Play golf in Florida – with more than 1 000 golf courses to chose from the state of Florida is absolutely “The Golf Capital of the World”.
Places with most golf courses are Orlando and Naples, but you will can play everywhere. Although many courses are private, many are open for green fee play. Our focus in this compilation is Orlando, Miami/Fort Lauderdale and Tampa/Sarasota.
To consider:
- On practically all courses you drive a golf cart, you can not choose to walk the course yourself.
- Some courses have a dress code that, for example does not allow you to play in a T-shirt.
För more information about where to play golf in Florida, visit Golf.com, Golflink or Floridagolf.
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Play golf in Orlando – 10 popular public courses
Play golf on 82 (or more) courses in Orlando – but we are not sure if that means the area is number one in Florida. It is possible Naples has more.
Anyway, links to all 82 further down.
We present 10 well-known and popular public golf courses in the Orlando area.
Orange County National
Two 18-hole courses in Winter Garden: Panther Lake and Crooked Cat, plus Tooth, which is a 9-hole walking course.
Championsgate Golf Club
Close to Disney World with two courses designed by Greg Norman. Although in the same landscape a big difference in style between the National Course and the International Course. Luxury and world class golf is promised.
Harmony Golf Preserve
Play golf in Florida, in a wildlife preserve 45 kilometers south of Orlando International Airport. A beautiful golf course in the little town Harmony.
Highlands Reserve Golf Club
This club in Davenport invites the golfer to an environment not typical for Florida. Highlands Reserve sits atop one of the highest areas of Florida and has pine tree-lined fairways reminiscent of the Carolinas, spacious fairways like in Scotland and some “Old Florida” with citrus trees.
Hunters Creek Golf Club
The course winds around 13 lakes and offers, with its five tees, a challenge for beginners as well as for the more experienced golfer. Golf Digest appointed it to one of the 75 best courses in the US.
Southern Dunes Golf and Country Club
An award winning golf & country club in Haines City. “The Dunes” was ranked as sixth best golf course in Florida by Golf Digest.
Celebration Golf Club
Do not miss the opportunity to have a look at “the perfect town”, Celebration was the result of the Disney theme park Epcot going in another direction than what Walt Disney had in mind. 1996 the inhabitants got their own golf course.
Royal St Cloud Golf Links
A typical links course with rolling hills, designed to reflect a typical Scottish golf course with stone bridges, wood-clad bunkers and even an old English phone booth to further emphasize the origin of golf.
Metro West Golf Club
In the middle of the city, not far from Universal Orlando Resort. The par-72 course features thousands of trees, well-positioned sand bunkers, and a few water hazards that protect lush fairways and manicured greens.
Eagle Creek Golf Club
According to Golf Digest “a unique European design with state-of-the-art American technology”. Par 73, which is rare in Orlando. The club has a strict dress code for those who wants to play golf in Florida on this course.
Play golf in Miami and Fort Lauderdale: 8 popular courses
Links to eight of the most well known and popular golf courses in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area. All of them are public.
PLAY GOLF IN MIAMI
Doral Golf Resort & Spa
4400 N. W. 87th Ave.
Miami, Florida 33178
Miami Beach Golf Club
2301 Alton Road
Miami Beach, Florida 33140
Miami Shores Country Club
10000 Biscayne Blvd
Miami Shores, FL 33138
Shula’s Golf Club
7601 Miami Lakes Drive
Miami Lakes, Florida 33014
Crandon Golf Key Biscayne
6700 Crandon Blvd.
Key Biscayne, Florida 33149
PLAY GOLF IN FORT LAUDERDALE
Inverrary Country Club
3840 Inverrary blvd.
Lauderhill, Florida 33319
Jacaranda Golf Club
9200 West Broward Blvd
Plantation, Florida 33324
Bonaventure Country Club
200 Bonaventure Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33326
Play golf on the west coast: 10 popular courses in Tampa and Sarasota
Ten of the most popular golf courses in the Tampa/Sarasota area. All of them are public.
PLAY GOLF IN TAMPA
Belleview Biltmore Golf Club
25 Belleview Boulevard
Clearwater, Florida 33756
Saddlebrook Golf Resort
5700 Saddlebrook Way
Wesley Chapel, FL 33543
Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club
36750 U.S. Highway 19
Palm Harbor, FL 34684
Lake Joviat Golf and Country Club
12900 Lake Jovita Blvd.
Dade City, Florida 33525
Fox Hollow Golf Club
10050 Robert Trent Jones Pkwy
Trinity, Florida 34655
PLAY GOLF IN SARASOTA
Bobcat Trail Golf Club
1350 Bobcat Trail
North Port, Florida 34286
The Preserve Golf Club at Tara
7310 Tara Preserve Lane
Bradenton, Florida 34203
Waterlefe Golf & River Club
1022 Fish hook cove
Bradenton, Florida 34212
University Park Country Club
7671 The Park Boulevard
University Park, Florida 34201
Imperial Lakewoods Golf Club
9680 Buffalo Road
Palmetto, Florida 34221
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