Orlando Golf Courses
 Orlando
is home to some of the world's best golfers including 30 PGA Tour players,
the likes of Tiger Woods, Corey Pavin, and Ernie Els. Add golfing legends
Arnold Palmer and Gary player, and about a dozen LPGA Tour regulars, and
you've got a pretty talented neighborhood.
Why do so many of the pros prefer Orlando? Well, there are 123 courses
within a 45-minute drive of downtown, and many things to do off the course.
Plus, the weather is always great for outdoor activities, with an average
annual temperature of 72.4 degrees. In short, it's a great place to work
on your game - or forget about it altogether.
Orlando is as much a Mecca for the golf purist as the family vacationer.
The area has long been legendary for courses designed by two of golf's
greatest players - Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer. It also is one of
the country's fastest growing golf regions, with dozens of new courses
opened in the past few years, from designers like Tom Fazio, Pete Dye
and Rees Jones.
You want to improve your game? Orlando is home to six golf instruction
academies, headed by renowned teachers like David Leadbetter and Rick
McCord. Through personalized teaching and the latest technological advantages,
these schools may help you find the silver lining to your game.
In downtown Orlando you'll find a combination of skyscrapers, quiet parks
and gardens, excellent museums, and the bustling shops and restaurants
of Church Street Station. Nature buffs like to escape to the Ocala National
Forest or the Florida Audubon Society's Center for Birds of Prey, just
north of Orlando in Maitland. Art devotees head for Rollins College's
Cornell Fine Arts Museum or the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American
Art. Oh, yeah, there's also that place called Disney world!
Orlando has long been known as a place that brings out the kid in everyone,
with attractions and theme parks beyond compare. But today it's a place
for serious golf as well. Whether you want to play great courses, learn
from top teachers, or watch the best compete, Orlando has it all. Just
ask the Tour pros who call it home.
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