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Miami Beach Golf Club

Miami Beach · United States

A green guarded by a bunker and a lake at Miami Beach Golf Club
A green guarded by a bunker and a lake at Miami Beach Golf Club
Photo creditImage courtesy of © Miami Beach Golf Club
A lake and green with the Miami Beach skyline beyond
A lake and green with the Miami Beach skyline beyond
Photo creditImage courtesy of © Miami Beach Golf Club
Fairways, bunkers and lakes at Miami Beach Golf Club
Fairways, bunkers and lakes at Miami Beach Golf Club
Photo creditImage courtesy of © Miami Beach Golf Club

An 18-hole, par 72 course first opened as Bayshore Golf Course in 1923, renovated by Arthur Hills/Steve Forrest and Associates. It has a lit driving range and the Jim McLean Golf School.

The course

CourseHolesParLengthDesignerOpenedType
Miami Beach Golf Club18726,813 ydredesign Arthur Hills/Steve Forrest and Associates1923

Blank cells: the club does not state it on its website.

Dress code

Collared shirts (mock collars acceptable); shirts and shoes worn at all times in the clubhouse

Practice and lessons

  • Driving range
  • Jim McLean Golf School

Clubhouse

  • Golf shop

Tournaments

  • 2011 South Beach International Amateur (Normandy Shores and Miami Beach Golf Clubs)

The signature hole

The club names a par three as its signature hole: five teeing areas, a tee shot over water to a sloping green surrounded by a horseshoe bunker.

“Our signature hole, and our most demanding par three.”The club’s own website

Golfer’s facilities

  • PracticeDriving range
  • On the courseBuggies, Club hire
  • In the clubhouseChanging rooms

From the club’s own website.

How to get on

Tee times can be booked five days in advance.

Lessons

Jim McLean Golf School

  • Private lessons
  • Group clinics
  • Lessons for beginners
  • Junior coaching

Groups and golf days

  • Corporate days

Women and juniors

  • Junior programme

The 19th hole

  • Miami Beach Golf Club restaurant and bar · Clubhouse restaurant and full-service bar with a patio overlooking the 18th green.

Ways to play

Golf academiesLessons for beginners and juniorsGolf days and groupsWomen’s and junior golfThe 19th hole

How the club plays

  • The club describes a par three as a challenge into the prevailing South Florida breeze.
Sources: the club’s own website

When to play

At Miami International Airport: calmer months are July, August, September (average wind 6.7–7 mph). Windier months are March, April, May (8.8–9.6 mph).

Weather and wind by month in Florida →

From the ULTIMATE Miami guide

Read our full write-up, with the history of the club and how to get there.

Read on the Miami guide →
Sources: the club’s own website, checked 2026-11-13

Around the course

Hotels nearby, and restaurants and bars from the ULTIMATE Miami guide, by straight-line distance.

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For the non-golfer

While the round goes on: spas, beaches, shops and culture from the ULTIMATE Miami guide, by straight-line distance.

Spa and wellbeing

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Arrive in style

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Private aviation, helicopters, chauffeurs and yachts from the ULTIMATE City Guides’ own listings, by straight-line distance.

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