Disney's Palm Golf Course
About
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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6870 yards | 73.7 | 131 |
| White | 72 | 6339 yards | 71.4 | 125 |
| Gold | 72 | 5995 yards | 69.2 | 118 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5213 yards | 70.5 | 126 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 73.3/134 | 494 | 423 | 175 | 402 | 394 | 404 | 514 | 203 | 369 | 3378 | 448 | 552 | 144 | 334 | 532 | 411 | 188 | 395 | 458 | 3462 | 6840 |
| White M: 71.0/130 | 479 | 389 | 165 | 329 | 374 | 383 | 494 | 182 | 352 | 3147 | 422 | 531 | 135 | 322 | 435 | 397 | 169 | 362 | 439 | 3212 | 6359 |
| Gold M: 69.1/125 W: 74.6/135 | 455 | 371 | 144 | 308 | 358 | 361 | 480 | 139 | 338 | 2954 | 379 | 514 | 123 | 296 | 405 | 387 | 161 | 346 | 423 | 3034 | 5988 |
| Red M: 65.1/109 W: 70.1/126 | 406 | 323 | 105 | 289 | 312 | 299 | 406 | 117 | 324 | 2581 | 287 | 420 | 104 | 261 | 392 | 335 | 139 | 302 | 379 | 2619 | 5200 |
| Handicap | 11 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 2 | |||
| Par | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 13 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 2 |
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Palm 9th Green Photo submitted by jrweber7 on 05/14/2020
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Palm path leading to 1st Tee Photo submitted by jrweber7 on 05/14/2020
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Palm 1st Fairway Photo submitted by jrweber7 on 05/14/2020
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My favorite hole Photo submitted by TjXIII on 05/23/2019
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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
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.
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.
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.
Did you call Golf Now about the issue? Why would they not honor the price? Did you get it resolved?
Great layout and good condition for January. Fun staff.
Great course
It’s worth more playing the course than what u pay for playing the course
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.
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!
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.
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!
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!