Public golf courses in Naples and Fort Myers, cheapest to dearest

Public golf courses in Naples are scarce: of the 152 open courses on our map from Naples to Fort Myers, only 18 are fully public and 21 are semi-private clubs that sell tee times. Around Naples itself, the public list is Lely's two courses, Hibiscus, Eagle Lakes, ArrowHead and Valencia. Published 18-hole rates run from about $25 to about $289.

This guide lists every public and semi-private course in the files, ranked cheapest to dearest by the rates actually published, with the source and date for each. Rates are mixed, some summer deals and some peak cards, so read the date column. Everything was checked November 3, 2026; rates change.

Quick facts

• Public courses on the map: 18; semi-private: 21; private or guests-only: 113.
• Public courses in and near Naples: Lely Flamingo Island, Lely Mustang, Hibiscus, Eagle Lakes, ArrowHead, Valencia.
• Cheapest regulation 18 near Naples: ArrowHead, $51.99 with cart (GolfNow summer deal, August 2026).
• Cheapest late round: Fort Myers Country Club or Eastwood, $35 with cart or $20 walking after 3pm (November 2026).
• Dearest: Saltleaf Golf Preserve, about $289 at peak (GolfPass, April 2024).
• Going private: Hibiscus, after April 2027.

Public golf courses in Naples itself

Lakewood Country Club of Naples, about 8 minutes from downtown, is a semi-private community club that appears to take outside play; call before counting on a tee time. Our Lely Resort golf and ArrowHead golf guides cover two of these in depth, and East Naples golf covers Hibiscus and Eagle Lakes.

All public golf courses, cheapest to dearest

Ranked by the highest 18-hole rate published in the files. A low summer deal and a peak card are not the same thing, so check the date.

Short courses: Hunter's Run Executive in Cape Coral is nine holes, par 30, at $20 (greenfeetracker, April 2026, season not stated). The Leaf at Saltleaf is a walking-only par-3 nine; GolfPass cited $30 with an 18-hole round in 2024.

For the cheapest options in more detail, see cheap golf in Naples, and for every course's fees by season, Naples golf rates.

Public and semi-private courses with no published rate

These take outside play but did not publish a green fee in the files. Check the booking page.

• Bonita Springs: Spanish Wells Golf & Country Club, 27 holes, dynamic pricing online.
• Fort Myers: San Carlos Golf Club (TeeItUp), Eagle Ridge Golf & Tennis Club (TeeItUp), Whiskey Creek Country Club (by phone), Cross Creek Country Club (par 60, closed Mondays November to April), Myerlee Country Club (par 60; summer membership $325 plus $10 cart a round, May-September 2026), and Hideaway Country Club (public play May to October only).
• Cape Coral: Palmetto-Pine Country Club (public times 7 days ahead) and Cape Royal Golf Club (27 holes).
• Lehigh Acres: The Club at Westminster, open to the public all year, and the nine-hole Lehigh Resort Club.
• North Fort Myers: Herons Glen, Del Tura (27 executive holes) and Lake Fairways are 55+ community clubs where outside play terms were not confirmed; call first.
• Punta Gorda: Burnt Store Golf & Activity Club, 27 holes, public welcome.
• Ave Maria: Panther Run Golf Club, public with no membership required; a Panther Pass gives up to 20% off.

Public golf by base

Where you sleep decides which public courses are practical. Drive times are from downtown Naples by the map's free-flow estimate.

• Naples base: Hibiscus (9 min), Lely Flamingo Island and Mustang (16-17 min), Eagle Lakes (24 min), ArrowHead (25 min) and Valencia (40 min). Six public courses within 40 minutes.
• Bonita Springs and Estero base: Spanish Wells (25 min from downtown Naples), Bonita Fairways (28), Saltleaf (36) and Stoneybrook (37). From a hotel at Coconut Point these are all close.
• Fort Myers base: Eastwood (51 min from Naples), Fort Myers Country Club (59), Shell Point (62) and the Lehigh Acres courses (55-69). The city courses are 6-13 minutes from the downtown Fort Myers hotels.
• Cape Coral base: Coral Oaks (81 min from Naples), Palmetto-Pine and Cape Royal. Only sensible if you are staying on the Cape.

For the trade-offs between bases, read Naples vs Fort Myers golf.

Which public course for which golfer

For a ranked short list, read the best golf courses in Naples. The Stoneybrook course guide, Eastwood course guide and Lely Flamingo Island course guide have tees and hole maps.

What public does not include

Three high-profile courses are not public. Tiburon's Gold and Black courses are for guests of the two Ritz-Carlton hotels; LaPlaya Golf Club is for LaPlaya resort guests and members; the Rookery at Marco and Hammock Bay are for JW Marriott Marco Island guests. See private golf clubs in Naples for every guest route, and closed golf courses in Naples for courses old listings still show as public.

Booking public tee times

Windows vary a lot: one week at Stoneybrook and the Fort Myers city courses, 4 days for the public at Shell Point, 3 days on GolfNow at Babcock National, 30 days online at Valencia and 90 days at Saltleaf. In January to April, book the day your window opens, and take morning times in summer to beat the afternoon storms. See Naples tee times and the best time to golf in Naples.

Plan it on the map

Open the Naples golf map and filter to public and semi-private courses to see every course you can book, with tees and nearby stays. The $30 plan builds a trip, or a whole winter with a weekly rotation, from these courses only.