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Miami Country Club
Closed - 18 Holes
1345 NW 11th Street
Miami, Florida
Miami-Dade County
33125
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1933 - Miami Country Club - 9th green with clubhouse
Notes
Henry Flagler hired Scotsman Alex Finlay in 1897 to design several golf courses for his hotel company called the Florida East Coast Hotels which were serviced by his railroad company called Florida East Coast Railways. One of these courses was for his Miami hotel called the Hotel Royal Palm.
The course took 3 months to build and opened December, 1898 as a 9-hole course and was called the Golf Grounds.
The club organized as the Royal Palm Country Club in 1900 for the guests of the Hotel Royal Palm.
In 1901, all the courses built by the Florida East Coast Railroad were organized into the Florida East Coast Golf Club, and this course was called the Links at Miami.
1901 - Links at Miami - Course Layout by Alex Finlay
In 1909 a new 9-hole golf course was built on the same location and was designed by Jack Hagen.
In 1918, the hotel company hired Donald Ross to redesign the front 9 holes and design an additional 9 holes. With a new clubhouse the new 18-hole golf course opened December 1, 1920 but only 9 holes were used.
On December 31, 1922, the club fully opened with all 18 holes in play.
1919 Donald Ross Design - Miami Golf Links. Source: GivenMemorialLibrary.net
With the closure of the Hotel Royal Palm in 1928, the Florida East Coast Hotel company decided to close the golf course. A group from Miami saved the course, by leasing the property. In March, 1928, the Miami Country Club was organized and took over the golf course.
In February 1945, the Miami Country Club bought the property from the Florida East Coast Hotel Co.
In June, 1953 the golf course was sold to Dade County. The course was leased from Dade County until around 1956, when the golf course was closed for good.
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Miami Country Club Course Layout and Estimated Scorecard
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