The 18-hole Senator Course at Don Shula's Golf Club is one of those courses that just seems to get better as you play your way around. The first few holes are fairly open and not overly difficult. However, things start to get more difficult as you get through the middle of the front side. By the time you make it to the 11th green, you'll know that you're in for a real dogfight. The fairways on the back get tight and there's water on just about every hole. All in all, it's a very enjoyable course from start to finish.

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Home to the Original Don Shula's Steak House

Located on Key Biscayne, Crandon Park was the well-known host to a Senior Tour event for 18 years. Here you can walk in the footsteps of legendary past champions Lee Trevino, Gary Player, Gene Littler, and others. Beginning with the risk-reward approach on the par-five first hole, to the demanding tee shot between hazards on #18, your game will be tested. Winds off the bay make club selection tricky, but make for an interesting and rewarding day on the links. This is one gorgeous track!

Since 1962, Doral's Blue course has been the home of the PGA TOUR event now known as the World Golf Championships-CA Championship. Famous worldwide as the "Blue Monster," the original Dick Wilson design has undergone many changes through the years. The course now stretches to 7,288 yards from the championship tees and features water as a hazard on more than half the holes. It's long and tough with beautiful TifEagle Bermuda greens, which provide year-round optimal turf conditions and create firm fast putting surfaces. So if you find yourself in South Florida, be sure to play at least one round on the Blue Monster!

This course was originally built in 1968 and designed by Bob van Hagge, together with the Devlin design team. It was renovated by Raymond Floyd in 1995. The course, a traditional Florida layout, features moderate undulating contoured greens, stategic bunkering and is surrounded by water on sixteen of its eighteen holes. In addition, the Gold hosted the final round of the 1999 PGA "Qualifying School".

One of the resort's older courses has been completely renovated (February 2000) by Greg Norman. The new "Great White" Course, primarily landscaped with tightly packed coquina sand, is the only "desert-scaped" golf course of it's kind in the Southeastern United States. The course has the only triple green in South Florida; holes 11,13 and 17 share a putting surface of 25,000-square feet. There are some terrific holes here including the 8th, a 175-yard par three with an island green. In typical Norman fashion, holes 9 and 18 are extremely difficult finishing holes. In addition, the course was designed to be environmentally friendly with natural marshes and wetlands used as draining areas. The Great White has also hosted the 2000 Franklin Templeton Shoot-Out.

Originally built in 1984, designed by Bruce Devlin/Bob van Hagge, the Silver course was recently renovated by Jerry Pate. The state-of-the-art greens, tees and irrigation system makes it one of the most challenging courses at Doral Golf Resort & Spa. This championship course with narrow fairways and water on uniquely elevated greens is designed for all levels of play. It is most commonly known for its famous island green on the 14th hole.

Originally built in 1962, and renovated in 1987, the Red course provides the resort guest with beauty, and challenges them without the length of the Blue or the water of the Gold course. The signature holes wind picturesquely around a man made lake that forces the golfer to think about placement rather than "driving for show". The Red course is also played host to the LPGA's Office Depot Pro-Am in 2001.

Originally opened in 1967 this formerly private Devlin/Von Hagge design matured into a classic layout. In May 2001 Hillcrest reopened to rave reviews following a highly successful redesign by Joe Lee. "Gentleman Joe" did a superb job of maintaining many classic features of the course, and added mounding, new sand traps, improved tee boxes, new lakes, and entirely different looking TifEagle green complexes. The lush landscaping and pristine lakes will appeal to all discerning golfers. The signature 18th hole provides an exciting and challenging conclusion to every round of golf as it finishes to a tough to hit island green surrounded by a bulkhead.

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If you've ever played golf in Miami, you might remember Bayshore, the local municipal course. If so, you'll never believe what now rests on the same property. The City of Miami Beach has done an incredible job transforming the old Bayshore into Miami Beach Golf Club. They brought in Arthur Hills and Steve Forrest and Associates to completely redesign the entire site. Lakes were drained, irrigation systems replaced; they even built a new clubhouse. The results are simply fantastic!

Since originally opening in 1941, Normandy Shores Golf Club has been an integral part of Miami Beach's rich history. The years of the post World War II boom were its heyday, and in 1956, the city hired Mark Manahah to redesign the golf course. It soon became a hotspot for avid golfers as well as legendary tour professionals. In fact, Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, and Peter Thompson played here on a regular basis. Other players that frequented the course went by names like Stork, Charlie the Blade, and Three-Iron Ward. In 2008, the city of Miami Beach invested over $9 million and hired world-renowned golf course architect Arthur Hills to renovate the aging course for a second time. The newborn Normandy Shores Golf Club is nothing less than spectacular and should be on every golfer's itinerary visiting the Miami Beach area.