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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Photo submitted by JEKelley on 05/31/2020
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Photo submitted by JEKelley on 05/31/2020
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Photo submitted by JEKelley on 05/31/2020
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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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Photo submitted by Soxfan52 on 12/13/2015
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Photo submitted by adamspop1 on 04/08/2013
Ok Track
Ok Track - Greens were very slow - and lots of dirt and no grass around greens and made it difficult to chip if you missed a green - fairways need some work as well. Overall for a disney course - not in great shape
This course is beautiful to play.
This course was wonderful to play. Course layout is challenging at times but a weekend golfer should be able to enjoy this course as well. Course needed a little bit of clean up after heavy rains the day before. Some areas were still wet. Staff was very friendly. Would definitely play again and recommend it to anyone.
Broken golf cart
Cart died on 13th hole, called clubhouse several times. Had to walk and carry for 3 holes until replacement cart was brought out.
Frustrating after paying 500.00 for my group
You can get better somewhere else. Not worth the $$
As a world class attraction, Disney’s Palm course fell short of expectations. Some good things was the course and the course design. Other than that, it’s just downhill. Pace of play was really slow. I understand that it gets busy, but when groups are playing slow on purpose and not letting other groups go through, then that’s an issue. This was brought up with the marshals, but they just say that they can’t do anything about it. When you state your case, they just shrug you off and say they can’t do anything. At one point, my group and the group behind us were waiting for the group ahead of us to tee off, even though they clearly could’ve tee’d off well before we arrived. Marshals were aware, but just shrugged off the issue. Just terrible service. If you want to pay for slow play and terrible marshals, go ahead. You can find better courses in the Orlando/Kissimmee area for the same price and have a much better time.
Disney disappointment
As a frequent player of Disney courses I have come to expect a great atmosphere and solid conditions. Unfortunately today at the palm course we got neither. The best part of the day was the breakfast bacon egg and cheese croissant from chip n dales. As for course condition I’m not sure what is going on at the palm. I recently played LBV and was thrilled with the rough, fairways, and greens. The palm was simply in poor shape for our round. It looked like irrigation had been running for hours as some bunkers were filled with water and tee boxes were absolutely soaked and we have not had recent rainfall. Additionally turf around greens was very thin and there were many bare patches of dirt. You should get what you pay for when playing resort courses and the palm is not worth it. I feel bad for the tourists who paid substantially more than I did at a resident rate, and had to play through the worst course conditions I have seen at Disney. It’s also never acceptable for a ranger to yell at a group to ‘close the gap’ while they are standing 160 yds out waiting on the group to clear the green. Bonus points for the cart girl who was absolutely wonderful.
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 course conditions 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.
We have reinvested extensively into the facilities annually. Unfortunately, the climate of recent has not been conducive to healthy turf growth, but we expect that as the weather warms up again, that the vibrancy of the turf will again return.
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 pace of play at Disney's Palm golf course.
We hope that you will play our wonderful courses again in time to come, so we can exceed your expectations upon your next visit.
The cold weather experienced in January and February has been a detriment to our facilities with the lack of overseed that we apply to our golf courses annually. We are growing through it, and expect that by the end of March that the course will be greatly improved.
If you would like to discuss your experience further with our management level staff, please email us at disneygolfreservations@palmergolf.com
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us!
Greens were bad
I have been playing the Palm since the mid 70's and I have never seen the greens so bad. They looked they had not been mowed in a week and it really made the course unenjoyable to play.
Thank you for your feedback on your recent round at Walt Disney World® Golf. We apologize for the fact that your were displeased with pace of play at Disney's Palm golf course.
We hope that you will play 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 your experience further with our management level staff, please email us at disneygolfreservations@palmergolf.com
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us!
Disney golf
Nice pleasant round , pace of play was fine, greens slow though
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 course conditions 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!