I love the walk between OKW and Disney Springs...it is, as I recall from previous posts, 9/10 of a mile ... the path brings you to West Side, near Cirque...i takes me just about 15 minutes if I'm "exercise walking" and closer to 20 if I'm just strolling along...It's true it's not lit and so it's officially closed after dark (or before dawn)...in all the times I've taken this walk (too many to count over the course of 10 years) I've never seen a golf ball--in air or on the ground; in fact, if you're on the "right" path (it's marked as the path to SSR), you have to look to see the golf course...it's screened by shrubbery on one side (the canal is on the other side)...personally I much prefer it to the bus or the boat (the boat ride is nice if you're up for a boat ride; not the most efficient form of transportation, tho)...