The best golf courses in Pembroke Pines, FL divide on access rather than on quality. Pembroke Lakes Golf and Racquet Club is city-owned and open to anybody who books. Grand Palms sells resort access to 27 holes. Flamingo Lakes is semi-private, and Hollybrook sits inside a 55-plus community that opens to outsiders only in summer. This guide covers all four inside the city, the courses within a 25-minute drive that take outside play, and the range options for when you have an hour rather than a morning.
How Golf in Pembroke Pines Is Arranged
Golf in Pembroke Pines is a driving map, not a walking one, and the four in-city courses sit at four corners of 34 square miles. Pembroke Lakes is central, next to the city’s tennis courts and pool. Grand Palms is west, wrapped around a hotel. Flamingo Lakes sits off Flamingo West Drive beside Century Village, and Hollybrook is far east behind the gate of a 55-plus condominium community.
The terrain never changes in southwest Broward: dead flat, water on a lot of holes, and warm-season grass that runs fast when it’s dry. Everything outside the city limits is a short highway run, with Cooper City and Davie about 15 minutes north and Plantation 20 to 25 minutes up University Drive or Flamingo Road. That ring matters, because when the municipal course fills on a February Saturday the next real option is a drive away.
Courses in Pembroke Pines You Can Play Without a Member
Pembroke Lakes Golf and Racquet Club: The Municipal Round
Pembroke Lakes Golf and Racquet Club is the course a visitor can count on, because the City of Pembroke Pines owns it. It opened to the public in 1969, went through a $7 million renovation in 2007, and plays as a John Sanford design with Paspalum Supreme turf, coquina waste areas and six sets of tees. Six sets is the detail a beginner should notice, because a high handicap isn’t punished here.
The practice area is better than the course’s low profile suggests: a chipping green, a practice bunker, a grass driving range tee and an oversized putting green. Nine hard and five clay tennis courts, a pool and Club Nineteen share the site. Club Nineteen is city-owned, managed by ASM Global, and currently runs a limited lunch menu Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with banquet space for hire. Call 954-431-4144 for golf.
Grand Palms Golf and Country Club: 27 Holes and a Resort Behind Them
Grand Palms Golf and Country Club is the stiffest test in the city and the only course attached to a hotel. Three nines named Grand, Royal and Sabal combine into three 18-hole routings, and the Grand and Royal combination runs 6,813 yards from the gold tees at a 73.3 rating and a 142 slope. The silver tees bring the same holes down to 5,495 yards.
Play the white or silver tees unless you’re a single-digit handicap, because a 142 slope on flat ground means water and bunkering do all the defending. The aquatic driving range plays from a front and a rear position, carts carry Par View GPS, and PGA-certified lessons are sold on site. Booking a room is the surest way to lock a weekend tee time, which is why the resort also turns up in our guide to where to stay in Pembroke Pines.
Semi-Private and Resident-Only Golf Inside the City
Flamingo Lakes Country Club: Book Online Before You Drive Out
Flamingo Lakes Country Club at 701 SW Flamingo West Drive, beside Century Village, is a semi-private daily-fee course, so outside play is possible but never guaranteed. The club plays to par 71 at about 6,058 yards, opens from 7 a.m., sells membership tiers, and takes tee times online and through its own mobile app. Phone 954-435-6110 before committing a foursome to it.
Hollybrook Golf and Tennis Club: Summer Only for Outside Play
Hollybrook Golf and Tennis Club has the most golf at any single address in Pembroke Pines and the tightest access. The east-side club, open since 1968, runs an 18-hole par-72 championship course plus a full 18-hole par-3 executive course, with a driving range and a restaurant overlooking the holes.
Hollybrook is a 55-plus condominium community, and its pro shop opens the championship course to public play from April 16 through October 31, then reserves it for residents from November 1 through April 15. That’s the reverse of almost every other tee sheet in Broward, so a winter visitor is out of luck and a July visitor gets a quiet course. Call 954-431-4545 to book.
Golf Within a 25-Minute Drive
Cooper Colony Country Club at 5050 SW 90th Avenue is the nearest course over the city line, about 15 minutes north in Cooper City. It’s open to the public every day with no membership required, and it plays as an 18-hole par-60 executive layout of roughly 3,820 yards. Treat it as the short-game round, or the course you take somebody who’s still learning.
Davie Golf Club at 8201 Nova Drive is the walk-on answer when Pembroke Lakes is booked out on a winter weekend, also about 15 minutes north. The Town of Davie has owned it since 2011 and it’s the only public course in Davie, so no membership is involved. Confirm the tee sheet on 954-797-4653, since public courses this close to the city fill with the Broward snowbird crowd from January through March.
Jacaranda Golf Club in Plantation is the best course a Pembroke Pines golfer can realistically get on outside the city, about 20 to 25 minutes north. It’s semi-private and takes public tee times across 36 holes: the East course is the longer layout with generous undulating fairways and has hosted PGA Tour Q-School and US Open qualifying, while the West trades distance for water, doglegs and tight bunkering. Paspalum tees and fairways, five sets of tees, and a pro shop open 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily.
Plantation Preserve Golf Course and Club is the other northern option, run by the City of Plantation parks and recreation department. Municipal ownership is the point, because no member is needed to book, and the city page carries current tee-time contacts rather than a directory listing.
Range Time When You Don’t Have Four Hours
AllGolf at C.B. Smith Park is the practical answer for an hour of swings: a 300-yard Toptracer range, two 18-hole mini-golf courses and batting cages, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Friday and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends. It sits inside the 299-acre county regional park off Flamingo Road, so one person can hit balls while everyone else uses the lake trails or the courts, and the park charges $3 per motorized vehicle carrying eight or fewer occupants on weekends and County holidays, and nothing on a weekday.
Topgolf Miami Gardens, about 25 minutes southeast at 17321 NW 7th Avenue, is the other version: climate-controlled hitting bays, target games and golf as an evening out. It runs noon to midnight Monday to Thursday, noon to 1 a.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday, and it takes bay reservations, which is what to do for a weekend night.
Weather, Tee Times and What Local Golfers Plan Around
Season dictates everything. NOAA’s 1991 to 2020 normals for the nearest long-running station put July and August highs at 90°F with lows near 78°F, and January at 76°F over a 61°F low. January through March the courses are pleasant and packed; June through September they’re wide open and brutal after 10 a.m.
Summer play means an early tee time or none. The wet season runs roughly June through October, with June the wettest month at about 9.6 inches and afternoon thunderstorms close to daily, and the Atlantic hurricane season runs June 1 to November 30 with a September 10 peak, according to the National Hurricane Center. Book refundable travel between mid-August and mid-October, and check the forecast five days out rather than the night before.
Every course on this list plays as a cart course in practice. The ground is flat enough to walk, but heat rather than terrain is what stops people, and winter pace of play assumes carts. Snowbirds who fly home in April often leave the bag behind rather than check it twice, and a 5×5 storage locker holds clubs, shoes and a push cart. South Florida humidity is hard on grips and leather bags year-round, which is why climate-controlled storage in Pembroke Pines beats a garage for anything you aren’t using weekly.
Two dates to watch: the City of Pembroke Pines events schedule puts ParTee at Night on November 14, 2026, and the Mayor’s Golf Tournament typically lands in March. Those are the weekends when tee sheets and parking at the municipal course get tight. Our best time to visit Pembroke Pines guide covers the wider seasonal picture.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the best public golf courses in Broward County, Florida?
For a Pembroke Pines golfer, the reliable options are Pembroke Lakes Golf and Racquet Club in the city, Cooper Colony in Cooper City and Davie Golf Club, all open to the public without a membership, plus Plantation Preserve, run by the City of Plantation. Jacaranda Golf Club in Plantation is semi-private but takes public tee times and carries the strongest tournament history of the group.
What are the green fees at Pembroke Lakes?
Green fees at Pembroke Lakes Golf and Racquet Club change with the season, the day and the tee time, and winter rates across Broward run well above summer ones. The city publishes current rates and tee sheets rather than fixing one price, so check the course page or call the pro shop at 954-431-4144 before you budget a round.
Which Pembroke Pines golf course is best for beginners?
Pembroke Lakes Golf and Racquet Club. Six sets of tees let a new golfer play a length that matches their swing, the practice area includes a grass range tee, a chipping green and a practice bunker, and a municipal course carries no membership pressure. Grand Palms is the opposite, since a 142 slope from the gold tees punishes a beginner quickly.
How do I book a tee time at Pembroke Lakes Golf?
Call the golf shop at 954-431-4144. Pembroke Lakes is a City of Pembroke Pines facility, so the golf operation sets its own tee sheet, and Club Nineteen serves lunch Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., rather than keeping restaurant hours around it. Book several days ahead for a weekend morning between January and March, when the winter crowd takes the first tee times first.
Can a visitor play Flamingo Lakes Country Club?
Sometimes. Flamingo Lakes is a semi-private daily-fee club, so outside play depends on the day and the membership calendar. It plays to par 71 at about 6,058 yards, opens from 7 a.m., and takes tee times online and through its own mobile app. Phone 954-435-6110 first, and if the answer is no, Pembroke Lakes is 10 minutes away and open to anyone.
Where Pembroke Pines Golfers Keep the Rest of the Gear
Clubs are the easy part. Bikes, beach chairs, holiday bins and a second set of irons are what fill a Broward garage until the car lives in the driveway. Value Store It’s Sheridan Village facility rents month-to-month with no long-term contract, so a unit can cover one season or several.
Sizes run up through a 5×10 unit that swallows golf gear plus bikes and camping bins, and a 10×5 unit that puts the same 50 square feet behind a wider opening for awkward loads. A 10×10 storage unit holds roughly a one-bedroom’s worth of furniture during a renovation, and a 10×20 unit is a one-car garage, or the contents of five rooms, which covers a three-bedroom home between closings. The unit size guide compares them side by side.
If a move into Pembroke Pines is what has your clubs sitting in a hallway, Value Store It can take the overflow while you settle in. From here, our roundup of things to do in Pembroke Pines covers the rest of the city, and the day trips from Pembroke Pines guide handles the weekends when nobody wants to see another fairway.
