There is no golf course inside Little Havana, so the best golf courses in Little Havana, FL are really the ones you drive to from Calle Ocho. The closest two sit about ten minutes south in Coral Gables, and Doral, Miami Beach and Key Biscayne all fall inside a thirty minute ring. Miami-Dade County has more than 40 courses, and an unusual number of them take outside play. This guide sorts them by drive time from SW 8th Street and says which ones a visitor can actually get on.
Little Havana's Golf Map, Measured in Drive Time
Little Havana is a neighborhood inside the City of Miami, not a municipality, so it has no course, no country club and no driving range inside its boundaries, which stop at SW 37th Avenue in the west and Coral Way in the south. What it has instead is position.
Coral Gables sits directly south of Calle Ocho, Miami Springs and the airport northwest, and Doral, Miami Beach and Key Biscayne are each half an hour or less. Price sorts as neatly as distance: the county-run courses are the value end, the Biltmore and Doral are the splurge, and Granada is the cheap nine you play on a whim.
Within Ten Minutes: Coral Gables and Miami Springs
Granada Golf Course, Coral Gables
Granada Golf Course is the closest real golf to Calle Ocho, a nine hole par 36 at 2001 Granada Boulevard run by the City of Coral Gables since 1923. Nine holes and a ten minute drive make it the only round here that fits inside half a morning, and it's forgiving for a beginner. The city's Granada Golf Course page listed resident green fees from $30 and non-resident fees at $39 in August 2026, with gates open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Biltmore Golf Course, Coral Gables
Biltmore Golf Course is the bucket list round here, a 1925 Donald Ross design at par 71 and roughly 6,750 yards, restored by Brian Silva in 2018 and routed through the hotel grounds at 1200 Anastasia Avenue. It takes public play, not just hotel guests, with tee times through the Biltmore golf site. The reason to choose it over anything nearby is that it walks, which is rare in South Florida. The hotel shares the address, and our hotels in and around Little Havana guide covers cheaper beds.
Miami Springs Golf and Country Club
Miami Springs Golf and Country Club is the other ten minute option, an 18 hole par 71 of roughly 6,700 yards owned by the City of Miami Springs, just north of Miami International Airport. It's open to the public but accepts no walk-ins, so book before you leave the neighborhood. Rates climb between mid November and mid April.
Fifteen to Twenty Five Minutes: Doral and Miami Beach
Trump National Doral Miami
Trump National Doral Miami is the marquee golf address in the metro, a 700 acre resort with four 18 hole courses 15 to 20 minutes northwest of Little Havana. The Blue Monster plays 7,590 yards at par 72 and hosted the WGC Cadillac Championship from 2007 through 2016. The Red Tiger is a Gil Hanse redesign and the Silver Fox a Jim McLean signature course. Outside play is welcome, though Blue Monster tee times open just seven days ahead, and none of the four walks.
Miami Beach Golf Club
Miami Beach Golf Club at 2301 Alton Road is 20 to 25 minutes east over the causeways and the most forgiving good course in this ring. Arthur Hills rebuilt the 1923 Bayshore layout into 18 holes at par 72 and about 6,813 yards, with generous fairways and bunkering that punishes the wrong side rather than the wrong club. Resident and visitor rates differ, so call the pro shop for current numbers.
Twenty Five Minutes and Out: Key Biscayne, Pinecrest, North Dade and Broward
Crandon Golf at Key Biscayne
Crandon Golf at Key Biscayne is the round to book first if you only play once. It's par 72 at 7,154 yards, a von Hagge and Devlin layout with mangrove lined fairways and water in view on 14 of 18 holes, and it hosted the PGA Tour Champions Royal Caribbean Classic for years. Getting there takes 25 to 30 minutes plus the Rickenbacker Causeway toll, and tee times open only seven days out. The causeway also reaches Crandon Park, a stop in our day trips from Little Havana guide.
Palmetto Golf Course, Pinecrest
Palmetto Golf Course is the value pick, a Miami-Dade County course in Pinecrest about 25 minutes south, 18 holes at par 71 and roughly 7,022 yards through mature tropical planting. Green fees are modest and weekday mornings are rarely busy, which makes it the most reliable walk on in this guide and the answer for a real round without a resort bill.
Country Club of Miami
Country Club of Miami holds 36 holes of public golf 25 to 30 minutes north of Calle Ocho. The East Course, a 1961 Robert Trent Jones Sr. redesign, plays 7,017 yards at par 72 and once hosted a PGA Tour event, while the West is shorter and far more forgiving. Book the East for a real test, the West when handicaps are spread wide.
Greynolds Golf Course, North Miami Beach
Greynolds Golf Course is the short, cheap, walkable one: 18 holes at par 71 and about 6,345 yards, built in 1964 and run by the county parks department in North Miami Beach. Thirty five minutes is a long drive for a short course, so it earns the trip mainly if you're already up that way or playing with a beginner.
Jacaranda Golf Club, Plantation
Jacaranda Golf Club runs two 18 hole layouts, East and West, about 45 minutes north in Broward County, the longest drive worth making from Calle Ocho. It's semi private, so visitors book through tee time services rather than walking up, and rates fall sharply for late afternoon starts. Pair it with a Fort Lauderdale day or skip it.
Booking, Weather and Parking Around a Miami Round
The seven day tee time window is what catches visitors out. Crandon and the Blue Monster both release bookings a week ahead, and Miami Springs takes no walk-ins, so a golf trip here gets planned backward from those windows. Palmetto, Greynolds and Country Club of Miami are where a weekday morning walk on still works.
December through April is the dry season and the reason people come. NOAA's 1991 to 2020 normals put Miami's average high at 76 degrees in January and 84 in April, comfortable golf weather and exactly when tee sheets fill. Seasonal residents arrive in the same window and many drive down, which is what RV parking in Little Havana is for. Our best time to visit Little Havana guide goes month by month.
From May through October, highs run 87 to 91 and thunderstorms arrive most afternoons between roughly 2 and 5 p.m., so tee off before 8 a.m. Hurricane season runs June 1 to November 30 and peaks on September 10, per the National Hurricane Center, and a named storm is the one real reason to move a Key Biscayne round, because causeway access goes first. Humidity is the quieter problem: bags, grips and shoes left in a hot trunk don't survive a Miami summer, which is why climate controlled storage in Little Havana is where many seasonal players keep their clubs.
No course here is on a Metrorail line, so every round means a car or a ride share. Back in the neighborhood, the Calle Ocho core is street parking only, most locals pay through an app, and the usual ride share drop is SW 13th Avenue at SW 8th Street. Marlins home nights at loanDepot park and the third Friday of each month, when Viernes Culturales closes Calle Ocho between roughly SW 14th and SW 17th Avenues, both make that worse. Old apartments run short on closet space, so a bag and a push cart often end up in a 5×5 storage locker. Afterward, the kitchens in our where to eat in Little Havana guide are five minutes from the car.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best public golf course in South Florida?
Crandon Golf at Key Biscayne is the strongest public course near Little Havana and one of the best in Florida. Par 72 at 7,154 yards, it runs through mangroves with water in view on 14 holes and needs no membership. Tee times open seven days ahead and go fast in the dry season, so book the morning the window opens.
What is the nicest golf course in Miami?
For condition and prestige, the Blue Monster at Trump National Doral Miami is the headline course, a 7,590 yard par 72 that hosted a World Golf Championship for a decade. For architecture, Biltmore Golf Course in Coral Gables is the better round: a restored 1925 Donald Ross design ten minutes from Calle Ocho and one of the few here worth walking.
What is the most prestigious golf course in Florida?
Florida's most prestigious courses are private clubs a visitor cannot simply book, which makes the question less useful than it sounds. Within reach of Little Havana, the Blue Monster carries the tournament pedigree and the Biltmore the architectural one, and both take outside play.
Is Little Havana close to Coral Gables?
Yes. Coral Gables begins just south and west of Little Havana, and the drive from Calle Ocho to Granada Golf Course or the Biltmore runs about ten minutes without traffic. Coral Way, which forms Little Havana's southern boundary at SW 22nd Street, feeds straight into the Gables.
How long to spend in Little Havana?
Half a day covers the essentials, which is why golf pairs with it so easily. Six walkable blocks of Calle Ocho between SW 12th and SW 17th Avenues hold Domino Park, the Walk of Fame and the cigar shops. Play an early round, eat late lunch on SW 8th Street, then walk the strip once the heat breaks.
Where the Clubs Live Between Rounds
Golf in Miami is a car trip, and car trips fill a garage. Value Store It rents month to month with no long term contract, so clubs, a cooler and a folding cart can sit out a wet season without signing away a year. 5×10 units and 10×5 units hold a bag, a bike and the boxes that never got unpacked. 10×10 units take a one bedroom's worth of furniture, 10×15 units and 10×20 units cover a house mid renovation, and 10×30 storage suits inventory or a trailer. Our storage unit size guide settles the choice faster than a tape measure, and our Little Havana facility sits a few minutes off Calle Ocho.
