Redland Country Club

Redland Country Club sits in Homestead, at the southern edge of Miami-Dade County, where the urban sprawl of South Florida gives way to agricultural land and the gateway to the Everglades. The course was designed by Red Lawrence, a regional architect active in Florida during the mid-twentieth century, whose work appears primarily in smaller communities across the state. The flat topography characteristic of this part of South Florida shapes the routing, with water management and strategic bunkering providing the primary design elements rather than elevation change. The layout reflects the practical demands of golf course architecture in subtropical Florida: drainage corridors often double as hazards, and the native vegetation and introduced tropical plantings frame holes in a landscape that differs markedly from the state's central ridge or coastal resort areas. Redland serves a local membership drawn from Homestead and the surrounding agricultural communities, offering a straightforward test of golf suited to regular play rather than championship competition. The club functions as a community gathering place in a region better known for farming than resort golf, maintaining traditions common to older Florida country clubs where the course and clubhouse anchor social life for families across generations. Homestead's proximity to both the Keys and Everglades National Park gives the area a distinct character, and Redland reflects that unpretentious, functional approach to the game.