Turnberry Island

Accommodations:

Turnberry Isle Resort & Club

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South Course
This is the premier course at Turnberry Isle. It has water hazards come into play on fourteen of the eighteen holes. The signature hole is #18, a 545-yard, par 5, requiring an approach shot to an island green. The course was the site of the 1980 PGA Senior Championship, which was won by Arnold Palmer. They offer what is reputed to be the world’s largest triple green, measuring some 150 yards in length and serving three different holes. You could, if you come in short, have the delighted prospect of a putt of over 100 yards.
 

North Course
The North Course is shorter than the South Course, totaling 6403 yards from the back tees. One of its unique features is that it gives you a choice of shooting around or over its various water hazards. It starts you off on #1 with a typical Robert Trent Jones hole, into the wind with a lot of sand. No water comes into play, but the next 6 holes do. Here’s a little trivia: Michael Jordan played 46 holes here on an off day during the 1997 Eastern Conference finals against the Miami Heat.

A special note: The days you play these two courses, you will have unlimited golf, so tee it up often and bring plenty of balls. The water is everywhere. Twenty-six out of 36 holes can send you to your watery grave.

Crandon Park Golf Course
Home of the PGA Senior Tour Caribbean Classic, this Bruce Devlin and Robert von Hagge design was built in 1972. This scenic course was built on Key Biscayne Island and the view back across Biscayne Bay is incredible. You see all that civilization over there and on the island you see coconut palms, red and white mangroves and saltwater lakes and wildlife galore. As for the course, it features wide and generous fairways and large greens of medium speed. Water hazards of lakes, canals and the bay come into play on half the holes. The 521-yard finishing hole can be a watery grave. At least one or two Senior PGA Tour players in every group find the water off their drive from the back box. When you need to hit the ball 230 yards to clear an inlet, it’s no wonder.