By access
Private golf courses
22 facilities and 522 holes in Sarasota & Manatee County, counted from the county records rather than a directory. Each one below carries its access type, its architect where one is recorded, and the date the club was last checked.
private · 18 holes
Bradenton Country Club
Bradenton, FL
Donald Ross
private · 18 holes
Country Club East at Lakewood Ranch
Lakewood Ranch, FL
Rick Robbins
private · 18 holes
Gator Creek Golf Club
Sarasota, FL
Joe Lee, later refined by Ron Garl
private · 18 holes
Heritage Oaks Golf & Country Club
Sarasota, FL
private · 9 holes
Key Royale Club
Holmes Beach, FL
Jim Cochran
private · 36 holes
Lakewood National Golf Club
Lakewood Ranch, FL
Arnold Palmer Design Company
private · 72 holes
Lakewood Ranch Golf & Country Club
Lakewood Ranch, FL
Arnold Palmer / Rick Robbins
private · 36 holes
Laurel Oak Country Club
Sarasota, FL
Rees Jones
private · 18 holes
Legacy Golf Club at Lakewood Ranch
Bradenton, FL
Arnold Palmer
private · 18 holes
Miakka Golf Club
Bradenton, FL
Dana Fry and Jason Straka, with Paul Azinger
private · 36 holes
Palm Aire Country Club
Sarasota, FL
Dick Wilson (Champions) and Joe Lee (Lakes)
private · 18 holes
Peridia Golf & Country Club
Bradenton, FL
William Luis, redesigned by Jed Azinger and Gordon Lewis
private · 27 holes
River Strand Golf & Country Club
Bradenton, FL
Arthur Hills
private · 18 holes
Rosedale Golf & Country Club
Bradenton, FL
Ted McAnlis
private · 18 holes
Sara Bay Country Club
Sarasota, FL
Donald Ross
private · 18 holes
Soleta Golf Club
Venice, FL
Nick Price
private · 18 holes
Stoneybrook Golf & Country Club
Sarasota, FL
Arthur Hills
private · 18 holes
Tara Golf & Country Club
Bradenton, FL
Ted McAnlis
private · 18 holes
The Concession Golf Club
Bradenton, FL
Jack Nicklaus & Tony Jacklin
private · 18 holes
The Founders Golf Club
Sarasota, FL
Robert Trent Jones Jr.
private · 18 holes
The Ritz-Carlton Members Club Sarasota
Lakewood Ranch, FL
Tom Fazio
private · 36 holes
TPC Prestancia
Sarasota, FL
Ron Garl, in consultation with Mike Souchak (Stadium)
Private golf courses FAQ
How many private golf courses are there in Sarasota and Manatee County?+
This site holds records for 22 golf facilities in Sarasota and Manatee County, carrying 522 holes between them. That count comes from the county records rather than from a directory: Manatee publishes a golf course GIS layer and Sarasota assigns dedicated golf land-use codes in its tax roll, so a facility that exists is in one of them whether or not it markets itself. The split by access is 22 private. Access type is the thing worth checking before anything else, because it decides whether you can play at all.
Who designed the private courses in this market?+
The architects recorded for Sarasota and Manatee County are Arnold Palmer, Arnold Palmer Design Company, Arthur Hills, Dana Fry, Dick Wilson, Donald Ross, Gordon Lewis, Jack Nicklaus & Tony Jacklin, Jason Straka and Jed Azinger, and 13 more. Architect, year opened, par and yardage are the facts this site will take from a golf publication, because they do not change and most small clubs publish no course specification at all. Membership structure, access and fees come only from the club itself. Where two sources disagreed about a course, the club's own figure was used, and where the club was silent and two directories disagreed, the fact was left out rather than guessed at.
Buying near golf in Sarasota & Manatee County?
Tell me your investment range and how much you honestly expect to play, and I will send the communities where the membership maths works out, and the ones where it does not.
Or call or text (941) 350-0224.