South Florida Golf Courses Scene

The Florida Club has a natural Old Florida look and feel, as if the course were found this way. Throughout your round, you’ll see wildlife and pristine natural habitats maintained to Audubon standards.

Designer Dick Gray carved his signature course with a blend of surprising elevation changes combined with nature’s own hazards, creating challenges for every level golfer. With five sets of tees, the course plays as short or as long as you desire. The talk in the clubhouse usually centers on the greens, which are well known for their true speed, generous size, multi-tiering and excellent conditioning.

The famed Blue Monster course at Doral Golf Resort and Spa is sharpening its teeth in response to recent technological advances that have the golf ball traveling at further distances than ever before.

The Blue Monster, which hosts the PGA TOUR’s Ford Championship each March, is being stretched by 166 yards to counter the increasing distances Tour players are hitting the golf ball. The yardage will be strategically added to five of the Blue Monster’s 18 holes, with the work scheduled for completion by December. Doral has hosted a PGA TOUR event for the past 40 years, and has worked closely with Tour officials on the lengthening of the golf course. With most of the work being done behind the existing tee boxes, regular resort play will continue at the Blue Monster with interruptions being held to a minimum.

Natural Everglades beauty and undisturbed wildlife combine to offer the Palm Beach golfer a challenging test of skill and a window into South Florida’s authentic environment. The Palm Beach Gardens Golf Club is an effortless combination of golf cours and nature experience. Framed by the Loxahatchee Nature Preserve, The Gardens begin with a front nine many Florida golfers consider traditional to the geography. Landing areas are bordered by the ponds and waterways that define South Florida.

Several holes require a carry over the wetlands the Everglades is famous for, although no shot is too daunting if you select the tees appropriate to your skill. The par-4 sixth and the par-5 ninth are challenges designed to test your nerve. The tee shots require a judgment of how much of the hole you are capable of carrying.

Every year, more than 1,300 PGA Professionals visit and play the three fabulous courses that are also open to the public at The PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fl. Two of these courses the Wanamaker Course and Ryder Course have just reopened after multi-million dollar renovations to the playing and putting surfaces, as well as the now pristine white sand bunkers. The Wanamaker Course (formerly the South Course) was named after PGA of America founder Rodman Wanamaker, who donated the Wanamaker Trophy, which is annually awarded to the PGA Champion. The Ryder Course (formerly the North Course) was named after Samuel Ryder, namesake founder of the Ryder Cup and its golden chalice trophy.

With exposure... success can follow. Brian Symonds Design Wedges are now getting both. His wedge design that combines the tradition of the first great wedges with the technology of today is gaining a reputation on the PGA Tour as well as with the average golfer. The wedges feature a traditional look and are comprised of 304 stainless steel. The secret that makes these wedges perform like no other is the unique heel grind on the sole of the club. The rounding and flattening of the club's heel lets golfers, pro and amateur alike hit pitches and chips off the tightest of lies.

Deer Creek is an 18-Hole Championship Golf Course that has matured beautifully after a 2004 renovation by architect Arthur Hills. The 2-million-dollar renovation included reconstruction of all 18 greens to USGA specifications with TifEagle ultra dwarf Bermuda grass. In addition all bunkers were rebuilt and six holes were lengthened to stretch the layout to 7050 yards. Deer Creek Golf Club is a highly regarded upscale public facility that offers five sets of tees to challenge golfers of all skill levels. There is a clear emphasis on course conditioning, four-hour rounds and a high level of service.

This semi-private club in Ft. Lauderdale features two separate and distinct 18-hole championship courses. The courses are set on over 300 acres of mature trees and lush vegetation with lakes that are inhabited by a variety of wildlife.

Voted one of Florida’s Top 10 Courses You Can Play by Golf Magazine, the East course is 7,001 yards from the tips with a 74.2 rating and water coming into play on fourteen holes. Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia, Jesper Parnevik and other current and former pros have all been challenged by Bonaventure Country Club - East course. The course also features the nationally famous #3 waterfall hole (seen above).

Luxury golf community living is coming to Jupiter, Florida with the Ritz-Carlton stamp on it.

The first Ritz-Carlton Golf Club and Spa, an exclusive luxury residential community, is being built in Jupiter, one of the most affluent and prestigios areas located near Palm Beach, FL.The 285-acre gated community will offer memberships to a private country club featuring a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course, a luxurious Ritz-Carlton spa and three distinctive home ownership options. Members will choose from estate homes, Mediterranean-style courtyard homes and a fractional, residence club.

When Mark McCumber was asked to create a Tournament Players Course on a flat piece of ground at the edge of the Florida Everglades, he did it with flair. The course designed by McCumber is now the centerpiece of an all-new development in Coral Spring that just breathes "class.” Most of the year this is a daily-fee course. The folks there like to say this is a "daily-fee course with a private-course experience." They're not kidding. TPC at Heron Bay's shining moment comes each March when it hosts the PGA TOUR for the Honda Classic.

That's when the difficulty of the course is dictated by "the length of the rough, the width of the fairways and the firmness of the greens," according to McCumber. March is also when Florida’s spring winds kick up, adding to the challenge of play on this vast 220-acre chunk of real estate.

Nestled on the southern tip of Coral Gables in beautiful South Florida, are pristine shores that will make you feel thousands of miles away from the bright lights and energy of South Beach.

It’s a place where nature’s beauty and world-class golf come together to create an unbeatable combination of challenge and relaxation.

Deering Bay Yacht and Country Club is home to Coral Gables only Arnold Palmer Signature Course. Thoughtfully designed among the protected mangroves and meandering South Florida waterways, this 18-hole, par-71 layout, considered among the top in Florida, will delight you with its beauty and test you with its design.