Are you looking for a new place work on your golf game? Perhaps a course that challenges you as you hone your skills or a new course to play with friends? Fort Lauderdale has many options for the golf enthusiast to explore. 
- Bonaventure Golf Club
Bonaventure Golf Club is a public, par 72, 18-hole course located just minutes from Fort Lauderdale in Weston. Designed by Joe Lee, this course runs along the edge of the Florida Everglades. One of the favorite holes on this is number three, where you can enjoy the beauty and tranquility of the waterfall on the left.
You can sharpen your skills on one of the two practice greens before hitting the course. If you are a new golfer looking for lessons, the course offers them at the Bonaventure Golf Learning Center. You can rent a set of Nike golf clubs from the pro shop, which is open daily from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m.
For comfort, there are bathrooms located at holes 5 and 13, and there is a snack bar by the driving range to fuel up before your tee time.
- Grande Oaks Golf Club
Grande Oaks is a private golf club in Fort Lauderdale. It is an 18-hole, par 71 championship course designed by Raymond Floyd, measuring 6,680 yards from tip to tip. The playing surface is a mix of celebration grass on the tees and fairways, with TFT Eagle grass on the greens. A recent renovation makes the course more challenging with the addition of more trees and a reshaping of the bunkers.
The club also has a 40-acre practice area as well as a golf academy which offers multi-day group programs as well as private instruction. If you choose private lessons, they offer three packages: one hour, half-hour, and a series of five lessons that are one hour each.
- Coral Ridge Country Club
Coral Ridge is a private country club in Fort Lauderdale that offers two courses. The first is an 18-hole, par 72 championship course designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr. Opened in 1954, the course measures 7,095 yards. It is a challenging course because of its undiluted greens. There are different tee lengths, so members of differing skill levels can enjoy the course together.
If you don’t have enough time for a full 18-hole game, check out the Rees 9 course. Rees Jones designed this shorter, par three course that opened in 2015. The design is entirely different from the main course and allows for a more social game — the hole lengths range from 70 yards to 200 yards.
Before the game begins, catch up with your friends at the driving range. A large putting green, a chipping green, and two bunkers that allow you to focus on specific skills before you tee off.
Bring your friends with you as you check out each course. Explore each on a different weekend until you find a new favorite to add to your regular rotation.
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