Walk in the footsteps of PGA Tour legends on the Championship Course at Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Florida

ORLANDO, Fla. -- How often do you have the chance to play golf in a legend's backyard? At Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Orlando, you can do just that.

Though Bay Hill is technically private, overnight guests of the Lodge are allowed access to the golf facilities, which include the famed Bay Hill Championship Course and nine hole, executive-style Charger Course.

The Championship Course at Bay Hill, which reopened in late summer 2009 after an extensive renovation, is one of the best golf courses in Orlando. Nestled within a high-end residential community, it has a "country club" feel despite being fewer than 15 minutes from Disney.

With the renovation, bunkers were made larger and more visible, and greens were flattened to allow for more hole locations. The result with the bunkers is more intimidating shots off the tee and into the greens. Though the flatter greens make putting more straight-forward, it's a blessing and a curse because tucked pins bring the jagged rocks more into play.

The most thrilling part of a tee time at Bay Hill Club & Lodge, however, is walking in the footsteps of PGA Tour legends. In addition to the Arnold Palmer effect, who can forget Tiger Woods has won six times here.

Bay Hill Club & Lodge - 5th hole

There are two options on the par-4 fifth hole at Bay Hill: Go for it, or lay back. If you choose the latter you'll still only have a mid to short iron into the green.

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Bay Hill Club & Lodge - 7th hole

Keep the ball below the hole if you want a good chance to make birdie on the par-3 seventh hole at Bay Hill.

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Bay Hill Club & Lodge - 11th hole

On the 11th hole at Bay Hill, a good tee shot is important to avoid water left and bunkers right.

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Bay Hill Club & Lodge - 16th hole

No. 16 is the shortest par 5 at Bay Hill Club and Lodge.

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Bay Hill Club & Lodge - 8th hole

Bay Hill Club & Lodge's eighth fairway landing area is wide, but the approach shot demands your full attention.

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Bay Hill Club & Lodge - 13th hole

The shortest par 4 at Bay Hill, No. 13 can also be the most disastrous because of a lake fronting the green.

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Bay Hill Club & Lodge - 3rd hole

If you can manage a good tee shot on Bay Hill's third hole, you'll have a mid or short iron in your hands.

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Bay Hill Club & Lodge - hole 18

No matter how well you place you drive on Bay Hill's 18th hole, an approach shot over water is guaranteed.

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Bay Hill Club & Lodge - 2nd hole

No. 2 at Bay Hill Club and Lodge is one of the finest par 3s in Orlando.

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Bay Hill Club & Lodge - 17th hole

No. 17 may be the shortest hole on the Championship course at Bay Hill, but the lake short of the green is impossible to ignore.

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Bay Hill Club & Lodge - hole 14

Prior to the 2009 renovation, Bay Hill's 14th hole had the most undulating green on the golf course.

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