This resort features two championship eighteen hole courses The Saddlebrook Course is more of a flat driving course that is tree lined with narrow fairways The greens are larger and flatter than the Palmer Course The Palmer Course is more open off the tee with rolling fairways Both courses have water on seventeen of the eighteen holes Both courses are also very heavily bunkered and when they let the rough grow tall it s like the U S Open The resort underwent a multi million dollar renovation during 1996 which included refurbishing and upgrading the lobby and restaurants Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay redesigned the Saddlebrook Course when the Palmer Course was added in 1986