Miami Golf Bachelor Party: The Weekend Plan

Miami is the Florida city built for a golf bachelor party. The public golf runs from the beach to an island in Biscayne Bay to a Donald Ross course in Coral Gables. The nights start late and end later. The one rule is to keep each day in one part of town, because the weekend falls apart in traffic between a tee time in one neighborhood and a dinner in another.

The weekend at a glance

• Thursday: dinner on the river, then LIV.
• Friday: Miami Beach Golf Club, the Strawberry Moon pool, Prime 112, then Mr. Jones or Vendôme.
• Saturday: Crandon, the Biltmore or the Blue Monster, then Papi Steak or Sexy Fish, then E11even and Club Space. Or a Seminole Hard Rock Saturday.
• Sunday: Joia Beach, or the flight home.

Golf first: two mornings, played early

Plan on two rounds, Friday and Saturday. Thursday is for landing, and Sunday is for recovering.

Play early, whatever the month. In the summer wet season, afternoon thunderstorms and serious humidity are the rule, and rates drop accordingly. Hurricane season runs through November 30. Our Florida golf season guide has the month-by-month picture. A first-thing tee time also gets the group back in time for the pool.

For eight players, book two consecutive tee times; for twelve, three. Read the dress codes before anyone packs. Miami Beach Golf Club turns away denim, cargo shorts, swimwear and tank tops. The Biltmore goes further: no denim, T-shirts, button-up shirts or workout shorts. Collared golf shirts and golf shorts work everywhere on this list.

Getting around

Book a car with room for the clubs on both golf mornings, and keep it for the night when the group splits between dinner and a club. Miami Beach Golf Club is minutes from South Beach. Crandon is ten minutes from downtown on Key Biscayne. The Biltmore is in Coral Gables, and Doral is out west. The Seminole Hard Rock is a drive north to Hollywood, so it gets a day of its own. Our Florida golf trip planning guide covers the rest of the trip.

Thursday: dinner on the river, then LIV

Kiki on the River is a modern Greek restaurant on the Miami River that turns into a party as the night goes on, with DJs and dancing. If the group wants a club on night one, LIV, the nightclub inside Fontainebleau Miami Beach, opens Thursday through Sunday nights.

Friday: Miami Beach, start to finish

Miami Beach Golf Club is a public course from 1923 on a strip of land between the Atlantic and Biscayne Bay, minutes from South Beach. Arthur Hills and Steve Forrest rebuilt it in 2002, which is why a century-old municipal course plays like a modern championship one: 6,813 yards from the Black tees with a 142 slope. Carts are included, and it keeps the whole day on the beach side.

The afternoon is Strawberry Moon, the third-floor pool at The Goodtime Hotel on Washington Avenue. It runs as a day club from noon until sundown every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Dinner is Prime 112, the South of Fifth steakhouse in the historic Browns Hotel at 112 Ocean Drive, open since 2004. Then a short ride to Mr. Jones on Lincoln Road, the hip-hop room, with table sections for groups of about five to fifteen. Or try Vendôme on Washington Avenue, rebuilt in 2025 around bottle service and strictly 21 and over.

Saturday: choose the course, then downtown

Saturday's course sets the tone, and Miami has three very different answers.

• Crandon Golf at Key Biscayne is municipal golf on an island ten minutes from downtown. It was built in 1972 around seven saltwater lakes and mangrove thickets, with holes looking over Biscayne Bay. From the Black tees it runs 7,182 yards with a 146 slope, and the crocodiles, iguanas, herons and ibis are part of the round.
• The Biltmore is a 1925 Donald Ross course in the grounds of the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables. The hotel tower is in view from nearly every hole, and the course still runs beside the canals that once carried guests by gondola.
• The Blue Monster at Doral is the famous one: Dick Wilson's 1961 design, renovated by Gil Hanse in 2014, and a longtime PGA Tour venue. At 7,590 yards from the Black tees, it is the course to pick for a group of genuinely good players.

Dinner is Papi Steak on 1st Street, built for celebration tables and groups, with private dining for a party that wants its own room. Or Sexy Fish in Brickell, the Miami outpost of the London original, a Japanese-inspired room hung with art by Damien Hirst and Frank Gehry.

Then NE 11th Street. E11even is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Across the street, Club Space runs its Friday and Saturday shows from 11 PM into the next day, on an open-air Terrace where the sets go past sunrise.

The Hard Rock Saturday. For a group that wants the pool, the club and the casino in one building, drive north to the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood. DAER Dayclub runs Saturday and Sunday from midday to 7 PM. DAER Nightclub, in the same complex, is open Friday and Saturday from 10 PM to 4 AM.

Sunday: the bay, or the flight

Joia Beach on Watson Island, between downtown and South Beach, has cabanas on the sand, skyline views across Biscayne Bay and Riviera Sundays. Strawberry Moon's Sunday day club is the South Beach alternative. Or the car takes the group to the airport.

How to book it

• Tee times: each course page here links to the course's own booking. Golf in FL is an independent guide and does not hold tee times. Our Miami courses guide ranks the rest of the county.
• The nights in more detail: MyRSVP's Miami golf bachelor party guide covers the same weekend from the dinner table.
• Dinners: each restaurant books through the reservation link on its MyRSVP page.
• Club tables, cabanas and daybeds: send the night and the group size from the venue's MyRSVP page, and MyRSVP's Miami team sets it up.