Aug 18, 2018 · The new Mickey shaped bunker, just behind the 9th green, introduces a golf course feature that has been exclusive to the par-3 6th hole on Disney's Magnolia golf course since 1971. Be sure to stop by to take photos of this exciting new feature as you play at Disney's Oak Trail golf course!
After a multi-week closure, Disney’s Oak Trail golf course re-opened back in August showing off work done on all nine greens plus a brand new Mickey shaped bunker to …
May 06, 2022 · For almost 50 years, golfers have encountered (or avoided) a greenside bunker at the par-three 6th hole at Disney’s Magnolia Golf Course that’s shaped like Mickey Mouse’s head. It is, quite literally, “Mickey Mouse golf.”. The iconic and ironic bunker was completely rebuilt in 2017 and shortly thereafter two more Mickey-shaped bunkers were added at other Walt Disney World …
Disney Parks Blog recently announced that a new Mickey-shaped bunker was added to the Oak Trail course. Take a look at this cool time-lapse video to see how Disney Golf created the Mickey-shaped bunker was added to Oak Trail!
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The now closed Elk Ridge Golf Course in Atlanta, Michigan had a pig-shaped bunker on the 10th hole. This was because the owners were the Honey Baked Ham company, so that makes sense.
The iconic and ironic bunker was completely rebuilt in 2017 and shortly thereafter two more Mickey-shaped bunkers were added at other Walt Disney World Resort courses: at the rear of the 9th hole at Lake Buena Vista and alongside the 9th green of the Oak Trail course.
Perhaps not surprisingly, “Ole Crabby” lays claim to being the only bunker in the world shaped like a Dungeness crab. This unique hazard guards the green at Cedars’ par-five 3rd hole and the sand is actually red volcanic cinders brought in from Bend, Ore. As the course’s website warns: “Whatever you do, don’t get caught up in its claws.”
While there are holes at other properties that have bunkers with red sand or black slag, the closing hole at this New Orleans course, nicknamed “Fire in the Hole, ” sets a new standard. The bunkers around the green are shaped like flames and are full of red sand, a tribute to local firefighters.
I would add the 3 bunkers that spell I-O-U on the Olympic Club Lake Course 18th hole.-reminding everyone to pay their bets at the conclusion of the hole.
Miss the green to the right on the par-three island green 12th hole at King’s North and you’ll be in the water. Miss to the left and you’ll end up in the course’s distinctive “S.C.” bunkers—yep, for South Carolina—and be left with a very delicate shot from the sand.
A giant footprint, albeit one with four toes, guards the left side of the fairway on this dogleg left par five. Tee shots that carry the distinctive bunker allow golfers a chance to go for the green in two. Find the footprint and it turns into a three-shot hole, at least.