North Lauderdale has no golf course inside its own limits, so the best golf courses in North Lauderdale, FL are the ones a short drive outside it. The closest is Colony West Golf Club in Tamarac, roughly 10 minutes west and fully public. Push the circle out to 25 minutes and you pick up a former Honda Classic host, a Greg Norman signature course near the ocean and two Plantation layouts built for groups of mixed ability. This guide sorts every course by drive time and says plainly which ones you can get onto without a membership.
Golf Geography Around North Lauderdale
North Lauderdale covers 4.7 square miles of housing, parks and shopping plazas in north-central Broward County, with 44,794 residents at the 2020 Census (U.S. Census figures via Wikipedia). There isn’t a fairway in any of it. That’s normal for a city laid out in the 1960s as a residential suburb, and it means golf here works in rings rather than neighborhoods.
The rings are short. Tamarac sits about 10 minutes west, Coral Springs 15 to 25 minutes northwest, Plantation about 20 minutes south, and Pompano Beach and Deerfield Beach 20 to 25 minutes northeast. Every course below is a same-morning drive, and none of them requires getting on I-95 if you plan the route around US 441 and the Sawgrass Expressway.
Access matters more than distance. Nine of the 10 courses in this guide take public or daily-fee play, and only one is genuinely closed to outsiders. If you want the wider picture of the area beyond the tee box, the guide to things to do in North Lauderdale covers the parks and the food.
Tamarac: The 10-Minute Ring
Colony West Golf Club: Two Public Courses, One Hard and One Fast
Colony West Golf Club on NW 88th Avenue is the closest golf of any kind to North Lauderdale, and it’s public, so no membership is involved. The Championship course opened in 1971 for the Jackie Gleason Classic and now plays 7,258 yards at par 71, with an island green at the par-4 12th (Colony West). The Glades course is a 4,175-yard par-64 executive layout that moves quickly, which makes it the one to play if you have half a morning instead of a whole one, and the short, forgiving round for a rusty player.
Woodmont Country Club: 27 Holes With a Renovation Caveat
Woodmont Country Club on NW 80th Avenue offers 27 holes with a mix of public play and private membership, including 18 fully renovated holes. Call before you plan anything here: the remaining nine holes were scheduled for renovation in summer 2026, according to Woodmont Country Club, so confirm which holes are open when you book.
Coral Springs: 15 to 25 Minutes Northwest
Country Club of Coral Springs: Renovated Greens and Easy Weekday Times
The Country Club of Coral Springs is a semi-private club with a newly renovated 18-hole championship course that’s open to the public, with play from 7 a.m. to dusk. That public access sets it apart from most Broward country clubs, which aren’t open to outsiders. Weekday afternoons are generally the easiest tee times to get, and about 18 minutes northwest puts it well inside a morning’s reach.
Eagle Trace Golf Club: An Island Green and Tournament History
Eagle Trace Golf Club in Coral Springs hosted the PGA Tour’s Honda Classic from 1984 to 1991 and again in 1996, and it still plays like a tournament course, island green included (Wikipedia). It’s now a ClubLink club that sells daily-fee tee times, so no membership is needed (ClubLink). The open western Broward setting leaves it exposed to wind, so book a morning time and expect the scorecard to play longer than it reads.
Plantation: 20 Minutes South
Jacaranda Golf Club: Five Tee Sets for Mixed Groups
Jacaranda Golf Club in Plantation is semi-private with two courses weaving through ponds and canals, and the public can book tee times on either one (Jacaranda Golf Club). Every hole has five sets of tees, which is the practical reason to bring a beginner, a junior or a parent who hasn’t swung a club since the 1990s. A foursome spanning a 5 handicap and a first-timer can play the same round here without anyone having a miserable morning.
Plantation Preserve Golf Course and Club: The City’s Public Course
Plantation Preserve Golf Course and Club is the City of Plantation’s municipal course, with five sets of tee boxes on every hole and a junior academy for ages 6 to 14 (City of Plantation). No membership is required. Book ahead in season, because tee sheets across Broward tighten from December through April.
Fort Lauderdale Country Club: Private, and Honest About It
Fort Lauderdale Country Club in Plantation is the oldest private club in Broward County, founded in 1926, with 36 holes across two courses (PR Newswire). It’s members and guests only, so a one-off visitor round isn’t on offer. Membership is the only route in, which makes this a resident’s option rather than a vacationer’s.
Pompano Beach and Deerfield Beach: 20 to 25 Minutes Northeast
Pompano Beach Golf Club: Two 18s and the Sea Breeze
Pompano Beach Golf Club is a city-owned 36-hole facility with two 18-hole courses: the Pines, which reopened on January 1, 2013, as the first Greg Norman Signature municipal redesign, and the Palms (Pompano Beach Parks). It sits much closer to the Atlantic than the inland courses, so it’s the likeliest place to catch a breeze on a summer afternoon. A municipal facility with a signature design attached is unusual value in this county, and Visit Lauderdale lists it among the area’s public options.
Deer Creek Golf Club: An Arthur Hills Design in Deerfield Beach
Deer Creek Golf Club in Deerfield Beach is a public 18-hole Arthur Hills design that opened in 1979, with lessons, a pro shop and the Deer Creek Grille on site. The course closed for a renovation of its greens, tees, fairways and bunkers in April 2026 and is scheduled to reopen October 1, 2026, so confirm the tee sheet before you drive. Memberships exist but aren’t required, and at about 25 minutes northeast it’s the furthest course on this list still worth a weekday morning.
Palm-Aire Country Club: Three Courses on One Property
Palm-Aire Country Club in Pompano Beach runs three 18-hole courses, the Oaks, the Palms and the Cypress, and it sells public daily-fee tee times alongside its memberships through its daily-fee page. Three layouts at one address is the answer when a group wants to split by ability and still meet for lunch afterward. Check the rates page before you drive over, because daily-fee pricing moves with the season.
Planning a Round: Season, Storms and Drive Times
Peak golf season here runs December through April, highest December through March, when snowbirds arrive, tee sheets tighten and rates climb across the county. Late summer is the opposite in every respect: cheaper, emptier and hotter. The best time to visit North Lauderdale covers the wider calendar, but for golf specifically, November and early December give you the best combination of comfortable air and pre-peak tee sheets.
In the May through October wet season, a morning tee time isn’t a preference, it’s the whole plan. Afternoon thunderstorms are frequent, and they arrive fast enough to end a round on the back nine. Atlantic hurricane season runs June 1 to November 30, peaking around September 10 with most activity from mid-August to mid-October, according to the NOAA National Hurricane Center, so a round booked in that window is worth keeping flexible.
Nothing on this list is walkable from North Lauderdale, so every round starts with a drive. US 441 and the I-95 corridor slow badly at rush hour, and the Sawgrass Expressway is the faster line to the Coral Springs courses even when it looks longer on a map. If a storm washes out the day entirely, Xtreme Action Park on Powerline Road in Fort Lauderdale has indoor mini golf, which is a better answer than sitting in a clubhouse waiting for radar to clear.
Snowbirds and seasonal residents run into a different problem: the car and the gear that only get used four months a year. A second vehicle left idle from May to November does better under cover than in a driveway, which is why car storage at North Lauderdale II exists, and anyone who tows their winter setup down can park it with RV storage in North Lauderdale instead of on the street.
Clubs themselves don’t love a South Florida garage. Grips, leather bags and shoes all age faster in months of high humidity, so climate-controlled storage in North Lauderdale is the sensible place for a set you only play seasonally, and a 5×5 locker, about the size of a small closet, holds a bag, a pull cart and the beach chairs in the same footprint.
Plan the food before you finish the round. La Brasa Grill on West McNab Road does charcoal rotisserie chicken built for a hungry foursome and stays open to 11 p.m. daily, and Tabanka on US 441 is the destination Trinidadian kitchen inside the city, though it’s closed Mondays. The full North Lauderdale restaurant scene goes deeper. If golf is one piece of a longer weekend, the day trips from North Lauderdale guide covers what’s within an hour.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the best public golf courses in Broward County, Florida?
Near North Lauderdale, the strongest public options are Colony West Golf Club in Tamarac, Plantation Preserve Golf Course and Club, Pompano Beach Golf Club and the Country Club of Coral Springs. All four take public play with no membership. Eagle Trace adds former PGA Tour tournament pedigree on a daily-fee basis, and Colony West’s par-64 Glades course is the easiest round of the group for a rusty player.
What are the best golf courses in Fort Lauderdale?
The courses most Fort Lauderdale golf lists name sit west and north of the city rather than downtown, which puts them closer to North Lauderdale than to the beach. Jacaranda Golf Club and Plantation Preserve in Plantation, Deer Creek in Deerfield Beach and Colony West in Tamarac all appear regularly. Fort Lauderdale Country Club is the historic private club, closed to non-members.
What’s the #1 golf course in Florida?
Rankings shift by publisher, and the Florida courses that top national lists are private and nowhere near Broward County. The honest local answer is that no course near North Lauderdale claims that title. The one with genuine tour credentials you can actually play is Eagle Trace Golf Club, a former host of the Honda Classic.
Do you need a membership to play Jacaranda Golf Club?
No. Jacaranda Golf Club in Plantation is semi-private, and the public can book tee times on both of its courses. The five sets of tees on every hole make it the most flexible option nearby for a group with mixed handicaps. It sits about 20 minutes south of North Lauderdale, which makes it an easy morning even in season.
What’s hurricane season in Fort Lauderdale?
Atlantic hurricane season runs June 1 through November 30, peaking around September 10, with most activity from mid-August to mid-October. North Lauderdale sits inland, which limits storm surge risk but not wind, rain or power outages. For golf, the bigger day-to-day factor is the ordinary wet-season pattern of afternoon thunderstorms, which is why locals book early tee times from May onward.
Where Value Store It Fits Into a Golf Season Here
Two Value Store It facilities sit in North Lauderdale, and both rent month-to-month with no long-term contract, which suits a season that only lasts part of the year. Our North Lauderdale facility carries the widest size range in town: 5×10 units for the contents of one room and 5×15 units for a studio apartment, 10×5 units for a narrower load, a 10×10 for a one-bedroom apartment’s worth of furniture, and 10×15 space for a two-bedroom apartment, 10×20 units for a three-bedroom home and a 10×30 for a four-bedroom home.
The North Lauderdale II location runs a similar lineup with vehicle storage attached. It has 5×5 lockers at the second site, 5×10 units there, 10×5 spaces, 10×10 units at North Lauderdale II, 10×15 units on that side and 10×20 spaces, plus climate-controlled units at North Lauderdale II and boat storage for anyone whose weekends split between the course and the water. If you’re not sure which footprint you need, the storage size guide walks through it before you book, and either front desk will talk it through with you in person.
