Palmetto GC
Aerial view from Palmetto Golf Course.
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3.1
416 Reviews (416)
5 Stars
67
4 Stars
137
3 Stars
92
2 Stars
59
1 Stars
61
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.1
Layout
3.7
Friendliness
3.7
Pace
3.1
Amenities
3.4
56.0%
Recommend this course
262 out of 416 reviews
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3.3
31 Reviews (31)
5 Stars
6
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
5
Conditions
3.3
Value
3.3
Layout
3.8
Pace
3.1
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
3.6
64.5%
Recommend this course
20 out of 31 reviews
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3.1
48 Reviews (48)
5 Stars
10
4 Stars
13
3 Stars
7
2 Stars
8
1 Stars
10
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.0
Layout
3.6
Pace
2.9
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
3.5
54.2%
Recommend this course
26 out of 48 reviews
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Course Highlights
Consistently friendly staff and a well-designed layout make this South Florida course a reliable choice for golfers of all skill levels. Greens and tee boxes hold up impressively well, with GPS-equipped carts adding a modern convenience to the round.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 70
Length 6561 yards
Slope 136
Rating 71.9

Palmetto Golf Course gets its name from the beautiful palmetto trees that line the fairways and meandering waterways. Although they add to the scenery, the trees double as a challenging element of the course since they can also affect shots. The golf course was designed by Dick Wilson, who has designed many other courses in the area. Water hazards come into play on 10 holes of the course, including the notable signature hole, which a 435-yard par-4. There are also sand bunkers strategically placed throughout. The Palmetto Golf Course facility boasts lighted practice facilities, including a practice putting green and driving range.

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Course Details

Year Built 1959
Golf Season Year round
Architect Dick Wilson (1959)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - "Crandon Golf Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Snacks

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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Reviews

3.1
416 Reviews (416)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 7
Watching the Game 6
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 8
This course/club is great for:
Beginners 6
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 8

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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
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Previously Played

No toilets available at clubhouse, was told overflowing, greens were sanded and poor.

Restaurant good, people very friendly.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Cashier

The young lady Amanda that gets the payments need more training on pricing. This is the 3rd time that I get over charged and a credit has been issued. The next time I go and she is there I will wait for the more expensive staff to help me.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Well placed water hazards

This municipal course is a bit high priced compared to nearby private courses. A number of the greens have some water damage or crabgrass invasion.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

This course could be great….

This course has a lot of things going for it, the layout is nice and the greens look like they play very fast however the greens were like putting on shag carpet.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Worst course I’ve ever played

Shouldn’t even be open, greens are basically construction zones, will never go back

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Most of the tee boxes are extremely sandy and the greens are high and bumpy. Pace is slow at 2pm. Couldn’t finish as clubhouse closes at 5:30 Sharp. They start sending all arms 15 mins prior.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Greens are Bad

Not sure what happened to the greens, they are awful. Dead patches on every hole, different grasses, weeds, just awful.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Previously Played

Disappointed

Greens were sanded and the sprinklers were on for most of the day. Worst round I’ve ever had at this course. Beautiful day out and the sun was shinning but greens were soaked. Golf balls could not roll true to the hole due to over sanding and along the way they would collect sand after putting. Thankful for my towel it was the MVP today, after every stroke I had to wipe down my clubs including the putter what a joke. Left the course covered in dirt and smelling like sewer water by all the times I had to drive through the sprinklers. Let alone from the tee box you couldn’t even see where the flag was on the greens due to the sprinklers! What made things even worse was the grounds crew or ranger were pacing everyone trying to turn the sprinklers on and off as we all played. My tee time was at 10:48am and ended at 3:34pm. Unacceptable, I hope this does not go unnoticed. This is my first time leaving a review as how disappointed I felt. I called the clubhouse on the par 3 on hole 5 as I couldn’t see the flag and asked are they going to turn the sprinklers off today or are they going to run all round, I was told they would handle it. The sprinklers stayed on and off all round as before mentioned they continued to try and pace everyone’s play with them. A refund or an honorable round in the future would be the only respectable option in this case. Let’s see what happens with this course moving forward.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
2.0
Previously Played

Greens are horrendous

Worst greens I’ve ever encountered playing golf, it’s a shame because it has the potential to be a very nice and challenging course. I was speaking with the starter and apparently the reason the greens are so bad is because there was apparently a mistake made by the green keepers where they put the wrong type of fertilizer on the greens or something. Hopefully they can clean up this absolute mess of a course. Don’t waste your money.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 173
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Texas Advisor
Top 100 Contributor
Previously Played

Atrocious shape

This course is in atrocious shape. It looks like goat field. It's sad that thiey renovated the greens only to make them worse than they were before. The fairways are non existent, most if not all have been overrun by st augustine. St Augustine is not grass you would find at a golf course. Some fairways don't even have grass on them, just mud I can't believe the city charges this much to play in such a poorly maintained course. Today I learned a new word, grunker, that's when the grass is so dead on a green that it turns into a bunker. I do hear that there's a new superintendent running the place, maybe he can pull a miracle a bring this place back to decent shape

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Average
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Poor tee box and badly maintained greens

Fairways were good overall course layout is interesting but the greens and tee box’s are in bad condition with no grass.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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