the great white:
a "free flowing" course

18 holes, 7,171 yards,
par 72, 74.5 rating, slope 134

Designed by:
Greg Norman

Course Opened:
1967
Course Type/Style:
Resort
Number of Tee Boxes:
4 sets
Total Number of Sand Bunkers:
93
Number of Water Hazards:
14 out of 18
Most Challenging Hole:
No. 18
Most Scenic Hole:
No. 8
Acreage of Course:
148 acres
Average Size of Greens:
6,600 sq. ft.

Primary Grasses
Fairways:
Bermudagrass
Rough:
Bermudagrass
Greens:
Bermudagrass

Months Open:
January – December
High Season:
October – May
Rounds per year:

Aerification:
Overseeding:

Green Fees:
Low: $125 High: $250
Walking Options:
Unrestricted Walking

Director of Golf:
Darrin Helfrick, PGA
Head Pro:
Charles "BJ" Simpson
Superintendant:
Anthony Baur, GCSAA

Golf Digest rating

primarily landscaped with
tightly packed coquina sand

The legendary Great White Course is enjoyable for the high handicap player while maintaining the integrity of the course for the accomplished player.

A Greg Norman Signature Course, the 7,171-yard, par-72 Great White Course is the only golf course of its kind in the Southeastern United States that utilizes coquina -- crushed shells -- as the primary design element on every hole. In designing the Great White, Norman blended strategically demanding fairways with hundreds of palm trees. He then laid out the course in a manner where water comes into play on 14 of the 18 holes, which makes for a challenging, but picturesque Great White Golf Course. Host to the PGA TOUR Franklin Templeton Shark Shootout in 2000, the Great White was rated as the best new golf course of 2000 by the National Golf Foundation.

On December 6, 2005, Doral Golf Resort & Spa unveiled the “New Look” Great White Golf Course. Highlighting the enhancements to the Great White Golf Course was the re-design of the 6th and 15th holes, as well as all bunkers. The course also received new landscaping, as thousands of native grasses were planted around the course, while cart paths were installed at strategic locations throughout the course for improved drainage.

The Great White is the only course in Southern Florida that features a triple green: holes 11, 13 and 17 share a 25,000-square-foot green. The 8th, a 175-yard par three, features an island green and, typical of Greg’s somewhat aggressive approach to course design, the 18th is an extremely difficult finishing hole.

“The refinements we’ve put forth on the Great White were designed to create an even more playable golf experience,” said Darrin Helfrick, General Manager of Golf, Doral Golf Resort & Spa. “At the same time, we’ve made modifications that enable us to enhance course maintenance, such as the installation of concrete cart paths designed to improve drainage.”