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Bayshore Municipal Golf Course
Created
in 1940, this public golf course 18 holes was drawn by Robert
von Hagge and Bruce Devlin. It is situated in Miami Beach, at
only some minutes away from the ocean and Collins Avenue. Making
a length from 5063 to 6312 metres, it is a golf course which possesses
greens of small size and fast, as well as big number of bunkers
between which it is necessary to know how to navigate. One of
the major challenges of this golf course is the water, which comes
into play on several holes.
Green fees:
Golf course 18 holes: starting at $30.
Information:
Bayshore Municipal Golf Course
2301 Alton Rd
Miami Beach, FL 33140
Phone: (305)532-3350 - Fax: (305)532-3840
Biltmore
Golf Course
This
international golf course 18 holes semi-private is adjoining to
the Biltmore Hotel Resort.
Created in 1925, this magnificent golf course was drawn by Donald
Ross. It allows players of any level to bz able to take advantage
of a pleasant golf round under the exceptional climate of Florida.
The club offers a complete range of services among which a grill
restaurant, a pro shop, a driving range, a putting green. It also
proposes golf lessons with the most recent video material and
with a professional team, with individual lessons or in groups.
Information:
Biltmore Golf Course
1210 Anastasia Ave.
Coral Gables
Phone: 305-460-5364
Boca Raton Resort & Club
Located on "Gold Coast",
halfway between Lauderdale and Palm Beach, the Boca Raton hotel
is one of the first seaside hotel destinations in the region,
as well by its context of elegance and comfort, that by the possibilities
of access to numerous private clubs.
18 million dollars were invested for the renovation of room).
The Yacht Club, which opened in February, 2002, has 112 rooms
and suites in front of the sea. A complete selection of activities
including programs for the children is proposed.
And to have dinner at your dispoasl numerous restaurants:
The Lucca restaurant and its toscane cuisine, Ocean Blue and its
seaside cuisine, the Nick · Fishmarket who proposes seafoods
and regional specialities, or still Beach Club or Gazebo Southwestern
Bar and Grill 
Activities:
Several swimming pools, 30 tennis courts, a priavte beach with
its numerous nautical activities, Three fitness centers of last
shout which propose numerous specialized exercises, Spa Palazzo
and its style Alhambra atmosphere, legendary Spanish palace, with
its gardens, fountains, private swimming pool and a vast care
range.
Two golf courses 18 holes:
- Resort Course
- Country Club House
Green fees:
Golf course 18 holes: from $155
Golf course 9 holes: from $100.
Information:
Boca Raton Resort & Club
Phone: 561 447 - 3000 - Fax: 561 447 – 3183
Calusa
Country Club
This
semi-private golf course opened in 1968. Drawn by Mark Mahannah,
it possesses a disposition of a Links, with greens maintained
in very good conditions. It takes place on a magnificent ground
decorated with palm trees and situated not far from the sea. Varied
and of quality, holes are surrounded for the most by numerous
water traps. Benefiting from a beautiful environment, it is a
golf course which asks for precision because of the big presence
of the water. The club offers at disposal a wide driving range
on herb, a putting green and for members a private area of chipping
and pitching with training bunkers and a putting green.
Green fees :
Golf course 18 holes: from $18 to $40.
Information:
Calusa Country Club
9400 SW 130th Avenue
South Miami, Florida 33156
Phone: 305/238-2922
Costa
Greens Golf Club
Costa
Green is situated at 15 minutes from the International Airport
of Miami and the city of Doral. It appears among the richest in
challenge and the most beautiful public golf courses in Miami.
It was built on a flat ground but containing narrow fairways lined
with trees which establishes a good golf test. Greens are of average
size and some relatively high. It proposes long and narrow five
par-5 as well as picturesque five par-3 to challenge players of
any level. The water comes into play on 14 holes. The club offers
at disposal a complete range of services.
Green fees :
Golf course 18 holes: from $20.
Information:
Costa Greens Golf Club
100 Costa Del Sol Blvd
Miami, FL 33178
Phone: (305)592-3300 - Fax (305)597-9126
Crandon
Park Golf Course
Also
known under the name of "Links at Key Biscayne", this
international golf course 18 holes is situated on the " paradise
island " of Key Biscayne, at 10 minutes from the town centre
of Miami. It is the only public golf course of the Bay. It was
drawn in 1972 by Robert von Hagge and Bruce Devlin and redrawn
later in 1993 by von Hagge. It possesses the widest departure
in the world, seven lakes of salt water, sand traps to be challenged,
trees and numerous holes which look onto Biscayne Bay. The golf
course is considered as one of the most beautiful and difficult
par-72 of the region and was classified in the Top Ten by Golfweek
and in the Top 75 of the golf courses in America by Golf Digest.
The club offers at disposal a complete pro shop, rent of material,
lessons, a lit driving range, a practice chipping and a putting
greens.
Green fees :
Golf course 18 holes: from $80.
Information:
Crandon Park Golf Course
6700 Crandon Boulevard
Key Biscayne, Florida 33149
Phone: (305) 361-9139 - Fax (305)361-1062
Don
Shula's Hotel & Golf Club
Situated
between the center of Fort Lauderdale and Miami, near the attractions
and near the night-life of South Florida, Don Shula combines the
advantages of a center town: shops, restaurants, theater are just
next to the doors of the hotel. It offers at disposal 205 rooms
and spacious and luxurious suites with a balcony which looks onto
the green gardens and the swimming pool.
Don Shula's golf club represents a real oasis,
a refuge from the daily life stress. Situated in a comfortable
and relaxed environment, it offers at disposal 84 rooms for a
golfic retreat.
The golf course 18 holes, guaranteed by the Company Audubon his
respect for the environment, address to all level players. For
golfers who need to train or to improve, a practice is at disposal
with a set of complet services. Lessons are proposed with a professional
PGA instructor using the video technology for an effective and
educational analysis.
Green fees:
Golf course 18 holes: from $50 to $79.
Information:
Don Shula's Golf Club
7601 Miami Lakes Drive, Miami Lakes
Don Shula's Hotel
6842 Main Street, Miami Lakes,
FLORIDA
1-800-24-SHULA
Doral
Golf Resort & Spa
Situated
in the heart of the tropical vegetation of Miami, Doral includes
5 international golf courses, which welcomes the PGA Tour since
1962, 5 restaurants and the tennis center of Arthur Ashe. The
resort's Spa proposes a whole range of quality services. The aquatic
park Blue Lagon included the Doral camp, with a complete program
for children. The hotel offers at disposal rooms and spacious
and luxurious suites, fitted out in an atmosphere of coolness
and elegance. Every room possesses a balcony or a private terrace,
a luxury bathroom, an internet access, a room service of an exceptional
quality.
Blue
Monster. Very renowned golf course, every year it welcomes
the PGA which is broadcast by TV. With a 6515 metre length, an
abundance of bunkers, a sharpness of game, golfers will find here
one of the most difficult and spectacular golf courses of the
region. Doral being classified by the Golf Magazine as one of
the best resorts of the USA, the Blue Monster course is also considered
as one of the best 18 holes in the world.
Great White Course. Drawn by
Greg Norman, this course which has approximately a 60 hectare
surface, possesses a particular sandy landscape. It is the only
deserted type course in the region. It was classified as the best
new course in 2000 according to the National Golf Foundation.
Gold
Course. Drawn initially by Bob Von Hagge and the team
of architects of Devlin in 1968, the course was redrawn by Raymond
Floyd in 1995. It follows an arrangement characteristic of the
courses of the Florida with slightly by-passed greens, strategic
bunkers and water surrounding 16 holes.
Red Course. It is, in Doral,
one of Dick Wilson's favourite courses. It presents numerous challenges
for golfers because of the water present in the game on 12 holes.
This course is often the place of tournaments, because of its
test of reasonable golf at all levels of the game. Unique peculiarity
in Red Course, it possesses two greens surrounded with water in
Par-3 on the 6th and 14th holes.
Silver Course. It was renewed
in 1998 by Jerry Pate, to include greens and tees which are according
to the rules of art and an irrigation system. With narrow fairways
and high greens, it is convenient for all levels of a championship
game. The water is present on 16 holes.
At disposal: a golf school Jim McLean which proposes
quality lessons to players of any levels, a driving range with
excellent training opportunities.
Green fees:
Hotel's guests: from $105 to $275 according to the course.
Outside players: from $130 to $275 .
Information:
Doral Golf Resort & Spa
4400 N.W. 87th Avenue Miami, 33178
Phone: (305) 592-2000 - Fax: (305) 594-4682
Fontainebleau
Park Golf Course
Situated
at some minutes from the Miami International Airport, Fontainebleau
Park was drawn by Mark Mahannah. It is composed by two courses
18 holes: the East who opened in 1970 and the West who opened
in 1976. Both courses had initially been built by Ben Novak,
the owner of the famous Fontainebleau Hilton Hotel. Both courses,
which possess both a similar design, contain water traps which
come into play in numerous occasions. Fairways are generous
and greens are big and rather of an average speed. The club
offers at disposal a driving range, a practice putting green,
a snack bar and a pro shop.
Green fees :
Golf course 18 holes: from $20.
Information:
Fontainebleau Park Golf Course
9603 Fontainebleau Blvd
Miami, Florida 33172
Dade County
Phone: (305) 221-5181 - Fax (305)221-3265
Golf
Club of Miami
This
public Club of Miami proposes two courses 18 holes drawn by
Robert Trent Jones and created in 1962. The East Course,
is a course which requires at all levels strategy in the approach.
Possessing a traditional disposition, the water comes into play
on several holes. Demanding and requiring a rigorous use of
the clubs, it is a course on which it will be difficult to obtain
a good score.
The
West Course possesses wave-like greens, green
fairways and sand bunkers which it is necessary to distrust.
It is longer, more opened but on the other hand more indulgent
than the first one. In 1989 both were redrawn by Bobby Weed.
At disposal: clubhouse with restaurant, pro shop, driving range,
golf lessons.
Green fees:
Golf course 18 holes: starting at $50.
Information:
Golf Club of Miami
6801 Miami Gardens Dr
Miami, FL 33015
Phone: (305)829-8449 - Fax: (305)829-8457
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