Trump National Doral Miami

Great course, conditions were awesome. If you aren’t doing valet parking the self parking situation can be a little confusing once you’ve parked. But overall the course is amazing and it’s definitely worth the money

Course was in great condition however there were no stand out memorable holes and was a basic resort course. Not worth the high prices and need to find it cheaper like on Teed Off.

Played the Red Tiger Course at Trump Doral and although the condition was on point the layout was just like any other resort-style course and had no standout holes at all. When you are paying this amount of money you expect many WOW !!!! holes and they were just not there. Not worth the money they charge even though it was still a beautiful golf course.

The course was well worth the value to play. Great layout and great pace of play.

I have played a few well known courses but this was the most difficult by far. Still had a great time. Many sand traps and water hazards. Greens were perfect!

For an expensive round of golf like this, I can believe I need to pay extra for parking. This is the first time I have ever paid for parking to play a round of golf. Also, golfers playing at the course didn't bother raking the bunkers or fixing pitch marks.

My golf cart kept stopping and telling me I was off the correct path even when I was on the golf cart path. It would stop and make me reverse. I would move forward and it would stop again. It absolutely ruined what should’ve been a great day with me and my friends. Course is fabulous staff was excellent.

The Gold course offers green complexes that are more difficult than its’ fabled sister course, the Blue Monster.

There are some really good, fun holes, like Nos. 8, 10, and 18. However, this is typical Florida resort style golf. One dogleg with water down one side numbs you to the stellar holes.

I don’t think the value is there to warrant the price tag. But, once on the property they’ve got you. You can either pay twice as much for another round on the Blue, or feel like you are saving money by playing the Gold or Red.

It has been roughly 30 years between rounds for me at Doral. Much has changed aesthetically, both with the ownership of Donald Trump and the redesign by Gil Hanse.

Still, there is something very familiar about the Blue Monster. It is an iconic golf course that perhaps has been left behind. Since the PGA Tour eschewed backlash by moving Doral’s date on the schedule, it is stuck in the purgatory between toney 1950s Florida resort golf and the shadow cast by other Florida mega-resorts, namely Streamsong, that have passed it by.

What Doral has going for it is a brand name. Serious golfers know the label. They grew up watching men like Greg Norman, Ray Floyd, Nick Faldo and Steve Elkington win the Doral Ryder Open on CBS to the dulcet tones of Pat Summerall and Ken Venturi.

Most every course claims a signature hole. Doral, however, has a legit signature hole: the brute of a par 4 18th, the famed Blue Monster, and namesake of the course. It is a hole that every serious fan of the game ought to experience for themselves. Playing into the prevailing wind, the carry off the tee to clear the hazard that looms down the left side is weightier than it appears. That only earns you another chance to baptize a ball with an approach that played 180 yards. Remember Rory tossing a club into this penalty area the last year the tournament was played here? You will have empathy for him after you’ve holed out.

You also feel like being a guest at the resort is a big deal. The rooms are terrific. The practice areas are spacious. There is an ambiance about the place.

However, judging from a golf perspective, outside of the rush of playing the finishing hole and its’ sister hole - the adjacent par-3 ninth that is a handful, the rest of the holes are just not that memorable. Hanse did some major surgery on several holes, particularly the 15th and 16th, which don’t resemble the previous iteration in the least. And I think they were good changes. It’s just that the rest of the course is one dogleg with water down one side after another. Yawning, typical Florida resort-style golf. And the Blue is honestly not even the toughest course on the property.

Having said all that, I still enjoyed the round. I think one’s golfing resume ought to include a round on the Monster. And that, in the end, is why a round here comes with such a hefty price tag. They know most will pay for that opportunity.

Enjoyed everything over there. Paid $20 for parking.

Overall a nice course. Something different in that there are 6 par 5, 6 par 4 and 6 par 3. Short layout as well so you don’t really get to play many different clubs out of your bag. Made a couple of eagles on short par 5’s which was fun but driver/9 iron is more like a birdie on a par 4. Greens were in great shape.