North County
Golf Communities in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Palm Beach Gardens is the operational center of North County private golf. The town was master-planned in the late 1950s and 1960s by the insurance and real-estate magnate John D. MacArthur, and the original community plan included substantial golf-community land use — the legacy of which is visible today in the density and variety of private clubs inside the town's boundaries. Where Jupiter is small and tour-adjacent, Palm Beach Gardens is larger and more amenity-driven; the typical community is a multi-product residential country club with a full social, racquet, fitness, and dining campus around the golf. Several of the most-cited Palm Beach private communities sit inside the town's limits, including communities whose courses span the Dick Wilson, Joe Lee, Arthur Hills, Tom Fazio, Raymond Floyd, Arnold Palmer, and Gary Player design lineages. For a buyer drawn to the full social country-club model rather than the smaller golf-forward operation, Palm Beach Gardens is the densest concentration of options in the county.
Best for: full social country-club campus, multi-course clubs, family programs, and the broadest range of residential product inside any single Palm Beach town.
Private golf communities in Palm Beach Gardens
Old Palm Golf Club
Raymond Floyd · Private golf community
A Raymond Floyd-designed private club in Palm Beach Gardens centered on a single 18-hole course and a practice campus.
Read the profileBallenIsles Country Club
Dick Wilson · Private country club
A three-course Dick Wilson-rooted country club in Palm Beach Gardens with a full amenity campus.
Read the profileMirasol Country Club
Arthur Hills / Tom Fazio · Private country club
A 36-hole private club in Palm Beach Gardens with courses by Arthur Hills and Tom Fazio.
Read the profileFrenchman's Creek
Gary Player · Private golf and yacht community
A waterfront private club in Palm Beach Gardens with two Gary Player-designed courses and an in-community marina.
Read the profileFrenchman's Reserve
Arnold Palmer · Private golf community
An Arnold Palmer signature course anchoring a private community in Palm Beach Gardens.
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Course architects with work in Palm Beach Gardens
Each architect's profile covers training, design philosophy, defining works outside the Palm Beaches, Palm Beach footprint, era and place in golf history, and how to read the work in person.
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Frequently asked questions about Palm Beach Gardens golf communities
- Our editorial covers 5 signature private golf communities in Palm Beach Gardens. The list includes Old Palm Golf Club, BallenIsles Country Club, Mirasol Country Club, Frenchman's Creek, Frenchman's Reserve.
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