A wide landing area off the tee is provided on this medium length 423-yard, par-4. Challenge the strategically angled waste bunker down the right side for an open look into the green. Long is preferable place to play from vs. short or left.
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ALL NEW FOR 2025
As challenging as it might be to contain our excitement for the new golf experience at Fiddler’s Creek, our members and their guests are even more thrilled. Virtually every aspect of the golf program has been rethought, and now debuts with an expansive new clubhouse, a dramatic rerouting of the course, and all new surfaces on the tees, greens, and fairways. It’s spectacular. Additional highlights include what may be the largest putting practice area in the region, shaded Toptracer, hitting bays, and new short game practice areas. Fiddler’s Creek has long been recognized as one of the premier courses in the nation. With these dramatic updates, the club has taken the experience to new heights.
For those who appreciate the importance of rankings…
the Arthur Hills course at Fiddler’s Creek has been recognized by Golfweek for eighteen consecutive years as one of the top 100 residential courses in the U.S.
Golfweek – Top 100 Best Residential Golf Courses –
2006 – 2025
Travel + Leisure Golf – America’s Top 100 Golf Communities
Golfweek – #12 Best Residential Course in Florida – 2018
LINKS – America’s 100 Premier Properties –
Best of Club Life
More days in the week please.
The new member should not worry about finding a game – there are nine and wine Tuesdays, Saturday couples, invitationals, tournaments for every level of skill – the golf calendar is like everything at Fiddler’s – thriving, engaging and fun.
My design philosophy in a word would be, strategic. I’m always trying to get it so the ideal tee shot will have the best access and angle into the green. And generally, I keep approaches open, rather than having hazards to overcome. The second shot is about cup placement and the players' judgment of their ability. If the pin is off to the right or left, is the player going to go for the cup or the middle of the green? That’s what makes it fun.”
Course Tour
Hole by Glorious Hole
Hole 1
Hole 2
A beautiful 432-yard, par-4. Plenty of space between the bunkers to drive your tee shot. The lone Royal Palm past the green provides a great target. Avoid the left greenside bunker to have a chance for a birdie.
Hole 3
Long! A true three shot par-5 at 569 yards. Stripe two in a row and you are left with a devilish third shot over water to a small undulating green. A front flag stick is a no go unless you have the perfect yardage. Back of the green or slightly over is a manageable place get up and down.
Hole 4
481-yard, par-4 from the tournament tee. No piece of cake to take the two cross bunkers out of play. The approach with a long iron will tend to end up over the green which is beneficial as the green slopes front to back.
Hole 5
407-yard, par-4. The meandering wetland down the left side is a warning that there is trouble ahead. Crush a drive to the wide-open landing area and you are left with a short to medium iron into this green which is precariously perched across the far bank of the creek. Cross the beautiful stone bridge, take your par if you’re lucky and move on.
Hole 6
From the elevated tee of this 223-yard, par-3, the player is confronted with a large bunker guarding the left of the green. A back left pin position is not an easy shot as it requires a draw or a full carry fade. Play to front right of the green despite the flag position and make your par.
Hole 7
The first short par-4 at a mere 370 yards! Hit your tee ball over the large left fairway cross bunker for the optimum angle into this very small green. Bail out right and the player must contend with a difficult shot over the far right greenside bunker that if you carry sends the ball bounding forward. Favor the left side of this green.
Hole 8
181-yard, par-3 over water. Don’t get fooled by the false front on the left portion of the green. The surrounding trees do well to disguise the eastern wind. Take note of the water and if you are into it club up and stay committed. Walk away with three and you have done well.
Hole 9
Nice looking relatively short par-5 at 538 yards in length from the tournament tee. Hit it straight to avoid the fairway bunkers. The approach shot should be placed at 110 – 130 out as the fairway is narrowest at 100 yards out. The smallish green is literally surrounded by bunkers. Three good shots will provide a chance to make a birdie.
Hole 10
The tee shot plays slightly uphill to an elevated landing area on this 556-yard, par-5. A long tee shot close to the dogleg bunker is the ideal line. The strategically positioned green lies next to a lake in which everything from the left side of the green feeds towards. The safest play would be a lay-up shot from roughly 130 yards which takes the lake and fairway bunker out of play.
Hole 11
The elevated tee provides the player with a spectacular view of the landscape beyond on this beast of a 444-yard, par-4. Hug the left fairway bunker for the speed slot and leave yourself an open iron shot into the green. The green severely slopes left to right. A long miss or short right miss provide the easier chances at par than missing left or in the greenside bunkers.
Hole 12
529-yard, par-5. The deceptively and strategically positioned bunkers provide a hazardous, but navigable route to an elevated green framed beautifully amongst a cathedral of sabal palms and oaks. The large bunker near the green appears to be greenside. You be the judge. Approaching the green from the left side of the fairway gives you the best chance to hold this narrow green.
Hole 13
The journey along the creek begins when you reach the green on this 440-yard, par-4. From the elevated tees the player sees the entire hole, its hazards and the green. The most direct, but also the most dangerous route is to play over the angled cross bunkers down the right-hand side. The approach to the green is best served with an extra club as a short miss into a headwind or short from the left bunker is extremely more difficult than the alternative which is pitching back up the hill from the rear of the green.
Hole 14
204-yard, par-3. A diamond in the rough. Don’t be distracted by the eagle nest in the pines over the Everglades. Pick your club wisely on this deceptively designed one-shotter. Par is a good start for the back nine and long is better than short.
Hole 15
A true risk/reward tee shot is required on this 422-yard, par-4 hole. Hug your tee shot near the creek for a short iron to this medium sized green. Play safely left off the tee and you are facing a relatively long second shot over the left greenside bunker. Long and right give you a higher probability to make par than the alternative. Play for center of the green on this hole versus attacking a back left flagstick.
Hole 16
From Arthur Hills book “The Works of Art”. My favorite hole at Fiddler’s Creek. The green sits up so high that you can’t really see the green surface from out in the fairway. You shoot up onto this green, and the surface is fairly receptive…but…there’s a deep bunker on the left and a bulkhead on the right side to the water. If a player hits the ball through or over the green it will go into the marshland. You either hit that green or you are in trouble. It kind of looks like a wedding cake. To me, the best place to approach the green is from near the water on the right side of the hole because you are shooting away from the water, and you have more latitude- you can hit it 5 degrees offline and still be okay. Alternatively if you hit it 5 degrees offline from the left side of the fairway, you’re in the water.
Hole 17
Another gem of a par-3 at only 170 yards from the tips. Great opportunity for par or birdie if you hit the heavily bunkered green. Arthur Hills in the field added another 4 feet of height to this green, and it really became a classic, great golf hole.
Hole 18
389-yard, par-4. No bunkers off the tee! Let the shaft out! Hit it long and straight and you are left with a short iron into the green, which just happens to be perched alongside another watery grave on the left.
PAR: 72
SLOPE: 144
DESIGN: Arthur Hills
RATING: 75.1
YARDAGE: 7,200 Yards from the Tournament Tees
GRASS: TifEagle Greens and Bimini Tees, Fairways & Rough
PRACTICE FACILITY:18 Acres with Two Short Game Areas
CoverShots™ Canopies Shade Hitting Bay with Toptracer Technology
23,000 sq ft Putting Course
19th Playoff Hole
First Tee Putting Green
Considerably Above Par
The rhetorical question is which is better the rolling, and frankly breathtaking topography or the quiet beauty of the habitat into which Arthur Hills has woven his 18 rolling holes at Fiddler’s Creek. And the first impressions are lasting – there seems not to be a flat hole among the 18. At Fiddler’s, the fairways are generous, rolling and wide, for this is a second shot golf course. And here is where risk reward enters the picture. The approaches are open, but the greens themselves are often elevated, always undulating, and guarded by water and bunkers – every hole is different, the play always dynamic and fluid. And never boring.
We have five PGA accredited professionals on staff to help members tailor their game, refresh the fundamentals, and diagnose issues – so they have the tools to understand why a shot went awry and how to fix it. No matter how serious it gets – we make sure everyone remembers it’s still a game."