BAY HILL CLUB

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION Lodge Stars4 As all happy endings have in common the tract of land that would become Bay Hill began with a problem a fluke of nature of sorts. This large tract of land located in Central Florida a state known for its sweet produce with natural hills and valleys lakes and streams would not grow citrus. The land was lacking enough nutrients or the water holding capacity to grow citrus economically. This unproductive raw land was part of the vast holdings of Dr. P. Phillips a Tennessee physician who settled in Central Florida in 1897 and moved to Orlando in 1905. He became the worlds largest individual grower of citrus and the producer of the first acceptable canned orange juice. The land was however surrounded by the some of the finest citrus spreads in Central Florida and one of the largest tangerine groves in the world.