Carolina Course

Carolina Golf Club

Margate, FL, USA
Public
18 holesPar 716,705 yds72.5/141

About this course

Carolina Golf Club in Margate, Florida, is a Robert von Hagge and Bruce Devlin design that reflects the bold, strategic style this partnership brought to South Florida golf in the 1970s and 1980s. Von Hagge and Devlin collaborated on numerous courses across the state during this era, often creating layouts that emphasized water hazards, large bunker complexes, and dramatic shaping to compensate for the region's naturally flat terrain. The course occupies land typical of Broward County's interior—low-lying, with minimal natural elevation change—and the architects responded by engineering mounding, contouring fairways, and incorporating lakes and canals into the strategic fabric of the holes. The routing features water on many holes, requiring golfers to navigate carries and manage angles carefully. Bunkers tend to be expansive and visually prominent, framing landing areas and greens in the von Hagge style. The greens themselves often feature subtle to moderate undulation, rewarding precise approach play. Mature tropical landscaping, including palms and native vegetation, frames the corridors and provides definition between holes. Carolina Golf Club operates as a private facility serving the Margate and greater Fort Lauderdale area. The course provides a traditional member-focused experience with an emphasis on year-round playability in South Florida's subtropical climate. While not a tournament venue of national prominence, it represents a solid example of the design principles von Hagge and Devlin applied throughout their extensive Florida portfolio.

Quick facts

Location
Margate, FL, USA
Access
Public
Year built
1971
Holes
18
Par
71
Length
6,705 yards
Difficulty
72.5/141

Getting there

Carolina Golf Club lies just inland from Florida's Atlantic coast, most easily accessed via Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, a twenty-minute drive to the southeast. The route northwest from the terminal traces the suburban sprawl of Broward County before slipping into the quieter, canal-laced neighborhoods of Margate, where the club occupies a discreet residential enclave. There is no dramatic shift in topography here - only the gradual transition from coastal bustle to the manicured calm of South Florida's golf country, where Carolina's tree-lined entrance emerges almost without fanfare among the palms and waterways.

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Common questions about Carolina

Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.

Carolina was designed by Bruce Devlin and Robert von Hagge.

Yes. Carolina is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.

Par at Carolina is 71.

Carolina plays 6,705 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.

The slope rating at Carolina is 141.

Carolina is a 18-hole course.

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