition with eight victories, the architecture itself offers plenty to admire. The par-5 sixth hole, which wraps around a lake, feels reminiscent of Robert Trent Jones’s 13th at The Dunes Club in Myrtle Beach, a comparison made more interesting by the rivalry between Jones and Bay Hill’s architect, Dick Wilson—each often accused the other of borrowing ideas. Among the most compelling holes is the par-4 eighth, a dogleg right with a diagonal green set above a small circular pond. Though it bears similarities to the sixth at Hazeltine National, another Trent Jones creation, the timing of their construction in the early 1960s suggests the resemblance may be coincidental rather than inspired.

Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge: Challenger/Champion

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Ranked 33 in Golf Digest's Best in State - Florida

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Architect: Dick Wilson/Arnold Palmer

Course type: parkland

Year opened: 1961

Access: private

location

Orlando, FL

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