South Florida golf community homes

The private clubs with a Jupiter address in our comparison are Admirals Cove, The Bear's Club, The Dye Preserve, Jonathan's Landing, Jupiter Country Club, The Loxahatchee Club and Trump National Jupiter.

The Dye Preserve has no homes. For golf and boating together, buyers look at Admirals Cove and Jonathan's Landing.

Rules change, so we confirm them club by club before you tour.

Nearby, Tequesta Country Club is one where membership is optional. Tell us the communities on your list and we will check the current rule for each.

In an equity club the members own the club; in a non-equity club a company owns it.

Equity clubs may return part of the initiation fee when you resign, under their own rules. Non-equity clubs, such as those run by a management company, set fees and rules themselves.

It depends on how much golf you play and how social you want the club to be, so start with the membership rule and the size of the membership.

Larger clubs such as BallenIsles, with 54 holes, have a full calendar. Smaller ones such as Old Palm have fewer members. Communities with optional membership, such as Tequesta Country Club, let you choose later.

Admirals Cove, with its own marina on the Intracoastal, and Jonathan's Landing, along the Loxahatchee River and the Intracoastal.

In Palm Beach Gardens, Frenchman's Creek has deep-water dockage and a beach club on Juno Beach.

At some clubs, yes.

Our comparison notes that Turtle Creek Club in Tequesta does not require a home in the community for membership. Clubs without homes, such as Seminole and Medalist, are by invitation.