Arnold Palmer Golf Management will be improving Disney's Magnolia Golf Course, as they reimagine holes 14 through 17 on the finishing stretch of the course.
These course updates will be designed and overseen by Ken Baker, who has extensive design experience internationally and is currently the head of golf course design at One Club Limited.
Each of the four holes are anticipated to be reimagined primarily as follows:
- Hole 14 - Currently a par 5, will become a par 4, with a new green location
- Hole 15 - Currently a par 3, will shift location and become a long par 5, dogleg to the right
- Hole 16 - Will shift location and remain a par 4, but will now become a dogleg to the left
- Hole 17 - Currently a par 4, will become a par 3, with new tee box locations
Holes 16 and 17 will be connected with a new wooden bridge through the forest. There will be several new fairway and greenside bunkers engineered to accommodate the shifting hole locations, and a selection of new teeing grounds suited to test each level of player. The changes to the holes will retain the par 72 traditional nature of the golf course.
Two PGA Tour stars - 2017 Masters winner Sergio Garcia and 2019 US Open champion Gary Woodland - recently got a sneak peek at the redesign.
“It will be amazing. The 15th (becoming) a big par 5; 16 is a long par 4 and they’ve brought in water perfectly,” said Woodland. “You’re going to have four closing holes down the stretch that will test every aspect of your game. It’ll be a great finish here at Magnolia.”
Added Garcia: "It’s a fun course to play. When (golfers) finish their rounds, they can’t wait to come back and I think that’s something the Magnolia course will have.”
Disney's Magnolia Golf Course is currently closed. Disney's Palm or Disney's Lake Buena Vista Golf Course remain open as normal.
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