| Florida golf sometimes gets a bad reputation. Courses are flat. Too much water. Layouts are boring. That’s a lazy opinion: You just have to know where to look to find interesting golf.
Bay Hill, venue for this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational, has hosted this event since 1979 and epitomizes what can be great about Florida golf—a hilly layout with sinkhole ponds and ever-present wind that not only makes for intriguing golf for us, but a great test of tournament golf. The conditions are usually firm and fast and with thick rough, it’s as close to a major-championship type test as we’ll see all season.
Bay Hill is one of dozens of options in the Orlando area that feature interesting topography—a rarity in Florida. Explore our Best Courses You Can Play in Orlando to start planning your next Orlando trip; we’ve assembled the 20 best public options in the area. For those budget-conscious travelers, we have a collection of the Best Courses in Orlando Under $100. With increasing rates becoming the norm, these are the courses that deliver unmatched value.
In each collection, you can learn more about each course and read reviews from our course-ranking panelists. It’s all part of our searchable course database, Places to Play, our new hub for course reviews, experts’ opinions and star ratings. |
