The best golf courses in Doral, FL sit on two properties: the four championship layouts at Trump National Doral Miami, and Costa del Sol Golf Club, the public daily fee course inside the Doral Park neighborhood. Two more playable courses sit a 10 to 20 minute drive outside the city line, and Topgolf covers everything that isn't a full round. This guide sorts them by how hard they are to get on, and it names the two familiar Doral golf addresses that have no course at all.
The Doral Golf Map: Five Courses in the City, Two More Nearby
Golf built this city before the city existed. Doris and Alfred Kaskel bought 2,400 acres of swampland in the late 1950s for about $49,000 and opened the Doral Country Club in 1962, splicing their first names into the name, per the city's founding history. Doral didn't incorporate until 2003, and that 800 acre golf property still sits in the middle of the 15 square mile city. Five 18-hole courses are inside city limits and two more are within 20 minutes, all flat South Florida layouts where water does the defending. December through April is peak season.
The Four Championship Courses at Trump National Doral
Trump National Doral Miami is the only place in the city offering four championship courses on one property, and all four take public tee times, which is unusual at this tier. The resort also runs a practice facility, a club fitting lab and two restaurants, so a group that splits between golfers and non-golfers can still spend the day together.
Blue Monster: The Famous One and the Hardest to Score On
The Blue Monster is the course people mean when they say they played Doral. It runs 7,590 yards with a 146 slope, was designed by Dick Wilson in 1962, and was rebuilt by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner, who cut new lakes on the par-3 15th and the drivable par-4 16th. Golf Digest panelists rate it 4.1 out of 5 and rank it 30th in Florida, and it hosted a PGA Tour event yearly from 1962 to 2016. Play it from a tee you can reach, because the approaches, not the yardage, take visitors apart.
Red Tiger: The Shortest of the Four
Red Tiger suits anyone who wants a Doral scorecard without the Blue Monster's length or price. It plays about 6,400 yards on a tight 120 acre site, opened alongside the Blue Monster in 1962, and was renovated by the same Gil Hanse team. The 175-yard par-3 14th is the hole people remember, ringed by eight bunkers with a thumbprint pressed into the green, and Top 100 Golf Courses ranks it inside the Florida top 100.
Golden Palm: The Middle Course for Mixed Handicaps
Golden Palm is the balanced one, and it's the course to book when your foursome has a two handicap and a beginner in it. Top 100 Golf Courses puts it at number 77 in Florida and steers intermediate players toward it. Reserve it when you book the room, since the resort runs all four tee sheets together.
Silver Fox: The Water Course
Silver Fox is the newest of the four and the wettest, with hazards in play on the large majority of holes. Better players tend to like it, because the water forces a decision on nearly every tee instead of letting you swing away. If you fight a slice, book Red Tiger and save yourself the sleeve count.
Costa del Sol Golf Club: Doral's Everyday Public Course
Costa del Sol is the course a visitor can get on without planning a trip around it. It's an 18-hole par 72 public layout of 6,044 yards, rated 70.1 with a 124 slope, designed by ASGCA architect Robert E. Cupp and opened in 1974 inside Doral Park, the oldest residential community in the city. The club runs four tee sets, a driving range, practice bunkers, a pro shop with rentals and a restaurant.
Water is the defense here rather than distance, which makes it a fair test for a mid handicap and playable for a newer golfer. Pace beats the resort and tee times book online, so this is the realistic choice for 18 holes before a flight out of Miami International.
Public Courses Within a Short Drive of Doral
Miami Springs Golf and Country Club: The Easiest Walk-On
Miami Springs Golf and Country Club is a historic municipal course 10 to 15 minutes east of Doral toward the airport, and the traditional counterpoint to the city's modern water-and-bunker layouts. Mature trees line the holes and the greens are generous, so it rewards a straight ball rather than a long one. It's competitively priced and the easiest walk-on here, though weekend mornings deserve a phone call.
Miami Lakes Golf Club: A Championship Layout 15 Minutes North
Miami Lakes Golf Club, long known as Shula's, is an 18-hole par 72 course over 500 acres roughly 15 to 20 minutes north of Doral at 7601 Miami Lakes Drive. Bill Watts designed it in 1962 and Kipp Schulties updated it in 1998, and it carries a driving range, a pro shop, instruction and First Tee Miami junior programming. It's semi-private but open to public play, and the club publishes green fees of roughly $110 to $245 by residency and day. Reserve at 305-820-8088.
Topgolf Miami Doral: Range Golf When a Tee Time Will Not Work
Topgolf at 11850 NW 22nd Street isn't a course, and it's still the most used golf address in Doral. Three floors hold more than 100 hitting bays with Toptracer scoring, plus lessons for adults and juniors. Bays are heated in winter and fan-cooled in summer and the range is lit late, so this is the only golf in the city that works at 10 p.m. in August. Anyone under 16 needs a guest 21 or over.
Junior golf is also where the gear problem starts, since kids outgrow a set every couple of seasons. Between old clubs, bikes and beach chairs, a 5×10 unit absorbs what a Doral townhome garage can't.
Two Doral Names That Look Like Golf Courses and Are Not
Doral Park Country Club ranks near the top of golf searches for this city and has no golf course. Its own amenities list covers tennis, pickleball, a fitness center, a pool with a tiki bar, a splash park and a restaurant, and it's members-only with ID checks at the door. The other name to cross off is Melreese, the old International Links course beside Miami International Airport, now being redeveloped as Miami Freedom Park. Older guides still list it, and they're wrong.
Tee Times, Heat, and Hurricane Season on Doral's Courses
Winter is why people fly here to play. January and February are the least humid months at 9.5 and 8.8 muggy days against 31 in July, and the cool season runs December 6 to March 2 with highs below 78F, per Weather Spark. Tee times are hardest to get then, so book the resort courses several weeks out and Costa del Sol a few days out.
Summer golf here is an early morning sport. The hot season runs May 30 to October 1 with highs above 87F, August averages a 90F high and 19.4 rainy days, and storms build in the afternoon. Humidity is the quieter problem, since grips, gloves and shoes left in a hot garage all summer come out ruined, which is why a climate controlled storage unit in Doral earns its keep here.
Any trip between June 1 and November 30 runs into hurricane season, which NOAA's National Hurricane Center puts at its statistical peak on September 10. Courses close ahead of a storm and stay closed for cleanup, so leave slack in a fall trip. Winter residents face a storage question instead: a 5×5 storage unit holds a bag, shoes and a few boxes between visits, and anyone who drives down can park the motorhome in Doral RV parking.
Where to Stay and Eat Around a Round
Two hotels put you closest to the first tee. Trump National Doral Miami has 643 rooms, a spa and BLT Prime for dinner, and Provident Doral at The Blue Miami sits on 17 acres beside the Blue Monster with three-bedroom villas for a group that wants a kitchen. Our Doral hotel guide covers the airport-area and extended stay options, the Doral restaurant guide handles dinner after the round, and the things to do in Doral and best time to visit Doral guides cover the rest of a trip.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a golf course in Doral, Florida?
Yes, five 18-hole courses sit inside Doral. Four of them, the Blue Monster, Red Tiger, Golden Palm and Silver Fox, are on the Trump National Doral Miami property in the center of the city. The fifth is Costa del Sol Golf Club, a public par 72 course in Doral Park that opened in 1974.
How much does it cost to play golf at Doral?
It depends on the course and the month. The Trump National courses are resort-priced and peak from December through April, with the Blue Monster the dearest of the four and Red Tiger the cheapest. Costa del Sol is a daily fee course and costs a fraction of that, and Miami Lakes publishes fees of about $110 to $245 based on residency and day.
Does Donald Trump own the Doral golf course?
The resort trades as Trump National Doral Miami and runs its tee sheet through trumpgolfdoral.com. It started as the Doral Country Club, opened in 1962 by Doris and Alfred Kaskel, who launched the Doral Open Invitational in the club's second year with $50,000 in prize money. Ownership doesn't change your access, since all four courses take public tee times.
What is the #1 golf course in Florida?
No course in Doral holds that spot, and the ranking lists disagree with each other anyway. Golf Digest's panel places the Blue Monster 30th in Florida at 4.1 out of 5, which makes it the highest ranked course you can play in this city. The more useful question is which of the five local courses fits your handicap.
How far in advance should you book Trump Doral tee times?
Several weeks during the December to April high season, and the Blue Monster fills before the other three. Summer is far easier, and a morning time is often available within a few days. Staying at the resort? Book the room and the tee times together, since the property can split a large group across two courses.
Storing Clubs, Carts and Off-Season Gear in Doral
Golf gear multiplies quietly, and Doral homes are short on garage space. Value Store It's Doral facility rents month to month with no long term contract, seven days a week, so a unit can cover one season or several years. A 10×5 unit takes bags, a push cart and the boxes that used to live in the guest room, and a 5×15 space suits a long, narrow load. Households mid-move land on a 10×10 storage unit, which holds about a one bedroom, or a 10×15 unit when there's a garage to empty too. For a full house or a small business on the NW 25th Street corridor, look at the 10×20 and 10×30 spaces, and the storage unit size guide beats guessing. If your clubs need somewhere to sit while you sort out the next move in Doral, Value Store It can help.
