No golf course sits inside Pembroke Park’s town limits. The town covers just 1.666 square miles of southern Broward County (Wikipedia), and its one golf facility is Aqua Golf Driving Range on South Park Road, 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 public 18 to the west, the Hollywood courses sit a short hop northeast, and a former PGA Tour host waits about 45 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 northeast, 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 isn’t 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 regularly hosting PGA, USGA and FSGA events and many open for daily-fee golf. The catch is access, so the practical question isn’t 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’s where the closest public 18 is. If you’re building a full itinerary, the things to do around Pembroke Park guide covers the rest of the map.
Courses Within 15 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’s a John Sanford design at 10500 Taft St, 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, according to the 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 share a round without one of them hating it. Carts are GPS-equipped E-Z-GO models, and the practice area includes a chipping green, a practice bunker, a grass range tee and an oversized putting green. The city owns it and Professional Course Management runs it. Book on ChronoGolf or at 954-431-4144 rather than turning up cold.
Hollywood Beach Golf Club: Reopened in April 2026
Hollywood Beach Golf Club at 1645 Polk St closed in spring 2024 for a two-year restoration by architect Richard Mandell and reopened in April 2026, per the National Golf Foundation. Research during the project found no evidence of the Donald Ross design long attributed to it, pointing instead to Willie Park Jr. influences. The par-70 layout got new greens, rebuilt bunkers and a new clubhouse, plus a short course called The Island. It’s the newest-feeling round in the area.
Orangebrook Golf and Country Club: Hollywood’s 36-Hole Municipal
Orangebrook Golf and Country Club is a City of Hollywood facility with 36 holes and the nearest municipal option after Pembroke Lakes. Municipal courses are where walk-on play still works around here, and a weekday morning is the window when it does. The city approved a public-private redevelopment in July 2023 that renovates both courses (City of Hollywood), so check current conditions before you drive over.
Eco Golf Club: The Quick Nine
Eco Golf Club, formerly Eco Grande, is a public nine-hole, par-32 course at 1451 Taft St in Hollywood (Eco Golf Club). Tee times book online or by phone, and the golf shop is open daily 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Treat it as the short round when Pembroke Lakes is full or the afternoon is too hot for 18.
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’s semi-private, with daily public tee times bookable online through GolfNow, and it has hosted USGA and PGA Tour qualifying events. Bring your best short game, since water comes into play on at least 10 holes.
Flamingo Lakes Country Club: Public Play Alongside Members
Flamingo Lakes Country Club sits at 701 SW Flamingo West Drive in Pembroke Pines and takes public play alongside its memberships, with lessons, dining, group outings and tee times through its website and club app (Flamingo Lakes). It’s open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, and the tee time line is 954-435-6110.
Courses Worth a 30- to 45-Minute Drive
Plantation Preserve Golf Course and Club: The Municipal Drive North
Plantation Preserve Golf Course and Club at 7050 W Broward Blvd is a city-run 18-hole, par-72 course roughly half an hour northwest of Pembroke Park, with five tee sets per hole (ChronoGolf). Being municipal is the point: it’s open to visitors. Call the pro shop at 954-585-5020, since single tee times can’t be booked online, and treat the drive as the trade you make for a reliable tee time.
Pompano Beach Golf Club: Two Eighteens Under One Roof
Pompano Beach Golf Club runs two 18-hole courses, including the 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’re playing with beginners or someone who hasn’t 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, plus instruction through Conte’s Palm-Aire Golf Academy. All three sell public daily-fee tee times alongside the memberships. 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.
Eagle Trace Golf Club: An Island Green and Water on Every Par 3
Eagle Trace Golf Club in Coral Springs is a former host of the PGA Tour’s Honda Classic, and it’s the hardest day on this list. Visit Lauderdale notes an island green and water on every par 3, which punishes a loose short iron in a way the rest of this list doesn’t. Check guest access before you plan around it, bring more golf balls than you think you need, and play a calm morning if you can, because the wind turns those par 3s brutal. At about 45 minutes north, this is a planned round, not a spontaneous one.
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’s also when Pembroke Park’s population quickly 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 late summer to be the easier stretch for a same-day time.
Summer golf is an early-morning proposition. July and August highs average 90°F, and the area gets about 61 inches of rain a year, mostly from May through October, according to NOAA’s 1991 to 2020 normals. 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 Town of Pembroke Park runs a Thor Guard lightning prediction system, which tells you how routine afternoon storms are here. Hurricane season 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’re 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 unit, about the size of a small closet, holds exactly that. Graphite shafts, leather grips and golf shoes don’t enjoy a South Florida summer in a hot 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, which takes the contents of one room, 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 public 18 to Pembroke Park and the easiest to book. Plantation Preserve and Pompano Beach Golf Club are the other two municipal standouts, both city-run and open to visitors. In Hollywood, the rebuilt Hollywood Beach Golf Club, Orangebrook and the nine-hole Eco Golf Club are the nearest alternatives, and Emerald Hills and Flamingo Lakes both sell public tee times alongside memberships.
What are the green fees at Pembroke Lakes?
Rates change by season, time of day and residency status. Pembroke Lakes is owned by the City of Pembroke Pines and run by Professional Course Management, and the city’s golf page links to current booking and rates. Winter rates in South Florida typically run higher than summer rates. Check the week you plan to play.
How do I book Pembroke Lakes Golf tee times?
Book online through ChronoGolf or call 954-431-4144 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. Late summer is the easier stretch for short-notice times.
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 makes it a complete practice stop. The grass tee matters if you’re 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. Eco Golf Club’s par-32 nine is the short option, and the rebuilt Hollywood Beach Golf Club adds The Island short course. Pompano Beach Golf Club’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 a short drive from Hallandale Beach Boulevard, which makes a stop on the way back from a round easy. Past the smallest sizes, a 10×5 unit takes the contents of one room, a season’s sports and patio gear included, while a 5×15 space holds a studio apartment’s worth. A 10×10 storage unit holds a one-bedroom apartment, 10×15 units cover a two-bedroom apartment, and the 10×20 and 10×30 sizes take a three- or four-bedroom home. If you’re guessing between two of them, the unit size guide shows what actually fits before you commit.
