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Crane Lakes Golf and Country Club in Port Orange offers a golf experience that blends resident club living with public accessibility. As General Manager Rod Perry explains, the facility serves two purposes: it operates as a private club for Crane Lakes residents while also welcoming public golfers.
Membership in the golf club is reserved for those who live within the Crane Lakes community, and non-resident memberships are not offered. However, the course is open to the public, and tee times can be booked directly through the club’s website cranelakesgolf.com, or through Golf Now.
Crane Lakes completes about 35,000 rounds of golf annually. Roughly half of those rounds come from public golfers outside the community. The course sits on 78 acres and features a par 66 layout with eight par threes — a design created to fit 18 holes into a smaller footprint while maintaining an engaging experience.
One of the advantages of this design is pace of play. Rod shared that rounds at Crane Lakes regularly play in about three hours, and even full event fields typically finish in under four hours.
A Course Designed for Enjoyment and Challenge
While Crane Lakes is a par 66 course, Rod emphasized that it is not simply a short or beginner course. The layout includes five sets of tees, allowing the course to challenge a wide range of skill levels. From the back tees, some holes require forced carries of more than 220 yards, while forward tees are positioned to remove forced carries for older or less skilled players.
This flexibility allows Crane Lakes to offer what Rod described as a fast, fun, and welcoming golf experience for everyone — from beginners to experienced players.
Signature Hole: The Island Green on 14
The most talked-about hole at Crane Lakes is the par four 14th.
Rod describes it as a signature hole with an island green positioned midway through the back nine. He noted that golfers have “all day to think about it” before arriving at the tee. The hole features a forced carry over water to a green that is even smaller than the famous island green at TPC Sawgrass.
Over the course of 35,000 annual rounds, Rod estimates that the average player loses between five and seven balls per round — and many of them find their way into the water on number 14. As he put it, you could “make a small fortune pulling balls out of the water.”
A Strong Commitment to Junior Golf
Crane Lakes places a strong focus on junior golf and community engagement.
The club hosts a weekly junior clinic on Wednesday afternoons that regularly draws between 10 and 25 children. During the summer, Crane Lakes fields a PGA Junior League team — and at times has operated two teams due to high demand. The course also hosts junior tournaments, including events for the Volusia Flagler Junior Golf Association and the Speed Coast Tour.
Rod emphasized that junior golf is a priority and that the club works to ensure both juniors and public golfers feel welcome.
Course Conditions and Renovation
Maintenance and course conditions are a major point of pride at Crane Lakes. In 2013, Crane Lakes completed a full course renovation. The project included rebuilding greens, constructing new bunkers, realigning tee boxes and fairways, and refreshing putting surfaces.
The course closed for eight months during renovation, and residents were not charged membership fees during that period. The ownership group funded the renovation, resulting in what Rod described as a “fantastic new fresh product” for residents and visiting golfers.
A Golf Community at Its Core
Crane Lakes is a 55+ community with 810 home sites. Approximately 25% of residents are golf members. Many residents enjoy being able to keep their golf carts in their garages and drive directly to the course as part of daily life in the community.
