The Club at Emerald Hills
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3.5
2070 Reviews (2070)
5 Stars
744
4 Stars
800
3 Stars
300
2 Stars
118
1 Stars
108
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.4
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.6
68.2%
Recommend this course
1657 out of 2070 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.7
92 Reviews (92)
5 Stars
23
4 Stars
34
3 Stars
23
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
6
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.4
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.4
68.5%
Recommend this course
63 out of 92 reviews
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3.4
157 Reviews (157)
5 Stars
34
4 Stars
49
3 Stars
36
2 Stars
14
1 Stars
24
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.2
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.5
62.4%
Recommend this course
98 out of 157 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

Accolades

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

3.5
2070 Reviews (2070)

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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Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Great potential

If they sorted the tee’s out it would be a really nice course. They are absolutely terrible sadly.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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 22
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 20
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 32
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
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