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A Museum and a Golf Course: Kissimmee Bay Country Club

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April 21, 2019

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On our trip down to Orlando in January for the PGA Show, a few of us got the chance to visit and play Kissimmee Bay Country Club. A hidden gem of a golf course with a surprise awaiting in the club house.

On our trip down to Orlando in January for the PGA Show, a few of us got the chance to visit and play Kissimmee Bay Country Club. A hidden gem of a golf course with a surprise awaiting in the club house.

Walking into the club house of Kissimmee Bay Country Club isn’t like walking into any other club house. The place is an actual museum, filled with golf artifacts dating back to the beginnings of the game we love. The Langley Golf Museum was once the personal collection of golf artifacts of Burton Langley’s, one of the original members of the golf course, that he collected over the years and has since donated to Kissimmee Bay Country Club. The crown jewel of the museum is a workbench from the Old Tom Morris Workshop at the Old Course in St. Andrews.

Combine this amazing museum with all the work Rick Smith and Jimmy Dutcher have been doing to improve the course itself, including the restoration of 16 of the 18 greens back to their original size, and you have a perfect day of golf.

Back in 1990, the architect, Lloyd Clifton, was sure to keep the natural beauty and undulations of the land intact while carving this course out of an oak forest.

Today, surrounded by cypress trees, 100-year-old oaks, quite a bit of water, and a combination of strategic and heroic golf holes, both the club house and course provide an amazing experience from beginning to end.

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Kris McEwen

Kris became obsessed with the game of golf after deciding to finally hang up his baseball cleats about four years ago. Still learning the game, he’s leaned on much of the on-line golf community for help and loves to return the favor whenever possible. A contributor to several golf sites in the past, Kris writes from the perspective of your average golfer. One who has a passion for the game, but also has the typical restrictions of life and budget. He can be reached on Twitter at @krismcewen.

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