Arnold Palmer's best golf courses
By Stephen Hennessey and Ron Whitten • Golf Digest • September 9, 2023
One of golf's most iconic figures, Arnold Palmer, would have been turning 94 on Sept. 10. He was of course a legendary player on the course, with 62 PGA Tour wins and seven major titles. But he was also a celebrated golf course designer. Because his influences and contributions to all areas of golf are so significant, Arnie might be under-appreciated as an architect—which is a compliment to everything he gave to us in his career.
Perhaps most notable among Palmer's designs is his courses at Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, where the Arnold Palmer Invitational is played on the PGA Tour each year. The Champion/Challenger course at Bay Hill has been updated quite a bit through the years, and The King always had final say over its tweaks. Much of the attention this week will be on Arnie's contributions to the tournament game. But we shouldn't lose sight of his contributions to course design. To shine a little more light on Arnie the course designer, we present the 10 best golf courses under the Arnold Palmer design umbrella.
Read the whole article by Stephen Hennessey and Ron Whitten at golfdigest.com.
