West Palm Beach Golf Course
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About
Editor's Note: Course closed for business in 2018.
West Palm Beach Golf Course has hosted a variety of tournaments since opening in 1947, some that have included famous players such as Arnold Palmer. This historic course stands out from all of the area's public courses. Unlike Florida's many flat courses, West Palm Beach has an undulating terrain that provides interesting elevation changes. The course features elevated tees and greens and rarely is there a flat lie. The rolling hills are covered with native vegetation, palm trees, and mature pines and oaks. There is also no water to be found on the golf course, another rare occurrence in this area. In 2009, the course underwent a major renovation that made it environmentally friendly. There is also a full grass driving range and large practice area that overlook West Palm Beach Golf Course.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Black | 72 | 7002 yards | 73.0 | 128 |
Blue | 72 | 6526 yards | 70.9 | 122 |
White | 72 | 6051 yards | 68.3 | 117 |
White (W) | 72 | 6051 yards | 74.0 | 124 |
Gold (W) | 72 | 5577 yards | 71.4 | 118 |
Gold | 72 | 5577 yards | 66.1 | 112 |
Silver (W) | 72 | 5023 yards | 68.3 | 115 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Yellow M: 74.2/139 W: 80.7/147 | 564 | 416 | 158 | 477 | 260 | 395 | 201 | 453 | 586 | 3510 | 453 | 186 | 474 | 430 | 519 | 510 | 303 | 174 | 586 | 3635 | 7145 |
Black M: 71.9/134 W: 78.1/140 | 540 | 391 | 140 | 451 | 227 | 359 | 185 | 400 | 550 | 3243 | 433 | 171 | 444 | 405 | 473 | 494 | 281 | 164 | 562 | 3427 | 6670 |
Light Blue M: 69.1/127 W: 75.0/135 | 505 | 360 | 116 | 386 | 196 | 324 | 161 | 379 | 516 | 2943 | 411 | 141 | 403 | 374 | 443 | 457 | 261 | 144 | 534 | 3168 | 6111 |
Sand M: 66.7/122 W: 72.1/129 | 471 | 327 | 103 | 365 | 170 | 279 | 140 | 349 | 468 | 2672 | 382 | 127 | 372 | 348 | 414 | 415 | 246 | 132 | 487 | 2923 | 5595 |
Green M: 62.9/110 W: 67.2/118 | 448 | 268 | 92 | 324 | 121 | 250 | 114 | 290 | 429 | 2336 | 308 | 105 | 264 | 323 | 390 | 357 | 196 | 89 | 399 | 2431 | 4767 |
Handicap | 13 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 6 | |||
Par | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 71 |
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If you love FL sand
Surprised that this course was in such poor condition. The sand off fairways and in some fairways was most difficult to hit out of. Way tot much sand. Fairways need water.
Below Average Florida Course
While the layout is fine, the course conditions were terrible. Mostly bare fairways that seemed not to have been watered in a long time.
Greens were decent and obviously do get watered.
There is a small snack bar with drinks and snacks.
Perhaps in the fall conditions will be better. Compared to most courses in the area, this one is sub-par.
Needs better customer service
foe the money the course was good they are doing some much needed work since it's after season which I totally understand. I think the need to do some work on the staff their as well. Let's start with the guy who is always smoking cigars that pulls his jeep upto where you drop your cart off. Seems like he's always in a bad mood An just expects tips for doing nothing for you. Then you got the lady in the concession stand who I still wonder how she has a job... she thinks she's doing customer service by calling you honey and baby no sweetie you work on a golf course none of that is needed an your short shorts isn't needed their either we don't want to see all of that... did you guys just call up the nearest rehab house An hired interns ? Please get your staff under control . And clean the water coolers around the course they all have mold on the spouts!
Fussyguy
Greens were in good condition. Fairways a little ruff due to lack of rain. All greens are elevated and have a decent slope. Very challenging. No water just sand waste areas. Not to easy to find your ball if you are unlucky .Staff was very accommodating and nice. I was there at day break. Made it through in less than 2.5 hours. No one in front of me. I would play there again.
Hi "u000008227664" Thank you for the review. We appreciate the great feedback as we are constantly working on improving the overall course conditions. We are glad you were able to get around the course in less than 3 hours and hope to see you again soon.
This course has seen MUCH better days
The course quality has fallen dramatically from just a couple of years ago. Crabgrass everywhere, no differentiation from the fairway and rough or some greens and the fringe. Sand traps are average to low quality, which is par for the course for most municipal courses, but sand defines this course so it sticks out. Speaking of sand, instead of trees this course uses sand on each side of each fairway so be prepared to practice your sand game. Nice staff. Greens rolled pretty good, albeit a bit slow.
Hi "bcraft06" We appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry that the course was not up to your expectations today. As we are working hard to improve the overall facility we hope that you will give us another try in the near future.
Good Course
Good course to play at. Greens were in decent shape. Overall good place to play and friendly staff
Big Head
Greens were in good shape but rolling even better last week. Hopefully this rain continues.
Hi "Joseph7815347 " Thanks for the honest review. We appreciate the feedback and can't wait to have you back with us.
Hi "Fred6868" Thanks for the 4 star review. We appreciate the feedback and hope to see you again soon.
Not bad
I've certainly played better munis, and I've played much worse. The course design has a lot of potential. But the overall conditions, especially fairways, detract from it. But for a spare-of-the-moment round, on a day when I finished working early nearby, it was worth it. Just don't include it as part of your Palm Beach golf holiday.
Hi "u000003199930" We appreciate your honest review. As we continue to work on the overall course conditions we hope that you will give us another try in the near future.
Consistant conditions
One thing about West Palm is that,...unless they are doing maintenance on the greens,...the conditions on the greens are good year round. The course is straightforward. Hit the fairway, hit the green. Be good at bunker shots if you cant do either of those two things. Be aware of elevation change when hitting into greens. Every hole is exposed to the wind.
Hi "m17j76" Thanks for the great advice, we hope you enjoyed your round with us and hope to see you again in the near future.
This place is a dump
Terrible tee boxes, half of the fairways are filled with sand, and there's sprouting weeds all over the fairways and greens. Never coming back. I thought $40 was a good deal in season... this place is worth $10 if u have a friend that's never played and you want to play 3 holes
Hi "bgodoy" we appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry that the course was not up to your expectations today. As we are working hard to improve the overall facility we hope that you will give us another try in the near future.
Hi "Elfriede8664848" We appreciate the review. We hope to see you again soon so that we can change your 3 star review into 5 stars.
My wife and I played at your Golf Course yesterday.We really enjoyed the game .The personnel is courteous.We will return.
Hi "u2063508" Thanks for the great review! We are so glad that you and your wife enjoyed our course. Can't wait to have you back again soon.
Worth the drive.
Drove up from Orlando, here on vacation from Canada. The course was in good shape and clubhouse staff and the ranger were awesome. The guys who unloaded our clubs were less than courteous. After the front 9, tried to ask where the #10 tee box was and they totally ignored me, very rude. Had to ask a fellow golfer how to get there as it was not marked. Did not let that spoil our day. Greens were a little hard to read but had just been sanded. Fairways were in very good shape and easy to hit from. Can recommend this is worth the price.
Hi "DaddyKool48" Thank you for the review. We apologize about your greeting at the course and we will take a closer look into the situation. We hope to see you again next year on your next trip to Fl.
Same as the last time
As always the entire staff was welcoming, courteous and helpful. The course itself was fun to play. Not overpowering with some very pretty golf holes. The condition was OK. The course was very busy with foursomes always the norm.
The problems with this course lie with the city and county, It appears that they are sucking all of the income our and not re-investing back into it. The amenities should be embarrassing to them.
We will continue to play there because of the reasonable cost but it is really a sad situation.
Hi "u8465558" We appreciate your honest review. We hope to see you again soon as we are constantly trying to improve the overall course facility.
The greens were heavily sanded. The fairways were in poor shape, the fairway bunkers had very loose sand and the tees had very little grass.
HI "u3344755" We appreciate you honest review as we are constantly trying to improve overall course conditions. We will take a closer look into the this and come up with a solution. Thanks.
Hi danielkiminyo" Thank you for the review. We hope you enjoyed your round and we look forward to having you back.