Bring your sticks and try your luck on the course so inviting that Arnold Palmer decided to buy the place himself. The Bay Hills Club & Lodge has been the winter home of the Palmer family since Arnold bought it in 1976. The two courses (one with eighteen holes, the other with nine) offer plenty to challenge the intermediate or experience golfer. Sinuously curved sand traps and numerous water hazards will test your accuracy. The greens are firm, but you’d better be good with the long irons to get there in the first place. If you and your sand wedge develop a love/hate relationship during your round, beat the heat on the fairways with the signature combination of lemonade and iced tea that bears Palmer’s name. Bay Hill caters to its guests whims off the course as well. Relax in a leather club chair in front of the hearth in the masculine and understated Member’s Lounge. Cleanse yourself with a salt scrub or erase all stress with a hot stone therapy body massage. Whether you’re an experienced golfer or not, the Palmer family pampers their guests with a wealth of amenities designed to make Bay Hill feel like an exclusive private club.