West Palm Beach Golf Course

I've played the course before and now after the renovation. The trees gave it a great look, now it looks open wide and inviting. But the course continues to be deceiving. Step up to each tee box (blacks or blues) and the only thing that comes to mind, "definitely a par hole"! After you're in and out, the score card tells you something other than par for the course... Great course, for the price you get: great fairways, bunkers, and greens. Practice facility adds to the value! Will continue to play this course.

Great layout. Depending on tee selection,it can be as challenging as the "Champ" at the PGA.

When redesigned back in '09 they made a mistake by removing too many trees and creating extensive waste bunkers between fairways. It didn't work out well.

very enjoyable natural environment with no residences along course. well maintained and excellent draining.

I would have appreciated if the course had posted the fact that they recently aerated the greens on golf now. This was most disappointing to realize this after I had arrived to play.

West Palm Beach Golf club is super friendly, Great instructors, a real asset to the community with its kid friendly programs of instruction and great value for adult clinics as well.
Richard

Average golf course.Condition is not so bad.Price is a little bit high for this course,I suppose.

The course is now a great 'links style".

IMO, the 2009 renovation has made the course better!! Fairways, greens and bunkers are in great shape and maintained very nicely. The course has a more "wide open" feel because the tall pines are gone. Blue tees (6500) offer a moderate challenge...black tees (7000) a real challenge..particularly if windy.

Many have complained about the 2009 renovation...don't like the sugar sand waste bunkers. Well if you're a hacker, slicer or hooker, the sugar sand will eat your ball....after 3 years the waste bunkers now have scrub grass and bushes...so you'll lose the ball.

If you like links style and can hit the ball fairly straight, you'll enjoy the challenge.

While not the most aesthitically pleasing, this is a great golf track!
Wide open fairways, but don't be fooled the challenge of West Palm lies in their approach shots with their greens well guarded by elevation and bunkers. Always a challenge.

First time playing course this course - on vacation

This is one of the best maintained municipal course that i have ever played. Their are not water hazards, but the number of bunkers and waste area, make the course more than challenging enough for most of us. The greens are very, very nice. Practice facilities are pretty good as well.

Like most SoFla courses this time of year greens were punched, but still playable.. Nice undulations in the fairways for variety. If you hit the waste bunkers here you would be in the woods or water on other courses, no big deal. However, on eye appeal the waste bunkers can give the impression of a course still in the development stages Unfortunately too many trees had to be removed and were not replaced.

If water hazards scare you, no worries, this course has none! But if you need to work on your bunker and sand wedge skills, this is the course for you! Great fairway and approach shots. We had a really great round and enjoyed the course. A hot dog and drink on the turn seemed a bit overpriced, but the price for the round was low, so can't complain too much. Worth the price of submission!

Always a good play
Need to stay out of those waste bunkers

The course was in good shape, although they were punching some of the back nine fairways, also the greens showed that they had been worked on three weeks ago give it another week and they should be perfect. all and all nice track

I've been driving past this course for a couple of years and wondering what it was like. I finally booked a tee time for my father and me and enjoyed a very nice round there.
On arrival, it was a little unclear where the pro shop was. Better signage would have helped here. Also, there was no cart person around to offer assistance or guidance and I found that a little irksome. Eventually (after five minutes) somebody showed up and helped us with our clubs. This didn't make a good first impression.
Things improved after a visit to the driving range and a chat with the starter, who was very helpful and friendly.
Out on the course, I discovered a waterless course whose only obstacles are scrub and sand, both in and out of bunkers. Sadly, I visited both more often than I would have like, but walked away with more balls than I started with.
The tee boxes and fairways were in nice condition, and the greens were true and fast. They were also extremely small and very hard to stay on unless distance was controlled very strictly.
I found the course to be very pretty, with a variety of holes and challenging situations. I was never bored or had that feeling of "Oh, here's another boring Par 4."
I plan on revisiting the course in the near future. Through Golf Now it was excellent value and I would like to give it another shot now I know more about the way the holes are laid out.

I played with my wife and our tee time was 3h16; the two men preceeding us were slow, taking beers all the time.

Too bad they decided to put in sand dunes in between every fairway and not maintain them to save money. 50 yrs ago this place would have been great. Green speed was excellent

great course, fun and different each hole. Enjoyable

The vastness of the course is stunning. Waste bunkers galore, a challenge for most.

This is a course that we have played at least once or twice during every visit to Palm Beach over the last 20 years. A pretty good layout, location and pace of play if you can get one of the first tee-times in the early morning. It really slows down as the day goes on and the regulars sometimes jump out off of the 10th tee which can compound the problem. The course has taken a slight change for the worse after the unfortunate loss of hundreds of pine trees that really framed the holes and added character. Also seems to have lost a lot of top soil as most of the non-fairway areas are now a soft and under-maintained sugar-sand. Like most courses so far this season, the lies are tight and the grass is scarce. Bring a good sand game......or a beach chair, a cooler full of Coronas and some Coppertone.