Overview: Tiburon Golf Club is a 36 hole Troon managed golf resort located in Naples, Florida. The resort is composed of the Gold Course and the Black Course. The Gold Course hosts the LPGA Tour's C... Continue »

Overview: Tiburon Golf Club is a 36 hole Troon managed golf resort located in Naples, Florida. The resort is composed of the Gold Course and the Black Course. The Gold Course hosts the LPGA Tour's CME Group Tour Championship and the PGA Tour's QBE Shootout (aka ... Shark Shootout). Both courses were designed by Greg Norman. The Gold Course was closed while we were in South Florida, but the Black Course was open.

Clubhouse: The 27,000 square foot Mediterranean style clubhouse features 3 dining rooms, private men's and women's lounges and an award winning large pro shop. I bought a hat and shirt in the pro shop, and the prices were about 20% higher then any other pro shop that I have been in lately. Customer service was excellent ... every single employee greeted me and wished me a good day.

Practice Area: A nice practice area that had a driving range (where you had to hit off the mats), chipping area and practice putting greens. A little disappointed to hit practice balls off mats, but it happens at times. Practice range balls were Taylor Made balls that were a little beat up.

Course: A classic Florida course that does not have a lot of elevation change, has a good amount of water in play (be careful of the alligators, and I was very surprised that I did not see any.) The holes on the front were pretty much right in front of you, and I thought the course design on the front nine was a little boring. It got a little bit better on the back nine and really enjoyed holes #9 - #11, #17 and #18.
What I really enjoyed was the conditions of the course. Wall to wall bermuda grass, that was lush and mature. Grass coverage was excellent and the rough was about an inch in length. The sand in the bunkers was excellent and the waste areas were composed of a crushed coquina shells .. which were very easy to hit out of. The bermuda greens were in excellent shape, and rolled true. The greens were punched about 4 weeks prior.

Final Thoughts: Tiburon Golf Club is located next to the 295 room Ritz Carlton - Naples, and the 450 room Ritz Carlton Beach Resort is a few miles away. I was disappointed that the Gold Course was closed, so I played the Black Course. It is a course that I enjoyed playing, but I do not think I would go back play. Prices were a little steep ($142 on the day that I played), and the course was not really memorable. If I am in Naples again, I would definitely want to play the God Course ... just to play the course "where the pro's play".)