The Club at Emerald Hills (954-962-7888)
Florida Golf Course Review - March, 2008
The Club at Emerald Hills is located in the Hollywood area of South Florida just a few minutes from I-95. Its
urban location, however, belies the peaceful tranquility of this beautifully landscaped, 18-hole, par 72
championship course. Emerald Hills features rolling terrain, undulating greens, impeccably manicured fairways
and challenging water holes. It has been recognized by the "Golf Digest Places to Play" publication for the past
10 years, and have been recognized as "One of the Nations Top Golf Clubs" rated "Excellent" as voted by
Players in "America's Top golf Courses" by ESPN and Zagat Survey 2004-2008.
The clubhouse at Emerald Hills features a well-stocked golf shop, men's and women's locker rooms with
showers, spacious dining facilities and three ballrooms. The banquet and catering facilities are equipped to
handle events and tournaments of up to 200. It has been the host site for the Doral and The Honda Qualifier's
for ten years, and have been selected as one of the host sites for the U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur, U.S. Mid-Amateur, and U.S. Public Links qualifiers.
On property is a grass practice range and a short game area with practice bunker, chipping green and large
putting green (which we highly recommend you use before play). The course is well-marked with tee box
markers, yardage blocks in the center of the fairways at 100/150/200 yards (250 yards on par 5's), and
sprinklers heads marked. All markings are measured to the center of the green. Daily hole locations are posted
at the first tee and a Garmin GPS system is provided on all carts that offers accurate measurements to the pin.
As mentioned before, the course is very well maintained. The Bermuda tees, fairways and rough are perfectly
manicured and the Tif Eagle greens are carpet-like. It is obvious that this course receives tender loving care
from the staff at Emerald Hills. Designed by Bruce Devlin & Robert Von Hagge the course opened in 1969, and
underwent an extensive redesign in 1989. The greens were renovated to Tif Eagle Bermuda in 2000.
Play at The Club at Emerald Hills is a serious test for all levels of golfer, but five sets of tees provides ample
opportunity to experience a challenging yet fair round here. The black tees measure 7,335 yards and
slope/rating of 146/76.3; the blue tees play 6,683 yards (136/73.4); the white tees measure 6,156 yards (130/71
.2); silver tees are 5,335 yards (137/73.0) and red tees measure 5,012 yards with a slope of 127 and a course rating of 70.7.
Water features on 12 holes are absolutely beautiful on this course, and generally lead to large undulating greens
with drastic sloping and difficult hole placements. The fairways also offer rolling terrain and 40 strategically placed bunkers beacon mis-hits on doglegs and approaches.
The Club at Emerald Hills is a must play in South Florida and highly recommended by TwoGuysWhoGolf.com.
For those on holiday in the area - it will be the highlight of your trip. For those living in South Florida - lucky you!
For more information and a link to its website, visit our detailed listing page for this course by clicking here.
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