Country of Clubs Directory

Country Clubs in Florida

Country of Clubs currently tracks 468 active Clubs across 145 cities in Florida. Membership costs, access, golf and lifestyle details appear when they are supported by the directory evidence.

The documented Club timeline in Florida includes early records such as The Breakers Palm Beach (1896), Belleair Country Club (1897), and Pensacola Country Club (1902). Across 384 Clubs with a usable founding year, the median documented founding year is 1986; these dates describe the current directory evidence rather than a complete history of golf in the state.

Active Clubs
468
Detailed profiles
357
Cities represented
145

Club profiles

Private1 coursePoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$100,000
Dues
$21,095 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$121,095Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $100,000 initiation (Golf, effective 2026) + $21,095 / year dues (Golf, effective 2026).
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Private2 coursesPoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$17,500.50
Dues
$7,500.50 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$15,002Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $10,001 initiation (Unspecified) + $5,001 / year dues (Unspecified). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private Non Equity2 coursesPoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$35,000
Dues
$848.75 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$45,185Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $35,000 initiation (Golf Membership, effective 2026) + $848.75 / month dues (Golf Membership, effective 2026).
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Semi Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$0
Dues
$5,000 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$5,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $0 initiation (Resident Full Golf) + $5,000 / year dues (Resident Full Golf).
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Hobe Sound, FL

Atlantic Fields Club

Private Residential Property Required1 coursePoolFitness
Initiation
Not published
Dues
Not published
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Residential Private1 coursePoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$100,000
Dues
$18,030 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$118,030Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $100,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2026) + $18,030 / year dues (Full Golf, effective 2026).
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Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$125,000.50
Dues
$12,500.50 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$110,002Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $100,001 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2026) + $10,001 / year dues (Full Golf, effective 2026). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Palm Beach Gardens, FL

BallenIsles Country Club

Residential Private3 coursesPoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$222,500
Dues
$31,522 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$254,022Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $222,500 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2026) + $31,522 / year dues (Full Golf, effective 2026).
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West Palm Beach, FL

Banyan Cay

Private1 course
Initiation
$25,000
Dues
$1,053.35 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$31,250.56Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $25,000 initiation (Unspecified) + $520.88 / month dues (Unspecified).
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West Palm Beach, FL

Banyan Golf Club

Private Invitation Only1 courseDining
Initiation
$135,000
Dues
$1,512.33 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$153,147.96Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $135,000 initiation (Full Golf/equity Membership, effective 2026) + $1,512.33 / month dues (Full Golf/equity Membership, effective 2026).
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Private1 courseDining
Initiation
$350,000
Dues
$25,400 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$375,400Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $350,000 initiation (Equity Golf, effective 2025) + $25,400 / year dues (Equity Golf, effective 2025).
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Resort2 coursesPoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$30,000
Dues
$8,000 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$38,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $30,000 initiation (Unspecified) + $8,000 / year dues (Unspecified).
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Largo, FL

Bayou Club

Private1 coursePoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$5,000
Dues
$1,053.35 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$11,250.56Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $5,000 initiation (Unspecified) + $520.88 / month dues (Unspecified).
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Florida Club statisticsOpen the price, access, lifestyle and historical report

State research snapshot

What the Club data shows in Florida

This report turns the currently documented Club records into comparable state-level context while keeping missing information out of the calculations.

Membership market

How documented Club costs in Florida compare

These benchmarks compare recent records with the same fee type, currency, billing period and membership category. They provide market context, not a quotation for every Club.

Documented minimum first-year cost

$99,312.50

Median for 140 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $31,965 and $167,444.76. That is 207.4% above the compatible nationwide median of $32,302.50, calculated from 1,026 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Documented initiation fees

$85,000

Median for 178 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $20,000 and $150,000. That is 240.0% above the compatible nationwide median of $25,000, calculated from 1,262 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Documented monthly dues

$848.75

Median for 99 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $546.48 and $1,504.17. That is 35.8% above the compatible nationwide median of $625, calculated from 983 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Access landscape

How Clubs in Florida are accessed

Private membership is the largest documented access group in this sample, representing 46.8% of 427 Clubs with a known access type.

Private membership46.8%
200 Clubs in the state sample · 72.6% of the comparable nationwide sample
Other documented access23.4%
100 Clubs in the state sample · 10.2% of the comparable nationwide sample
Residential or property-owner20.6%
88 Clubs in the state sample · 7.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Semi-private5.2%
22 Clubs in the state sample · 5.1% of the comparable nationwide sample
Resort2.3%
10 Clubs in the state sample · 1.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Public or municipal1.6%
7 Clubs in the state sample · 3.3% of the comparable nationwide sample

Club life

What stands out in Florida Club life

Only meaningful, adequately sampled differences from the nationwide Club data appear as percentages. Positive-only amenity evidence is reported as a documented count, never treated as proof that other Clubs lack the feature.

Golf depth1.29

documented courses per Club across 427 records with a known course count

Multi-course Clubs21.1%

90 Clubs in the state sample compared with 11.1% nationwide

Documented lifestyle combinations

  • Golf, fitness and diningDocumented at 236 Clubs
  • Golf, pool and diningDocumented at 225 Clubs
  • Golf, racquets and poolDocumented at 224 Clubs

Documented timeline

Club history represented in Florida

Founding years are currently documented for 384 Club records. The earliest entries and distribution by era are shown below.

  1. The Breakers Palm Beach1896
  2. Belleair Country Club1897
  3. Pensacola Country Club1902
Before 19203.1%
12 Clubs
1920–19497.0%
27 Clubs
1950–197925.0%
96 Clubs
1980–199940.6%
156 Clubs
2000–present24.2%
93 Clubs

Documented culture

Recurring Club culture signals in Florida

Culture labels appear only when supported by researched Club evidence and should not be read as a judgment of every Club in the state.

  • Golf-first87.3% of 361 researched records
  • Socially active57.3% of 361 researched records
  • Residential community46.8% of 361 researched records
  • Wellness-focused42.1% of 361 researched records
  • Dining-focused38.8% of 361 researched records
  • Racquets-focused37.7% of 361 researched records