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A Disney Golf Vacation

School’s out and it’s time for the annual family vacation. Lots of people are rethinking their decision to spend a week or so at their favorite beach this summer. The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig has not only created tragedy and chaos in the Gulf but has extended to most of the beaches in the south. Predictions by meteorologists seem to change daily as to where the oil slicks will end up and when they will get there.

So, where can you go that the entire family can all actually have a good time? It might be time to take another look at Disney World in Orlando. Having your picture taken with Goofy and braving the Pirates of the Caribbean for the twenty-ninth time might not be your idea of fun, but what about those four championship golf courses? Three of them are part of the PGA tour and the fourth is a par-36 practice course.

Normally, when you finally manage to get permission to take off on a golf vacation, don’t you end up paying for it, over and over, for the rest of the year? Not this time! This time you get to spend your days on gorgeously landscaped golf courses while the rest of the family is having the time of their lives. Have them join you one day on the nine-hole Oak Trail course which is designed for younger, less experienced players and you may even come out of this a hero.

You will be able to choose between Disney’s Palm and Magnolia courses, which are both near the Polynesian Resort, the Osprey Ridge courses, at the Bonnet Creek Golf Club and the Lake Buena Vista course which is mid-way between Downtown Disney and the Saratoga Spring Resort. The Disney courses belong to the Audubon International Cooperative Sanctuary Golf Program and are consistently rated at the top of Golf, Golf Digest and Conde Nast Traveler lists of best golf resorts in the U.S.

Disney may not be what comes to mind when you start dreaming of the perfect golf vacation, but maybe it should. Next winter when you’re looking at the Mickey Mouse golf tees and Tinkerbell necktie that they couldn’t wait to give you on the way home, you just might find yourself looking forward to next time.

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