Struggling to Decide Between Palm Beach Course Options

[jontrcy08]

I am heading to Palm Beach next month for a few days of golf. I've done a lot of research on the forum, but am still having trouble deciding between a few options. Would love advice from some who have experienced these courses to help me compare and contracts. I am a 12 handicapper, not overly concerned with cost, and no one in the group belongs to a local club, so our private options are limited. 

 

Options we are considering, and open to others 

 

NPBCC - reviews seem great, but we have read some notes about course conditions being mediocre and a little beat up

Reese Jones - more expensive, not a lot of feedback on the forums 

Abacoa - seems to have positive forum feedback but is dated, more recent reviews indicated slow play, is the layout intriguing or do the rave reviews just come from great conditions?

PGA Village Dye - is this really worth driving the extra 40 minutes?

Ironhorse - have access here, can't find much on the forums on the course at all

 

would love any feedback on these options or comparisons if anyone has played some or all of these! 

[razuuun24]

I have played the PGA village Courses years ago and really liked all of them. The Dye course was definitely a favorite. I found nothing boring about that course. It was pretty busy in prime time the second time I played it in twilight and it was pretty empty. IF it was me I would drive the extra 40 minutes

 

 I drove by Abacoa to check it out and it didn't seem very busy. This was back in Sept 2019.

 

Really glad you didn't list PGA National on your list because I found nothing about that place worth returning to. 

[eagles1]

Played Abacoa a few weeks back.  Very nice design with excellent conditions.  Greens were superb.  Pace of play was not an issue.

[jontrcy08]

eagles 1, thanks for the feedback on albacoa i appreciate it. 

 

 

[hammergolf]

Abacoa and PGA Dye