Pin itBoth Tiburón courses, Naples Grande, and Lely Flamingo across four nights anchored on the Gulf Coast.
5 Days
Bucket List Trip
$3500–$6500/person
4
Moderate to Challenging
The strongest four-course combination in Southwest Florida, anchored by Tiburón's two Greg Norman designs and supported by a Rees Jones layout at Naples Grande and Robert Trent Jones Sr.'s water-laden Flamingo Island at Lely Resort. Across four days you move through four distinct design philosophies, with enough off-course texture that the schedule never feels like a forced march.
Naples, Florida
Trip at a Glance
Fly into Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) in Fort Myers and drive 35 to 45 minutes south to Naples. The route runs straight down I-75, and the transition from highway to the landscaped boulevards of North Naples happens fast.
The Gold Course at Tiburón is the centrepiece of this trip and one of the most recognised facilities in Florida. Greg Norman designed the layout in 1998, and it has hosted the PGA Tour's QBE Shootout and the LPGA's CME Group Tour Championship, which means you play the same routing the professionals do.
The Black Course is Norman's second Tiburón design, opened in 2001, and it carries a different character than the Gold despite sharing the same property. Pine straw lines the fairways rather than conventional rough, and crushed coquina waste areas replace traditional sand bunkers in several locations.
The final round shifts south to Lely Resort and Robert Trent Jones Sr.'s Flamingo Island design.
Trip Logistics
Plan the Practicalities
A rental car is essential. No practical public transit connects the courses, and the spread from Tiburón in North Naples to Lely Resort in the south covers roughly 20 miles. Midsize rental rates from RSW average $35 to $65 per day. The best months are January through March, when temperatures hold between the mid-70s and low 80s, humidity is manageable, and the courses are at peak conditioning. Green fees and hotel rates are at their highest during this window, and tee times at Tiburón should be booked well in advance. The same trip in May or October offers comparable course conditions at significantly lower cost, with the trade-off of warmer temperatures and moderate rain risk.
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