Florida Golf Communities
Communities built around a golf course — and what it costs to belong to the club.
This page is about the golf and the money attached to it. The key question is whether membership is a condition of ownership or an option, so the list separates country-club communities from communities that simply have a course. Each entry shows what our research found about club and membership terms where they are documented.
Best suited for: Golfers who want course access tied to where they live, and who have looked at dues, initiation and any capital contribution.
What to confirm before you decide
- Whether club membership is mandatory for homeowners or optional.
- What dues, initiation fees and capital contributions apply, and how often they change.
- Whether the course is private, semi-private or open to the public, and what non-golf amenities the membership includes.
Which page do you need?
- 55+ communities — if the age rule is what you are deciding on.
- Master planned communities — if you want a full town-like development rather than a club.
- Gated communities — if access control and HOA coverage matter most.
Regions with the most communities here: Southwest Florida (26), The Palm Beaches (7), The Villages & Lake County (5), Sarasota-Bradenton / Gulf Coast (3), Tampa Bay (3), Orlando & Central Florida (2).
Country-club communities (10)
Communities our research classifies as country clubs, where the club is central to ownership.
Aberdeen
in Delray Beach
- 55+
- Developer: UDC
Club and membership: Country-club membership is mandatory for residents of 19 of the 25 subdivisions (the club/golf-anchored "west side"); it is not mandatory for other villages, notably Aberdeen East and Aberdeen Cove.
Admirals Cove
in Jupiter
About: Admirals Cove is an ultra-luxury, guard-gated waterfront and golf community in Jupiter built around a man-made canal system, with 45 holes of golf, a 72-to-74-slip…
BallenIsles Country Club
About: BallenIsles Country Club is a roughly 1,600-home, gated, all-ages golf community in Palm Beach Gardens built on the former PGA of America headquarters site, with three…
Heritage Landing
in Punta Gorda
- Developer: Lennar
Club and membership: Golf club membership is included in every Heritage Landing home purchase with no separate initiation fee or equity deposit, a genuinely distinctive structure compared with golf communities that require a separate membership…
Jonathan’s Landing
in Jupiter
- Developer: Multiple builders across 27 villages
About: Jonathan’s Landing is a roughly 1,234-home, gated golf and marina community in Jupiter with genuinely optional (not mandatory) club membership, three golf courses…
Mediterra
in Naples
About: Mediterra is a capped-at-950-home, gated, all-ages golf community straddling the Naples/Bonita Springs border, built around two Tom Fazio-designed courses and a private…
Mirasol
- Developer: Multiple builders including Kenco Communities
About: Mirasol is a roughly 1,200-home, guard-gated golf community in Palm Beach Gardens built around two Tom Fazio- and Arthur Hills-designed courses that have hosted the…
PGA National
About: PGA National is a large, roughly 5,000-home "community of communities" in Palm Beach Gardens anchored by the PGA National Resort & Spa and its five championship golf…
Quail West
in Naples
About: Quail West is a roughly 660-home, guard-gated, all-ages golf community in North Naples with two Arthur Hills-designed courses, a 100,000-plus-square-foot Grand…
Talis Park
in Naples
- Developer: Kitson & Partners
About: Talis Park is a roughly 500-home, guard-gated, all-ages golf community in North Naples built around a Greg Norman/Pete Dye-designed course ranked among Golf Digest’s…
Communities with a golf course (42)
Communities with golf on site that our research does not classify as country clubs. Membership terms vary.
Boca Royale Golf & Country Club
in Englewood
Club and membership: Golf, tennis, and pickleball memberships are optional and separate from the standard HOA dues, which by default include a social and fitness club membership.
Bonita Bay
- Developer: Bonita Bay Properties, Inc.
Club and membership: The Bonita Bay Club (golf and sports amenities) is reported as a separate, optional membership from the HOA.
Bonita National Golf & Country Club
- Developer: Lennar
Club and membership: Golf is bundled with ownership rather than a fully separate, optional add-on, though not every home carries a full playing membership: per Troon’s 2022 figures, all residents hold at least a Social membership while 866 of the…
Burnt Store Marina
in Punta Gorda
About: Burnt Store Marina is a 600-acre, non-age-restricted boating and golf community in Punta Gorda with 1,920 residences across 47 sub-associations, anchored by one of the…
Carousel Cove at Bonita Fairways
- 55+
Club and membership: Bonita Fairways Golf Club, an 18-hole executive course (par 61, roughly 3,500 yards) designed by Gordon Lewis, threads through the development including near Carousel Cove.
Cascades at St. Lucie West
- 55+
About: Cascades at St. Lucie West is a 1,158-home, age-restricted 55-plus gated community within the St. Lucie West master-planned area of Port St.
Colonial Country Club
in Fort Myers
- Developer: Pulte Homes
Club and membership: Every home purchase at Colonial Country Club carries a mandatory, bundled club membership — Golf Membership (tied to Golf Village homes) reportedly runs about $5,695 per year in dues, while Social Membership (tied to Lakes…
Cresswind at PGA Village Verano
- 55+
About: Cresswind at PGA Village Verano is a 249-home, 55-plus gated Kolter Homes community in Port St.
Del Webb Naples
in Ave Maria
- 55+
- Developer: Del Webb, a division of PulteGroup, Inc.
Club and membership: Panther Run Golf Club, an 18-hole championship course, sits within Del Webb Naples but operates as a public-access facility managed by third-party operator Hampton Golf rather than being bundled into HOA dues; no membership is…
Del Webb Ponte Vedra
- 55+
- Developer: Del Webb, a division of PulteGroup, Inc.
Club and membership: Del Webb Ponte Vedra markets golf access to several area courses, including TPC Sawgrass, Palm Valley Golf Club, and The Palencia Club, per this site’s own Ponte Vedra Beach research; this access is arranged through nearby…
Del Webb Spruce Creek Preserve
in Dunnellon
- 55+
- Developer: Del Webb
About: Del Webb Spruce Creek Preserve is a built-out, 810-home, 55-plus gated community south of Ocala in Dunnellon, anchored by the Terry Doss-designed Preserve Golf Club and…
Del Webb Stone Creek
in Ocala
- 55+
- Developer: Del Webb
About: Stone Creek is a large, golf-anchored Del Webb 55-plus community southwest of Ocala, built around the roughly 3,800-home community’s Reflection Bay amenity complex and…
Esplanade at Azario Lakewood Ranch
in Parrish
- Developer: Taylor Morrison
About: Esplanade at Azario Lakewood Ranch is a large, actively selling, all-ages, bundled-golf Taylor Morrison community spanning the Lakewood Ranch/Parrish area, with roughly…
Esplanade Golf & Country Club at Lakewood Ranch
- Developer: Taylor Morrison
Club and membership: Membership follows a hybrid model rather than a single bundled structure: homes deeded within the community’s "golf section" carry a mandatory bundled golf membership included as part of ownership, with no separate initiation…
Esplanade Golf & Country Club of Naples
in Naples
- 55+
- Developer: Taylor Morrison
About: Esplanade Golf & Country Club of Naples is a sold-out, 1,100-plus-home, bundled-golf Taylor Morrison community in North Naples, one of the company’s most amenity-dense…
Fiddler’s Creek
in Naples
- Developer: Gulf Bay Group of Companies
Club and membership: Base access to the 54,000-plus-square-foot Club & Spa (dining, fitness, spa) is bundled into every owner’s mandatory HOA assessment.
Four Seasons at Orlando
in Kissimmee
- 55+
- Developer: K. Hovnanian Homes
About: Four Seasons at Orlando is a sold-out, 530-home, 55-plus gated community by K. Hovnanian in Kissimmee, built around access to Mystic Dunes Resort & Golf Club and within…
Grandezza
in Estero
- Developer: Stock Development
Club and membership: The Club at Grandézza was acquired by Heritage Golf Group, a multi-club corporate operator, in September 2023 — meaning it is no longer a resident/member-owned equity club, a genuine structural change from its earlier…
Gulf Harbour Yacht & Country Club
in Fort Myers
- Developer: Grosse Pointe Development Company
Club and membership: Club (golf/country club) membership is genuinely optional, not mandatory, for Gulf Harbour homeowners — many residents are not club members, and many club members are not Gulf Harbour residents, a genuinely unusual structure…
Heritage Bay Golf & Country Club
in Naples
- Developer: Lennar / U.S. Home Corporation
Club and membership: Golf is bundled and mandatory for every Heritage Bay homeowner — it is explicitly marketed as a "bundled golf community," meaning non-golfers still pay into course upkeep through mandatory dues regardless of whether they ever…
Heritage Isle
in Viera
- 55+
- Developer: Lennar
Club and membership: Golf-club membership at the adjacent Duran Golf Club is a separate, optional purchase rather than bundled automatically into Heritage Isle’s HOA dues; buyers who want regular course access should budget for that additional…
Heritage Palms Golf & Country Club
in Fort Myers
- 55+
- Developer: U.S. Home Corporation
Club and membership: Golf is bundled into the mandatory Master Association dues rather than sold as a separate, optional membership — every homeowner pays toward upkeep of both 18-hole courses (the Royal and the Sabal, both designed by Gordon Lewis…
Indian River Colony Club
in Melbourne
- 55+
Club and membership: Golf and social memberships are structured as separate, optional tiers sold to both homeowners and non-residents, and a first year of golf plus free lessons is reportedly included with a home purchase.
Kings Point at Sun City Center
- 55+
About: Kings Point at Sun City Center is a large, age-restricted 55-plus gated community developed from 1973 to 2015 with 5,277 homes and villas, governed by more than 100…
Kings Point in Delray Beach
in Delray Beach
- 55+
- Developer: Original Kings Point developers
About: Kings Point in Delray Beach is a large, age-restricted 55-plus gated condominium community of 7,200 units built between 1973 and 1985, organized into three sections…
Legends Golf & Country Club
in Fort Myers
- Developer: Lennar Homes
Club and membership: Golf membership at Legends is bundled with home purchase rather than sold as a separate optional membership: per one source, 831 of the community’s roughly 1,292 homes carry a full golf membership while 461 carry a social-only…
Miromar Lakes
in Estero
- Developer: Miromar Development Corporation
About: Miromar Lakes is a gated, all-ages, resort-style golf and waterfront community in Estero built around 700 acres of freshwater lakes and 3 miles of private beach…
Oak Run
in Ocala
- 55+
- Developer: Decca
About: Oak Run is one of Florida’s largest and most affordable 55-plus communities, with 3,509 homes across 1,400 acres in southwest Ocala, built by Decca from 1985 to 2007…
On Top of the World
in Ocala
- 55+
Club and membership: Golf club membership is optional, not mandatory, and separate from HOA dues. Published rates describe an annual "World Golf Membership" at $6,235 for a single member or $9,395 for a couple, plus a separate cart lease of $1,125…
On Top of the World (Clearwater)
in Clearwater
- 55+
- Developer: Original On Top of the World developers
About: On Top of the World in Clearwater is one of Florida’s longest-established 55-plus condominium communities, with roots dating to 1947, spanning 96 buildings and 4,959…
Pelican Bay
in Naples
- Developer: A division of Westinghouse Corporation
Club and membership: Golf at Pelican Bay is organized through Club Pelican Bay (also known as The Club at Pelican Bay), a private, member-owned club that opened in 1980 and offers 27 holes across three nine-hole courses (Club, Pelican, and Bay)…
Pelican Landing
About: Pelican Landing is a large, established, gated, all-ages master-planned community in Bonita Springs with a private barrier-island Beach Park, a Sailing Center, and…
Pelican Preserve
in Fort Myers
- 55+
- Developer: WCI Communities
Club and membership: Golf at Pelican Preserve is optional rather than bundled into HOA dues — The Club at Pelican Preserve operates as a separate, for-profit private club, acquired by Heritage Golf Group in February 2022 as part of a broader package…
Riviera Golf Estates
in Naples
- 55+
- Developer: Winfield Companies
Club and membership: Riviera Golf Club, a par-62 executive course designed by Arnold Palmer and dated to 1971, has historically operated on a "pay-as-you-play" basis with no initiation fee, no equity requirement, and no cart or food-and-beverage…
Seven Lakes
in Fort Myers
- 55+
- Developer: Leisure Technology Corporation of Florida
Club and membership: Seven Lakes has its own 18-hole executive (short) golf course, 3,515 yards from the longest tees, par 60, opened in 1971.
Solivita
in Kissimmee
- 55+
About: A genuinely massive, roughly 4,300-acre gated 55-plus golf community in the Poinciana area near Kissimmee, with approximately 5,900 homes, two golf courses, 14 pools…
Spruce Creek South
in Summerfield
- 55+
About: Spruce Creek South is a 55-plus gated golf community in Summerfield directly across the street from The Villages, built from 1989 to 1995 with nearly 1,700 single-story…
Terra Vista at Citrus Hills
in Inverness
- 55+
Club and membership: The Citrus Hills Social Membership (clubhouse, indoor/outdoor pools, fitness center and spa, dining venues, tennis and pickleball courts, dog park) is cited at roughly $180-$189/month, billed quarterly, plus a one-time $2,000…
The Vineyards
in Naples
Club and membership: Vineyards Country Club membership is optional and separate from home ownership; Vineyards homeowners are not required to join the club, and non-residents may also join.
Treviso Bay
in Naples
Club and membership: Golf is organized through TPC Treviso Bay, an 18-hole course designed by Arthur Hills in consultation with PGA Tour player Hal Sutton, which underwent a $3 million renovation announced in March 2020 and completed later that year…
Verandah
in Fort Myers
Club and membership: Golf is organized around two 18-hole courses: Old Orange, designed by Robert E. Cupp and opened in 2003 (7,118 yards from the longest tees, par 72, overlooking the Orange River), and Whispering Oak, designed by Jack Nicklaus and…
Wynmoor Village
- 55+
About: Wynmoor Village is a large, age-restricted 55-plus gated condominium community in Coconut Creek with 5,260 units built from 1978 to 1999, anchored by its own 18-hole…
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