Florida Golf Course Reviews
Disney’s Palm Golf Course ReviewLake Buena Vista, FL
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Disney’s Palm Golf Course Overview: The shorter, easier and more
picturesque of the two Disney golf courses featured on the PGA tour event each
autumn (the Magnolia is the other), this golf course has a lot of water in play,
including a few areas of natural swamp land.
The namesake Palm trees are plentiful in the design of many holes and
add to the general aesthetic beauty of this fun resort course. The good holes are reviewed below:
Disney’s Palm Course Hole 2: After an easy opening golf hole, the Palm course shows some nastier fronds with this dogleg left par four around a lake. The more of the water that is flirted with off the tee, the shorter the approach to the green, which is important as the lake is still close to the left of the severely sloping green. Right has bunkers and trees and swamp.
Disney’s Palm Course Hole 2: After an easy opening golf hole, the Palm course shows some nastier fronds with this dogleg left par four around a lake. The more of the water that is flirted with off the tee, the shorter the approach to the green, which is important as the lake is still close to the left of the severely sloping green. Right has bunkers and trees and swamp.
Disney’s Palm Course Hole 3: The “Mickey” golf hole has the trademark mouse face and ears as bunkers and is an easy hole as long as the player avoids the obvious hazards.
Disney’s Palm Course Hole 5: This is a solid par four with bunkers that pinch in around the landing area. The green is tough to putt and has lots of bunkers to the left side.
Disney’s Palm Course Hole 6: One of the holes that gives the professionals the most trouble is this medium length par four. The drive must find a way between the heavy trees / hazard to the right and the lake to the left, which is tough as it is tight. Then, the second must fly the water that fronts the severely sloped green to avoid a large number.
Disney’s Palm Course Hole 9: The lake in view from the tee is not really in play, but as it continues beyond the palm trees to the left, it could be, so the drive must stay between those trees and the bunkers to the right. The green is then elevated with a big bunker to the right and the lake to the left.
Disney’s Palm Course Hole 10: The first hole on the back is a nasty piece of work with a long carry to the fairway, with bunkers to the right and heavy trees left. The slight dogleg left then pinches with wetlands to the right and two well placed bunkers front left and back right of the green.
Disney’s Palm Course Hole 12: Five bunkers face the golfer on this long par three, which is well framed by lots of nice foliage and trees.
Disney’s Palm Course Hole 13: The shortest par four on the course is a severe dogleg right protected by a grove of trees. The lake isn’t in play for most shots, but the bunkers and wetlands to the left of the fairway are for the player who tries to cut the dogleg and pulls it. The green is the smallest on the course.
Disney’s Palm Course Hole 14: The player must avoid the water right on the drive and then clear the second lake with the second shot (or layup short of the water to leave a short iron) on this relatively short par five scoring opportunity.
Disney’s Palm Course Hole 16: The last par three has an elevated tee shot over a lake to a green surrounded by four bunkers. At nearly 40 yards deep, the varying pin placements and wind conditions can make this golf hole play long or short.
