Bay Hill Club & Lodge is Orlando’s annual Arnold Palmer Invitational Presented By Mastercard on PGA Tour. It was opened in 1961 by Dick Wilson. Arnold Palmer purchased the property in 1975 on a lease and continued to make improvements over the years.
Bay Hill is No. 5 in Florida, where the Tour event has been held since 1979. On Golfweek’s Best List of Public-Access Layouts in Each State, Florida ranks No. 5. It also tied for No. It also tied for No. 53 on the list of all resort courses in America
Bay Hill will play 7,466 yards and have a par 72. This layout is one the most difficult on the PGA Tour every year. High scoring was achieved in the past two years due to the layout’s firmness and speed. The lack of rain in Orlando over recent weeks makes it possible for the course to play again if tournament operators desire, especially if winds pick-up.
We can see the exact challenges that the pros face at Bay Hill thanks to the yardage books created by StrackaLine, the creator of detailed yardagebooks for thousands of courses all over the globe.
