The Club at Emerald Hills
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3.6
2038 Reviews (2038)
5 Stars
733
4 Stars
786
3 Stars
295
2 Stars
118
1 Stars
106
Conditions
3.3
Value
3.4
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.7
70.7%
Recommend this course
1633 out of 2038 reviews
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3.5
69 Reviews (69)
5 Stars
14
4 Stars
22
3 Stars
20
2 Stars
8
1 Stars
5
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.1
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.4
63.8%
Recommend this course
44 out of 69 reviews
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3.3
195 Reviews (195)
5 Stars
42
4 Stars
60
3 Stars
43
2 Stars
21
1 Stars
29
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.2
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.5
63.1%
Recommend this course
123 out of 195 reviews
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Course Highlights
Eagle Trace features a fun and challenging layout with water on nearly every hole, rewarding strategic shot-making throughout the round. The staff consistently earns high praise for friendliness, and the clubhouse offers solid food and beverage options.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Style Parkland
Par 72
Length 7827 yards
Slope 148
Rating 78.6

The layout of the course is interesting, challenging and features perfectly manicured lush, rolling fairways. You'll be glad you experienced this excellent combination of hole designs and truly great golf. Water comes into play on 10 holes.

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Course Details

Year Built 1969
Fairways Ormond Grass
Greens TifEagle Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Charles Ankrom Bruce Devlin (1969) Robert von Hagge (1969)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed Soft spikes only
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Lounge, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities, Locker Rooms

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  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2016 #2)
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Reviews

3.6
2038 Reviews (2038)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 16
Brunch 9
Patio Dining 8
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 38
Undulating Greens 28
Forced Carries 23
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 29
A Weekend Splurge 17
Locals 16
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 29
Near the Airport 26
Worth the Drive 18

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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Amazing course

Overall experience was great. Pace of play was okay for the most part..didn’t get to finish my round though. Played a twosome and was allowed to play through a couple of threesomes, but then got stuck behind a very slow foursome. Kept meeting them on the tee box and they refused to let us play through, so that was disappointing.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Played On
Reviews 39
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

1 Word: Overpriced.

Course layout is awesome. Excellent piece of property despite having houses on every hole. Some pretty cool par 3s over water.

That’s where the positives end. This course is a joke in terms of pace of play. Teed af 10am thinking it would help avoid some of the slow downs that typically happen later in the day but the course was already backed up by then. 2 hours 40 mins for the front 9, and was on pace for a 3 hour back nine.

The course condition is also a joke. Greens are so patchy, par 3 tee boxes don’t have a bit of grass in them, and there are rangers driving around who don’t even enforce pace of play.

And the practice facility was also comical. Not a single piece of grass to hit off of. Honestly I think the course would be a deal for $35, and the max I would pay to play it again would be $50, but this place charges between 70 and 100. Outrageous.

For $100, drive up to Boca and play Osprey Point. 4:15 pace on a beautiful course that is extremely well maintained. NEVER play this again until they lower prices.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 59
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Good value course in Broward County

Great layout, the staff are very friendly and the service and amenities are good. Can get a little busy this the slow pace of play. But its good value for money.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Dont go!

Course in terrible condition - and 3 groups on a hole from the 8am tee time! Unacceptable

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 58
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Greens rolling tee boxes need work

This is a very challenging course, nice layout, played in about four hours on a Friday, which is very good, greens rolling true and fast, tee boxes and some fairways need more tlc for this formidable venue.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great staff

Everything was great. Only issue tee boxes were rough on several holes. Staff was terrific.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Just okay

I found the pro shop staff not very friendly. The back shop staff were terrific and the gentleman working the bar was good too. We saw the cart person twice during our round. Once on the 9th fairway and second time we were on the 18th green…… Overall okay for March golf but for 99.00 I don’t think it was worth that price.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great layout, very friendly staff

Took a chance on this after reading some reviews that weren’t favorable. In my opinion, this course is great. They haven’t had much rain in the area, but the course was in very good shape. I was a single, and was teamed up with two members, They were gracious hosts.From pulling into the parking lot, getting picked up at the car and brought to the starter, it was great from the get go. Great starter, and lunch service. Course was fair and fun, I am a 9 handicap and played from the white tees. It fit my game. Another person played from the gold tees, and shouldn’t have. Pick a tee that fits your game! No need to play the golds if you hit your drive 200 yards! I would highly recommend this course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Nice Course

Very interesting design. It is a subdivision course, but the design of the holes makes it great. Some elevated greens(in really good shape for the money). It is difficult to- 137!slope from "member" tees, 131 from the white tees. A good challenge with a friendly staff.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Not Great Value

The person that greeted us was the best part of the day.

Paid for 18 played 9 the course was that bad.

The proshop attendent was not in a great mood.

The tee decks were variying lengths of grass. Some of the markers were not in pace. Most were riddled with sand.

The fairways were adequate not great and the greens had pitts and scaring and were slow and inconsistent.

The best part was the 6th hole where the cart person yelled as I was putting for birdie "ARE YOU GUYS GOOD", "HEY YOU GUYS GOOD" and it ended with the person we played with telling us the course has gone down hill ever since they learned it was going to be revamped next year. Since then they just don't care about the quality.

Not worth the money at all. And still 2.5 hours to play 9 holes. I wish this had come with a warning. My fault for not reading recent reviews.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

muy linda cancha, descuidada

la cancha es muy linda pero está un poco descuidada, más que nada los greens que están en muy mal estado en su mayoría

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Most overpriced course in South Florida

We paid $150 each to play this course on a Sunday morning, and the conditions on the front 9 were downright shocking. My group couldn’t stop laughing at how badly we overpaid, considering nearly every other course in Miami—both at this price point and even lower—is in far better shape.

Many greens were surrounded by areas marked as ground under repair, and putting on the front 9 felt like a joke—patches of mismatched grass, sand, bumps, and weeds made it nearly unplayable (again, for $150). Tee boxes ranged from sandpits to overgrown messes. While the back 9 was in decent shape, the front was so poor that it completely overshadowed any positives.

I rarely write negative reviews, but the price compared to the course conditions was insulting. As a 9-handicap golfer who plays often, this was one of the worst values I’ve encountered.

To top it off, I tried to use my GolfNow Premier card for a 10% discount (which is still valid until next month), and they refused to honor it. Save your money and play somewhere else until they fix it up or lower the price.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Save your Money

First I give a shout out to the gentleman who greeted us. It was the best part of the experience.

The pro shop staff member was clearly not happy with her job, the day or working in general.

The $240 for two people was way way overpriced for the condition of the course.

The tee decks various lengths of grass, sand divots and tee markers were all over the place.

The fairways were okay but divots were not fixed and the greens slow and in terrible condition.

The person we played with was a regular and said since it was being redesigned next year they don’t care about taking care of it. Well there should be a warning with this booking. I paid for 18 played 9 it was that bad.

I don’t understand how ratings can be above 3 for this course.

Oh and the best part was my birdie putt on 6 while the cart girl was yelling “ARE YOU GUYS GOOD” “ARE YOU GOOD?”

Conditions Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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