The best golf courses in Pompano Beach, FL start at one address: the municipal Pompano Beach Golf Club on NE 6th Street, where two full 18-hole layouts take public tee times every day. Palm Aire Country Club adds three more 18-hole courses open to daily-fee play inside city limits, Topgolf handles the range-and-dinner crowd out west and the courses worth a longer drive sit in Plantation and Hollywood. This guide sorts them by how far you actually have to drive, and says plainly which ones a visitor can get on.
The Golf Sits Inland, Not on the Sand
Golf in Pompano Beach happens with your back to the ocean. Nothing playable sits on A1A, so the map runs west: the municipal club is on NE 6th Street north of Old Town, the community courses are tucked inside the big residential neighborhoods mid-city and Topgolf is out on the west side of the city. From a beachfront hotel, none of it’s a long drive.
That spread is why the municipal club matters here. This is a region thick with private clubs, so a city-run 36-hole facility anyone can book is the difference between playing on a Saturday and not playing. Plan on riding rather than walking in summer. The rest of the things to do in Pompano Beach sit back east near the pier.
Golf Inside Pompano Beach City Limits
Pompano Beach Golf Club: The Pines Course
The Pines is the city’s championship course and the best public round in Pompano Beach. It’s a Greg Norman Signature redesign that reopened on January 1, 2013 with Celebration Bermuda fairways and TifEagle greens, an 18-hole par 72 stretching over 7,100 yards. That’s a stiff length for a municipal course, so move up a set of tees unless you play to a low single digit.
Pompano Beach Golf Club: The Palms Course
The Palms is the older, friendlier half of the same facility, an 18-hole par 71 at over 6,280 yards that has served local golfers for more than 50 years. It’s more forgiving off the tee than the Pines, which makes it the pick for a mixed group or a first round in Florida. The city runs both courses 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily from 1801 NE 6th Street. Check the club’s notice page before you book, because pipeline work has closed a few holes on both courses.
Palm Aire Country Club: Daily-Fee Play on Three Courses
Palm Aire Country Club sits mid-city at 3701 Oaks Clubhouse Drive and is the one people assume they can’t play. It runs three 18-hole courses, the Oaks, the Palms and the Cypress, and its daily-fee page posts public rates and online tee times alongside the membership information. Rates and policies change, so check before you go. One local trap: Palm Aire has a Palms course and so does the municipal club, and they aren’t the same place.
Leisureville: The Community Course Most Guides Skip
Leisureville’s course at 2921 W Golf Boulevard is a private nine-hole, par-27 executive layout of 917 yards, built in 1969 for the Leisureville community. Access runs through the association rather than a counter, so outside play isn’t something to plan a day around. It’s worth naming because it explains why local course counts look bigger than the number of places you can actually book.
Topgolf Pompano Beach: Practice, Lessons and Late Hours
Topgolf Pompano Beach at 400 Lucky Lane is where the city’s casual golf happens, with more than 100 hitting bays on three floors, cooling fans in summer, heated bays in winter, loaner clubs and lessons. Bays hold up to six players. It’s open until 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday and midnight Sunday, which makes it the fallback when an afternoon storm shuts the course. Book online rather than walking in, since walk-in rates can run higher than online pricing.
Galuppi’s: The Restaurant at the Municipal Course
Galuppi’s is the restaurant at the Pompano Beach Golf Club, on a patio at 1103 North Federal Highway overlooking the greens. Galuppi’s opens at 8 a.m. on weekdays and 7 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, so it works as a pre-round breakfast, and there’s live music seven nights a week plus a Sunday brunch buffet. For a proper dinner, the best restaurants in Pompano Beach are a few minutes away.
Courses Within a 25-Minute Drive
Adios Golf Club in Coconut Creek
Adios Golf Club is about 15 minutes northwest in Coconut Creek, a private club with no housing on the property, narrow fairways and heavily contoured greens. Play is limited to members, so treat it as context rather than a round you can book.
Coral Ridge Country Club in Fort Lauderdale
Coral Ridge Country Club is roughly 25 minutes south in Fort Lauderdale, a Robert Trent Jones Sr. design that opened in 1955. It’s private and membership is by invitation, so mention it to a local golfer rather than building a trip around it.
Courses Worth the 35-Minute Drive
Jacaranda Golf Club in Plantation
Jacaranda Golf Club at 9200 West Broward Boulevard in Plantation is the strongest public golf west of Pompano Beach. East is the longer championship course, with PGA Tour Q-School, U.S. Open qualifier and USGA event history, while West is shorter and asks more strategic questions around water and tight bunkering. The club says both carry four-star Golf Digest ratings. It’s semi-private but takes daily-fee play, with tee times online and a pro shop that opens at 6:30 a.m. daily.
The Club at Emerald Hills in Hollywood
The Club at Emerald Hills at 4100 North Hills Drive in Hollywood is about 35 minutes south and books public tee times online, so a visitor can genuinely get a round here. The club bills itself as "Rated #1 by USGA in South Florida" and keeps practice facilities and an instruction program. Sitting a short drive from Fort Lauderdale’s airport makes it the smart departure-day round, and it pairs with the other day trips from Pompano Beach.
Tee Times, Summer Heat and Course Closures
Book ahead between December and April. That’s peak season on the coast, the municipal tee sheet fills first on weekend mornings and walk-up availability gets thin. May and October are the value months for golf here, still warm and far less crowded, and the best time to visit Pompano Beach for a golf trip lands in those same shoulder weeks.
Summer changes the math. June through September highs run 88 to 90°F, and June is the wettest month at about 9.6 inches of rain, according to NOAA’s 1991 to 2020 climate normals. Storms tend to build in the afternoon rather than wash out the whole day, so tee off early and keep Topgolf in reserve for 3 p.m. Hurricane season runs June 1 through November 30 and peaks around September 10, per the National Hurricane Center, so it’s worth watching the week before a late-summer trip.
Two course notes nobody else will tell you. County pipeline work to the reclaimed-water facility has closed holes 15 and 16 on the Pines and hole 14 on the Palms, and the club has modified routing across both courses while it lasts. Both courses also typically close for aerification for a couple of days each July.
Seasonal players deal with a storage problem the rest of the year. Flying a set down twice a year gets old, and a 5×5 locker in Pompano Beach, about the size of a small closet, holds a bag, a folding cart and a bin of shoes. Grips, leather headcovers and rangefinder electronics don’t enjoy a South Florida garage in August, which is the argument for climate-controlled storage in Pompano Beach. Snowbirds who fly in also leave a second vehicle behind, and car storage in Pompano Beach or RV storage in Pompano Beach beats paying for a driveway you use five months a year.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you book a tee time at Pompano Beach Golf Club?
Book online through the city’s golf page or call the pro shop at 954-781-0426. The Pines and the Palms both run 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Winter weekend mornings go first, so reserve a few days out and check the notices page for any closed holes.
How much is a round of golf at Pompano Beach Golf Club?
Rates change by season, tee time and residency, so the city’s golf page is the only reliable source. Expect winter mornings to price highest and summer twilight lowest, which is standard for a South Florida municipal course. Ask about cart, club rental and range access when you book.
Is the Pines or the Palms the better course?
The Pines is the better course and the harder one, a Greg Norman Signature redesign at par 72 and over 7,100 yards. The Palms is par 71 at over 6,280 yards, more forgiving off the tee and more fun for a mixed-ability group. Play the Palms first if you don’t know the property.
Where can you take golf lessons in Pompano Beach?
Topgolf on Lucky Lane offers lessons in its hitting bays with loaner clubs, which is the easier start for a beginner. For course instruction, The Club at Emerald Hills in Hollywood runs a lesson program, and Jacaranda Golf Club in Plantation has instruction too, both about 35 minutes away. The municipal pro shop can point you to local teaching pros.
Are there public golf courses near Lauderdale-by-the-Sea?
The closest public golf to Lauderdale-by-the-Sea is the Pompano Beach Golf Club, about 10 to 15 minutes north, with the Pines and Palms both open to anyone. Palm Aire Country Club takes daily-fee play a few minutes farther inland. Coral Ridge Country Club, closer in Fort Lauderdale, is private.
Storing Clubs, Carts and Seasonal Gear in Pompano Beach
Golf gear is only part of what a seasonal household ends up parking somewhere. Our Pompano Beach location covers the rest of the range, from a 5×10 unit that holds a furnished bedroom, through a 5×15 unit for a studio apartment or a 10×10 unit for a one-bedroom apartment, up to a 10×15 unit for a two-bedroom apartment, a 10×20 unit for a three-bedroom home or a 10×30 unit for a four-bedroom home, plus boat parking in Pompano Beach for the days you’d rather be on the water than on a fairway.
Our second Pompano Beach facility runs a parallel lineup: a 5×5 locker, 5×10 space, 5×15 space and 10×5 unit for small loads, a 10×10 space, 10×15 space or 10×20 space for bigger ones, climate-controlled units at that address and outdoor boat parking there, RV parking and car parking. The storage size guide sorts out which one fits. Everything rents month-to-month with no long-term contract, so clubs parked for the summer aren’t a year’s commitment.
