Kemmons Wilson, founder of Holiday Inns®, established Orange Lake Resort & Country Club in 1982.
Arnold Palmer, The King of Golf, founded Palmer Design Company with Ed Seay in 1979.

Kemmons Wilson was named One of the 1000 Makers of the Twentieth Century by the London Sunday Times.
Arnold Palmer was named the Athlete of the Decade for the 1960's by the Associated Press.

Kemmons Wilson was awarded the coveted Horatio Alger Award for his outstanding business achievements.
Arnold Palmer was awarded the prestigious Vardon Trophy Award four times for having the lowest official tournament scoring average.

Kemmons Wilson opened 1,759 Holiday Inn® between 1952 and 1979.
Arnold Palmer won over 90 professional tour championships between 1958 and 1998.

Kemmons Wilson built Holiday Inn® into the largest business of its kind in history and the first to make $1 billion in gross sales.
Arnold Palmer was the first professional golfer to reach the $1 million dollar mark in tour earnings.

Kemmons Wilson was inducted into the National Business Hall of Fame by Fortune Magazine.
Arnold Palmer was the inaugural inductee into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Kemmons Wilson established a partnership with IBM to create the first computerized hotel reservation system.
Arnold Palmer was the first to parlay success on the playing field into lucrative endorsement contracts.

Kemmons Wilson's Orange Lake Resort & Country Club is the vacation home to more than 90,000 owners from all 50 states and over 100 foreign countries.
Arnold Palmer's Palmer Course Design Company has worked on over 150 courses in 30 countries.

Kemmons Wilson opens the Legends and Legends Walk at Orange Lake Resort & Country Club.
Designed by Arnold Palmer and Palmer Course Design Company in 1998.