Top 25 Golf & Country Clubs
of the Palm Beach Coast

The finest private golf course in Florida by nearly every credible ranking — Donald Ross at the peak of his design powers on Atlantic coastal terrain with no equal in the state.

Founded by E.F. Hutton, the Seminole membership has included Joseph Kennedy Sr., Henry Ford II, Paul Mellon, and Ben Hogan, who famously used Seminole for his Masters preparation. The club is golf-only — no tennis, no marina, no residential community. Cell phones are banned from the property. Approximately 300 members. Women are invited guests; the club has been men-only throughout its history. No referral pathways are published. The club's proximity to Palm Beach Inlet creates genuine links-style wind conditions that distinguish it from every other South Florida course. A Seminole membership is not acquired — it is bestowed.

Greg Norman's home course and Tiger Woods' training ground — more active PGA Tour memberships than any other course in South Florida, and a Pete Dye design that demands every shot.

Medalist holds a singular distinction: 20+ PGA and LPGA Tour professionals maintain active memberships here, using the course as a training base during the Florida swing. Tiger Woods has been a member since the early 2000s. The Norman/Dye collaboration produced a course with Dye's characteristic railroad ties, forced carries, and elevation changes — rare in flat Florida — while incorporating the kind of unobstructed shot corridors that Norman knew from tournament play. Not a residential community; standalone golf club accessed via County Road 708 through Hobe Sound. Proximity to this club is a notable amenity for buyers considering Hobe Sound and Jupiter Island real estate.

The oldest and most socially prestigious club in Palm Beach — Seth Raynor's template course on Worth Avenue, where membership is a social distinction as much as a golf privilege.

The Everglades Club was founded by Paris Singer (heir to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune) and Addison Mizner in 1919, making it the founding social institution of modern Palm Beach. The 9-hole par-70 course incorporates Seth Raynor's celebrated template designs — holes reinterpreted from the world's great originals (the Redan from North Berwick, the Biarritz from Biarritz, the Alps from Prestwick). No public website. Cell phones prohibited throughout the property. Membership roster is kept strictly confidential. Invitation-only with no visible application process. The Everglades is as much a social institution as a golf club — and in Palm Beach, the two are inseparable.

Donald Ross in the Town of Gulf Stream — one of Florida's most affluent municipalities — with an Addison Mizner clubhouse and the patina of a club that has never needed to announce itself.

Gulf Stream Golf Club sits at 2401 N Ocean Blvd in the Town of Gulf Stream, one of Florida's smallest and most deliberately private municipalities. The Donald Ross design (par 71, 6,668 yards) features bent grass greens on Bermuda fairways — a rarity in South Florida that produces a playing quality most courses in the region cannot approach. The Addison Mizner clubhouse (1924) preceded the golf course by one year and is among the most architecturally distinguished clubhouses in the Southeast. Golf and dining only — no marina, no residential community. The club has hosted USGA events and maintains a membership culture of extraordinary discretion.

The most exclusive club address in Martin County — oceanfront beach, marina, 18 holes, and a membership roster that defines Jupiter Island real estate values.

The Jupiter Island Club operates with complete institutional privacy. No website. No published membership criteria. No application pathway. Regular membership is tied to island residency; Non-Resident categories exist at the club's sole discretion. The club offers a full oceanfront Atlantic beach, 18-hole golf, marina docking on the Indian River Lagoon, spa, fitness, and multiple dining venues — an amenity bundle that rivals the most comprehensive resorts in Florida, but operated exclusively for fewer than a thousand members. Proximity to this club is widely cited as a primary driver of Jupiter Island property premiums.

Jack Nicklaus' personal design masterpiece — the most selective standalone golf club in the Jupiter corridor, currently waitlisted, with membership entirely independent from residential ownership.

The Bear's Club is Nicklaus' most personal design — the course he built for himself and operates adjacent to his own residence. A critical distinction for buyers in the Bear's Club subdivision: purchasing a home there does not confer club membership. The membership process is completely separate, typically requires two existing member references, and can take two years or more. The club is currently waitlisted. The course routing maximizes the preserve corridor and water features of the 460-acre site; the conditioning is tournament-level. The adjacent residential community comprises some of the most valuable single-family properties in northern Palm Beach County.

The most significant new private golf club to open in South Florida in a generation — designed by Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson, positioned at the apex of exclusivity, and built from the ground up to stand alongside the great American private clubs.

Panther National Golf Club opened in 2022 in Palm Beach Gardens as a deliberate statement about what a new American private golf club could be. The founders engaged Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson — a Major Championship winner and a 45-time PGA Tour winner respectively — to create a design that would earn its place among the top private courses in the country, not inherit it. The 500+ acres preserving native Florida panther habitat give the course a natural character that many South Florida clubs cannot approach. The membership is deliberately small; access is strictly by invitation. For buyers in the Palm Beach Gardens corridor, the emergence of Panther National as a world-class private club in their backyard represents a significant addition to the lifestyle infrastructure of the northern county.

Donald Ross (1917) spanning the full width of Palm Beach island — 83 acres from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Worth Lagoon, with fairways overlooking both water bodies.

Palm Beach Country Club was founded in 1917 by Jewish members who were excluded from the Everglades Club and other island institutions of the era. The course occupies one of the most extraordinary real estate positions in Florida — 83 acres spanning the full width of Palm Beach island, with Atlantic Ocean fairways on the east end and Intracoastal views on the west. Donald Ross' original routing survives largely intact. The club is invitation-only with no public application process; philanthropic engagement within the Palm Beach community is a recognized expectation of membership.

One of Donald Ross' finest Florida originals — a USGA championship venue with severely limited membership and the conditioning to match its credentials.

Pine Tree Golf Club is among the most underappreciated great courses in South Florida. The Donald Ross design (1929) has been maintained with exceptional fidelity to the original routing while the conditioning is kept at USGA championship standard — the club hosted the 2024 US Mid-Amateur Championship. Membership is extremely limited by design; the club does not advertise, does not maintain a public profile, and does not solicit applicants. For buyers in the Boynton Beach corridor, Pine Tree represents the same kind of institutionally anchored social network that Seminole provides in the northern county.

Raymond Floyd's equity masterpiece in Palm Beach Gardens — ultra-luxury residential golf with a refundable membership deposit and the most exclusive per-member ratio of any residential club in the county.

Old Palm occupies a distinctive position: approximately 300 equity memberships for a residential community of ultra-luxury custom and spec homes, producing one of the lowest member-to-course ratios in South Florida. The Raymond Floyd design moved significant amounts of material to create an elevation-driven course in flat Palm Beach County — the result is a round that bears little resemblance to the flat layout the terrain would suggest. Equity membership means the initiation deposit is refundable and transferable; this structure, combined with the residential quality and course conditioning, consistently attracts buyers from New York, Chicago, and international markets.

The only Palm Beach County club where property purchase requires membership — 36 holes of Robert von Hagge golf paired with the largest private marina in South Florida.

Admirals Cove stands alone in Palm Beach County: property purchase mandates membership selection from four tiers. Every buyer at closing chooses Golf, Sports, Tennis, or Social — there is no opt-out. The von Hagge design delivers two full 18-hole championship courses within the community's 6 miles of private waterways. The marina — 63 floating slips with high-speed fuel, pump-out, and ship store — accommodates vessels to 130 feet, making Admirals Cove the only club in the county that combines a serious golf offering with superyacht-capable dockage in one gated address. 500+ private docks throughout the residential community.

Jack Nicklaus Signature golf in Jupiter's Loxahatchee River corridor — equity membership structure with resident and national tiers for the buyer who wants ownership in the club, not just access.

The Loxahatchee Club's equity (proprietary) structure means membership is a stake, not just a fee — the initiation is refundable and the membership can be transferred. The Nicklaus Signature design routes through the Loxahatchee River corridor, incorporating the natural wetlands and hardwood hammock that make this stretch of Jupiter genuinely scenic. Quarterly capital assessments and mandatory food and beverage minimums are in addition to annual dues. One of Jupiter's established residential golf communities with a well-maintained course and active social programming year-round.

A serious Pete Dye design — the architect responsible for TPC Sawgrass, Crooked Stick, and Harbour Town — now operated as a Trump National property with strong conditioning and active tournament hosting.

Trump National Golf Club Jupiter is built on one of Pete Dye's most thoughtful South Florida routings — the course opened in 1999 as the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club of Jupiter before its acquisition by the Trump Organization in 2012. Dye's characteristic mounding, grass bunkers, and water carries are present throughout, producing a layout that rewards course management over power. The club has hosted PGA and LPGA Tour events and maintains the conditioning standards those events require. Active membership community with dining, fitness, and tennis. One of the Jupiter area's more accessible prestige addresses relative to its golf quality.

The only club in Palm Beach County that combines mandatory membership, 36 holes of championship golf, a private Atlantic beach club, and an ICW marina — an amenity bundle that has no direct equivalent in the county.

Frenchman's Creek Beach & Country Club sits at the boundary of North Palm Beach and Palm Beach Gardens in one of the most quietly exclusive club communities in the county. The Arthur Hills 36-hole design routes through a beautifully maintained landscape; the real differentiator is the lifestyle bundle: property owners who are mandatory members gain access to a private Atlantic beach club (accessed via shuttle), ICW marina docking, two full golf courses, tennis, spa, and dining within one gated address. Vessels to approximately 60 feet accommodated at the marina. The beach club access is a genuine distinction — few communities in Palm Beach County offer private ocean access as a club amenity.

Three distinct courses — Pete Dye's Gold, the Village Course, and the Marina Course with direct ICW access — giving Jonathan's Landing members a breadth of golf experience unmatched in Jupiter.

Jonathan's Landing offers something rare: 45 holes within one membership that encompass three genuinely different design personalities. The Gold Course is Pete Dye's more demanding routing; the Village Course is a more forgiving layout suited to daily play; the Marina Course incorporates ICW frontage and water views not found on the other two. The residential community around these courses includes single-family homes across a range of price points. One of Jupiter's older established golf communities, with the character of a place that has been well-used and well-maintained over decades.

The only club in Palm Beach County with three Nicklaus-family course designs (54 holes total) — each with a distinct personality — within a single gated residential campus near Palm Beach International Airport.

The Club at Ibis is West Palm Beach's premier golf community — a large gated residential campus with the Legend (Jack Nicklaus), Heritage (Jack Nicklaus II), and Tradition (Steve Nicklaus) courses comprising 54 holes of varied design. The breadth of options, combined with the community's proximity to Palm Beach International Airport (under 15 minutes), makes Ibis particularly practical for buyers who travel frequently. Membership is not mandatory with real estate purchase — many residents choose not to join, while others hold full golf memberships. One of the most active year-round club communities in the county.

Florida's most-watched tournament venue — home of the Honda Classic and "The Bear Trap," three consecutive holes that have ended more PGA Tour careers than any other closing stretch in the state.

PGA National's Champion Course hosts the PGA Tour's Florida swing stop each year, making it the most televised golf course in Palm Beach County and one of the most recognized venues in professional golf. The Bear Trap (holes 15–17) — consecutive water-fronted par-4, par-3, par-4 holes — is universally known. Tom Fazio's 1990 redesign maintained the championship character while improving playability. Various membership and access options are available through PGA National Resort. For buyers in Palm Beach Gardens, proximity to the Champion Course is a quality-of-life reference point regardless of whether they play.

Tom Fazio's 36-hole mandatory-membership community at the northern edge of Palm Beach Gardens — where the mandatory structure creates a uniformly engaged membership that defines the community's social character.

Mirasol operates differently from most South Florida golf communities: every property purchase requires the buyer to select a membership tier at closing, and every resident is a club member. This mandatory structure produces a uniformly engaged social community that optional-membership clubs rarely achieve. The Fazio design delivers two distinct 18-hole experiences on terrain that has been shaped to create elevation and visual interest. Both courses have been renovated within the past decade; the clubhouse renovation elevated Mirasol to among the most polished residential club facilities in Palm Beach County.

Palm Beach Gardens' most comprehensively amenitized club — 54 holes, 13 tennis courts, pickleball, padel, spa, and fitness within a gated residential campus where golf variety is the primary draw.

BallenIsles distinguishes itself by breadth: three 18-hole courses (North, South, West) with distinct personalities provide variety that smaller clubs cannot match, while the tennis infrastructure — 13 courts, full professional instruction, and a competitive team structure — rivals dedicated tennis communities. The equity membership structure means members own a stake in the club; dues and food minimums apply in addition to initiation. Not all BallenIsles residents are club members, but the club amenities drive significant property premiums for homes within the community.

Wellington's private social and golf anchor — the dining room and 18 holes that the international polo and show jumping community orbit during the winter season from January through April.

The Wanderers Club is not a destination golf club in the competitive sense — it is Wellington's social infrastructure during the equestrian season. The 18-hole Ron Garl design is well-maintained and appropriate to the market; the club's real importance lies in its dining room and social facilities, which function as the communal living room for the international polo owners, riders, and equestrian investors who spend January through April in Wellington. Membership is private and process-based. For buyers considering Wellington real estate, Wanderers Club access is a material consideration for the January–April season.

Wellington's 36-hole mandatory-membership golf community — Bob von Hagge and Bruce Devlin's design serves a year-round residential base with robust social programming and active tournament calendar.

Wycliffe is Wellington's primary year-round residential golf community — its mandatory membership structure creates a cohesive member base that sustains active social programming beyond the January–April equestrian season. The 36-hole von Hagge/Devlin design provides two distinct 18-hole experiences; both courses are well-maintained for the market. For buyers who want a Wellington address with golf and social infrastructure but are not in the equestrian world, Wycliffe is the community of reference.

Boca Raton's most distinguished equity golf community — Arnold Palmer's Club Course paired with Nick Price's Players Course, backed by LPGA and Champions Tour tournament history.

Broken Sound's two courses represent a genuinely distinguished design pairing: Arnold Palmer's Club Course and Nick Price's Players Course offer contrasting personalities within one equity membership. The club has hosted LPGA and Champions Tour events, maintaining conditioning standards that tournament play requires. The equity membership structure — where the initiation is a stake in the club — combined with Boca Raton's lifestyle infrastructure makes Broken Sound one of the most complete club addresses in Palm Beach County's southern corridor.

One of Boca Raton's longest-established equity golf communities — 36 holes, consistent Golf Digest recognition, and a membership that has defined the Boca Raton country club lifestyle for four decades.

St. Andrews is Boca Raton's original prestige equity golf community — a 36-hole facility that has maintained its position at the top of the Boca market through consistent course quality, clubhouse investment, and an engaged membership. The equity structure creates a financial and social ownership stake for members; the community's tenure gives it a social depth that newer communities are still building. Consistently included in Golf Digest's Florida rankings.

The largest private club community in Palm Beach County by any measure — four championship golf courses, 30+ tennis courts, and five dining venues on a single mandatory-membership campus that accommodates more residential units than some Florida towns.

Boca West operates at a scale unlike any other club community in the region. Four championship golf courses (72 holes total), more than 30 tennis courts, multiple pools, five dining venues, fitness, and spa are contained within a gated campus housing over 4,000 residential units. The mandatory structure means every buyer joins — the breadth of amenities is the selling proposition. Boca West attracts a broad buyer demographic, from seasonal residents to year-round families, that no other club community in the county serves as comprehensively. The sheer size creates a self-contained lifestyle that requires no external services.

Arthur Hills' 27-hole Boca Raton equity community — Platinum Club of America recognition, consistent Golf Digest placement, and a full amenity package in one of Boca's most polished club addresses.

Addison Reserve has earned Club & Resort Business Platinum Club of America status — an industry recognition given to fewer than 150 clubs in the country based on facilities, service, programming, and financial health. The Arthur Hills 27-hole design (three nines that combine into three distinct 18-hole experiences) provides genuine variety within one equity membership. The full amenity package — tennis, fitness, spa, multiple dining venues — and the consistent Golf Digest Florida placement make Addison Reserve among the most complete residential club addresses in the Boca Raton market.

Wellington's private Robert Trent Jones Jr. design — the golf address for the equestrian community's year-round residential ownership base and a well-regarded RTJ Jr. course in a market defined by polo and show jumping.

Banyan Golf Club is Wellington's established private golf club — a Robert Trent Jones Jr. design that serves the community's year-round residential ownership base with a proper private club structure. While Wellington is defined by its equestrian institutions (IPC and PBIEC), Banyan provides the golf and social infrastructure for the segment of the ownership community that is here for the lifestyle and the living, not the competition calendar. A well-maintained RTJ Jr. design in a community that otherwise has few traditional private golf options.

Martin County's premier private golf club and the social anchor for Stuart's professional and business community — a Joe Lee design that has served as the north county's golf institution for more than five decades.

Willoughby Golf Club is the defining private golf institution of Martin County — the course and club that the Stuart-area professional, business, and real estate community has built its social network around since 1969. Joe Lee's 18-hole design has been maintained with the consistency that a half-century-old club culture produces. For buyers considering Stuart or Martin County, Willoughby membership is a social signal and a practical amenity; it represents the northern boundary of the Palm Beach County golf ecosystem on a stretch of coastline that Martin County's growth controls have deliberately preserved.

Atlantic Ocean beach club, Indian River Lagoon marina docking, 18 holes, spa. No public website, no published criteria. Marina and beach access in a single membership.

Marina · Vessels to 130 ft

63 floating slips · vessels to 130 ft · high-speed fuel dock · pump-out · 6 miles of private waterways. The only mandatory-membership yacht club in Palm Beach County.

Marina · Vessels to 60 ft

Private Atlantic beach club (shuttle access) + ICW marina (vessels to ~60 ft) + 36-hole Arthur Hills golf in one mandatory-membership gated community. No equivalent in Palm Beach County.

Joseph Urban-designed beachfront club (1926) at 1170 S Ocean Blvd. Private Atlantic beach, manicured tennis. No golf, no marina. The most socially selective non-golf club on the island.

The world's premier polo venue — home of the USPA Gold Cup and the Gauntlet of Polo, January through April. Sunday brunch and champagne divot stomp define Wellington's winter social calendar.

Home of the Winter Equestrian Festival and Global Dressage Festival — 200,000+ spectators annually. Proximity to PBIEC is the primary value driver in Wellington real estate.