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2/15/2011
Bay Hill Celebrates 50th Anniversary with Golden Package for Golfers & Spa Enthusiasts
The 2011 year is truly golden for Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge as they announce the celebration of their 50th Anniversary. In honor of this momentous occasion, Bay Hill is offering a special Golden Anniversary Package to include a spacious guest room in the Lodge, breakfast, a bottle of wine from the Arnold Palmer label, and choice of one round of championship golf or a soothing spa treatment. You'll also receive a special commemorative 50th Anniversary Pin Flag - the same flag that will fly over all 18 greens of the top-ranked Bay Hill golf course this year, and a limited edition collectible Golden Anniversary umbrella pin, which is the symbol of the Palmer brand around the world. This special package is offered from $167 - $299, per person, per night based on double occupancy (pricing varies with seasonality), making it affordable to stay and experience this legendary venue. Taxes not included. Reservation can be made by calling (888)422-9445 or visiting www.bayhill.com.
The Bay Hill Club was built in 1961. It was just four short years after that in 1965 when the legendary golfer, Arnold Palmer, played in and won a charity golf event on what was then an unknown golf course. He fell in love with Orlando and Bay Hill that day. In 1970 the process began to make Bay Hill his own and it has been his winter home ever since. By 1979 Mr. Palmer successfully created a tournament that became an official PGA TOUR stop, attracting some of the strongest fields of the season, now called the Arnold Palmer Invitational Presented by MasterCard which takes place annually in March. Just like Arnold Palmer himself, Bay Hill is a charming, inviting, special place that features a 70 room Lodge an many other world class amenities, making it a comfortable and value-added experience for guests to enjoy this historic place.
Historic and present day photos are available by contacting Ramona Hurley at Ramona@AbsoluteThinking.us. For a more complete history of the Bay Hill Club & Lodge, click here.
Located just 20 minutes from downtown Orlando, Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge is the site of the annual Arnold Palmer Invitational Presented By MasterCard golf tournament. The 70-room property features 27 holes of golf, the Arnold Palmer Golf Academy, tennis on four Har-Tru courts and two Deco-Turf courts, a full service Spa, Salon and Fitness Center, four dining locations, and 9,000 sq. ft. of meeting and banquet space. For reservations or membership information, call (888) 422-9445 or (407) 876-2429.
For more information, contact Ramona Hurley, Absolute Thinking, at (727) 967-2487 or Ramona@AbsoluteThinking.us or Leigh Anne Huckaby, Marketing Manager, at (407) 876-8003 or LHuckaby@bayhill.com.
AWARDS
2012
Toughest Golf Courses Men's - Orlando Business Journal
52 Amazing Weekends - Florida Travel & Life Magazine
Best Courses You Can Play - Golfweek Magazine
Best Resort Courses - Golfweek Magazine
Best Golf Club/Course - Southwest Orlando Bulletin
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2011
Best Golf Course-Private - Orlando Magazine
Best Courses You Can Play in Florida - Golfweek Magazine
100 Best Golf Shops - Golf World Magazine
World's Best Hotels, Golf Courses, Cruises & Spas - Celebrated Living
Best Tour Courses You Can Play - GolfWeek Magazine
Circle of Excellence - Merchant Circle
Best Golf Club/Course - Southwest Orlando Bulletin
Best Resort Courses - GolfWeek Magazine
Best of Orlando 2011 Bay Hill Tennis Pro Shop - U.S. Commerce Assn.
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2010
Best of Business Award in the Golf Courses-Private category - Small Business Commerce Association
Circle of Excellence - Merchant Circle
Top 100 Best Golf Shops - GolfWorld Magazine
Top 100 Courses You Can Play - Golf Magazine
Best Golf Club/Course - Southwest Bulletin
Best Courses Near You - Golf Magazine
#1 Private Golf Course in Orlando - Orlando Magazine
Platinum List of Best Hotels, Golf Courses, Spas & Cruises - Celebrated Living Magazine
Gold Tee Award - Meetings & Conventions
Best Tour Courses - Golfweek Magazine
Central Florida's Largest Meeting Facilities - Orlando Business Journal
Premier Resorts Silver Medal Award - Golf Magazine
Best Resort Courses - Golfweek Magazine
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2009
Gold Tee Award - Meetings & Conventions Magazine
Best Local Golf Course - Orlando Sentinel
Best of Orlando Readers Pick Their Favorites - Orlando Magazine
The Platinum List Readers' Choice Award - Celebrated Living
Best Tour Courses - Golfweek Magazine
America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses - Golf Digest
Best Golf Courses State-by-State (Florida) - Golfweek Magazine
Top 100 Pro Shops in the U.S. - GolfWorld Magazine
20 Best Florida Golf Resorts - Links Magazine
Best Golf Club in Southwest Orlando - Southwest Orlando Bulletin
Definitve Guide to the Golf Life 2009, Best Resort Golf Courses - Golfweek Magazine
Top 50 Resort Courses Reader's Choice Award - GolfWorld Magazine
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2008
Top 25 Golf Schools in America - Golf Magazine
Best Golf Club in Southwest Orlando - Southwest Orlando Bulletin
Best of Orlando Golf Courses 2008 - U.S. Local Business Association
Top 20 U.S. Golf Courses - Celebrated Living Magazine
Best of Southern Golf - Southern Sports Journal
Best Tour Courses You Can Play - Golfweek
Central Florida's Toughest Golf Courses from Men's Tees - Orlando Business Journal
Gold Tee Award - Meetings & Conventions Magazine
Best State By State - Florida - Golfweek
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2007
Gold Tee Award - Meetings & Conventions Magazine
75 Best Golf Resorts in North America - Golf Digest
Middle Atlantic's 100 Must Play Courses - GolfStyles Washington
Best Courses in Florida - Golf Digest
America's Top 100 Golf Communities - Travel & Leisure Golf
Greens of Distinction - Corporate & Incentive Travel
Best of Orlando 2007 - Orlando Magazine
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2006
75 Best Golf Resorts in North America - Golf Digest
Top Resorts, Courses & Golf Hot Spots 2006 - Golf Travel Annual
America's Best Public-Access Courses 2006 - Golfweek
Bay Hill Pro Shop Named No. 1 among top 100 in the United States - Golf Shop Magazine
Top 100 Golf Resorts 2006 - Conde Nast Traveler
Central Florida's Toughest Golf Courses - Orlando Business Journal
Top 100 Courses You Can Play - Golf Magazine
America's Top 100 Golf Communities 2006 - Travel & Leisure Golf
