Disney's Palm Golf Course

The reason Disney’s courses are so successful is due in large part to Arnold Palmer Golf Management (APGM) which operates Disney’s courses. While I enjoy all three championship courses and the executive course, Oak Trail, I think that the Palm is the crown jewel of the Disney courses and evidences APGM’s deft management abilities. The Palm’s greens are smooth and speed consistent. Fairways are healthy with very few thin or bare spots. Tee boxes were a bit hairy the day I played but I prefer that to spotty, worn surfaces. The rough is certainly not overwhelming and very playable. The layout is very straightforward and a joy to play. Most of the length is in the 4 pars and the 3’s are well protected by sand and water. The 5 pars are not that difficult. In sum, if you’re visiting Disney and have the time, I recommend you test your golf skills at the Palm!

Enjoyed this course a lot but like most bookings that pair 2 players up with 2 others, in most cases there is a mismatch and we paid good money for a game of golf and did spend a lot of time looking for golf balls for 2 beginners of golf. This was recognised late on by the course Marshall and we were asked to play ahead of our pairing at the 14th - I wish this had happened sooner. We went from being 5 mins behind to 15 mins ahead by the time we finished.

I have now played this course three times over the past few years -- and it is in the best shape yet. Green, lush, pretty -- and challenging. Loved it and will go back next year.

I may have played it before off season so it wasn't as green and pristine, so was very pleasantly surprised.

This championship golf course provides challenging holes and is an excellent addition to the Disney experience.

The staff is very friendly, courteous and professional.

Everything was great, all of the staff were friendly and accommodating. The course was very well kept and fun to play.

Great layout, great conditions, great greens. What more can I say

Teed off at 12 10. Finished front 9 at 3! Two hours and fifty minutes to play front. I stoped at the starter, noted the time, he said he would call the shop. Waited on every single shot.

Ranger finally showed up on 11. We told him what was going on. He found a group three holes ahead which had a three hole gap. He told us he had told them to skip a hole and play faster. In the meantime, our cart gps kept reminding us that we were behind pace. I pointed that out, he said the new system did not do a good job of notifying pro shop when things were behind. The wait continued on every shot.

On 14, a short par 4, the guys behind drove into us and one hit my wife with his drive while she was playing her second shot. This was after waiting still again. I picked up that gents ball and tossed it into the drink. Two holes later, a curt and rude ranger shows up. The jerk called the pro shop to complain about his lost ball. There had been no “fore”, no post hit apology or wave, no move to go into their cart to come see us, nada. Now this Disney gent tells me I had breached unwritten rules and now it was his duty to go give the guy a golf ball. I started to point out our wait, and he was rudely dismissive. Of facts or anything.

We waited the rest of the way. We got to 18, a par five, and there were four groups on the hole. Called it quits. It would have come in at 5 1/2 hours to play had we finished.

Don’t play here unless you don’t mind the elite rudeness and slow play.

The ONLY negative is the speed of the greens. After the round, the starter confirmed that they were rolling about an 8 and the putting green was an 11. Needless to say, this took me a little bit to adjust but other than this, great place to play!!

Waited 30 minutes to tee off on first hole.

Had many issues with cart due to faulty gps. Both my cart and the other cart in my foresome was stuck several times ON cart path!

30 minute backup on first tee!
Cart gps needs tweaking big time!
Could not move cart numerous times even when on cart path! UGH! Same thing with 2nd cart in foursome

Loved it. I felt like the kid I was when I got to experience Disney World when I was 10, 30 years ago. 5* customer service, best golf carts I've been in, conditions were above par and the scenery with wildlife, ufff ...I'm coming back, and I'm staying close to golf the Disney courses.