Palmetto Golf Course

Golf course is ok, under average compared to ones I’ve seen. The course itself was simply up and back down over the same water in the same format. Rather boring. There were a ton of fire ants around the green on hole 7. Cart was dirty when we got it. Rude staff. The guy checking is in thought he was being funny but he was actually just sarcastic and rude. People were smoking on the golf course. We drove here from Daytona and only brought one bag of clubs, intended to share them because we have a small car and couldn’t fit two bags. They made a big deal about it and we had to pay an additional $ 34 for rental clubs. The price of golfing to begin with was expensive for the mediocre course, so with the added fee it just wasn’t worth it. Wish we would’ve skipped golf and spent our $ 100 on drinks by the pool at our hotel!

I spent the day at the greens. Out of all courses in Miami that I have played I feel that it is one of the worst. The greens are overgrown and the people that play here are super rude. No water in the water dispensing areas. Totally dissatisfied with this golf course.

Fun and a tricky course. Front 9 is more difficult than back. Played it twice when I’ve visited Miami this summer (2015). They are strict with the carts 90 degree rule most of the time. Which I guess keeps the course in better shape, but I’m use to loser rules for carts. Will definitely come back and play again.

Decent greens and hardly a challenging short course, reasonable pricing. Usually 35 bucks with cart included after 12 pm. However, try to get a tee time before noon, anything after that usually means waiting lines for tees and guys just messing around shooting twice. Would give it to an a half stars if possible since greens were remodeled a couple years ago and are decently maintained.

Not bad for a city course, good layout, decent shape

It’s a nice course layout but it needs some repairs. For the money, well worth playing.
Go to sports Grill and have a burger and beer; good stuff.
Be careful with the mosquitos though, if it wasn’t for those skeeters I would have given them a 4 star.

Greens were redone this year and the landscaping was spruced up. Certainly doesn’t look shaggy anymore. Hole 7 is great fun (for my boys) because they love hitting through the water spray. Very reasonable fees and friendly to junior golfers.
Great coaches here, we especially love Coach Scott who has been a wonderful coach and mentor for the boys, as us as caddies. Very helpful every step of the way!
We’ve had a mini-​golf birthday party here and again, the fees are very reasonable and the kids had a blast!
Great putting green for practice but does lack a short game practice area (unless your a student of one of the coaches).
Fun mini-​golf for the whole family. Check Foursquare for a ²⁄₁ deal.

The staff are nice and friendly and the mini golf is a nice touch. If, however, you are going to play golf, I would not recommend this place. Sure, it’s the only place down south besides Redlands that is reasonably priced and public, but the rounds take forever as the management has decided to let everyone walk the course. So, if you are looking for a 5 hour plus round this is your place. Otherwise, I’d make the drive to play somewhere else.

Good job at getting the course looking good. With time the course can only get better I hope. The rangers are very helpful when needed. I really like the new practice area for short game and the practice putting area is really well kept.

They just remodeled the entire course. Everything! It was a great round and they are very friendly there

We were in town for a winter break with an itch to play some golf. Palmetto was a great value and not far from where I was staying in S. Beach, so I figured, why not? We rented clubs for $ 30. Pro shop staff was friendly, as was the starter and the bartender at the turn. The course itself has seen some better days and isn’t very challenging, but it was just great to be out playing golf in February.

This is one of the worst conditioned courses I have ever played. Fairway grass almost entirely dead, tees atrocious. The restrooms on the course were the highlight, clean and odor-​free.
Avoid at all costs.

This standby is a South Dade golf institution. One of the better reasonably-​priced municipal courses in Miami-​Dade, this 18-​hole layout offers a solid challenge without beating you up too badly.
If you like par-​5s, this isn’t your course — as a par-​70 layout, there are only two 5s, #1 and #9. The rest of the course is basically an array of par-​4s with a few 3s sprinkled in.
Courses with a bunch of par-​4s tend to be very same-​y, in my opinion, but Palmetto’s holes offer enough design quirks to make them interesting. Some of the shorter holes actually play much longer than you would expect, as they often have a strategically-​placed canal that forces the golfer to lay up short of the water. And, some of the longer holes play right into the teeth of the prevailing wind. For most weekend golfers, 415 yard par-​4s are difficult enough, but when you have to play them into a 20mph sea-​breeze, you’re really up against it. There are a few doglegs, and nearly every green is well-​guarded by sand traps, so bring your sand wedge. This is often frustrating for me, as I like to play more of a bump-​and-​run game around the greens. With this course, you can’t really do that, because of the sand and fluffy grass typically found ringing the greens. No, you have to be comfortable finessing short irons, flopping the ball up high and landing it soft.
Still, the course is fair. Most of the holes are wide open, meaning you can dig in the tee box with your driver and grip-​it-​and-​rip-​it without worrying about slicing your Titleist into someone’s windshield or living room picture window.
Palmetto always had a pretty nice little bar area where one could indulge in a post-​round beer or two, but now, the bar area has turned into an outpost of the Sports Grill — now you can enjoy wings, burgers, etc., along with a cozy sports bar atmosphere, after a round.