Courses: |
East Course
is
also called the Green Monster by designer Joe Lee and was also called the
Cascade Course because of the waterfall
 on the picturesque 160-yard par 3
third.
This signature hole has a waterfall that stretches across the front
of the green.
Whatever you want to call this track, it is great fun.
Measuring over 7,000 yards from the tips it is demanding and
challenging as well.
With water coming into play on 11 holes, you can have a dickens of
a time when the wind blows.
Even though it has been open since 1971, the entire complex has
been updated with new grass and refurbished bunkers and greens.
West Course
is also called the Resort Course because this
6189-yard track was a typical resort course where the snowbirds could come
down and eat it up. However
the par 5 play very tough. The
West Course also
 has less water and one extra par 3 on each nine.
It is the easier of the two designs, but it makes a great warm-up
round during your stay in South Florida.
Charles Mahannah, the well-respected area designer created this fun
track.
Jacaranda Golf Club, East
is located only a few miles away from
 Bonaventure
and is very similar to its neighbor.
Water comes into play on sixteen holes and some of it is hidden, so
be prepared for a splash or two. The
signature hole is #1, a 549-yard, par 5 that requires a tee shot up a
dogleg left fairway. Generally
the fairways are wide and the greens are very fast.
The East plays 450 yards longer that the West course.
Mark Mahannah designed this track in 1970 and has hosted US Open
qualifying rounds and as recent as 1993, the PGA Tour qualifying
tournament. In 2000, the
facility was voted “Club of the Year” by the South Florida PGA.
Jacaranda Golf Club, West
was also designed by Mark Mahannah one year later
that its sister course. For
the curious, the club derived its name from a flowering tree imported from
Brazil and it is abundant in the region. Slightly shorter, this course has
more restricted target areas. The
18th hole is close copy of the Doral Blue Monster finishing
hole with water hugging the entire left side.
During your stay, you will be playing one of these courses.
They are rotated every two weeks to give members access to one
while the public will play the other.
The two tracks play around ponds, canals and waterways that make a
unique tropical feel. Add to
it the Ficus, Live Oak and Banyan trees and it is almost paradise.
That is until you realize accuracy becomes the challenge as you
thread your way through the rolling fairways to closely guarded greens. |
