Lake Buena Vista Golf Course at Walt Disney World

Lake Buena Vista Golf Course, one of four 18-hole courses at Walt Disney World, opened in 1972, a year after Disney's Palm and Magnolia golf courses.

Like the Palm and Magnolia, Lake Buena Vista is a classic Florida design by Joe Lee featuring raised greens, subtle doglegs and water hazards. At 6,745 yards, it's the shortest (and, many say, easiest) of the Disney golf courses. The golf course winds through the Old Key West Resort on the front nine, while the back side takes on a more secluded feel, playing through canals and forest.

Lake Buena Vista is a rare course that has hosted the PGA Tour, LPGA and USGA in its history. It has its own clubhouse and practice facility and golf carts feature GPS, as do the carts at all Disney golf courses.

Lake Buena Vista Golf Course at Disney - hole 16

The par-3 16th hole plays over one of many canals that run through the Lake Buena Vista Golf Course.

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Lake Buena Vista Golf Course at Disney - hole 7

The par-3, island green seventh hole at Lake Buena Vista Golf Course is a challenge.

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Lake Buena Vista GC at Disney - hole 1

Lake Buena Vista Golf Course's first hole is a reachable, straightaway par 5.

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Lake Buena Vista Golf Course at Disney - hole 2

Lake Buena Vista Golf Course's second hole is a par 3 with a slightly elevated green.

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Lake Buena Vista Golf Course at Disney - hole 3

Lake Buena Vista Golf Course's par-4 third hole plays 409 yards from the championship tees.

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Lake Buena Vista Golf Course at Disney - hole 4

Lake Buena Vista Golf Course's par-4 fourth hole is a dogleg left and the corner can be cut by longer hitters off the tee.

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Lake Buena Vista G.C. at Disney - hole 6

Lake Buena Vista Golf Course's par-4 sixth hole is a slight dogleg right that plays to a green guarded heavily by water.

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Lake Buena Vista Golf Course at Disney - hole 11

The par-4 11th hole is a demanding, dogleg right and the longest of the par 4s at Lake Buena Vista Golf Course.

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Lake Buena Vista G.C. at Walt Disney World

Lake Buena Vista G.C. was designed by Joe Lee and opened in 1972, one year after the original Disney World golf courses.

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Lake Buena Vista Golf Course at Disney - back nine

The back nine on the Lake Buena Vista Golf Course at Disney is more natural and quite than the front nine.

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