South Florida golf course directory

A well-regarded public course threaded through the master-planned Abacoa community in Jupiter, this Joe Lee design opened in 1999 and was the last course the prolific architect completed before his death. Rolling fairways with rare regional elevation changes and water on most holes make it one of Palm Beach County's best daily-fee tests, and it sits walkable to Abacoa's Town Center and Roger Dean Stadium.

A gated golf, tennis and social community in west Boynton Beach built around one of Florida's most storied layouts. Desmond Muirhead's 1987 original was his eccentric statement course, once famous for bunkers shaped like stars, fish and handprints and holes themed around a mermaid and Mae West. Jim Fazio, Tom Fazio's older brother, reworked it into a modern par-72 in 2017. An active, amenity-rich choice for full-time and seasonal residents.

A member-owned Platinum Club in Delray Beach named for architect Addison Mizner, with 717 Mediterranean-style estates across 653 acres. Its 27 holes, three Arthur Hills nines (Trepidation, Redemption and Salvation) recently reimagined by Rees Jones, play as a core layout with no homes bordering the fairways.

A quiet, golf-first private club in Coconut Creek with an unusually colorful backstory: its site was once part of the estate of an oil heiress famous for leaving her fortune to her 150 dogs, and founding members included Arnold Palmer, Yankees great Whitey Ford and Wendy's founder Dave Thomas. Palmer designed the course with Ed Seay, later refreshed by Kipp Schulties. A tradition-minded club with no tee times and a small, low-key membership.

Jupiter's premier waterfront club community, built around a canal system with 45 holes of Robert von Hagge golf (the 1987 East Course plus a 27-hole Golf Village redesigned by Kipp Schulties in 2015), a large deep-water marina and direct Intracoastal access. It has hosted the U.S. Open Local Qualifier for over a decade.

One of the most ambitious new private clubs in America, a non-residential, golf-first sanctuary spread across 1,218 acres of former Hobe Sound farmland in Martin County, backed by developers Michael Pascucci and Stephen Ross and led by former USGA CEO Mike Davis. Founded in 2023, it is building a rare 54-hole collection with a different architect for each course: Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner's West opened first in 2023, followed by the Fazio and Davis South and a Kyle Phillips North. With no homes on the property, member-only villas, a vast circular practice range shaped with input from founding members Rory McIlroy and Ernie Els, and a 70,000-square-foot clubhouse, Apogee has quickly drawn players like Tiger Woods and anchored Hobe Sound's rise as a modern golf mecca.

An accessible public course in the Greenacres and Lake Worth area, this Joe Lee design opened in 1988 as Grand Lacuna and was once named among Golf Digest's top 50 public courses in Florida. Now a fully renovated par-71 layout, it remains a solid daily-fee value in a region dominated by gated private clubs.

A rare public-access round tucked inside the gated city of Atlantis, this Dick Wilson and Robert Simmons design dates to 1972 and feels unlike typical South Florida golf. Instead of water and palms, mature live oaks, banyans and pines frame the fairways, with roughly 100 bunkers doing most of the defending. It hosts the annual Pop Sikes Father and Son Championship and stays a well-priced favorite between Lake Worth and Boynton Beach.

A storied gated community in Palm Beach Gardens built around three championship courses. Founded in 1963 with the PGA of America as the original PGA National Golf Club, its Dick Wilson and Joe Lee layouts hosted the 1971 PGA Championship and World Cup, with the South Course later redesigned by Rees Jones.

A quiet private club in Palm City with genuine Treasure Coast pedigree. It opened in the 1970s as Crane Creek, a Charles Ankrom and Arthur Young design that once hosted pro qualifiers, then sat dormant for years before a full revival and 2016 renaming for the magnificent banyan tree overlooking its 1st and 18th greens. Set among nature rather than homes in the gated Martin Downs community, it is one of Martin County's better-kept secrets.

A serene, golf-only private club west of West Palm Beach, founded in 1973 by golfers whose home course was being lost to development. Joe Lee built it on old shell-mining land with rare 36-foot elevations, then salvaged thousands of mature pines, oaks and cypress from the path of the advancing I-95 extension to soften the raw site. No homes line the fairways, no two holes run parallel, and Lee later called Banyan his personal favorite of all his designs. It hosted the LPGA's Mazda Classic in 1981.

A serious golfer's private club in the heart of West Palm Beach, built around two Jack Nicklaus Signature courses: the Lakes (1984, later reworked by Nicklaus) and the Links (1987), a deliberate Scottish-style departure from typical flat Florida golf. Long known for one of the lowest average handicaps in the county, Bear Lakes has hosted U.S. Open qualifiers and a PGA Tour Q-School finals, and its Links Course is now being reimagined by Davis Love III. Tennis, dining and a modern clubhouse round it out.

Jack Nicklaus's own club, opened on New Year's Eve 1999 as an ultra-private sanctuary in Jupiter, with a par-72 layout carved through pine, palmetto and wetlands. Its small, capped membership draws a who's-who of touring professionals, making it one of the most coveted and discreet golf addresses in South Florida.

A boutique, members-only golf and country club community in the heart of Boca Raton with fewer than 450 member families. Karl Litten carved the original course through a standing orange grove in 1980, giving the club its Boca Grove Plantation name; the citrus is gone now, but a multimillion-dollar makeover has since reshaped the fairways and opened up long views. Understated and intimate, it appeals to buyers who want privacy close to everything.

A 27-hole private club in the heart of Boca Raton, originally designed in 1975 by Bruce Devlin and Robert von Hagge across three nines. An $8 million redesign by architect Jan Bel Jan earned a national Best New Course Design award in 2018, and new ownership has since invested millions more in the clubhouse, dining and amenities under a non-equity model. Set on 225 acres of lakes and preserves, it remains one of the more social and attainable entries into Boca club life.

A private club at the center of the 1,000-acre Boca Pointe community just outside Boca Raton, where more than 4,000 homes span nearly 30 villages. The championship course opened in 1982, designed by Robert Cupp and Jay Morrish under Jack Nicklaus's old Golforce group. In 2021 members voted to bring in Heritage Golf Group, which dropped upfront joining fees and has since invested millions in the course, clubhouse and racquet complex. An approachable, amenity-rich entry into Boca club life.

The landmark pink resort in downtown Boca Raton, pairing spa, marina and beach-club amenities with a historic par-71 golf course reconstructed by Gene Bates and capped by a signature island-green finishing hole. A destination in its own right and a marquee neighbor for nearby real estate.

Established in 1976 and often ranked among the nation's top private residential country clubs, Boca West spans roughly 1,400 acres with four championship courses by Arnold Palmer (two), Jim Fazio and Pete Dye (the strategic thinker's course), plus a vast golf-and-activities center. A defining full-service address for club-focused buyers, with around 2,400 members.

A gated private golf and country club community on 660 acres in west Boca Raton, built around two 18-hole courses: the Karl Litten Lakes Course and the Joe Lee Woods Course. The Woods recently reopened after a comprehensive Rees Jones master-plan renovation that stretched it past 7,000 yards and modernized its greens and bunkers. A relaxed, resident-focused club for buyers who want two courses and a full amenity slate.

A boutique, member-owned club set in an intimate gated Boca Raton enclave of roughly 230 custom estates on generous lots. Joe Lee designed the course in 1984; Kipp Schulties reimagined it in 2019, lengthening it past 7,000 yards, adding a dramatic elevated par-3 and rare TifGrand fairways, and rebranding it The Challenge at Bocaire. No tee times, staff who know members by name, and a freshly renovated clubhouse with new dining and spa spaces.

The inland private club affiliated with the legendary Breakers Palm Beach, set in a gated residential community and 670-acre nature preserve about 10 miles west of the oceanfront resort. Its championship layout, originally a Willard Byrd design from the late 1960s, was rebuilt from the ground up by Rees Jones in 2004 and named Golf Digest's Renovation of the Year for 2005. Members and Breakers guests enjoy resort-caliber service and a modern par-72 test.

A sustainability-leading private club community in Boca Raton (established 1978) with two championship courses. The Old Course, a Joe Lee original reworked by Gene Bates and more recently Rees Jones, hosted the PGA Tour Champions season opener for 15 years; the Club Course rounds out the 36 holes. It was among the first U.S. golf facilities to earn GEO sustainability certification.

One of the Treasure Coast's best public-access rounds, this Tom Fazio design opened in 1993 and threads through 275 acres of briny wetlands and marsh about three miles from the Atlantic, bordered by Atlantic Ridge Preserve State Park. Homes sit well back from the deep Fazio bunkering and preserve views, and the environmentally sensitive layout is a certified Audubon Signature Sanctuary. Flexible annual memberships make it a favorite for full-time and seasonal Stuart golfers.

A classic private club in the heart of Fort Lauderdale, minutes from the beach, and a deeply personal one for its architect. Robert Trent Jones Sr. built it in 1954 on an unfinished 1920s course, opened it in 1955 and served as its first president; his friends included Bobby Jones and President Eisenhower, and his family ran the club into the 2000s. Son Rees Jones added a 9-hole par-3 course and restored his father's championship layout in 2020. Private and best approached through a member introduction, with clay tennis and an Olympic pool alongside the golf.

A friendly, open-to-the-public country club in west Coral Springs, built around a mature Edmund Ault parkland course that opened in 1969 on former vegetable-farm and cattle-grazing land beside an Everglades conservation area. Minimal but strategic bunkering and consistently good greens make the layout one of the better daily-fee values in Broward County, with tennis and a busy social calendar rounding out a family-oriented club.

A discreet, invitation-only club at the center of the tiny Village of Golf near Boynton Beach, a 542-acre enclave that incorporated in 1957 around the course. Opened in 1956 on a former dairy farm set on one of the highest ridges in Palm Beach County, its Robert Bruce Harris design, later refined by Arthur Hills and Lester George, plays with elevation changes unusual for South Florida. Founded with ties to Augusta National members, it has long been regarded as a quiet hidden gem.

A historic public facility in Hialeah, now part of Miami-Dade's municipal golf family, with two Robert Trent Jones courses dating to the early 1960s. The pedigree is remarkable for a daily-fee club: Arnold Palmer was its first professional, resident Jackie Gleason hosted the likes of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, and Lee Trevino won the National Airlines Open here. Note that the club closed in April 2026 for a comprehensive renovation, with a reopening date to be announced.

A spectacular county-run public course on Key Biscayne, a short causeway hop from downtown Miami and the only public layout on Biscayne Bay. Robert von Hagge and Bruce Devlin routed it in 1972 through mangroves, seven saltwater lakes and a subtropical lagoon, sharing the fairways with herons, iguanas and the occasional crocodile. Once called The Links at Key Biscayne, it hosted the PGA Tour Champions for 18 years and is regarded as one of the most beautiful and demanding public courses in Florida.

One of Broward County's best-regarded public courses, in Deerfield Beach between Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton. Arthur Hills gave it rolling, undulating terrain uncommon for South Florida, and it hosted the LPGA Tour's Mazda Classic from 1979 to 1984 along with USGA qualifiers. The course is currently closed for a full rebuild that restores the original Hills design, with play set to resume October 1, 2026; the Key West-style clubhouse and dining stay open in the meantime.

A private, gated club community on 220 acres at the southern tip of Coral Gables, wrapped by Biscayne Bay along historic Old Cutler Road. Redeveloped from the old Kings Bay club and relaunched in 1991, it features South Florida's only bayfront Arnold Palmer Signature course, with water in play on every hole through protected mangroves, plus the only private deep-water marina paired with an 18-hole course between the Keys and Palm Beach County. Its lore runs deep: in 1993 Palmer played here with President George H.W. Bush, Jeb Bush and resident Joe DiMaggio.

A boutique, member-owned private community in Delray Beach with just 326 homesites across 340 wooded acres, so golfers enjoy walk-on play without tee times. Its 27 holes are three Joe Lee nines (Woods, Lakes and Hills), later refreshed by Kipp Schulties.

One of the county's oldest municipal courses, run by the City of Delray Beach just west of downtown. It opened as a nine-hole Donald Ross layout on New Year's Day 1926; after World War II, Dick Wilson, who had been the club's pro and greenskeeper before becoming a famed architect, added a second nine that opened in 1950. Touring pros like Tommy Armour and celebrities like Jackie Gleason once stopped to play, and the USGA later called it one of the nation's finest public courses. The historic Ross and Wilson layout is currently closed for a roughly $32 million restoration, expected to reopen in late 2026 or 2027.

An established private club on the Delray Beach and Boynton Beach border with a special place in golf history: it was Pete Dye's very first Florida design, opened in December 1969. Dye, who lived nearby in Gulf Stream, kept a lifelong affection for it and personally refined the layout over the decades. The course reopened in November 2024 after a sympathetic Scot Sherman restoration of Dye's original features. A gated, mature community where wide-open course views take center stage.

A brand-new ultra-private club in the heart of West Palm Beach, billed as the city's first new private club in 25 years. Its 220-acre site passed through lives as The President Country Club and the troubled Banyan Cay Resort before Witkoff Group and Access Industries acquired it in 2024 and had Nicklaus Design extensively rework the Jack Nicklaus Signature course, which reopened in 2025. Named for a native butterfly-drawing vine, the invitation-only club caps membership around 300, plays with no tee times, and extends very limited access to guests of the adjoining Belgrove Resort and Spa.

An invitation-only, pure-golf private retreat just west of Jupiter, surrounded by thousands of acres of protected woodlands and wetlands with no homes along most fairways. Pete Dye first rebuilt a basic existing course here in 1988 as Cypress Links, then tore it down and built an entirely new Dye course from scratch, reopening in 2002 as The Dye Preserve. Full of his signature railroad-tie hazards, pot bunkers and teardrop mounding, it ranks among Florida's best and counts a number of Tour pros among its members.

A public, Arthur Hills-designed course in a gated Coral Springs community, opened in 1983 as the very first member club in the PGA Tour's TPC network. It hosted the Honda Classic nine times and still shows its Scotland-meets-Florida character, with water on nearly every hole and an island green.

A member-owned gated golf community in the heart of Palm Beach Gardens, founded in 1974 and now home to roughly 875 residences across Old Florida-style neighborhoods. Its 36 holes are two Audubon-certified Fazio-family courses, the 1974 East and the tighter, water-laced 1982 West, and a $12 million second clubhouse called The Pointe opened in 2023. With optional golf membership, sixteen tennis courts and two fitness centers, it is an approachable, community-minded choice for full-time and seasonal buyers.

A Tom Fazio design opened in 1990 and later renovated by Fazio himself, this private, golf-only club west of West Palm Beach is known for its SuperDune centerpiece and dune-inspired contours rare for flat South Florida. A U.S. Open qualifying venue and a highly sought invitation.

A demanding, open-to-the-public course in Hollywood, midway between Fort Lauderdale and Miami, that opened in 1969 as Emerald Hills Country Club to a Bruce Devlin and Robert von Hagge design, later reworked by Charles Ankrom. One of the longest courses in the state at well over 7,000 yards, it earned Golf Digest Best Places to Play recognition and hosted a deep roster of qualifiers, from PGA Tour Doral and Honda events to U.S. Open, Senior Open and Amateur qualifying. A Nicklaus Design redevelopment of the course and clubhouse is planned.

Among the most historic and exclusive private clubs in the country, at the head of Worth Avenue on the island of Palm Beach. Singer sewing-machine heir Paris Singer commissioned Addison Mizner to build it, and after starting life as a planned World War I convalescent hospital, it opened as a private club in January 1919, launching Mizner's career and the Spanish-Mediterranean Revival style that came to define South Florida. A golf course followed in 1920. The club is famously discreet, reportedly around 1,000 members with no published roster, and membership is strictly by sponsorship and invitation.

An ultra-exclusive private club on 216-acre Fisher Island off the southern tip of Miami Beach, reachable only by ferry, private yacht or helicopter and consistently one of the wealthiest zip codes in the country. The island came to Miami Beach founder Carl Fisher, who famously traded seven acres to William K. Vanderbilt II in 1927 for Vanderbilt's 265-foot yacht; the Vanderbilt Mansion still anchors the club, which opened in 1987. Its golf is a 9-hole P.B. Dye seaside course ranked among the nation's best short layouts, with a hole playing right along Miami's shipping channel, plus a private beach, marinas, tennis on all four Grand Slam surfaces and a full spa.

A well-liked public course in Stuart with easy reach from Martin, St. Lucie and Palm Beach counties. This Dick Gray design opened in 1996 and was fully renovated in 2018, laying out an Old Florida-style tract of wide fairways among ancient oaks, pines and palmettos, with coquina waste areas and water on many holes. Long known for some of the best greens in the region and Audubon-maintained natural habitat, it delivers a private-club feel at daily-fee prices.

An invitation-only private club on the St. Lucie River in Palm City, originally a Gary Player design (1996) that served as Wayne Huizenga's private retreat, then bought by Astros owner Jim Crane and completely rebuilt by Tom Fazio, reopening in 2011. A stay-and-play compound with a deep-water marina, a Butch Harmon learning center and helipads.

The oldest golf club in Fort Lauderdale and among the oldest in the state, opened in December 1926 and now sitting in Plantation about five miles from the beach. This member-owned private club runs 36 holes across its North and South courses, both rooted in Joseph Roseman's original design and reworked over the decades by architects including Red Lawrence, Charles Ankrom and Kipp Schulties, whose recent master plan modernized the North. A classic, history-rich setting with an easygoing, member-first feel.

An all-inclusive, ultra-private golf and beach community in northern Palm Beach Gardens, deliberately limited to about 600 homes stretching from the Intracoastal to A1A. Its 36 holes pair a Jim Fazio North Course, atypically Floridian with pines and rolling fairways, and a Robert Cupp South Course threaded with water and native landscaping. Members enjoy a concierge lifestyle anchored by a brand-new clubhouse completed in 2024, seventeen tennis courts, deep-water dockage and a private Beach Club on Juno Beach.

A private, Toll Brothers-built community in Palm Beach Gardens wrapped around an Arnold Palmer Signature course (with Ed Seay) that opened in 2002. Its Mediterranean, Mizner-inspired clubhouse and relaxed, family-friendly membership have earned it Platinum Club of America honors.

An amenity-packed private community in Delray Beach with roughly 1,080 homes, two Karl Litten championship courses (Legends and Victory) and a racquet program so storied that Ivan Lendl and Steffi Graf once trained here. A 90,000-square-foot clubhouse, a lifestyle center and a pickleball complex round it out.

A private, oak-canopied club in Davie with genuine Hollywood pedigree: founded in 1959 as Rolling Hills, it was the filming location for Caddyshack (its Bushwood plaque still greets you at the pro shop), then bought by Wayne Huizenga and fully redesigned by Hall of Famer Raymond Floyd in 1999. Now owned by Nova Southeastern University.

One of the oldest and most private clubs in the area, established in 1924 on a rare sliver of land between the Atlantic and the Intracoastal in the town of Gulf Stream, just north of Delray Beach. Donald Ross designed the golf course and Addison Mizner the Spanish-style clubhouse, and the town itself grew up around the club, once famous as a winter polo capital. Dick Wilson, Joe Lee and, most recently, Pete and Alice Dye have refined the wind-exposed seaside layout over the years, the Dyes reworking drainage, bunkers and greens and opening up ocean views. Membership is strictly by invitation.

A close-knit private golf and boating community along the St. Lucie River in Palm City, where every one of its roughly 695 resident families is a club member. It offers two Audubon-certified championship courses, Joe Lee's Golden Marsh and the Pete and P.B. Dye River Ridge, winding among ponds, marshes, pines and a 35-acre eagle preserve. Two miles of river frontage, a 98-slip marina and a renovated 45,000-square-foot waterfront clubhouse round out an unusually amenity-rich Treasure Coast enclave.

An approachable, semi-private course in Hobe Sound, about a mile from the Atlantic and open to public play with priority for members. Built as two nines in the early 1980s, it is a scenic, player-friendly layout rather than an overbearing one, with water in play on most holes and well-regarded signature holes at the 8th and 10th. Affordable annual and seasonal memberships and a relaxed clubhouse make it a Treasure Coast favorite for everyday golf.

An upscale private club between Lake Worth and Boynton Beach that plays like an oasis, its Joe Lee course from 1979 ringed by canals and forest with no homes lining the fairways. Lakes and lagoons come into play on nearly a dozen holes, framed by mature oaks and pines and Lee's sweeping bunkering. Kipp Schulties added length and definition in a 2001 renovation while preserving the original routing, and the course consistently ranks among Golf Digest's best in the state.

A low-key, member-owned private club on 235 acres in Hobe Sound, and one of the lowest-density golf communities in South Florida with only about 95 homes. Joe Lee laid out the course in 1988 among oak hammocks, pine scrub and wetlands on the Atlantic Coastal Ridge; Tom Fazio II gave it a full redesign in 2019, stretching it past 7,000 yards. With a limited membership and no tee times, it offers a friendly, spontaneous alternative to the region's mega-clubs, two miles from the beach and minutes from Jupiter Island and Stuart.

A big, amenity-rich private country club community on 990 acres in east Boynton Beach near Delray, home to roughly 1,650 residences and, unusually for Florida, three full 18-hole courses. Bruce Devlin and Robert von Hagge laid out the North, East and South in 1979, before any homes were built, and each has since been individually renovated by John Sanford, Kipp Schulties and former Tour pro Mark McCumber, with the courses still hosting USGA and pro qualifiers. A 145,000-square-foot clubhouse, seven dining venues, a full racquet program and resort pool anchor an energetic, socially active club.

A large, award-winning private golf community on roughly 1,900 acres in West Palm Beach, named for the white ibis and home to about 1,860 residences across 33 neighborhoods. It is the only club community with three Nicklaus-family courses: Jack Sr.'s Legend, which he calls a signature masterpiece and personally renovated in 2017, Jack Nicklaus II's Heritage, and Steve Nicklaus's Scottish-style Tradition. A recently expanded clubhouse, a 20-acre practice facility and the CORE fitness, aquatics and spa complex make it one of the region's most amenity-rich, family-oriented clubs, with mandatory equity membership.

One of the most exclusive private clubs in the country, on the man-made island of Indian Creek Village north of Miami Beach, a guarded enclave often called the Billionaire Bunker. William Flynn laid out the Golden Age course in the late 1920s across the entire island interior, with a Mediterranean clubhouse crowning the highest point in Miami-Dade County and a handful of waterfront estates ringing the perimeter. Ron Forse and later Andrew Green, in 2022, restored and modernized Flynn's design, which ranks among Florida's best and is said to be groomed better than Augusta. With only about 300 members, tee times here effectively require knowing one.

A 36-hole private club at the center of a large, established 55-plus community in Boynton Beach with roughly 1,900 homes across two dozen neighborhoods. Robert von Hagge and Bruce Devlin designed the East and West courses around 1980, and Kipp Schulties reworked both in the mid-2000s. Now owned by Concert Golf Partners, which recapitalized the club and upgraded its amenities, it pairs the two courses with 26 Har-Tru tennis courts, an Olympic pool, a spa and a 52,000-square-foot clubhouse, and is widely regarded as one of the area's better golf values.

A relaxed, very private club in West Palm Beach, set against the 24-square-mile Grassy Waters Preserve, which gives its Arthur Hills course a wildlife-rich, almost Carolinas feel amid the wetlands. Opened in 1989 and comprehensively renovated by Rees Jones in 2022, the layout is a fair, thoughtful test with elevated greens, and Golfweek has ranked it among Florida's best development courses. The club leans into a no-tee-times, no-committees, no-assessments culture that prizes easy access and camaraderie over politics.

A prestigious private golf community along the Loxahatchee River and Intracoastal in Jupiter, with three courses: the Village Course, famous for a ferry-boat ride across the Intracoastal at the 17th; Tom Fazio's 1985 Fazio Course at Old Trail; and a former Arthur Hills course reborn as a Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner match-play course in 2021. Boat-slip homes round it out.

A guard-gated Toll Brothers golf community on 483 acres in Jupiter, west of the Turnpike off Indiantown Road, built out largely between 2007 and 2019 with Tuscan-styled single-family and carriage homes. At its center is a Greg Norman Signature course stretching past 7,200 yards, anchored by a grand Mediterranean clubhouse and a separate sports campus with tennis, pickleball, bocce and resort pools. Toll Brothers sold the club to ClubCorp, now Invited, in 2019, giving it a professionally managed structure with golf and social membership tiers.

A well-kept oceanside par-3 course tucked onto Jupiter's estuaries just off A1A, and one of the state's most enjoyable short courses. Tom Fazio laid out its 18 holes across 28 acres in 1973, and Bob Erickson and Thomas Pearson reimagined it in 2003, each hole built to mirror the approach shots you would face on a full-length course. With no tee times or membership required, quick two-and-a-half-hour rounds and ocean breezes, it is a favorite for short-game practice, beginners and Tour pros alike.

A nationally regarded private club in Tequesta built on a rare 75-foot sand ridge, pairing George Fazio's celebrated 1970 Hills Course (later refined by his nephew Tom Fazio) with a second Tom Fazio Village Course. Host of the 1987 U.S. Amateur and still one of Florida's finest and most exclusive tests of golf.

One of the most selective private clubs in the country, on the barrier island of Jupiter Island in Hobe Sound, hemmed by the Intracoastal, the Atlantic and coastal nature preserves. The club was established in the early 1930s under Permelia Pryor Reed, whose family shaped the exclusive island community. William Diddel designed the 18-hole course, opened in 1958 and later touched by the Fazios and comprehensively restored by Jan Bel Jan around 2018; its back nine winds through a grand ornamental garden with sweeping river views, and wind is a constant companion. Beyond golf, members enjoy tennis, croquet, a marina, spa and an oceanfront beach club, with entry strictly by invitation.

A historic, invitation-only club on Miami Beach, born in 1927 on land Carl Fisher dredged from Biscayne Bay and named for his friend John Oliver La Gorce, the explorer and National Geographic president. Captain Herbert Tippet laid out the original course; after it briefly became a city pay-and-play following World War II, local investors rescued it in 1953 and brought in Robert Trent Jones Sr. to renovate, with Jack Nicklaus later remodeling in the 1990s and a new clubhouse arriving in 2005. Its longtime teaching pro Jack Grout was Nicklaus's lifelong swing coach, and the club hosted the 1952 Miami Open. Golf, tennis, croquet and a pool anchor one of the area's most established private addresses.

A family-friendly, member-owned private club in Plantation, just west of Fort Lauderdale along the I-595 corridor. Hotelier Walter Banks built the course in 1969 as an amenity for guests of his Lago Mar beach resort, to a Bill Watts design, then sold it to the members in 1980. A roughly $8 million Kipp Schulties renovation reopened the course in 2010 with rebuilt greens, tees, bunkers and irrigation, and water now in play on all 18 holes. Regularly a USGA, FSGA and PGA qualifying site, it is regarded as one of Broward's more attainable country club communities.

A small, camaraderie-minded private club in the city of Atlantis, formerly Atlantis Golf Club, with 27 holes across three nine-hole courses framed by mature pines, oaks, banyans and palms. William Mitchell laid out the original course around 1960, and it was most recently reworked tee to green by Tom Fazio II in 2021, with Celebration turf and fast TifEagle greens rated among the best in South Florida. Unusually, membership requires no home in the community and no tee times are needed even in peak season, making it a relaxed, golf-first alternative to the big gated clubs.

A Jim and Tom Fazio II course from the early 1990s that winds through Hobe Sound's preserved wetlands and mature woods, with no two holes running side by side and water in play on most of the back stretch. Set in a gated community of roughly 600 homes around five lakes just south of Stuart, the club recently rebranded from semi-private to private as The Club at Lost Lake, capping membership so tee times stay easy. A refreshed clubhouse and a fully transformed practice complex, including a 100-yard putting green and stacked-sod bunkers, round out a relaxed, nature-first club.

An ultra-exclusive private beach-and-golf community on 450 oceanfront acres in North Palm Beach, just south of Seminole, and famously the home of Jack Nicklaus. Mark Mahannah carved the original course out of a mangrove swamp around 1960 in one of the region's first golf-and-real-estate developments, and Nicklaus, a Lost Tree Village resident, completely redesigned it in 2002 into a signature layout that ranks among Florida's best. Members enjoy a private beach club, tennis, boating and an award-winning clubhouse, with membership tied to owning in the village.

A Jack Nicklaus Signature course that opened in 1984 and was named Golf Digest's Best New Private Course of 1985, this was Nicklaus's own club before he built The Bear's Club. The intimate, gated Jupiter community wraps a small, accomplished membership around one of his most imaginative designs.

A well-regarded daily-fee course in Royal Palm Beach, about 20 minutes west of downtown West Palm Beach. John Sanford designed the par-72 layout, which opened in 2001 and winds through pine barrens and nature preserves with no two fairways running parallel and water in play on all but one hole across 42 acres of lakes. Homes line the course but are buffered by oaks, palms and native grasses, and the wildlife-rich grounds have hosted U.S. Amateur qualifiers. A Golf Digest Best Places to Play pick and a reliable value for the area.

A private, member-owned gated country club community on 728 wooded Treasure Coast acres in Stuart, with about 771 homes ranging from villas to estates. Its two par-72 courses, Tom Fazio's Gold from 1982 and Frank Duane's Blue, feature rolling, mounded fairways unusual for South Florida; Duane was a design partner of Arnold Palmer and an associate of Robert Trent Jones. A newly completed 40,000-square-foot clubhouse, nine Har-Tru courts and pools anchor an active, social community, and a curious piece of local lore sits on the grounds: the cemetery of the early-1900s Ashley outlaw gang.

A private club in West Palm Beach with real design pedigree: it opened in December 1972 as one of Jack Nicklaus's earliest courses and his first in Florida, laid out with Desmond Muirhead, the partner he would later build Muirfield Village with. Water comes into play on 13 of its par-71 holes, framed by slash pines, palmettos and cabbage palms. Considered brutally hard at first, it was faithfully restored by Kipp Schulties in 2007, earning a Golf Digest best-remodeled-course award, and it ranked among the magazine's 100 Greatest through the 1980s. The club crest nods to the Myakka people who once lived on the land.

An exclusive, golf-first private club in Hobe Sound founded by Nick Price and Dan Marino. Its walkable, housing-free Front Yard course, co-designed by Tom Fazio and Price, opened in 2002, joined by a Coore and Crenshaw Back Yard course in 2023, both laid across coastal sugar-sand.

Founded by Greg Norman and co-designed with Pete Dye in 1995 (Norman's first U.S. design), then restored to Dye's original character by Bobby Weed in 2015, Medalist is a fearsome, links-influenced test in Hobe Sound. Home to Tiger Woods and a deep roster of touring pros, it hosted 2020's The Match.

A historic public course in the Village of Miami Shores, minutes from downtown Miami and part of the Florida Historic Golf Trail. Red Lawrence and Louis Wilson, both former Toomey and Flynn associates, designed the par-71 layout, which opened in 1939 with partial WPA funding and a two-dollar green fee. The Biscayne Canal cuts across several holes, and mature oaks and gently rolling terrain give it a classic, walkable character; a 2011 Sanford Golf Design renovation modernized the greens. Over the years its fairways drew Bob Hope, Joe DiMaggio, Arnold Palmer, Sam Snead and Lee Trevino.

A polished, gated private community in Palm Beach Gardens with 36 holes: Tom Fazio's Sunrise Course and Arthur Hills's Sunset Course, set among preserves and lakes. A four-time host of the PGA Tour's Honda Classic and a repeat Platinum Club of America.

A Toll Brothers-developed, gated private community in west Delray Beach named for architect Addison Mizner, wrapped around an Arnold Palmer Signature course (Palmer and Ed Seay, 1999) fully redesigned by Kipp Schulties in 2016. A 2019 lifestyle center gives it some of the most modern amenities in its market.

A historic municipal course on man-made Normandy Isle in Miami Beach, reached across the 79th Street Causeway. William Flynn and Howard Toomey, the team behind Indian Creek, laid it out on land dredged from Biscayne Bay, and it opened in 1941; Mark Mahannah reworked it in 1956, during a heyday when Sam Snead and Arnold Palmer played regularly. After closing in 2002, it was reborn through a roughly $9 million Arthur Hills renovation and reopened in 2008, with a clubhouse rebuilt to echo the 1941 original. Now a Florida Historic Golf Trail course, it co-hosts the well-regarded South Beach International Amateur.

A Village-owned public course with rare pedigree: originally a 1926 Seth Raynor design, it was rebuilt by Jack Nicklaus, a longtime North Palm Beach resident, as only the second municipal Nicklaus Signature course in the country (reopened 2006, for a design fee of one dollar). Holes wind along the Intracoastal, and a new clubhouse opened in 2019, making it one of the best public-golf values in the county.

A Pete Dye design that opened in 1987, routed through a protected wetland preserve in Palm Beach Gardens, with a renowned caddie program, no tee times and Dye's celebrated blind-approach Alps par-4 5th. A nationally ranked layout in a spectacular natural setting.

A boutique, ultra-private golf community in Palm Beach Gardens built around a Raymond Floyd design that opened in 2004, complete with a novel 99-yard island-green 19th hole and a no-tee-time policy. Its limited membership and custom estate homesites make access and pace of play second to none.

A historic, invitation-only club at the north end of the island of Palm Beach, built around a Donald Ross course that opened in 1917 on a slender 83-acre strip running from the Atlantic to Lake Worth, with sea wind a constant factor. The club in its present form was established in the early 1950s and has long been the island's leading Jewish country club, formed after Palm Beach's older clubs excluded Jewish members. Brian Silva renovated the course in 2009 while keeping Ross's island routing, and it remains one of the town's most prominent private addresses.

A town-owned oceanfront par-3 course on a slender strip between the Atlantic and the Intracoastal on the island of Palm Beach, widely rated among the best short courses in the world. Dick Wilson and his apprentice Joe Lee laid it out in 1961 for the Phipps family; the Town of Palm Beach bought it in 1973 to keep the prime land public. Hall of Fame golfer and Palm Beach resident Raymond Floyd completely redesigned it in 2009, rerouting holes toward the water and switching to salt-tolerant paspalum. With holes from 81 to 211 yards, a Key West clubhouse and ocean views, it delivers a private-club setting at municipal prices.

A four-decade Wellington landmark at the heart of America's equestrian capital, with polo fields, croquet lawns and Mediterranean-style homes alongside its golf. The championship Cypress Course, designed by Pete Dye and his son P.B. Dye and opened in 1989, was built for a PGA Tour team event and is known for a brutal finishing stretch; a links-style Dunes Course rounds out the golf.

The first new private club to open in Palm Beach County in two decades, Panther National debuted in November 2023 with a dramatic, links-style course co-designed by Jack Nicklaus and Justin Thomas (Thomas's design debut) in the Avenir community. Nearly two million cubic yards of earth were moved to create rare South Florida elevation.

West Palm Beach's celebrated public course, a Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner design opened in 2023 on the site of the old 1947 municipal course. Tiger Woods struck the ceremonial first shot, and its rolling, water-free, sugar-sand links-style layout quickly became one of the most sought-after public tee times in the county.

A private, gated Toll Brothers community on 792 acres in Parkland, built around a Greg Norman Signature course (2004, recently refreshed) that threads through cypress swamp and pine flatland habitats. Now member-owned and Troon-managed.

The private membership club at the heart of the sprawling PGA National community in Palm Beach Gardens, a residents' and social counterpart to the adjoining resort that has anchored the neighborhood for over four decades. Members play the property's championship courses, led by the Jack Nicklaus-redesigned Champion Course and its fearsome Bear Trap finish, which hosts the PGA Tour's Cognizant Classic and once staged the 1983 Ryder Cup and 1987 PGA Championship. Alongside the Palmer, Fazio and newer short courses, members enjoy a renovated clubhouse, sixteen tennis courts, croquet and fitness, part of a recent $100 million property-wide reimagining.

The landmark Palm Beach Gardens resort and the anchor of the area's golf identity. Its Champion Course, a Tom-and-George-Fazio design opened in 1981 and later redesigned by Jack Nicklaus, is home to the fearsome Bear Trap at holes 15 through 17 and hosts a PGA Tour event, having also staged a Ryder Cup and a PGA Championship. Multiple courses, a full spa and resort amenities round it out.

An intensely private, golf-first club in Boynton Beach and one of Dick Wilson's finest designs. About 50 founding members bought a tract of dairy land in 1961 and had Wilson, with protege Joe Lee, carve a course out of featureless flat scrub; it opened in 1962 and ranked among Golf Digest's 100 Greatest for roughly three decades. More than 120 deep, jagged bunkers, recently restored by Ron Forse and Jim Nagle from Ben Hogan's 1962 photos, define a demanding, strategic test Hogan once called the best course he had ever seen. Its membership rolls read like a Hall of Fame, from Sam Snead and Mickey Wright to Karrie Webb and Gary Woodland.

A quiet, member-owned golf and yachting community in Palm City, deliberately kept low-density with just 302 homes across more than 600 Treasure Coast acres. Gentleman Joe Lee designed the par-72 course in the early 1980s, and Gene Bates, who often modernizes Lee's work, led a $4 million renovation in 2007 that added wetland restoration while keeping the original character. Winding past oak hammocks, palms and 29 bass-filled lakes, it is a resident-member-only club, so tee times are guaranteed, complemented by a protected 49-slip marina with ocean access, tennis and pickleball. It is also among the more affordable private clubs on the coast.

A city-owned public course in Plantation on ground woven into the town's origins: founder Frederick Peters donated 300 acres here for the original Plantation Golf Club in 1950 to spur the area's development, and a Tequesta burial mound was once found near its 14th hole. The current course, a von Hagge, Smelek and Baril design, opened in 2006 as a par-72 test with paspalum turf, a signature island-green 9th and an Everglades-inspired wetlands preserve that bisects the nines alongside a public linear park and trail. A well-appointed municipal option in the heart of Broward.

A large, amenity-rich private club community on more than 1,100 acres straddling the Boca Raton and Delray Beach line, with about 1,700 homes across two dozen neighborhoods. Its two championship courses, the Club and Equestrian courses by Karl Litten and Tim Freeland, were recently overhauled by architect J. Drew Rogers, complementing a renowned tennis and pickleball complex.

A member-owned gated country club community in Boynton Beach, with about 946 homes spread across more than 600 landscaped acres just minutes from the beach. Its two championship courses began as Joe Lee designs, the North in 1974 and the South in 1977; Bobby Weed reworked the South in 2019, and a full Fry/Straka reimagining of the North reopened in early 2025 and was named a runner-up for Golf Inc's Renovation of the Year. A distinguished club that once counted Sam Snead among its members, it now pairs the golf with a new 60,000-square-foot clubhouse, sixteen tennis courts, pickleball and a spa, and regularly hosts USGA qualifiers.

A relaxed, member-owned golf and condominium community in the Village of Tequesta, set on a scenic bend between the Loxahatchee River and Jonathan Dickinson State Park. George and Tom Fazio designed the 18-hole course in the early 1970s, an executive-length par-64 they nicknamed the Jewel of the Loxahatchee, built to take advantage of the riverfront forest. Owners enjoy river or fairway views, Har-Tru tennis, pickleball, a riverside clubhouse and pool, and notably affordable membership with no equity or initiation fees, an easygoing alternative to the area's championship clubs.

A private member club in Coral Gables, just west of the Biltmore Hotel and the University of Miami, with roots in George Merrick's 1920s City Beautiful vision. The ground was originally the Miami-Biltmore South Course, planned by Donald Ross and opened in 1926; after years of disuse it was reborn as the Riviera Country Club in the mid-1940s, and the par-71 layout has since been reworked several times, most recently a Kipp Schulties rebuild. A compact, walkable course framed by mature hardwoods gives way to a new $37 million island-style clubhouse, eight Har-Tru tennis courts, a spa and dining in one of the Gables' most desirable neighborhoods.

One of Boca Raton's most prestigious guard-gated waterfront communities, on 450 acres in East Boca beside the Boca Raton Resort and the Intracoastal, with direct ocean access at the inlet. Alcoa heir Arthur Vining Davis founded it in 1959, and Sam Snead served as its first golf professional. The original Robert Trent Jones Sr. course became a Jack Nicklaus Signature layout and was fully rebuilt again by Nicklaus Design in 2024, having hosted the PGA Tour Champions' 2022 TimberTech Championship. Separate golf and yacht clubhouses, a deep-water marina, tennis, croquet and a spa serve a community of roughly 740 single-family estates, with nomination-only membership that homeowners may join but are not required to.

A private oceanfront community at the southern tip of Hutchinson Island in Stuart, wrapped by the Atlantic, the St. Lucie Inlet and the Indian River. Its Jack Nicklaus Signature course opened in 1981 and has been reimagined by Nicklaus twice since (2007 and 2021), with water views on every hole, a no-tee-time policy and one of Florida's largest private marinas.

A Martin County municipal facility next to Stuart with roots on the Florida Historic Golf Trail: the first nine opened in 1925 as part of the old St. Lucie River Country Club, a William Langford design, and the county took it over in 1947. Facing budget pressure and the need to pull holes out of the adjacent airport's runway zone, the county had John Sanford reimagine it, reopening in 2021 under the Sailfish Sands name. It now pairs an 18-hole championship course with Florida's first reversible nine, a player-development layout that plays in either direction, plus a lit driving range with ball-tracking bays. An affordable, modern muni with genuine history.

Delray Beach's Seagate began in 1973 as the Hamlet, a Gentleman Joe Lee design and one of Florida's first private clubs, with Jack Nicklaus among its charter members and the first-ever Golf Digest School on site. Now part of the Seagate resort brand, it was reborn through a J. Drew Rogers renovation in 2023 and connects to the hotel, beach and yacht clubs.

A Donald Ross masterpiece opened in 1929 and routed along coastal sand ridges in Juno Beach, Seminole ranks among the most revered private clubs in the world, its par-3 17th the jewel of a storied closing stretch. Ben Hogan famously tuned his game here before the Masters. Strictly private and by invitation.

A brand-new ultra-luxury private club in Hallandale Beach, opened in 2023 on the site of the old Diplomat course as the Miami area's first new private golf club in about 25 years. Greg Norman's walkable, Sandbelt-inspired championship course runs along 150 Intracoastal acres, anchoring an Auberge-managed community with residences, racquet sports and a marina.

Established in 1982 and widely considered Boca Raton's most prestigious resident-only community, St Andrews spreads roughly 740 custom estates across 720-plus acres at under a home per acre. Members play two championship courses, including an Arnold Palmer Signature design, around a 125,000-square-foot clubhouse.

An intimate, private gated community in west Boca Raton limited to just 398 free-standing homes set around the golf course and its lakes. Karl Litten designed the par-72 course in 1985, and it hosted the LPGA Tour for several years before Kipp Schulties gave it a full, nature-minded redesign that reopened in 2015. A 40,000-square-foot clubhouse, six Har-Tru tennis courts, a fitness center and an Olympic pool anchor a friendly, socially active club known for its dining and card-room culture, an approachable choice in Boca club living.

A member-owned gated golf and boating community in Stuart, and notably the first golf-course community in Martin County when it took shape in 1969. Charles Martyn designed the par-71 course, which opened in 1971 and, in its early years, hosted pro-am tournaments featuring Jack Nicklaus, Sam Snead and Perry Como for the Stamp Out Drug Abuse campaign. Tom Pearson, a longtime Nicklaus Design architect, gave the course a full 2020 makeover with new drainage, reshaped bunkers and a pair of 600-yard par-5s. Framed by mature palms and waterways near downtown Stuart, it offers golf, social and boating memberships in a relaxed coastal setting.

A private, member-owned club on a peninsula in the Village of Tequesta, wrapped on three sides by the north and northwest forks of the historic Loxahatchee River. Land developer Charles Martyn, who shaped much of Tequesta itself, founded it in 1957, and the great Dick Wilson designed the course, which opened that December with an exhibition featuring Arnold Palmer and Dow Finsterwald. Built on natural white sand, the old Florida layout was sensitively restored in 2013 by Tom Fazio II, himself a member, who added a short-game facility and native landscaping while honoring Wilson's design. The waterfront community of about 550 homes enjoys optional membership, tennis, dining and river access to the Jupiter Inlet.

Donald Trump's first golf property, a Jim Fazio design opened in 1999, this private West Palm Beach club plays over 27 holes and is known for first-class conditioning and service.

An iconic 800-acre golf resort in Doral, west of Miami, that opened in 1962 as the Doral Country Club and gave the surrounding city its name, a blend of developer Alfred Kaskel and his wife Doris. Its crown jewel is the Blue Monster, a Dick Wilson design that set the template for modern South Florida golf and hosted a PGA Tour event nearly every year from 1962 to 2016; Gil Hanse rebuilt it in 2014, and the Tour returns in 2026 with the new Cadillac Championship. The Trump Organization acquired the resort in 2012 and renamed it, and it now offers four championship courses, a large hotel, a spa and a golf performance center.

A private club and residential community in Jupiter, opened in 2002 as the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club and acquired by the Trump Organization in 2012, which restored and rebranded the Jack Nicklaus layout. A meticulously conditioned par-72 course.

The two-course golf club at the JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort in Aventura, born from developer Donald Soffer's vision, reportedly sketched on a cocktail napkin, to turn swampland into the golf-centered community that became modern Aventura. Robert Trent Jones Sr. designed both 18-hole courses, which opened in 1971: the longer, tougher Soffer and the more player-friendly Miller. Raymond Floyd reimagined them in a roughly $45 million 2007 overhaul, moving hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of earth to add rolling contours across the compact 300-acre resort. Both have hosted South Florida PGA and LPGA events, with play reserved for resort guests and members.

A friendly, member-owned private club in Tequesta, along the North Fork of the Loxahatchee River, chartered in 1969 by four founders from Skokie, Illinois. Joe Lee designed the par-72 course, which opened in 1970; the founders soon sold it to the membership to keep the club private and out of developers' hands. Kipp Schulties modernized and lengthened the layout in 2016, and a renovated clubhouse rounds out the amenities. Membership does not require owning a home in the community, and the mix of condos, villas and single-family houses makes it one of the more accessible established private clubs in the Jupiter and Tequesta area.

A two-venue private members club in Boca Raton pairing an 18-hole golf club in west Boca with a downtown City Club inside the Mandarin Oriental, part of Penn-Florida's roughly billion-dollar Via Mizner development. The golf course opened in 1972 as Boca Del Mar Country Club, a Bruce Devlin and Robert von Hagge design, and passed through several names and a foreclosure before Penn-Florida acquired it in 2011 and had Jack Nicklaus completely redesign it. Family-minded and amenity-rich, it offers resort and lap pools, a spa, Har-Tru tennis and multiple dining venues, with the Mizner name evoking the Mediterranean style that defines Boca.

A casual, family-oriented private golf and country club in the heart of Wellington's equestrian world, formerly the Wellington Golf and Country Club. The 18-hole course, rooted in a Johnny Miller and Ted McAnlis design, was comprehensively rebuilt and rebranded The Wanderers Club, named for polo's first U.S. Open champions, in a 2007 Jacobsen Hardy renovation. Its signature quirk captures Wellington perfectly: the opening hole runs alongside a polo field and converts from a par-4 to a shorter par-3 on match days. Waste bunkers in place of paved cart paths, plus tennis, dining and an equestrian-lifestyle culture, round out a distinctive club.

A semi-private course in Wellington's Binks Forest community, this Johnny Miller design opened in 1990 (originally Binks Forest) and was fully restored by Gene Bates in 2007. Heavily wooded with pines and oaks, it plays more like Pinehurst than typical flat Florida golf, with open tee-time access and a welcoming atmosphere.

A 27-hole public golf facility at the center of a large residential community in Boynton Beach, minutes from the beach. Karl Litten designed the three interchangeable nines, which opened in 1989 and are played in three 18-hole combinations, alongside a separate par-3 course. Set among lakes and lush tropical landscaping on classic flat Florida terrain, it offers plenty of water and risk-reward options for all levels. Homeowners can opt into membership without the mandatory equity or fees common at private clubs, making it one of Boynton Beach's more accessible country club communities.

A private club in the master-planned city of Weston with two Robert Trent Jones Jr. courses, the Tour Course (1990) and the Players Course (1995). The Tour Course hosted the PGA Tour's Honda Classic in the early 1990s.

An open-to-the-public championship course set inside the gated Winston Trails community in Lake Worth. Joe Lee laid out the par-72 layout, which opened in 1993 and stretches past 7,000 yards, with wide contoured fairways, plenty of water and unusually large, multi-tiered greens several times the size of a typical Florida green. Known for a private-club feel at daily-fee prices, a strong practice facility and an award-winning golf shop, it is one of the better public golf values in Palm Beach County, with optional membership for regulars.

A gated, 830-acre private country club community in Boca Raton with about 20 neighborhoods, built around a Joe Lee course (1988) that was fully redesigned by Bob Cupp in 2002. A family-oriented, amenity-rich club that stays busy year-round.

A large, active private country club community in the Wellington and Lake Worth area, home to roughly 1,045 coach homes, villas and single-family residences across 600 acres and fourteen neighborhoods. Its two championship courses, the East and West, are Karl Litten and John Sanford designs, both recently modernized by Kipp Schulties as part of a course renovation program topping $18 million. An 86,000-square-foot clubhouse, five dining venues, fourteen tennis courts, pickleball, bocce and a spa round out the amenities, and Wycliffe is widely regarded as one of the better values in South Florida country club living.