Lago Mar Country Club

Detailed description of Lago Mar Country Club

The Lago Mar golf course was constructed in 1969 by Mr. Walter Banks who, owning the Lago Mar Resort Hotel on Ft. Lauderdale beach, wanted to be able to offer his guests a golf amenity. The course was designed by Bill Watts.

In 1980 the Banks family sold the club to it's members and it has operated as a private Country Club since that time.

The Club underwent a minor renovation in 1998 when they rebuilt 4 greens and created a new practice pitching/bunker area behind the 15th green.

In 2009, Lago Mar Country Club entered into an agreement with the Florida Dept. of Transportation to provide drainage acreage for the expansion of State Highway 595. The deal provided a capitol infusion that allowed the Club to completely renovate the golf course with new tees, greens, irrigation, landscaping, fairways, roughs, cart paths, and a new driving range. They retained the services of architect Kipp Schulties for the rennovations. The course "re-openied" in December, 2009.

The Lago Mar Country Club golf course plays to 7,053 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72 . The course rating is 74.0 and the slope rating is 140.