Disney's Palm Course: #6
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4.4
919 Reviews (919)
5 Stars
462
4 Stars
335
3 Stars
72
2 Stars
28
1 Stars
22
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.2
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.4
94.2%
Recommend this course
829 out of 919 reviews
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4.3
12 Reviews (12)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.5
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.6
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.0
83.3%
Recommend this course
10 out of 12 reviews
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4.6
78 Reviews (78)
5 Stars
51
4 Stars
22
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.2
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.7
96.2%
Recommend this course
75 out of 78 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Par 72
Length 6870 yards
Slope 131
Rating 73.7

The 18-hole Palm Course at Walt Disney World Golf Resort in Lake Buena Vista, FL is a resort golf course that opened in 1971. Designed by Joe Lee and Rocky Roquemore, Palm Course at Walt Disney World Golf Resort measures 6870 yards from the longest tees and has a slope rating of 131 and a 73.7 USGA rating. The course features 4 sets of tees for different skill levels. Greens and fairways are bermuda grass.

The natural Florida woodlands provide a stunning backdrop to one of America's premier resort courses. Architect, Joe Lee, designed the 6,870-yard Palm with elevated tees and greens. The key ingredient, of course, was the Florida palm and he made good use of nearly every variety for aesthetic and strategic purposes. Its fairways are crafted through a pine forest of mature, natural woodlands that includes moss-dappled oak, maple and cypress trees. Palmetto scrub fills the forest floor. It boasts of more than its share of water and sand with nine water holes and 94 bunkers.

This is a perfect choice for everything from a casual round to a large group outing.

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Course Details

Year Built 1971
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees (with GPS)
GPS Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire consists of a polo-style shirt with collar, turtleneck or mock turtleneck shirt, and slacks or Bermuda-length shorts.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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4.4
919 Reviews (919)

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Reviews 84
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Staff are all friendly and helpful, from the moment you arrive until you load the clubs back in the car. Course layout is great, no gimmick holes. Green rolled very true and a bit on the fast side but consistent. Only issue was the hole placement on several greens were right on a ridge and 10 foot putt became 20 foot putt coming back. On hole Two of us were below the hole and putted up to within a foot and ball rolled further back than where we started. Got to the 5th hole and there were 3 groups on the tee, so very slow

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 83
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 84
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

Long long long

I’m just an average golfer and found this course to be a little on the long side for a senior woman. Interesting layout but signage back to clubhouse was not to clear. Check in was a little longer than most courses we play in the area so arrive early.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 83
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Advanced
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course Condition

This course condition and layout is same as ordinary Florida public course. The green fee is ridiculously too expensive compare to the fairway and green condition and layout. Nothing special to charge $130 a round.

I will never come back here and I will tell my friends not to spend so much here.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 04/20/2022

Thank you for your feedback on your recent round at Walt Disney World® Golf. We apologize for the fact that your were displeased with the guest services and value for money that you experienced.

We hope that you will reconsider playing our wonderful courses again in time to come, so we can exceed your expectations upon your next visit to Orlando.

If you would like to discuss further what you and your group encountered during your visit with our management staff, please feel free to reach out to our leadership by emailing disneygolfreservations@palmergolf.com so that we can help resolve your residual concerns.

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Tee time price issue

When I showed up to the clubhouse I was told they It's not me honoring the pricing I paid for golf now.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 02/06/2022

Did you call Golf Now about the issue? Why would they not honor the price? Did you get it resolved?

Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great layout and good condition for January. Fun staff.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Great course

It’s worth more playing the course than what u pay for playing the course

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Used cart

Going Downhill

I'm very conscious of pace of play and do like to be held up nor do I like holding people up. There was nobody in front of us all day (probably because they are charging over double what they should be) and a decent amount of groups behind. The group directly behind had to wait maybe 1 minute on two separate holes. 6th hole rolls around and we are walking up to the green. Group behind us is on the tee box. A ranger comes and tell us we need to pick up the pace and that the group in front of us is now two holes ahead of us. Good for them. Your screen says we are right on pace and the group behind is not waiting on us.

14th comes and another ranger comes and pretty aggressively says "we have people behind you who are wanting to finish before sunset. You need to pick up your balls and move on. The group ahead is on 17 now". Again, group behind us was not waiting on us. Its no concern of mine how fast or good the group in front of me is. We were not playing slow and not holding anyone up. Poor customer service and the guy seemed clueless. Probably just saw the cart locations on his screen and assumed we were the issue. I assume some people complained a few groups behind and they assumed we were the ones holding everything up when in reality we were right on pace they just want to push people through.

We get back to the clubhouse and they have a pretty rough looking group of construction workers smoking cigarettes, driving heavy machinery around the guests and yelling at one another. No fences, caution tape, anything. I understand construction needs to be done, but this was not a good luck for Disney at all. Arnie and Walt would be rolling in their graves.

Been coming for over a decade and I have no plans to return. Poor management. Swampy conditions (hasn't rained in weeks). Unpleasant rangers. Not even close to the happiest place on turf. Shame.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 01/14/2022

Thank you for your feedback on your recent round at Walt Disney World® Golf. We apologize for the fact that your were displeased with the guest services that you experienced.

We hope that you will reconsider playing our wonderful courses again in time to come, so we can exceed your expectations upon your next visit to Orlando.

If you would like to discuss further what you and your group encountered during your visit with our management staff, please feel free to reach out to our leadership by emailing disneygolfreservations@palmergolf.com so that we can help resolve your residual concerns.

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Not impressed

This was my last round of 9 games and thought we save disney for last. Staff was very friendly but maybe too friendly. We had a very slow foursome in front of us. At many holes they were all taking 2 shots off the tee or their 2nd was 50 ft in front the tee. Told the Marshall and nothing was done. Our round took slightly over 5 hours.

This was the priciest round and I find it not worth the money.

Landscape is nicer in the back nine. Fairways good condition..greens were spongey.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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Commented on 04/20/2022

Thank you for your feedback on your recent round at Walt Disney World® Golf. We apologize for the fact that your were displeased with the guest services that you experienced.

We hope that you will reconsider playing our wonderful courses again in time to come, so we can exceed your expectations upon your next visit to Orlando.

If you would like to discuss further what you and your group encountered during your visit with our management staff, please feel free to reach out to our leadership by emailing disneygolfreservations@palmergolf.com so that we can help resolve your residual concerns.

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us!

Played On
Reviews 28
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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