The Club at Emerald Hills
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3.7
1967 Reviews (1967)
5 Stars
719
4 Stars
764
3 Stars
274
2 Stars
110
1 Stars
100
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.5
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.7
73.2%
Recommend this course
1589 out of 1967 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.4
140 Reviews (140)
5 Stars
36
4 Stars
42
3 Stars
25
2 Stars
14
1 Stars
23
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.3
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.5
65.0%
Recommend this course
91 out of 140 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.5
319 Reviews (319)
5 Stars
77
4 Stars
111
3 Stars
64
2 Stars
28
1 Stars
39
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.3
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.4
68.0%
Recommend this course
217 out of 319 reviews
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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

Accolades

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Reviews

3.7
1967 Reviews (1967)

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Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Tee boxes were a little hairy and some greens had bald spots, but overall, a great track.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

hottest day of year

quality golf course with many attributes, elevated greens, well bunkers, real sand, greens fast but true, fairways cut extremely close making some shots difficult in fact we were trying for rough cut low but good lies

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Excellent course

Great course layout. Long holes. Good greens. Dificult course but funny to play.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

What Happened

Played this last year around the same time and the course was in great condition.

Not so much this year. Badly landscaped 3 inch weeds in the tee boxes. Greens were rough. Badly maintained.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Used cart

Nice Course & friendly staff

This course is long even from the Senior tees. The staff from the Proshop to the cart staff to the mobile beverage cart were all very friendly and helpful.

Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

One of the worst courses

This was one of the worst courses I’ve played, the greens are not kept up at all, the driving range is basically just sand, and don’t get me started on the third hole. Even though it’s a “good price” it’s not worth it.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart

Great Course

Had a Great Experience! Will definitely play again and highly recommend.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 31
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
4.0
Previously Played

Emerald Hills Went Down Hill

The course is not what it used to be.

It's in bad shape compared to what it used to be ☹️

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

What happened?

I’ve played this course a couple times a year for the past 5 years or so and it’s got a great layout, but maintenance has been iffy (despite lots of crew on site). This time, the greens were the worst greens I’ve ever played on. A washboard with shag and bare spots would’ve been slightly better. Crabgrass popping up, bumpy and just awful. I’ll wait a year before I try it again. The staff were very friendly, fwtw.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Save your time and money

Was really disappointed with the course conditions and pace of play. Tee boxes are weeds or sand. Greens in horrible condition, maintenance crew hand watering greens with large amounts of water while you are playing and flooding them. They were moving hole to hole doing this with tractor and portable water tanks. Pace of play was so bad I stopped at hole 13. Didn’t bother complaining as I wouldn’t return even if they gave me a voucher.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

So Sad

This is one of the best course designs in South Florida - a championship course, and it's awful what it's become. Weed and fungal growth all over the greens, tees, and fairways. Greens are like you're putting on carpet. They can't even get the tees out in the correct locations. They mowed a makeshift green for the #3 par 3 - a signature hole - since you apparently can't use the actual green.

Ownership is definitely letting it go before they go private in 2027 and undergo renovations, closing it up to the public so only the ultra-rich can enjoy it.

Great course design - awful upkeep. Putting green isn't even cut.

No complaints about the staff - they were excellent, just really bummed yet another increidble golf course is going in the trash.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Never Again

Course was the worst kept up course I have ever played. It should be embarrassing to the City to charge $95.00 to play a course in the awful condition it is in. What a shame that this course has so much history and is in total shambles.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Pathetic Conditions

Horrible condtions on the course. Never seen weeds on the greens. Tee boxes beat up, fairways not groomed and greens by far the worst part. Never seen such conditions at any course. This used to be premium course. Somthing bad is happening there. Its a shame because its a nice track.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Don’t waste your money.

This course is in awful condition. The Tee Boxes are Basically Sand with weeds. The fairways were mainly weed and very little grass. The greens were awful. I can’t explain how bad the condition of these greens and course is in. What a shame that it’s not maintained and to pay $95.00 is highway robbery!! Will never play here again.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Getting Rough

EH was a prime spot to go golfing but the course looks really rough. Fairways aren't in the best condition and greens are starting to spotty. Hope they turn it around this summer.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
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