Kiva Dunes vs. Peninsula Golf & Racquet Club

Kiva Dunes' golf course is fully public -- anyone can book a tee time online, with dynamic seasonal pricing, and a winter discount rate is open to Mobile/Baldwin/Escambia County residents generally, not just Kiva Dunes owners. Peninsula, by contrast, publishes a formal 'Become a Member' brochure across Golf/Swim/Tennis/Fitness tiers, though its courses also appear on public tee-time platforms, suggesting some non-member play is available. Neither club's ownership includes automatic golf access, but Peninsula's membership structure is the more club-like of the two.

At Kiva Dunes, the private layer is not golf -- it's the Kiva Beach Club (saltwater pool, hot tub, private beach access) and three community pools. At Peninsula, the private layer is the club itself, gated, with tennis, pickleball, pool, and fitness facilities bundled into its membership tiers rather than separated into a beach-club-style amenity.

Kiva Dunes is a 276-acre, 152-lot development (30 beachfront) with a strong vacation-rental orientation. Peninsula is organized into six distinct residential neighborhoods around its club -- a larger, more subdivided community structure, though exact home counts were not confirmed for either.