BallenIsles Country Club

The North and East courses date to the club's founding, both designed by Dick Wilson and Joe Lee as part of the original 1963 PGA National Golf Club project; the North Course plays to a par 72 at roughly 6,865 yards. The South Course, also a Wilson/Lee original, underwent a complete tee-to-green redesign by Rees Jones that reopened in 2020 -- new irrigation, cart paths and bunkering, with Jones describing the goal as preserving the 'classic style' of the original routing rather than replacing it. In 2021 the club entered a multi-year design partnership with Nicklaus Design, which led the East Course's renovation alongside new practice grounds, unveiled in 2023. Most recently, members approved a new 10-hole Rees Jones short course and expanded putting facility, part of a broader push to add flexible, faster rounds of golf alongside the three full 18-hole layouts (54 holes total across East, North and South).

Membership at BallenIsles is mandatory for homeowners and structured as a member-owned equity club: buyers pay a Full Membership equity fee at closing, with lower-cost Sports, Tennis and Social/Fitness tiers available for those who want reduced golf access. Historically 80% of the equity fee was refundable to the member at resale, but that refund provision was discontinued for memberships purchased or upgraded on or after March 1, 2025 -- a material change for anyone evaluating the club as a long-term equity position rather than a pure cost of admission. Reported fee figures conflict across sources found this session (an older $85,000 club PDF versus $295,000 in two independent 2026 buyer's guides), which on its own is a reason to get written, current terms from the club before making an offer.

BallenIsles spans roughly 1,300 acres and is organized into 32-33 distinct gated sub-communities (neighborhoods such as Bermuda Bay, Crystal Bay, Grand Pointe, the Estates of St. James and St. Thomas, San Marita, VintageIsle, Windward Cove, Emerald Key, Banyan Isles and others), holding roughly 1,574-1,575 homes built predominantly in the 1990s. Housing stock ranges from patio homes and golf villas to courtyard homes, condominiums and large estate residences, giving the community meaningfully more price and product diversity than a single-product golf community -- reported average single-family pricing runs around $1.4M, with condos available at lower price points.

The club completed a $35 million clubhouse renovation in 2018, expanding the clubhouse to 115,000 square feet with a Grand Lobby, Harry's Lounge, an expanded main dining room, the upscale Evolution restaurant, and The BallenIsles Grille overlooking the East Course's 18th green. Racquet sports are a major part of the club's identity: a 21-court tennis and 9-court pickleball complex, alongside a newer Sports and Entertainment Complex. Beyond golf and racquet sports, amenities include fitness facilities and a resort-style pool program typical of a full-service equity club.

BallenIsles sits in the heart of Palm Beach Gardens, part of the same broader golf corridor as Mirasol Country Club and Old Palm Golf Club to the west, PGA National Resort nearby, and Lost Tree Village and Seminole Golf Club a short drive north in North Palm Beach and Juno Beach. It is one of the largest single golf-club communities in the market by home count, giving buyers considerably more inventory choice than smaller, single-neighborhood private clubs in the same corridor.