George Wilson Country Club

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George Wilson Country Club
Closed - 18 Holes Executive
10000 N Kendall Drive
Miami, Florida
Miami-Dade County
33176


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1969-1973: Kendall Country Club
1973-1978: George Wilson Country Club


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Calusa Country Club

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Calusa Country Club
Closed - 18 Holes
9400 SW 130th Avenue
Miami, Florida
Miami-Dade County
33186
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Stanley Glaser hired Mark Mahannah to design a 18-hole golf course and construction on the Calusa Country Club began.  Calusa Country Club opened in 1968 with a layout of 18 holes, par 72, 6824 yards.

On April 3, 1996, under new ownership, Calusa Country Club was renamed University Country Club and underwent renovations.  The University Country Club had a layout of 18 holes, par 72, 7203 yards.

On December 14, 1999, the University Country Club was renamed Calusa Country Club.

In 2003, Calusa Country Club was purchased by Facundo Bacardi.

In 2006, it was planned to turn Calusa Country Club into a private course called the Fort Dallas Golf Club with a redesign by Tom Fazio, but the membership drive failed.

Since then ownership has tried to turn Calusa Country Club into building lots but a land covenant has put plans on hold.

By March 2011, Calusa Country Club was unkempt and had a layout of 18 holes, par 72, 7185 yards and was closed.

Currently, the course remains abandoned and is legally known as Fort Dallas Golf Club.


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Killian Greens Golf Club

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Killian Greens Golf Club
Public - 18 holes
9980 SW 104th Street
Miami, Florida
Miami-Dade County
33176
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Cylojet Investments started the Crooked Creek development in 1964 and ran into problems.  Bernard Janis purchased the Crooked Creek development in 1967 and finished the first 9 holes of the Crooked Creek Golf and Country Club in late 1967.  The second 9 holes were completed by 1969.  Since Bob Cupp was the first golf pro at Crooked Creek, and was the architect of many golf courses, I am assuming that he was the designer of Crooked Creek Golf and Country Club.

In January 1972, Bernard Janis sold Crooked Creek Golf and Country Club to Metro Dade's Park & Recreation Department.  At this time, Crooked Creek Country Club had a layout of 18 holes, par 71, 6514 yards.

In 1979, NFLer Ted Hendricks (aka The Stork) purchased Crooked Creek Country Club. Crooked Creek Golf Course lost money and Hendricks closed the golf course in early 1983. He wanted to turn the golf course into building lots but there was a covenent against this occurring and the golf course remained abandoned until about 1990.

From an estimated period of 1990 to 1993, the golf course was known as Kendall Golf Club.

From an estimated period of 1993 to 1999, the golf course was known as Kendall Greens.

By around 1999, the golf course was known as Killian Greens Golf Club, and it currently has a layout of 18 holes, par 72, 6449 yards.


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Briar Bay Golf Course

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Briar Bay Golf Course
Public (Municipal) - 9 Holes Executive
9399 SW 134th Street
Miami, Florida
Miami-Dade County
33176
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Real estate developer Alec Courtelis hired Bruce Devlin and Robert von Hagge to design a 9-hole executive golf course for his Briar Bay development.  Construction began in 1974 and Briar Bay Golf Course opened in January 1975.

The Miami-Dade County Parks Department acquired Briar Bay Golf Course in 1979 and it currently has a layout of 9 holes, par 31, 1800 yards.


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Colonial Palms Golf Course

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Colonial Palms Golf Course
Closed - 18 Holes Executive
13601 South Dixie Highway
Coral Gables, Florida
Miami-Dade County
33158


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John O'Connor, Jr. was the visionary and the designer for the Colonial Palms Golf Course which opened on January 15, 1961 as an illuminated 18 hole, par 60, 3396 yard executive golf course.

Colonial Palms Golf Course was sold in 1981, never to be a golf course again.


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John O'Connor was the visionary of Colonial Palms Golf Course. He invested around $1M into the 55 acre project and was just about going to open the facility when Hurricane Donna hit in September, 1960 leaving the golf course under water for 6 weeks, killing its grass.

The course finally opened in January, 1961 with its $75,000 lighting system and at the time advertised itself as the world's longest illuminated golf course - 18 holes covering 3,396 yards. The mercury vapour lights were mounted in the palm trees on the golf course.

The facility also had a 25 station driving range, 2 miniature golf courses, a pro shop, dining room, lounge and a bar. It was open every day from 7 am till midnight.

The facility was sold in 1981 for around $1.4M and eventually became a mixture of residential housing and shopping plazas.

Deering Bay Yacht & Country Club

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Deering Bay Yacht & Country Club
Private (Gated Community) - 18 holes
13610 Deering Bay Drive
Coral Gables, Florida
Miami-Dade County
33158
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Ben Cooper was the visionary of Kings Bay Yacht & Country Club and hired Mark Mahana (now known as Mark Mahannah) to design an 18-hole golf course and construction began in 1957.  After many delays, there were 5 playable holes in November 1960 and the front 9 holes opened on January 14, 1961.

Gustav Ring purchased the Kings Bay Yacht & Country Club in January 1962.  The course was closed in the summer of 1962 for course improvements.  The improved front 9 holes reopened in July 1962 and the back 9 holes opened in October 1962.

In 1964, the back 9 holes were improved and at this time, Kings Bay Yacht & Country Club had a layout of 18 holes, par 72, 6834 yards.

By 1986, Kings Bay Yacht & Country Club had a layout of 18 holes, par 72, 6556 yards.

Kings Bay Yacht & Country Club was sold and reopened in 1990 as the Deering Bay Yacht & Country Club.  The golf course was closed as Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay redesigned the golf course with a layout of 18 holes, par 72, 6800 yards and the Deering Bay Yacht & Country Club golf course opened in July 1991.

In 2007, Arnold Palmer performed another renovation of the golf course, and the Deering Bay Yacht & Country Club currently has a layout of 18 holes, par 71, 6503 yeards.




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Palmetto Golf Course

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Palmetto Golf Course
Public (Municipal) - 18 holes
9300 SW 152nd Street
Miami, Florida
Miami-Dade County
33157
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Porter-Wagor-Russell, Inc. hired Dick Wilson to design the Palmetto Country Club golf course and construction began in February, 1960.  Palmetto Country Club opened in December, 1960 with a layout of 18 holes, par 71, 6656 yards.

Dade County purchased the golf course in 1967, and renamed it the Palmetto Golf Course.

Not much has changed as the current layout is 18 holes, par 70, 6648 yards.

An 18-hole Mini-Golf Course is on site.


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