Miami Shores Country Club

Was super excited to play Miami Shores based on location and online reviews. The best part of the round was going into the clubhouse for a rain Delray to get a sandwich. The course has multiple holes that intersect, causing golfers to have to listen to “FORE!!!” all day as balls are spraying right and left of each fairway. The overall layout was decently challenging, but conditions were not great. The greens were literally sand. SAND. I just paid $78 to putt on sand! S A N D!! No warning online, no mention from pro shop or starter…just go ahead and pay almost a hundred dollars in the summer to putt on sand. I won’t be coming back unless prices change drastically.

Greens need a lot os work.

Staff is not so friendly.

But is a great layout.

Won't play again this course, much better golf courses for less like Hollybrook or Flamingo in the Pembrook area

I hadn’t played here in about 6 months and it was disappointing. The greens were in bad shape compared to the usual conditions. There were a lot of bare spots. The fairways and tee boxes were decent. About 10 min wait at every hole with no rangers. It wouldn’t pay more than 40 to play there.

Needs a little TLC and this thing would be amazing!! I had a great time though I wished to play just myself and why I booked it that way. I was put with a group of gentleman who were pretty cool but I did not like who I had to ride with as he made me feel uncomfortable the entire time !! I should of been able to have my own cart as I paid for it !!! Just made the whole day drag and it was a 5 hour 18 if not a tad bit longer and that was playing straight through. The only reason I needed a personal cart and wanted to play alone was incase I my pregnant wife needed me to come to her asap but I had no choice but to ride the entire 18…

Good course but usually immaculate and fast greens were punched and had many dead patches . Was disappointed with that bc these are usually the best greens in Miami

Course itself is good, but the pace of place is horrible and there is not a marshall to keep the pace of play up. During the week it is fine, but it is needed on the weekends!!

The staff in the restaurant and the cart girl charge 18% gratuity to all orders, which I am fine with, but the clubhouse charged me “optional gratuity” of $5 and didn’t say a word. I have never heard of tipping, nor do I feel there is a need to tip $5 or any amount to the clubhouse for just charging me to play a round. I think it is ludicrous and shame on the girls in the clubhouse for charging a hidden “optional gratuity” when paying the green fees and not saying a word.

Upon reading google saying “Posh country club, 4.5 stars” I decided to play a round.

The positives: Staff was super friendly and personable. The starter was very pleasant. Second positive was the greens, I loved the fast greens and they rolled true, Of course they weren’t perfect and had ball marks to be repaired etc, but it wasn’t terrible.

The negatives: Course layout is horrid. Each hole is next to the other, The tee box is next to the previous green. Elevated greens were challenging with alot of falls front and run off the back. The elevated greens aren’t a negative, but did make scoring a bit tougher. The range placement is terrible. There were 50+ yellow range balls covering hole 1. And on 9, there’s range balls on the tee box etc. I was concerned to get hit by people on the range spraying left and right, The trains running through the course is unfortunate. 3 trains came blasting through which was whatever. Tough to play on the weekends, they had no carts available and we waited 20 minutes to get a cart before going out, Few carts died out there. Dress code wasn’t enforced, People wearing backwards hats and T-shirts. Really wasn’t the “posh” country club I was expecting.

Maybe this place was different 20-30 years ago, but not a course I would play again.

Good course overall, not over the top in terms of difficulty . Seen a few coyotes out there which is a plus . Good local track