The accommodations at Lely are excellent as is the on premises tavern and grill, food and cocktails were terrific. If you stay in the GreenLinks villas you get discounted greens fees and tee times through the greenlinks office in well in advance of playing. Don’t book online. Paid $190 to play flamingo and mustang. Flamingo was outstanding, scenic, beautifully maintained course. I’d give it 5 stars. Very large bunkers everywhere, very target golf off both off the tee and on approach shots with carries over bunkers to the greens. Mustang was not worth the price, they should charge less. It was in decent shape but not at all the equal of flamingo. Have played much better courses for less than Mustang. Pace of play on both courses was good.

2 great courses; the Flamingo being my personal pick of the 2. Traps among the best I've played out of anywhere. Greens were very smooth and quick, however lacking in movement and interest.

Flamingo: A 5-star course! Greens are in very good conditions with undulations on acceptable speeds. The front-9 is more about lakes while the back-9 is with pine tree lines. There are plenty of huge fairway bunkers strategically placed to make the fairways narrower to increase difficulties. There are also rolling hills to make the course more interesting in S. Florida. Mustang: At best a 4-star course! Some greens and fairways do have burned spots. These spots on the greens do not affect putting; in fact, the green speeds are very good too. This is a much simpler course with wide-open fairways than the Flamigo. It's recommended to check for aerification schedules before making reservations in the summer. The pictures are mostly from the Flamingo course except the last one with a par3 from the Mustang.

I leave this review as a very disappointed veteran. I came here the hit golf balls at 3pm and was told the range closes are 4pm. That was not the issue. I was was told I’d have to pay the $60 to use the range for less than am hour. The associate was very rude and didn’t acknowledge my disappointment. He was vey nonchalant and dismissive. Very disappointed.

We played mustang and it was in good shape. Subpar hat selection. Greens were good and it was open. We didn’t see any alligators so management should definitely consider adding more. Free waters was a life saver.