South Florida Golf Courses Scene

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 renowned architect Arthur Hills.

The extensive 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 7,050 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.

Emerald Dunes has been hailed as one of the most enjoyable and playable courses in Palm Beach County, an area that has been touted as the “Golf Capital of the World.”

Designed by Tom Fazio and featuring five tees on each hole, Emerald Dunes appels to players of every skill level. From the moment you arrive, you’ll find one distinctive feature after another. As a daily-fee course with a private club atmosphere, Emerald Dunes provides exceptional playability, impeccable maintenance, helpful professionals, and superior service.

Bonaventure Country Club is the golf-lovers golf course in Ft. Lauderdale. Appreciative of how important it is to play the game "right", Bonaventure's the only South Florida semi-private club to overseed its East Course greens this winter with bentgrass (Syn 96-2), rather than rye, at twice the normal rate to insure your putts will roll like they do "up north" all winter long. They've also overseeded the tees with rye and given the same conditioning care to the bunkers, which have a wetting agent applied to keep them consistent in the warm Florida sun. Golf-lovers golf course?

Every good golf club has its rules. Palm Cove Golf Club general manager Doug Moseley has an unwritten one on attire that “everyone has to come in with a smile on their face.” He applies it to his staff and hopes it rubs off on his members and even those making their first trip to Palm Cove, located on the North Fork of the St. Lucie River between US-1 and Florida’s Turnpike in Palm City. What else would you expect from a Chi Chi Rodriguez signature course? One thing is conditioning.