Doral is hosting a pretty big junior tournament that ends next week so courses should be in top tier condition.
Biltmore is a fun course and an easy walk with this awesome miami weather we have going on.
Crandon out in key biscayne if you wanna get spanked.
Miami Beach 
Biltmore seems to not really have tee times open to the public. So are there just no golf sickos in Miami, everything tucked away in the keys?
Good AND public is a tough ask in the area. Miami Beach GC and Crandon are your closest options. Emerald Hills, Plantation Preserve, and Jacaranda would be Southern Broward options. Then youāre looking up at West Palm for The Park.
Was in the area over Thanksgiving:
Crandon - hugely overpriced at c. $200. Played it a few years ago and really enjoyed it so was keen to get back. Massively let down by the conditioning. Very rough around the edges.
The Park - a good day out, taking in the par 3 course a couple of times, as well as a putting comp on the ridiculously-sloped green and some food at The Cabana. As for the course itself, Iād probably overhyped it in my head. It was absolutely fine, but very little strategy off the tee. Just wale on driver into the massive fairways and try to hit the right part of the green. You definitely donāt need a caddy.
Boca Rio - got on with a nice old boy member via Thousand Greens. No houses or spas in sight here - a golf club where the focus is golf rather than country club lifestyle. Really enjoyed it. The guys who hosted us said heās hosted the second most people on the entire TG network, so youād have a decent chance of getting on with him I reckon.
Gleneagles CC - won an auction here in the UK and picked up a fourball for a pittance. Unlike Boca Rio, this was typical Florida country club golf. Absolutely immaculate, winding its way through a residential development but with some surprisingly fun holes. Not my kind of vibe with the ornate clubhouse fountains, membersā card room and general overt opulence, but glad we played it, especially for $20 a man.
We also played Boca Dunes as a warm up (par 62 dog track, but did the job) and Palm Beach Par 3 GC, which was a lot of fun in a great setting.
Roast my agenda:
12/31 Miami Beach cc
1/1 Crandon
1/2 emerald hills
1/3 Normandy shores
Adjacent inquiry to the stuff aboveāBoca/FtLaut area.
Jacaranda was already saved, saw some love in here. Still a good spot?
Also looking at Osprey Point, which looked interesting from a layout and landscape perspectiveā¦
Donāt need the ocean, donāt need water features, donāt particularly need snakes.
I just finished playing Crandon and it is in fact akin to getting punched in the face 18 times.
Loved it
@ASplashOfOJ weāre back to having 3 open spots for this Sat at the Palm Beach Par 3
Looking to join the Roost. Located in Fort Lauderdale. Anything I need to do to join officially? Or just start showing up to events?
Welcome @MapleLeafLonghorn !
@Big_RanDeer will get you all setup with the Slack invite and Nest stuff 
Hereās a link to the current event calendar: Splash of OJ Roost Events 2023-24 Season - Google Sheets
sent you a DM
Go play the park. worth the shot up 95
Good afternoon! Iām also new to the nest/refuge and would like to be added to the Splash of OJ Roost. Located in the Orlando, FL area
Hey there, Iām in Orlando as well. Will shoot you a DM.
@Big_RanDeer you mind sending me the Slack info as well? I donāt have that. Thanks in advance. B
DM incoming
Looking to Join the Roost - based here in Miami Beach a stones throw from Miami Beach Golf Club.
Nice to see a fellow Miamian. Unfortunately the roost is practically central Florida 
That cannot be further from the truth.
The miles myself and others from the roost have logged could argue otherwise.
I am literally paying $450 to stay in a hotel in the Palm beach area for two nights. Many others have gotten hotels too. Sorry I know itās probably a throw away comment but Iām miffed given the time and effort myself and others have put into our roost.