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Value
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Layout
4.1
Friendliness
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Pace
4.0
Amenities
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About

Holes 18
Type Public/Municipal
Par 72
Length 6330 yards
Slope 144
Rating 77.1

Play 18 holes of challenging yet enjoyable golf through 140 acres of the Loxahatchee Natural Preserve at Sandhill Crane Golf Course. This Par 72, Roy Case designed course is truly a "walk in the gardens". The peace and quiet is interrupted only by the sounds of nature. Southern pines, palm trees frame the course giving you breathtaking views and quality golf, while still being affordable!
Formerly known as Palm Beach Gardens Golf Club.

Course Details

Year Built 1992
Fairways Celebration Bermuda Grass
Greens TifEagle Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Roy Case (1992) Matthew Dusenberry (2013) Tad Burnett (2013)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed, Birthday Parties
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Reviews

3.6
459 Reviews (459)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 17
Patio Dining 10
19th Hole Scenic Views 6
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 67
Bunkers 43
Forced Carries 43
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 61
Locals 46
Advanced Golfers 41
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 37
Worth the Drive 33
Convenient to the City 22

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Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Really nice track!

I wish this course was closer to my home so o could play it more often. Great greens, challenging layout and very attentive & friendly staff!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course

Great Course love it here but in 45 days will be crazy slow when snow birds come down

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Very good municipal course

Second time playing Sandhills Crane. As good as the first. Great staff,course in good condition and plays good with heavy rain the day before. Very fair on price. Two thumbs up,!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Aerified

This course is generally one of the best around. Slightly more expensive than most, but usually well worth it. However, today we played and the greens had just been aerified, without any notification at the time we made our reservation. They were almost unputtable. The rest of the course was in great shape, as usual, and I’m sure the greens will be soon. I think in the meantime that people should be made aware.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 83
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

have played here before, always worth it. the people running it do a nice job

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Interesting track

Don’t play this course after heavy rains,it needs time to dry out. Had to play cart path only. Not fun

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Capt. Jeffrey

Great course, need to enforce pace of play, even though its August and the snowbirds are few pace of play needs to be addressed, played in June and left after 9 holes and 3 1/2 hours for 9 holes, I know they’re growing pains but needs to be overseen by the so called Marshall’s. More like Festus “I’m coming Marshall Dillon” SLOW SLOW PLAY

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Good Track...But

First time and was pleasantly surprised at the facilities and course layout!
Range your hitting floaters into the water target greens...not my favorite.
Greens top dressed but a little fast and healing.
Cart paths only...wish I knew that before booking.
Course is low lying so it does hold water and was extremely wet!
Long par fours, but we played it back and was a challenge in wet conditions!
Public family friendly, good for the novice but needs better drainage with the south Florida weather!
Will go back when we're in a drought..lol!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

First time playing since it was redone

Course was in great shape and the clubhouse is gorgeous. Didn’t like the way the greens rolled at all.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 119
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Relatively short but challenging course

I heard about this course for a long time but haven't taken any action to drive 1.5 hour to play there until I took a day off on 7/12 to play this course and the other nearby great course back to back. I am totally glad for what I did on 7/12. Sandhill is great! It's short but challenging. I played from the back tee. The tee shot is critical. You have to think where and how to fire your tee shot almost on every hole. When looking out from the back tee, a lot of holes intimidate you. The tee shot openings are very narrow. It's a very unforgiving course especially when you play from the back tee. It's fun and I am glad to take that long drive.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Many dogleg holes, ware area carries to challenge driving accuracy.

The course itself was in very good condition except for some sand on several greens. There is some construction renovation going on involving concrete trucks but it was being managed very well and didn’t interfere with play.
There was a young family of four in front of my threesome that slowed our pace of play to some degree and probably should’ve been told to let us play through by the Ranger but since it’s off-season, and I am a family man myself, it was nice to see mom and dad introducing their two children to the game of golf!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 41
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

conditions

The course shouldn't have been open,very very wet. Cart path only. No notification was listed about how wet the course was. This course doesn't drain well after rain.

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Little honesty never hurts

Should have told us they punched the entire course only a few days before...not on Golfnow sign up

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Enjoyable round...

Great layout for a shortish course. Conditions were excellent despite all the rain we have been receiving. In my regular rotation.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

To Close For Comfort

The course layout is so tight we nearly were hit by errant shots 4-5 times. Also experienced a wait on every tee box resulting in a 4.5 hour round.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Capt Jeff

Need to speed up play, too many snow
Birds that have no or very little golf etiquette

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 92
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Great shape

Have played this course many times. They continue to cut back the brush and growth making it easier for stray shots to be found and hit. It is not a long course so players who can find their balls should
score very well.

The food in the new clubhouse has been excellent and on a par with some of the private clubs. The addition of toilet facilities should speed up the turn time. The lock on the outer ladies room (holes 15/17) has not worked for months and results in a lot of walk ins and embarrassments of both sexes .Do not open the door without knocking.!,,,,

A good experience, all the improvements have increased prices,. Golfnow helps with softening the blow.

Treat yourself.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Excellent course

We played late afternoon, when we arrived we were met by Bob from Binghamton, extremely friendly and informative. The course layout was excellent, pace of play very good, beverage cart was out and about, greens were superb.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Aesthetically appealing golf course

Sandhill Crane is a golf course that is pleasing to the eye. The layout has good variety and you normally see plenty of birds and a few alligators. The fairways are reasonably wide and the greens receptive, giving the average golfer opportunities to score. The greens do have subtle break, causing some perplexing near-misses. This is one of our favorite Palm Beach County courses.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Good course for an amateur striving to get better

This was my 1st time playing Sandhill Crane GC. Even though the wind was a factor all day, the fairways were tight but manageable plus there was multiple yardage markings on the 8 Par 4's and the 5 Par 5's to help you which I liked (for control purposes, I used my 3 Wood a lot). I also liked the colored flags (Red front, White middle and Blue back) & the GPS on the cart because it really helped me to play controlled, disciplined golf, resulting in my best round this spring. The greens had a nice consistency to them but they were all too fast on the day that I played (I don't know what the stimpmeter was) which was a bit deflating after quality 2nd shots to the green. Although the course was full on the Monday afternoon that I played, my partner and I did not feel rushed.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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