Crandon Golf at Key Biscayne

A great VanHagge / Devlin design from the '70s. Was home to the Carnival Cruise Senior Tour for many years.

It's very difficult to keep good grass going that long without killing it all and replanting. This shows in the greenskeeping, but that has to do with their budget. Greenskeepers do great job and the traps are in very good shape.

From the tips it's over 7,100 yd and a hoot. There are plenty of other tea boxes for different skill levels. Play it and play it often I say.

Course is a great layout. I was disappointed in the conditions. Fairway had lots of dead spots and the greens were very slow.

I will give it another try

My first round at Crandon, back in 2019, has stuck with me for years, so I was glad to have the chance to return to check it out as part of our latest GolfPass Academy Tour event. The golf course holds up well in my estimation, thanks in part to some recent investment in it by Golf Miami-Dade.

Design-wise, Crandon is quintessentially midcentury-modern: long runway tees, smoothly bending fairways, sleekly shaped greens and amoeba bunkers, with plenty of mounding adding verticality on an otherwise dead-flat site. The five par 3s are excellent as a set. Unusually dry weather has stressed the turf in places, but it's nothing that seriously detracts from the playing experience.

The overall environment is gorgeous, with occasional glorious peeks through the mangroves back towards Miami's growing skyline. The people are very nice, though it would be good to see a bit faster pace of play enforced. The facilities are solid, too; as I was leaving, dozens of junior golfers had arrived after school and had overrun the putting and chipping greens, which is a great thing to see. Golf needs more Crandons.

The design is splendid but the grass is not the best

The greens are fine

On every hole you have to wait

We had a great day at Crandom. The condition of the course is very good, though not excellent. The amenities could be better. We received excellent service from the staff.

Very nice course!! Hope it would be in better conditions!! The pace was very show, but had a very nice time playing!

So thank you!

This course has a great setting and is prime for an elite level course. I can easily see why it USED to hold a senior PGA tournament. I say used to because the current conditions are bare minimum muni course acceptance level. The layout and setting however are great. Set on Biscayne island, just driving in you know you’re in a special place. Numerous water hazards and forced carries throughout the track keep things scenic and challenging. Add in a view views of the Miami skyline and you have a winning combination.

However the course conditions are just average at best. Greens are large and mainly roll true at a medium pace. Fairways are generously wide but were dodgy throughout with bare a patchy areas. Sand traps were all in decent condition. Tee boxes are level with most having adequate coverage

The price is premium and for that I’d expect better conditions. I cycle past this course all the time so I’m sure at some point I’ll get around to playing it again, but for now, I’m going to explore other tracks.

Love the layout but the pace of play was horrendous. Also the condition of the course was not worth the cost. Was a bit disappointed. However as said before the course layout is nice and the greens were very good.

The course was in pretty good condition, greens were all great. Bunkers were in real nice condition. Played 18 in just under four hours.

Had a great time at this course I would recommend if your a serious golfer

The course is well designed and was in fair condition, being a bit fair here as they had 4" of rain in 2 days a few days before we played. The price tag is a bit steep for what you get, 5 year old range balls (not included in the green fee), beat up old hitting mats, poorly conditioned short game facility and a mediocrely maintained course. I did like the layout and this review would have been much easier if it was a $150 - $180. It took 1 hour and 10 mins to play the first 4 holes and the pace didn't improve much, finished at 5 hours and 18 mins, hard to get a flow going, spent more time scrolling IG and playing with the friendly racoons than hitting shots. But it was a perfect weather day and I am lucky to be able to play golf, things could be worse. Would I return? No.

It's a decent course, the greens are in great condition, however the fairways are hot or miss with many sandy areas. The course conditions overall are not worth $200+ / round.

The course layout is also good and the course is challenging making it a fun experience.