Southwest Florida golf

Ted McAnlis design, built 1993Par 72, about 6,779 yards from the back teesGolf, tennis, swimming, fitness and social facilit...

Rosedale Golf & Country Club

Bradenton, FL · Ted McAnlis · 18 Holes

Rosedale is a Ted McAnlis design in Bradenton, built in 1993, playing to a par of 72 at about 6,779 yards from the back tees. The club is organised so that members and their guests have use of the gol...

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Two 18-hole Rees Jones-designed courses813-acre gated community12 Har-Tru tennis courts, 10 lighted for night pla...

Laurel Oak Country Club

Sarasota, FL · Rees Jones · 36 Holes

Laurel Oak Country Club is a private, gated golf community in Sarasota, Florida, spanning 813 acres with two 18-hole courses designed by Rees Jones. The club is professionally managed by Hampton Golf.

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Designed by Jack Nicklaus and Tony JacklinHost of the 2026-2028 Senior PGA ChampionshipHost of the 2021 WGC-Workday Championship

The Concession Golf Club

Bradenton, FL · Jack Nicklaus & Tony Jacklin · 18 Holes

The Concession Golf Club is a private club in Bradenton, Florida, designed by Jack Nicklaus and Tony Jacklin. The course opened in 2006 and was named in honor of the famous concession at the 1969 Ryde...

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Capped at 275 golf memberships (in bylaws)Member-owned and governed by a member-elected Boar...Robert Trent Jones Jr. design, 7,004 yards, par 72

The Founders Golf Club

Sarasota, FL · Robert Trent Jones Jr. · 18 Holes

The Founders Golf Club is a private, member-owned club in Sarasota, Florida, established in 2005. The club is capped at 275 golf memberships by its bylaws, and is governed by a member-elected Board of...

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Tom Fazio-designed par-72 championship courseSingle membership includes a private Gulf of Mexic...15,000-square-foot Spa & Fitness Club at The Ritz-...

The Ritz-Carlton Members Club Sarasota

Lakewood Ranch, FL · Tom Fazio · 18 Holes

The Ritz-Carlton Members Club Sarasota is a single membership granting access to three separate clubs: an 18-hole, par-72 Tom Fazio-designed golf course in Lakewood Ranch, a private Gulf of Mexico bea...

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1924 Donald Ross design, one of the region's oldes...Renovated in 2018 by Hall of Famer Tony Jacklin, C...Named Best Private Golf Course in Manatee County, ...

Bradenton Country Club

Bradenton, FL · Donald Ross · 18 Holes

Bradenton Country Club is a private, member-owned club in Bradenton, Florida, built around a 1924 Donald Ross-designed golf course. The club was originally named Palma Sola Country Club and was rename...

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72 holes across four private coursesThree clubhouses with from-scratch dining20 tennis courts and 20 pickleball courts

Lakewood Ranch Golf & Country Club

Lakewood Ranch, FL · Arnold Palmer / Rick Robbins · 72 Holes

Lakewood Ranch Golf & Country Club is an award-winning, private club located in Lakewood Ranch, Florida. Since 2001, the club has served as a social and recreational retreat offering a casual club cul...

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27 Arthur Hills holes: Estuary, Sanctuary and Trib...Opened 2006Several holes take in the Manatee River and its ti...

River Strand Golf & Country Club

Bradenton, FL · Arthur Hills · 27 Holes

River Strand is 27 holes of Arthur Hills golf in Bradenton, opened in 2006 and arranged as three nines: the Estuary, the Sanctuary and the Tributary. You can play nine, eighteen or all twenty-seven, w...

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Nick Price-designed championship course (7,400 yar...30-acre David Leadbetter practice facilityThe Colt short course

Soleta Golf Club

Venice, FL · Nick Price · 18 Holes

Soleta Golf Club is a private club near Venice, Florida, featuring an 18-hole, 7,400-yard championship course designed by Nick Price. The name comes from a Native American word for sandhill crane.

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A 1926 Donald Ross design, the oldest course in th...Opened as Whitfield Estates Country ClubHosted Bobby Jones against Walter Hagen in 1926

Sara Bay Country Club

Sarasota, FL · Donald Ross · 18 Holes

Sara Bay is the oldest golf course in this market and the only Donald Ross design in it. It opened in 1926 as Whitfield Estates Country Club, the project of the Atlanta businessman Perry Adair, and it...

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36 holes: the Stadium Course and the Players Cours...Opened 1985 as the third private club in the TPC N...Stadium Course by Ron Garl with Mike Souchak

TPC Prestancia

Sarasota, FL · Ron Garl, in consultation with Mike Souchak (Stadium) · 36 Holes

TPC Prestancia opened in 1985 as the third private club in the TPC Network, and it remains a 36-hole private complex in Palmer Ranch. The Stadium Course was designed by Ron Garl in consultation with M...

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Founded April 1972Joe Lee design, later refined by Ron GarlAbout 230 acres, with no residential development a...

Gator Creek Golf Club

Sarasota, FL · Joe Lee, later refined by Ron Garl · 18 Holes

Gator Creek was founded in April 1972 and sits on about 230 acres east of Sarasota. The course is a Joe Lee design, later refined by Ron Garl, carved between native pine, oak and palm rather than rout...

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36 holes across two par-72 coursesChampions: a 1957 Dick Wilson design, about 7,005 ...Lakes: a Joe Lee design, about 6,698 yards

Palm Aire Country Club

Sarasota, FL · Dick Wilson (Champions) and Joe Lee (Lakes) · 36 Holes

Palm Aire carries 36 holes across two par-72 courses with two different architects and nearly thirty years between them. The Champions is a Dick Wilson design dating to 1957, measuring about 7,005 yar...

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Bundled: membership and golf privileges come with ...Arthur Hills designed 18-hole championship courseHar-Tru tennis courts

Stoneybrook Golf & Country Club

Sarasota, FL · Arthur Hills · 18 Holes

Stoneybrook is a bundled golf community in Palmer Ranch, and the club states it plainly: membership and golf privileges are included with every home purchase. There is no decision to make about joinin...

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36 holes of Arnold Palmer designed golfGolf membership is tied to the home rather than bo...Grand clubhouse with a full-service spa

Lakewood National Golf Club

Lakewood Ranch, FL · Arnold Palmer Design Company · 36 Holes

Lakewood National is a 36-hole Arnold Palmer designed club inside the Lakewood National community in Lakewood Ranch. The club describes residents as enjoying a membership to the 36-hole course, which ...

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Executive 18 at a par of 60, about 3,373 yardsOpened 1987, redesigned by Jed Azinger and Gordon ...Renovated greens

Peridia Golf & Country Club

Bradenton, FL · William Luis, redesigned by Jed Azinger and Gordon Lewis · 18 Holes

Peridia is an executive course in Bradenton: 18 holes at a par of 60, measuring about 3,373 yards. It opened in 1987 to a William Luis design and has since been redesigned by Jed Azinger and Gordon Le...

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Royal Lakes is one of four courses at Lakewood Ran...Rick Robbins design, 2007Golf membership is optional for homeowners and bou...

Country Club East at Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Ranch, FL · Rick Robbins · 18 Holes

The golf at Country Club East is the Royal Lakes course, a Rick Robbins design from 2007, and the most important thing to know about it is that it is not a standalone club. Royal Lakes is one of the f...

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Ted McAnlis design, opened 1989Par 72, about 6,765 yards, rating 72.7 and slope 1...Membership covers tennis, fitness, cart rental and...

Tara Golf & Country Club

Bradenton, FL · Ted McAnlis · 18 Holes

Tara is a Ted McAnlis design in Bradenton that opened in 1989, playing to a par of 72 and measuring about 6,765 yards from the back tees, with a USGA rating of 72.7 and a slope of 137. That slope is t...

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About 1,100 acres with two miles of Myakka River f...Designed by Dana Fry and Jason Straka with Paul Az...A Florida Sandbelt brief, drawing on Royal Melbour...

Miakka Golf Club

Bradenton, FL · Dana Fry and Jason Straka, with Paul Azinger · 18 Holes

Miakka is the most ambitious golf project this market has seen in a generation, and almost nobody looking at homes here knows it exists. It is a private club on about 1,100 acres along the Myakka Rive...

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Private: membership is exclusive to homeowners in ...No public play18,000 square foot clubhouse

Heritage Oaks Golf & Country Club

Sarasota, FL · 18 Holes

Heritage Oaks is a private club in Sarasota, and private here has a specific meaning: the club states that membership is exclusive to homeowners within the community. You cannot join from outside it, ...

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Private since 2024. Public and daily-fee play has ...Arnold Palmer Signature design, about 7,009 yardsNow the fourth course at Lakewood Ranch Golf & Cou...

Legacy Golf Club at Lakewood Ranch

Bradenton, FL · Arnold Palmer · 18 Holes

If you are looking for Legacy Golf Club because you remember it as the Arnold Palmer Signature course you could play on a day ticket, the answer has changed. Heritage Golf Group acquired Legacy in 202...

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The only golf course on Anna Maria IslandPrivate: a social or golf membership is requiredNine holes, par 32, about 2,017 yards, by Jim Coch...

Key Royale Club

Holmes Beach, FL · Jim Cochran · 9 Holes

Key Royale is the only golf course on Anna Maria Island, which makes it one of the more consequential small clubs in this market. It is a private nine-hole par-32 executive course in Holmes Beach, abo...

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Semi-Private Clubs· 12

Member-owned and semi-private18-hole, par-72 Ted McAnlis course across 192 acre...Part of the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary System

The Club at River Wilderness

Parrish, FL · Ted McAnlis · 18 Holes

The Club at River Wilderness in Parrish is a member-owned, semi-private club built around an 18-hole, par-72 Ted McAnlis course spanning 192 acres, and the whole property is part of the Audubon Cooper...

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18-hole championship coursePassport membership for residents and non-resident...Reciprocal dining at the River Club

Waterlefe Golf & River Club

Bradenton, FL · 18 Holes

Waterlefe Golf & River Club is a semi-private club in Bradenton, Florida, offering an 18-hole championship golf course. The club serves both residents of the Waterlefe community and non-resident membe...

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27 holes of Ron Garl championship golfFounded 1991Semi-private: memberships and daily fee rounds bot...

University Park Country Club

Bradenton, FL · Ron Garl · 27 Holes

University Park carries 27 holes of Ron Garl championship golf and was founded in 1991. It is semi-private, which here means something useful: the club sells memberships and also sells daily fee round...

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Nine-hole executive par 30, about 1,600 yardsInside a 55+ community dating to the 1970sWalk-on play, no tee times or reservations

River Isles Golf Club

Bradenton, FL · 9 Holes

River Isles is a nine-hole executive course of about 1,600 yards at a par of 30, inside a 55+ community established in Bradenton in the 1970s. It is semi-private, which here means residents hold membe...

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Hosted the Sarasota LPGA Classic from 1976 to 1988William B. Lewis design, opened 1975Greens redesigned by Ward Northrup in 1994

Bent Tree Country Club

Sarasota, FL · William B. Lewis, with later work by Ward Northrup and Ron Garl · 18 Holes

Bent Tree opened in 1975 to a William B. Lewis design and spent its early life as a fully private club. It is the course that hosted the Sarasota LPGA Classic from 1976 to 1988, which is a 13-year run...

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350 acres of preserve, lakes and hammock forestTed McAnlis design, par 72Four sets of tees, roughly 5,208 to 6,895 yards

Misty Creek Country Club

Sarasota, FL · Ted McAnlis · 18 Holes

Misty Creek sits on 350 acres of preserve east of Sarasota, with lakes and hammock forest between the holes rather than houses on both sides of every fairway. The course is a Ted McAnlis design playin...

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David Martin Alden designA 6,270-yard layout the club says plays considerab...Public, open seven days a week

Serenoa Golf Club

Sarasota, FL · David Martin Alden · 18 Holes

Serenoa is a public course east of Sarasota, laid out by David Martin Alden through the Serenoa community. The club describes a 6,270-yard layout that plays more like 7,200, which is a polite way of s...

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Ron Garl design, built 1988About 7,026 yards, rating 74.5 and slope 135Semi-private and open to the public seven days a w...

The River Club

Bradenton, FL · Ron Garl · 18 Holes

The River Club is a Ron Garl design in Bradenton, built in 1988, and at about 7,026 yards from the tips with a course rating of 74.5 and a slope of 135 it is one of the sterner tests in the market. Gr...

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Chris Wilczynski design, opened 2020Par 72, about 7,007 yardsBundled: a golf or social membership comes with th...

Esplanade at Azario

Lakewood Ranch, FL · Chris Wilczynski · 18 Holes

The golf course at Esplanade at Azario is a Chris Wilczynski design that opened in 2020, playing to a par of 72 at about 7,007 yards. It is the newest full-length course in the Lakewood Ranch corridor...

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18-hole championship course plus a 12-hole executi...Aqua driving range and putting greenLimited public play while the community builds out

Calusa Golf & Country Club

Lakewood Ranch, FL · Gordon Lewis · 30 Holes

Calusa Golf & Country Club is the course inside Calusa Country Club, the Lennar community at Lakewood Ranch. It is the only dual-course setup in the Ranch: an 18-hole championship course plus a 12-hol...

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Three-hour rounds, which the club sells on explici...Active leagues: Sunday mens at $21, Tuesday couple...Driving range on hitting bays rather than buckets

Terra Ceia Bay Golf & Tennis Club

Palmetto, FL · 18 Holes

Terra Ceia Bay is an 18-hole club in Palmetto, up near the north end of Manatee County where the Sunshine Skyway crosses to Pinellas. The club sells the course on a specific promise, three-hour rounds...

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Nine holes, par 3, about 1,043 yardsOwned and operated by the members of its condomini...Inside a 55+ condo community

Timber Creek Golf Course

Bradenton, FL · Roy Albert Anderson · 9 Holes

Timber Creek is a nine-hole par-three course in Bradenton, and the thing to understand about it is the ownership. It is owned and operated by the members of its condominium association, inside a 55+ c...

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Public Courses· 13

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Manatee County Golf Course

Bradenton, FL · 18 Holes

Manatee County Golf Course is the second half of the pair of Manatee public courses sold under one membership, alongside Buffalo Creek in Palmetto. For a buyer deciding whether golf here means joining...

One membership covers this course and Buffalo Cree...Grass-tee driving rangeFusion Golf Academy with PGA instruction on site

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Buffalo Creek Golf Course

Palmetto, FL · Ron Garl · 18 Holes

Buffalo Creek is a Ron Garl design in Palmetto and one of the two courses covered by a single Manatee membership, the other being Manatee County Golf Course. The course measures 6,926 yards from the b...

Ron Garl design, 6,926 yards from the back teesCourse rating 73.6, slope 129One membership covers Buffalo Creek and Manatee Co...

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The Meadows Course opened to public play on 19 Jun...Operated as Meadows Golf Club by Arnold Palmer Gol...Long-term lease held by an affiliate of Benderson ...

The Meadows Country Club

Sarasota, FL · 18 Holes

The golf at The Meadows changed hands in 2026 and the change is the headline. An affiliate of Benderson Development took a long-term lease on the golf operation, Arnold Palmer Golf Management now runs...

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18 holes of championship golf on the Ross CourseA nine-hole adjustable course, the GillespieCity of Sarasota resident discount programme

Bobby Jones Golf Club

Sarasota, FL · 27 Holes

Bobby Jones is Sarasota municipal golf, and after a long closure and a full rebuild it reopened as something considerably better than that phrase usually implies. The club was dedicated to Bobby Jones...

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Ted McAnlis links-style designPublic, with no community membership requiredGrass practice tee rather than mats

Tatum Ridge Golf Links

Sarasota, FL · Ted McAnlis · 18 Holes

Tatum Ridge is a Ted McAnlis design east of Sarasota, laid out in a links style through preserved wetland rather than cut into a housing tract. It is public, it is not attached to a gated community, a...

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Executive 18 at a par of 58Built on an orange grove in the 1960sThree PGA professionals on staff

Village Green Golf Club

Sarasota, FL · 18 Holes

Village Green is an executive 18 at a par of 58, built on an orange grove in the 1960s and still family owned and operated. It sits inside the city rather than out among the newer communities, which m...

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Gordy Lewis design at a par of 64A traditional par-35 front nine and a fast par-29 ...TifEagle greens and Celebration fairways

The Palms Golf Club at Forest Lakes

Sarasota, FL · Gordy Lewis · 18 Holes

The Palms at Forest Lakes is a Gordy Lewis design in Sarasota built around an unusual idea: a par of 64 split into a traditional par-35 front nine and a par-29 back nine. The back half is designed to ...

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Executive 18 at a par of 61Roughly 3,752 yards from the white teesDean Refram layout

Pinebrook Ironwood Golf Course

Bradenton, FL · Dean Refram · 18 Holes

Pinebrook Ironwood is an executive course in west Bradenton, which means 18 holes at a par of 61 rather than the usual 72. It measures roughly 3,752 yards from the white tees and 3,122 from the red, a...

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Chip Powell design, opened 1998Par 72, 6,719 yards from the back teesOpen to the public, no membership required

Links at Greenfield Plantation

Bradenton, FL · Chip Powell · 18 Holes

The Links at Greenfield Plantation is a public course in east Bradenton, family owned and operated, running through the Greenfield Plantation community. The course opened in 1998 to a Chip Powell desi...

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Owned and run by the City of Bradenton18-hole par 70 on the west bank of the Braden Rive...Ward Northrup layout from 1987, updated 2005

River Run Golf Links

Bradenton, FL · Ward Northrup, updated by Jed Azinger and Gordon G. Lewis · 18 Holes

River Run is a City of Bradenton recreational facility, which is a useful thing to know before you compare it with the private clubs east of town. It is an 18-hole par-70 course on the west bank of th...

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Public, with no community membership requiredPar 72, 7,010 yards from the gold teesMore than 200 wooded acres of rolling terrain

Imperial Lakewoods Golf Club

Palmetto, FL · 18 Holes

Imperial Lakewoods is a public 18-hole par-72 course in Palmetto, running to 7,010 yards from the gold tees with a rating of 73.9 and a slope of 136. From the white tees it plays 6,160 yards, so the c...

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Open to the publicChartered 1980 as the private El Conquistador clubRebuilt by Gene Bates and reopened in 2003

IMG Academy Golf Club

Bradenton, FL · Gene Bates (2003 renovation) · 18 Holes

IMG Academy Golf Club sits on El Conquistador Parkway in Bradenton, and the name on the county records still reflects its first life: it was chartered in 1980 as the private El Conquistador country cl...

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