Indian Creek Country Club

Indian Creek Country Club is the heart of Indian Creek Island and it's located between Bal Harbor and Miami Beach. Here in splendid isolation lies one of America’s most exclusive communities which is reported to be obsessed with security having its own State police force which includes 24/7 armed boat patrols around the island.

This is not one of the most accessible venues for the visiting golfer, so you’ll need to befriend a member to tee it up on this classical William S. Flynn -designed course, which dates back to the 1930s. The clubhouse itself is not only huge, it’s also an architectural delight built in an Italianate-style with multiple terraces and loggias that overlook the golf course and the bay. Some people even reckon that Indian Creek's clubhouse has the best locker room in the country.

Apart from some new back tees, the course is pretty much a monument to Flynn. From the original tees it measures a modest 6,600 yards but there’s a real eclectic mix of long and short holes, including the par four 9th topping out at 470 yards and the par four 13th spanning a mere 309 yards. It’s this variation coupled with the simplicity and subtlety of the design that makes Indian Creek so special.

Very few people will be fortunate to tee it up here, but those that do will immediately notice that the course is polished to within an inch of its life. Some say that Indian Creek is better groomed than Augusta.

Architect Andrew Green oversaw a renovation of the course during 2022. This involved expanding greens and relocating and reshaping bunkers, with many of the large sand hazards broken up into a series of smaller ones.

Additional tees were introduced, a new drainage system was installed, and two large ponds brought into use to help with water storage. Fairways were also re-grassed with TifTuf Bermuda, with TifEagle used on greens and Primo Zoysia on tees.