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Palm Beach Gardens Country-Club Communities
BallenIsles is the oldest of the Palm Beach Gardens club communities and the most centrally located, sitting inside the city rather than out on its western edge. Buyers shopping here almost always weigh it against the other three Gardens clubs. Here is how they differ, and where each one wins. Click into any community to browse its listings.
BallenIsles Country Club
About 1,575 residences across 33 neighborhoods on 1,300 acres, with three championship courses, a 115,000 sq ft clubhouse, and 34 racquet courts. The former home of the PGA of America.
The Country Club at Mirasol
Newer and much larger in land area, out west of the Turnpike, with 36 holes, 850 acres of preserve, and stronger family programming. Also a mandatory-membership equity club.
Old Palm Golf Club
A much smaller golf-only enclave of custom estates. Where BallenIsles offers breadth and a wide price range, Old Palm offers privacy and a substantially higher entry point.
PGA National
The name BallenIsles used to carry, now a separate and much larger community west of the Turnpike, built around a public resort, where club membership is not required to own a home.
Four Reasons Buyers Choose BallenIsles
Three courses with real tournament history
This was the original home of the PGA of America, and the East Course hosted the 1971 PGA Championship, won by Jack Nicklaus. Today there are 54 holes: the East, redesigned by Nicklaus Design and reopened in January 2023; the South, redesigned by Rees Jones and reopened in January 2020; and the North, rebuilt by Kipp Schulties in 2013. Three courses for roughly 1,575 homes is unusually generous.
Racquet sports at a scale most clubs cannot match
Thirty-four courts in total, 21 for tennis including a stadium court and 13 for pickleball, plus four bocce courts. For a household where racquets matter as much as golf, or more, this is one of the few Palm Beach County clubs where the tennis and pickleball programs are not an afterthought to the golf operation.
Recently rebuilt, not merely maintained
The clubhouse reopened in November 2018 after a $35 million renovation, bringing it to about 115,000 square feet with six dining venues. A separate $19 million Sports and Lifestyle Complex of roughly 71,000 square feet opened in November 2024. Both major courses have been redesigned since 2020. Most of the club a buyer uses daily is less than a decade old.
Central Gardens location and a wide price range
BallenIsles sits inside Palm Beach Gardens proper rather than out west, close to I-95, Downtown at the Gardens, and the medical corridor. Across 33 neighborhoods the product runs from patio homes and golf villas through condos to large estates, so the community accommodates a far wider budget range than the newer, more uniform clubs.
BallenIsles: The Membership & Community Facts
BallenIsles is a mandatory-membership equity club, so a buyer is committing to two purchases at once. The figures below come from the club's own Equity Membership Schedule effective January 1, 2026. One term in particular has changed recently and materially, and it is covered directly beneath the table.
| Community established / history | Opened 1964 as PGA National Golf Club, commissioned by developer John D. MacArthur as the home of the PGA of America. Renamed JDM Country Club in 1973, then BallenIsles in 1989. Hosted the 1971 PGA Championship, won by Jack Nicklaus. |
| Size / density | Approximately 1,575 residences across 33 neighborhoods on roughly 1,300 acres. The club's own site describes it as nearly 1,600 residences; treat the count as approximate. |
| Governance (up to three layers) | The Club, the BallenIsles Community Association (the master POA, which handles common areas, security, cable, and alarm monitoring), and in many neighborhoods a separate sub-association. Confirm which apply to the specific home. |
| Membership requirement | Mandatory. The club describes itself as a mandatory-membership equity club, and homeownership is required in order to become a member. There is no way to buy here without joining at one of the four levels. |
| Buy-in at closing (2026) | Full Golf $295,000, Sports $220,000, Racquets $170,000, Social/Fitness $170,000. Each splits into an equity contribution and a non-refundable initiation fee. For Full Golf the split is $72,500 equity and $222,500 initiation. |
| Annual dues (2026) | Full Golf $31,522, Sports $27,574, Racquets $21,591, Social/Fitness $20,475. Dues are billed monthly and include both operating and capital dues, with no separate capital line. Sales tax applies to the operating portion. |
| Golf projects assessment | $125 per month for Full Golf and $82 per month for Sports, running June 2022 through May 2027. |
| Equity refund on resale | Historically 80 percent of the equity contribution was returned at resale. Per the 2026 schedule, that no longer applies to new and upgrade purchases made on or after March 1, 2025. See the note below and confirm your specific position in writing. |
| Food & beverage minimum | Not stated on the club's published 2022, 2025, or 2026 schedules, nor on its membership or dining pages. We are not going to guess at one. Ask the membership office directly whether a dining minimum applies to your category. |
| Community association assessment | Not published. The BallenIsles Community Association assessment, and any neighborhood sub-association fee, are separate from club dues and vary by neighborhood. Confirm both for the specific home before you write an offer. |
Sources: Equity Membership Schedule, BallenIsles Country Club, effective January 1, 2026, the club's own published PDF, together with its August 2022 and January 2025 schedules for the historical comparison; ballenisles.org for history, size, governance, and amenities; club and Troon announcements for the clubhouse and Sports and Lifestyle Complex. Verified July 2026. Club schedules are reset annually. Dylan can obtain the current schedule, confirm the refund position on a specific purchase, and pull the community association and neighborhood estoppels before you write an offer.
Two things have moved at once. First, the total cost of joining has risen steeply: comparing the club's own schedules, Full Golf went from $165,000 in August 2022 to $210,000 in January 2025 to $295,000 in January 2026, roughly 79 percent in under four years, with dues up about 28 percent over the same period. Second, and more consequential, the structure changed. In 2022 the refundable equity slice of a Full Golf membership was $85,000; by 2026 it is $72,500 while the non-refundable initiation portion has risen to $222,500. And per the 2026 schedule, new and upgrade purchases made on or after March 1, 2025 are not subject to the 80 percent refund at all. On that reading, a buyer joining today at Full Golf should plan on the entire $295,000 being a cost of membership rather than a recoverable deposit. This is exactly the kind of term that gets summarized loosely in listing copy, so get your position confirmed by the membership office in writing.
BallenIsles Market Context, 2026
With 33 neighborhoods spanning patio homes to estates, BallenIsles has one of the widest internal price ranges of any club community in the Gardens. That is precisely why a single median is misleading here, and why we are showing you the spread of what actually closed instead.
Source: Leibowitz Realty Group MLS market report for BallenIsles, accessed July 2026: 20 closed sales, average closed price $2,907,408, average about $679 per square foot, average 91 days on market, closed prices from $849,000 to $11,000,000. We are deliberately not publishing a single median or a year-over-year figure. The public data sources for BallenIsles disagree by more than double, with one showing a median around $1.8 million and another around $900,000 over comparable periods, which almost always means they are drawing different boundaries around a community this internally varied rather than measuring different markets. A patio home and a redone estate here are effectively two separate markets. Ask Dylan for closed comparables on the specific neighborhood and product type you are considering.
When BallenIsles May Not Be the Right Fit
BallenIsles suits buyers who want a central Gardens address, deep racquet and golf programs, and recently rebuilt facilities, and who are comfortable with a mandatory membership. Here is where buyers usually belong somewhere else.
Membership is mandatory, and the entry level is $170,000 at closing plus $20,475 a year. If a club is something you would like to have the option of joining rather than an obligation, PGA National is the Gardens community where homeowners are not required to be members.
Per the 2026 schedule, purchases made on or after March 1, 2025 are outside the 80 percent equity refund, and the non-refundable initiation portion has grown to the large majority of the total in any case. If a substantial refundable equity position matters to you, compare against clubs that still publish one, such as Mirasol, and confirm the current terms at both.
BallenIsles sits roughly five to six miles inland with no marina, no dockage, and no beach club, and the housing stock is largely from the 1990s and early 2000s, so many homes need renovation. For golf paired with deep-water boating, look at Admirals Cove in Jupiter; for a club with its own oceanfront beach club, look at Frenchman's Creek.
There are up to three layers here: the club, the community association, and a neighborhood sub-association, each with its own rules and fees. Recent closed sales averaged about 91 days on market, and a buyer must qualify for the mandatory membership as well as the house, which narrows the resale pool. If a simpler structure appeals, a non-club Palm Beach Gardens neighborhood may serve you better; see the wider Palm Beach Gardens market.
BallenIsles vs. the Communities Buyers Shortlist Against It
vs. Mirasol
The closest structural comparison in the Gardens: both are mandatory-membership equity clubs at a similar buy-in, with 2026 Golf categories of $295,000 at BallenIsles and $300,000 at Mirasol. The real differences are location and vintage. BallenIsles is central and older with 54 holes and far stronger racquet facilities; Mirasol is western, newer, has more land and preserve, and is built more deliberately around families.
BallenIsles for a central Gardens address, three courses, and 34 racquet courts; Mirasol for newer homes, more land, and family programming.
vs. PGA National
These two share a history, since BallenIsles carried the PGA National name until 1973. Today the decisive difference is obligation. At BallenIsles the membership is mandatory and the club is private to residents. At PGA National a homeowner is not required to join, and the community wraps around a public resort with hotel and tournament traffic that BallenIsles does not have.
PGA National for optional membership and a lower entry cost; BallenIsles for a fully private, resident-only club with recently rebuilt facilities.
Buying in BallenIsles: What to Know
Is club membership required to buy a home in BallenIsles?
Yes. The club describes itself as a mandatory-membership equity club, and homeownership is a prerequisite for membership. Every homeowner joins at one of four levels: Full Golf, Sports, Racquets, or Social/Fitness. This is a meaningful difference from PGA National nearby, where membership is optional for homeowners.
What are the membership categories and what do they cost?
Per the club's schedule effective January 1, 2026: Full Golf is $295,000 at closing with $31,522 annual dues; Sports is $220,000 with $27,574; Racquets is $170,000 with $21,591; and Social/Fitness is $170,000 with $20,475. Full Golf and Sports members also pay a golf projects assessment of $125 and $82 per month respectively, running through May 2027. Dues include capital dues and are billed monthly.
Do I get the membership buy-in back when I sell?
Not necessarily, and this changed recently. The buy-in splits into a refundable equity contribution and a non-refundable initiation fee, and the initiation portion is now the large majority of the total: $222,500 of the $295,000 Full Golf figure. The 2026 schedule further indicates that new and upgrade purchases made on or after March 1, 2025 fall outside the historic 80 percent equity refund. Confirm your specific position with the membership office in writing rather than relying on listing copy or older articles.
What golf courses and amenities does BallenIsles have?
Three 18-hole courses: the East, originally by Dick Wilson and Joe Lee and redesigned by Nicklaus Design reopening in January 2023; the South, redesigned by Rees Jones and reopened January 2020; and the North, rebuilt by Kipp Schulties in 2013. Practice facilities include a 12-acre range with 65 bays and Toptracer, a four-acre short game area, and a 25,000 sq ft putting green. There is a roughly 115,000 sq ft clubhouse with six dining venues, a 71,000 sq ft Sports and Lifestyle Complex opened in November 2024, and 34 racquet courts comprising 21 tennis and 13 pickleball, plus four bocce courts.
What is the history of the club?
It opened in 1964 as PGA National Golf Club, built for developer John D. MacArthur as the home of the PGA of America, with courses by Dick Wilson and Joe Lee. It hosted the Senior PGA Championship through the late 1960s and early 1970s, the original PGA Tour Qualifying School, the first PGA Merchandise Show, and the 1971 PGA Championship, won by Jack Nicklaus on what is now the East Course. It became JDM Country Club in 1973 and BallenIsles in 1989, after the PGA name moved west to the current PGA National.
Where is BallenIsles and how large is the community?
The club is at 100 BallenIsles Circle, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33418, centrally located within the city near I-95 rather than out on the western edge. The community covers roughly 1,300 acres with approximately 1,575 residences across 33 neighborhoods, ranging from patio homes and golf villas to condominiums and estates. It sits about five to six miles inland from the Atlantic.
About Dylan Snyder
Dylan Snyder is a second-generation real estate professional and lifelong Floridian based in Palm Beach, and the founder of the Snyder Group, one of the top-producing teams in the state with over $100 million in annual sales. A licensed Realtor with more than 20 years of experience, he holds the e-PRO, Seller Representative Specialist, Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist, and Graduate Realtor Institute (GRI) designations and is a member of the National Association of Realtors. He advises buyers and sellers across the Palm Beach Gardens club communities, including BallenIsles, and can obtain the current membership schedule, confirm the equity refund position on a specific purchase, and pull the community association estoppels before you write an offer.
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