The Bay Hill Club & Lodge is Arnold Palmer's Florida headquarters and as you'd expect, the course he designed here is indeed fit for a King. Laid out in three nine-hole loops, the Challenger and Champion nines are used annually by the US PGA Tour for the Arnold Palmer Invitational (formerly Bay Hill Invitational), with the Charger-nine also maintained and presented to the same immaculate standard as the other two. The terrain is gently undulating, which adds pleasant elevation changes to many of the holes - not too typical for central Florida courses. Water hazards, which dangerously lurk at many holes, are first encountered at the par-4 3rd, and take on spectacular form at the long par-5 6th. Using the same lake as you encounter at the 3rd, the 6th tightly doglegs right to left from tee-to-green around this good-sized, picturesque expanse of water. The final trio of holes at Bay Hill present as formidable a closing stretch as you'll encounter anywhere - three wonderfully challenging holes with water perilously threatening all the way.