Shula's Hotel & Golf Club

The greens were poor. Very slow and quite bumpy. Disappointing.

The Senator golf course is two tracks in one. The front nine is dry, with no water to penalize your off line shots.

It has firm fairways and large greens with not too many bunkers protecting them. Contrary to the back nine the front nine has a few more birdie holes. Example: 2, 5, 6 and 8. On the flip side the back nine has more water coming into play on both sides of the wide fairways but still has a few birdie holes and reachable par fours.

The fairways are a lot softer and moist due to more water surrounding the fairways, therefore the ball is not going to run or bounce longer than it did in the front nine. The back nine used to be an Audubon society sanctuary, but due to some storms was taken off the list.

The par three hole number 13 is a real pro hole. Elevated green, large bunker front and left very undulated green with false front and back left that will feed your short or left shots off the green, did I mention that is long. Maybe one of the most challenging par threes in Miami Fl.

When its windy is plays even more challenging due to the fact that the greens (90 %) roll from back to front and if hit your shot long to the back, you are in for a fast ride downhill. All in all I love this track. The greens are some of the best rolling and true greens in Miami.

Course layout was great. Courteous staff. Greens were recently aerated and was a bit bumpy.

The front nine drains ok

The front greens were a far cry from being good.

People do not repair their divots the airrated the greens and hand way too much sand.

Back nine was a disaster as far as drainage is concern. Greens were fair not as sandy.

Would I play the course again yes but not after a few days of rain.

Son and I played here for our second time and we will definitely come back for our third time.. we have too we’re one and one here!!

As always this course is a great middle of the road course.

Greens are decent but not great, and the fairways are well kept with a very fair layout.

Mornings are best, as pace of play really grinds out to 5 hrs if you’re off betwee 11 and 1400.

With the threat of rain that never happened, this pleasant track with a challenging, water-surrounded back 9 was nearly empty as I motored through a thoroughly enjoyable solo round played under a mercifully cloudy sky and on a course that was in nearly perfect condition. The fairways and tee boxes were full and the greens - though a bit pocked in spots - rolled true, albeit a pinch slowly. The bunkers were a bit firm, thanks to daily downpours in recent days. The staff was friendly, but the cart attendant had disappeared by the time I finished my round. The The flip side of an empty course was no beverage cart service and the snack bar was closed. As with many courses in South Florida, there was no GPS. Not a bad deal for $30.

Let me start by saying this review is not about the golf course condition or the playability of the course. I am going to give a poor rating because I believe the course as well as the booking company had some obligation to inform us the course was unplayable that morning considering I was sent a confirmation notice at 5 :32 am via e-mail. We were a group of 4 staying in Miami beach from Toronto. We had set aside this morning to get up early skip our included buffet breakfast at the Palms and drive over 30 minutes for a 7:30 tee off at Don Shulas as one of our 4some was a huge Dolfins fan. When we arrived we were advised the course was closed due to heavy rain and would only open at noon for a tournament. We let them know we would be happy to play only the holes that were playable as we could not book any where else at that time in the morning and had travelled a long distance. The response was if we let you on then someone else will want to play too. What a waste of a vacation morning.

You get a mix of everything: elevated tee box, plenty of water hazards, easy and difficult holes, etc. Front 9 is mostly treeline and doglegs with minimal water hazards; however, the back 9 has plenty of waters. The conditions on the greens are very good. Anyway, it's a value play.

TEE off , fairways and greens are in very good shape!!! It’s my second game and we will come back !