If you called the pro shop at Jacaranda Golf Club this month expecting your usual Saturday foursome, you probably got a different answer than you're used to. That's not a scheduling glitch. The West Course, the layout most Hawks Landing golfers default to for a quick nine after work, is closed right now for a full renovation, and the club is telling members not to expect it back until November.
That single fact changes the shape of a golf season for anyone living behind the Hawks Landing gates. The club sits just off W. Broward Boulevard, close enough that a round there has always been part of the neighborhood's weekly rhythm rather than an occasion. This fall, half of that rhythm is on hold, and the other half needs a plan.
What's actually closed, and what isn't
Here's the detail that gets lost when people hear "Jacaranda renovation" and assume the whole property went dark. It didn't. The club's own tee time booking page states plainly that the West Course is closed for the project, with a target reopening this November. The East Course isn't mentioned in that closure notice, and it's still showing up as bookable through standard tee time channels. In other words, this is a phased shutdown, not a full one.
That distinction matters for anyone trying to plan around it. A single call to confirm which nine you're actually walking onto saves a wasted trip.
| Jacaranda West | Jacaranda East | Plantation Preserve | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Status this fall | Closed for renovation, targeting November reopening | Open, standard bookings available | Open year-round |
| Ownership | Semi-private club | Semi-private club | City-owned public course |
| Signature feature | Water-carry par 3 at the 17th | Championship layout, PGA and USGA event host | Island green at the 9th, Everglades-themed wetlands |
| How to book | Pro shop or online tee sheet | Pro shop or online tee sheet | City recreation department or VIP Player Club |
Why this fall, and not some quieter month
Renovating a South Florida course during the shoulder season, ahead of the winter play surge, is the kind of timing that makes sense once you see it laid out. Jacaranda's management addressed the closure directly in a public response, writing that the club is "undergoing a major renovation of both courses starting this fall" and promising members "2 brand new courses" by November. The wording there is worth sitting with. Both courses are part of one renovation plan, but they aren't being taken offline at the same time. The West goes first. What happens to the East once the West reopens isn't spelled out in anything the club has published, so if you play there regularly, it's worth checking in periodically rather than assuming this fall's status holds through next spring.
For a neighborhood where Saturday golf is baked into the calendar the same way the fourth Thursday food trucks or the Tuesday farmers market are, a closure with a real end date is a different problem than a closure with no timeline at all. November gives residents something to plan around instead of something to simply wait out.
The wetlands course a few minutes away plays nothing like Jacaranda
Plantation Preserve Golf Course & Club sits on W. Broward Boulevard as well, close enough to be the obvious fallback, but it isn't a like-for-like substitute. It's a city-owned public course built on land that once held the old Plantation Golf Club, and its identity is built around the Everglades-style wetlands running through the back nine. The ninth hole is the one people remember, an island green that the course's own materials describe as making players' legs shake before the tee shot even leaves the clubhouse. A 1.1-mile multi-use trail winds through the property's 55-acre linear park, and the course carries Audubon International certification for its habitat management.
None of that makes it a downgrade or an upgrade from Jacaranda. It makes it a different kind of round. Where Jacaranda's West Course is known for its water-carry par 3 at the 17th, Plantation Preserve's whole back nine is built around wetlands crossings. Golfers used to Jacaranda's tighter, more traditional layout will notice the difference in the first few holes.
Ft. Lauderdale Country Club, listed alongside Jacaranda and Plantation Preserve on the city's own golf course directory, is the third option in the immediate area, though it comes with less public detail available about tee sheet access this season. For Hawks Landing residents building a fall rotation, Plantation Preserve is the more documented and more accessible pivot.
Booking two systems instead of one
The practical friction here isn't the golf itself. It's that Jacaranda and Plantation Preserve run on different booking infrastructure, and residents who've only ever called one pro shop are about to learn a second system.
Jacaranda takes tee times through its pro shop line and standard online tee sheets, the same process regulars already know. Plantation Preserve runs through the city's parks and recreation department, and the course also offers a VIP Player Club that sends members text alerts for special offers. If you've never signed up for it, this is the season to do it. A course that texts you when tee times open up is a small thing, but it's the kind of small thing that saves a Saturday morning when the East Course fills up early.
What doesn't change
None of this touches the parts of Hawks Landing life that have nothing to do with public golf courses. The community's own Har-Tru tennis courts, pickleball setup, and clubhouse programming run on their own schedule, unaffected by what's happening a few miles away on W. Broward Boulevard. The golf disruption is real, but it's specific. It's a fall-season adjustment to one part of a routine, not a reason to rethink the neighborhood's identity as a place built around recreation minutes from the front gate.
What this fall actually asks of a Hawks Landing golfer is small: know which Jacaranda course is open before you drive over, keep Plantation Preserve's booking system in your phone, and treat November as the date worth circling. By then, the West Course should be back, and the fall's inconvenience becomes a footnote rather than a pattern.
Residents who've watched Hawks Landing change over the years know that a neighborhood's daily rhythm is made up of exactly this kind of detail. Not the big headline, but the small logistics that determine whether a Saturday goes the way you planned.
If you're weighing a move within Hawks Landing, thinking about what a property here might be worth given how the community continues to evolve, or simply want a conversation with agents who track these details because they live in them too, SoFlo's Dynamic Duo is glad to talk. Schedule a free consultation whenever the timing works for you.
