The Bay Hill Club & Lodge is renowned for its championship golf course, site of the PGA TOUR's Arnold Palmer Invitational. The Club is private, but as a lodge guest, you are entitled to play where the pros play at the No. 8 ranked course in the state, according to Golf Digest. The facility actually has three nines - the Challenger, the Champion, and the Charger - but the tournament is held on the Challenger/Champion mix, which plays a long 7,204 yards from the tips (75.1 rating/139 slope). The Charger nine is the shortest of the three at 3,409 yards.

You'll also enjoy the outstanding amenities of this world famous resort. These include the salon, spa, and fitness center; two restaurants, a café and lounge; six tennis courts; a junior Olympic-size swimming pool; the Arnold Palmer Golf Academy and more. The Bay Hill Club & Lodge is located 15 minutes from downtown Orlando and 20 minutes from the Walt Disney World Resort.

Arnold Palmer’s legacy is stronger than ever at Shingle Creek Golf Club. It is golf reinvented, with the classic Arnold Palmer touch. Designed by the renowned Arnold Palmer Design Company, the Palmer legacy is found in a handcrafted course with design features reminiscent of the finest classics in the world. Strategy and variety are front and center with some of the course’s features to harken back to the golden age of golf course design.

Elevated greens and strategically placed bunkers are surrounded by enchanting flora and wildlife. Green complexes with fairway-cut surrounds or runoff areas give golfers of all levels more forgiveness and entertaining strategic options. There are undulating fairways that feature a variety of slope, nobs and swales complemented by closely mown runoff and chipping areas. Also coming into play are interconnecting waterways with a backdrop of dense oak and pine trees.

Bay Hill Lodge rooms are comfortably furnished with Lexington furniture, custom linens and framed photos from the personal collection of Arnold Palmer. Deluxe accommodations include choice of two queen beds or one king bed. Amenities include a 27” flat screen TV, DVD player, patio, plush robe, hairdryer, clock radio.

This 280 acre property features 70 lodge rooms, 9000 sq/ft of versatile meeting space, 27 holes of Golf, Arnold Palmer Golf Academy, Two-acre Short Game Practice Facility & Driving Range, full service Spa & Fitness Center, 3 dining locations & 3 bars, six lighted tennis courts, junior Olympic-size swimming pool, and a Marina with great Bass Fishing on the Butler Chain of Lakes.

Gil Hanse’s Black Course at Streamsong, nationally ranked just months after being named Golf Digest’s Best New Public Course of 2018, sits a mile south of the resort’s Red and Blue Courses, with its own clubhouse and its own personality. Reshaped from a decades-old phosphate strip mine that lacking tall spoil mounds, Hanse provided strategic character by building a hidden punchbowl green at nine, dual putting surfaces at 13, incorporating a meandering creek on the par-5 fourth and a lagoon cove to guard the 18th green.

Streamsong Black is a truly great design with exceptional routing and green complexes. The variety through the course is extensive with memorability of each hole very clear as each has its own distinctive features. The green complexes are very challenging with extreme undulation, large size, very fast surfaces, and wonderful use of the terrain. Undulating fairways roll fast in the windswept moonscape here

Both the putting surfaces and the chipping areas surrounding them were grassed in MiniVerde, and today both are mowed at a single height, resulting in the biggest, most complex greens found on national ranking. One Streamsong insider calls the Black greens “polarizing;” we call them tremendous fun.

Coore and Crenshaw’s Red Course is part of a resort triple-header that gives golfers a rare opportunity to compare and contrast the differences in styles and philosophies of three of America’s hottest design firms. (Streamsong (Blue), a Tom Doak design and Streamsong (Black), by Gil Hanse). The Red was built from sand spoils created by a massive phosphate strip mine, with some piles forming dunes reaching 75 feet into the air. The Red has a wonderful mix of bump-and-run links holes and target-like water holes. Some greens are perched like those at Pinehurst, others are massive with multi-levels like those at St. Andrews. The Bermuda turf is firm and bouncy, and while the routing is sprawling, it’s easily walkable. The Red comes out on top in this survey, but the Blue is just half a point behind, the Black another half a point behind that. Things could change in the future. All are exceptionally fun.

Although congenial rivals, Tom Doak and Bill Coore actually collaborated on Streamsong’s original 36-hole routing, walking the site and mentally weaving holes around stunning mounds, lagoons, sand spits, savannahs and swamp, all elements left after a strip-mining operation. Coore then gave Doak first choice on which 18 he wanted to build, so Doak’s Blue Course includes a few holes routed by Coore. (Coore and Crenshaw’s Red, ranked No. 112, contains some holes originally envisioned by Doak.)

The Blue starts a bit more dramatically, with the back tee on hole one atop a 75-foot sand dune. It has more water carries off the tee, and it’s also a bit more compact, since it sits in the center with the Red Course looping around its outside edges. The Blue definitely has the bolder set of greens, some with massive shelves and dips. The new addition of Streamsong (Black) by Gil Hanse only adds to the spirited competition among designers. The theme song at Streamsong seems to be: “Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better.”

4 world-renowned golf course architects. 3 internationally acclaimed links-style courses. A golf experience distinguished as once-in-a-lifetime. Streamsong Blue, Streamsong Red, and Streamsong Black celebrate the legacy of traditional Scottish links. Undulating fairways navigating through wild grasses and deep-water ponds, huge bunkers rolling from towering sand dunes and deep greenside pot bunkers define the unexpected experience of playing golf at Streamsong.

Modern and sophisticated, with water views extending into the natural horizon, the beauty of the Lakeside Lodge and Clubhouse is as dramatic as the surrounding environment. Guest rooms are private sanctuaries, spacious retreats. They are the creation of Alberto Alfonso of Alfonso Architects, an award-winning innovative design firm with offices in the United States and Italy. For each of the rooms, Alfonso, an established artist in his own right, created paintings that reflect Streamsong’s natural surroundings of giant dunes, lakes teeming with bass, and the wooded landscape.

The guestrooms and suites feature floor-to-ceiling glass with custom louvers and hardware to control light, and the majority of rooms have spectacular water views that extend to the natural Florida horizon. Queen and king-size beds with sumptuous linens, plush robes, and boutique amenities ensures that the guests creature needs are fully cared for.

18 holes, 72 par, 7045 yards
Originally designed by Tom and George Fazio for major tournament play, The Champion course was redesigned by Jack Nicklaus in 2014 and hosts the Honda Classic each spring on the PGA TOUR. Although The Champion has generous landing areas and spacious greens, golfers are presented with course management challenges throughout the round. A must-play on any avid golfer's list.

18 Holes, 72 par, 7079 yards
Named after its designer, Arnold Palmer, this course is one of the more forgiving at PGA National Resort from tee to fairway. The open fairways and large Champion Bermuda greens are quite accommodating and invite players to take a chance if they dare. There is a considerable amount of undulation through the fairway, presenting the opportunity for uneven lies and creative shot-making.

18 holes, 72 par, 6447 yards
Named after the immortal Gene Sarazen, "the thinking man's course" is the ultimate test of accuracy and precision. 18 18 18 holes, 72 par, 6447 yards
Named after the immortal Gene Sarazen, "the thinking man's course" is the ultimate test of accuracy and precision. Designed by Tom and George Fazio, The Squire is the shortest and most exacting of the courses at PGA National.

Accuracy with fairway woods and long irons is tested on many tees, and the new smaller Emerald Bermuda greens demand precise approach shots. The Squire is surrounded by natural areas teeming with vegetation and wildlife, with the 5th hole running along part of a wilderness preserve.

18 holes, 72 par, 7050 yards
The Fazio is a reinvention of The Haig, PGA National’s original 18-hole course that opened in 1980. The Haig was designed by George and Tom Fazio in tribute to five-time PGA champion Walter Hagen, and its renovation is being led by third-generation designer Tom Fazio II, who emphasized modernizing the course layout.

18 holes, 72 par, 6694 yards
Designed by Karl Litten, The Estates course presents an enjoyable mix of challenging and friendly holes. Where golfers are tested is in the formidable placement of fairway bunkers and water hazards. Generous fairways will often make stray tee shots more manageable, and the large, inviting greens help keep the course fun for the high handicapper.

The rooms and suites at PGA National Resort & Spa have been completely updated recently. Aesthetically, every accommodation now has new and stylish bedding, furnishings, wall and floor coverings, – even guest room corridors have been made over with subdued lighting and new carpeting. Technologically-speaking, the resort has recently installed 55-inch flat-screen Samsung smart televisions and iPod docking station, in every room.

Guest rooms feature private terraces overlooking the golf courses, gardens, pool or lake. They also feature one king bed or two full-size beds, a sitting area, executive desk and a granite- and marble-appointed bathroom with separate vanity area. Amenities include an iPod dock/clock radio, bathrobes, hair dryer, laptop safe, coffee maker and mini refrigerator. PGA National Resort is pet friendly, so your four-legged friend is always welcome to join you!

A favorite among PGA TOUR professionals, the Copperhead Course is the most recognizable of Innisbrook’s four courses. Copperhead plays host to the PGA TOUR’s annual visit to the resort for the Valspar Championship. Pine tree-lined fairways and rolling terrain define the course – a lengthy challenge for even the longest hitters at more than 7,200 yards.

Striking in beauty and challenge, the surrounding lakes and ponds are home to abundant wildlife, including fox squirrels, bald eagles, alligators, blue herons, and many other types of waterfowl. With rolling hills unusual for Florida, Copperhead provides the opportunity to enjoy golf the way nature intended.

With tight fairways, water hazards, abundant bunkers, and extraordinary elevation changes, the newly renovated and lengthened Island Course is considered by many to be as equally demanding as Copperhead. The picturesque Island Course has played host to numerous U.S. Open qualifiers and NCAA Championships and has also been ranked among the country’s top 50 resort courses by Golf Digest. The LPGA selected the course as the site of the ISPS Handa Legends Tour Open Championship, proving that ladies appreciate Innisbrook’s golfing experience as much as men.

The Island’s first six holes are bordered by beautiful Lake Innisbrook and lateral water hazards that require pinpointing accuracy on tee shots and approaches. The middle six holes feature rolling hills dominated by cypress and pine trees. The final third of this course boasts a mixture of holes designed to reward the bold and penalize the errant golf shot.

The North Course at Innisbrook is similar in terrain to the Copperhead Course. At about 6,000 yards, it remains one of the resort's most challenging courses. Known for its daunting par 3s, North features tight fairways, an abundance of trees and well-bunkered greens, placing a premium on accuracy from tee to green.

Eleven holes at North present water hazards, making club selection a critical decision when trying to score well. Recent course enhancements include additional yardage to selected par 4s and 5s, along with strategically placed bunkers and “waste bunkers".

At over 6,600 yards, South is reminiscent of a links-style design, both in terms of rolling terrain and numerous fairway bunkering. Ample waste bunkers, a total of 10 water hazards, undulating terrain, and the Gulf of Mexico breezes all combine to make South another great Innisbrook challenge that’s become a favorite of many returning guests.

The renovation of the greens on the South Course is now complete and includes the same TifEagle Bermuda Grass used on the top-ranked Copperhead Course, as well as all four of Innisbrook’s championship golf courses.

Innisbrook's low-rise lodges take full advantage of their 900 wooded acres and are thoughtfully arranged in small clusters that blend into the natural surroundings. All guest rooms feature the following: Wifi & High Speed Internet Access Flat Screen TVs Writing Desk Complimentary Toiletries Hypo-allergenic bedding available iHome Radio Alarms Laundry and valet same day service Iron/Ironing Board In-room dining Hair Dryer Non-smoking Wake-up call service Air conditioning with individual climate controls