No golf course sits inside Pembroke Park's town limits. The town covers just 1.666 square miles of southern Broward County (Wikipedia), so the best golf courses in Pembroke Park, FL are really the ones a short drive outside it. Pembroke Lakes Golf and Racquet Club is the closest genuinely public course, the Hollywood municipal courses sit just north, and a set of former PGA Tour hosts waits 40 minutes up the county. This guide sorts them by drive time and says which ones you can actually get on.
Golf Geography Around Pembroke Park
Golf around Pembroke Park breaks into two rings. The first is everything inside about 15 minutes: Pembroke Pines to the west and Hollywood to the north, reached on Hallandale Beach Boulevard, Pembroke Road or a short run up I-95. The second ring runs 30 to 45 minutes north into Plantation, Pompano Beach and Coral Springs, where the county's tournament courses are.
Broward County is not short of options. Visit Lauderdale counts more than 35 golf courses in Greater Fort Lauderdale, including work by Donald Ross, George and Tom Fazio and Robert Trent Jones, with courses in the county regularly hosting PGA, USGA and FSGA events. The catch is access. Several of the nearest properties run as private or membership clubs, so the practical question is not which course is best but which one will sell you a tee time.
One thing to keep straight before you set the navigation: Pembroke Park and Pembroke Pines are separate places. Pembroke Pines is the much larger city to the west, and that is where the closest public course is. If you are building a full itinerary, the things to do around Pembroke Park guide covers the rest of the map.
Courses Within Fifteen Minutes of Pembroke Park
Pembroke Lakes Golf and Racquet Club: The Closest Public Round
Pembroke Lakes Golf and Racquet Club is the answer for most visitors. It is a John Sanford design, open to the public since 1969 and rebuilt in a $7 million renovation in 2007, with Paspalum Supreme turf, coquina waste areas and six sets of tees (City of Pembroke Pines). Six tee sets is the detail that matters for a mixed group, since a 20 handicap and a scratch player can play the same round without one of them hating it. Carts run E-Z-GO with GPS, and the practice area includes a chipping green, a practice bunker, a grass range tee and an oversized putting green. Book through the city golf page rather than turning up cold.
Hollywood Beach Golf Club: A 1924 Donald Ross Design
Hollywood Beach Golf Club is the closest historic course to Pembroke Park, a 1924 Donald Ross layout playing to par 70 across 110 acres with five par-3s. That compact routing makes it one of the few genuinely walkable courses in a region built around cart paths. Visit Lauderdale describes it as offering beauty and tranquility, but its Hollywood city page also notes the course has been undergoing renovations. Call before you build a morning around it.
Orangebrook Golf and Country Club: Hollywood's Municipal Option
Orangebrook Golf and Country Club is a City of Hollywood facility and the nearest municipal course after Pembroke Lakes. Municipal courses are where walk-on play still works around here, and a weekday morning is the window when it does. Orangebrook appears on Visit Lauderdale's Hollywood city page alongside Eco Grande and Emerald Hills, which together make Hollywood the densest golf pocket near Pembroke Park.
Eco Grande Golf Course: Worth a Call First
Eco Grande Golf Course is listed by the county tourism bureau among Hollywood's golf options, which puts it inside the 15 minute ring. Hollywood's municipal golf picture has been in flux with renovation work across the city's courses, so confirm the tee sheet directly instead of assuming it is open. Treat Eco Grande as the backup when Pembroke Lakes is full rather than the plan.
The Club at Emerald Hills: The Toughest Test Nearby
The Club at Emerald Hills is the most serious golf in the immediate area and a long-standing Hollywood name. It runs as a club, which means a visitor needs to sort out guest access before driving over rather than showing up expecting daily fee play. If you have a member friend in Broward, this is the round to ask them about.
Flamingo Lakes Country Club: Membership First
Flamingo Lakes Country Club sits at 701 SW Flamingo West Drive in Pembroke Pines and offers memberships, lessons, dining and group outings, plus online tee time booking and a club app (Flamingo Lakes). The office is open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and the tee time line is 954-435-6110. It leans membership rather than daily fee, so ask about visitor access before you plan a round.
Courses Worth a Thirty to Forty Five Minute Drive
Plantation Preserve Golf Course and Club: The Municipal Drive North
Plantation Preserve Golf Course and Club is a city-run facility operated by Plantation Parks and Recreation, roughly half an hour northwest of Pembroke Park. Being municipal is the point: it is genuinely open to visitors, which separates it from several closer private clubs. Book through the city site, and treat the drive as the trade you make for a guaranteed tee time.
Pompano Beach Golf Course: Two Eighteens Under One Roof
Pompano Beach Golf Course runs two 18-hole courses, including the recently redesigned Greg Norman Signature Pines Course. As a municipal facility, visitor access is straightforward. The Pines Course is the one worth the 40 minute drive; the second 18 is the gentler walk if you are playing with beginners or someone who has not swung a club since last winter.
Palm-Aire Country Club: Three Courses, One Parking Lot
Palm-Aire Country Club in Pompano Beach carries three championship courses on a single property: the Oaks and Cypress courses by Fazio and the Palms course by William Mitchell. Professional instruction programs run on site. Three courses in one place solves the mixed-group problem differently from Pembroke Lakes, since the good players and the casual ones can split up and still meet for lunch. Figure on about 40 minutes each way.
Heron Bay Golf Club: A Former Honda Classic Host
Heron Bay Golf Club in Coral Springs used to host the PGA Honda Classic, and Visit Lauderdale names it among three courses every serious player should put on a Broward bucket list. Water only comes into play on three holes, so the difficulty is in the subtle contouring rather than forced carries over lakes. At about 45 minutes north, this is a planned round, not a spontaneous one.
Eagle Trace Golf Club: Island Greens and Water on Every Par 3
Eagle Trace Golf Club is the other Coral Springs former Honda Classic host, and the harder day of the two. Island greens and water in play on every par-3 punish a loose short iron in a way the rest of this list does not. Bring more golf balls than you think you need, and play it on a calm morning if the schedule allows, because the wind turns those par-3s brutal.
Heat, Lightning, and the Seasonal Tee Sheet
Season decides how you play here more than course selection does. December through April is the comfortable stretch, and it is also when Pembroke Park's population roughly doubles as Canadian snowbirds arrive, according to Visit Lauderdale. Tee sheets at the public courses tighten accordingly. Book a week out in season, and expect the opposite problem in August, when you can often get on the same morning you call.
Summer golf is an early morning proposition. The National Weather Service reports Pembroke Park's conditions from Hollywood North Perry Airport, and on August 11, 2026 the area sat under a Heat Advisory with a 91F temperature and a 106F heat index. Play before 11 a.m. from June through September, or accept that the back nine will be a slog. The best time to visit Pembroke Park breaks the calendar down further.
Lightning ends more South Florida rounds than rain does. The area averages roughly 69 thunderstorm days a year, and the Town of Pembroke Park runs a Thor Guard lightning prediction system at its parks, which tells you how routine afternoon storms are here. Hurricane season officially runs June 1 through November 30, with the statistical peak on September 10 and most activity between mid-August and mid-October (NOAA National Hurricane Center). If you are flying in for golf in September, book refundable.
Seasonal residents run into the gear problem every spring. Rather than checking a travel bag twice a year, plenty of snowbirds leave the clubs, the pull cart and the beach chairs behind, and a 5×5 locker swallows exactly that much. Graphite shafts, leather grips and golf shoes do not enjoy a South Florida summer in an unconditioned garage, so climate controlled storage in Pembroke Park is the version that matters for anything you intend to play with again. Add bikes and paddleboards to the pile and a 5×10 storage unit is the more realistic size.
Visitors coming specifically to play should base themselves east or west, not in between. The hotels near Pembroke Park guide covers both sides, and the courses in the second ring pair naturally with the day trips from Pembroke Park that already run north.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the best public golf courses in Broward County, Florida?
Pembroke Lakes Golf and Racquet Club in Pembroke Pines is the closest genuinely public course to Pembroke Park and the easiest to book. Plantation Preserve and Pompano Beach Golf Course are the other two municipal standouts, both city-run and open to visitors. Orangebrook in Hollywood is the nearest municipal alternative. Private or membership clubs like Emerald Hills and Flamingo Lakes require guest arrangements first.
What are the green fees at Pembroke Lakes?
Rates change by season, time of day and residency status, and Pembroke Lakes is run by the City of Pembroke Pines rather than a private operator, so the current fee schedule lives on the city's golf page. Winter rates in South Florida are typically higher than summer rates because demand roughly doubles with the seasonal population. Check the city site the week you plan to play.
How do I book Pembroke Lakes Golf tee times?
Book through the City of Pembroke Pines golf page rather than walking in. The course is popular enough in the dry season that turning up without a time usually means waiting, particularly on weekend mornings between December and April. In August and September, same-day availability is common. Groups of more than four should call the pro shop directly rather than booking online.
Does Pembroke Lakes Golf have a driving range?
Yes. Pembroke Lakes has a grass driving range tee, an oversized putting green, a chipping green and a practice bunker, which is a more complete practice area than most public courses in southern Broward offer. The grass tee matters if you are working on contact rather than just loosening up, since mats mask a fat strike.
Which golf courses near Pembroke Park suit older players best?
Pembroke Lakes is the sensible pick, mostly because six sets of tees let you play a length that still rewards a shorter drive. Hollywood Beach Golf Club is the walkable option at par 70 across 110 acres, though renovation work means calling first. Pompano Beach Golf Course's second 18 is the easier of its two layouts. Avoid Eagle Trace, where water on every par-3 punishes short irons.
Value Store It in Pembroke Park
Clubs are the small end of what people around here end up storing. Value Store It's Pembroke Park facility rents month to month with no long term contract and sits on the same corridor most of these courses are reached from, which makes a stop on the way back from a round easy. Past the locker sizes, a 10×5 unit handles a season's worth of sports and patio gear, while a 5×15 space takes the long awkward loads that will not turn a corner. A 10×10 storage unit holds roughly a one bedroom, 10×15 units cover a two bedroom, and the 10×20 and 10×30 sizes are what a full house or a small business needs. If you are guessing between two of them, the unit size guide shows what actually fits before you commit.
