In 1976, he formed a design firm with golf architect Ed Seay and a year later announced that Bay Hill would host a PGA ... look of the then-hot-new-rival layout Grand Cypress, were flattened ...

It was perfect for another purpose, though: golf. A few years after its opening, Bay Hill’s destiny was forever changed when Arnold Palmer visited to play an exhibition match. He shot 66 in the ...

The West Coast swing? That was a warmup. The Match Play Championship? That was big money. Bay Hill is where the smiles turn to stares and the big names focus on the task at hand. Arnold Palmer's ...