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Championship Golf Resort Community, Palm Beach Gardens
A 2,340-acre resort community in Palm Beach Gardens anchored by five championship courses totaling 90 holes, including The Champion, host of the PGA Tour’s annual South Florida event and site of the 1983 Ryder Cup. Over 5,000 residences across 46 neighborhoods, from condos to custom estates, with multiple club membership tiers.
Palm Beach Gardens, 33418
Palm Beach Gardens, 33418
Palm Beach Gardens, 33418
Palm Beach Gardens, 33418
Palm Beach Gardens, 33418
Palm Beach Gardens, 33418
Palm Beach Gardens, 33418
Palm Beach Gardens, 33418
Palm Beach Gardens, 33418
Palm Beach Gardens, 33418
Market Intelligence
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PGA National closed sales by price tier, trailing twelve months, data through September 9, 2026. Source: Beaches MLS. · Updated September 11, 2026
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The Community
PGA National is the largest golf community in Palm Beach Gardens, with about 5,000 homes and five courses, one of them a PGA Tour venue. It is also the easiest entry among the area’s major golf communities. Two things define it. The first is the golf: five courses, a tour venue, and a resort and spa beyond the club. The second is scale and range. Thousands of homes across 46 neighborhoods, a wide spread of prices, and optional non-equity membership make it easier to enter than the invitation-only clubs nearby.
| Setting | Resort-and-club golf community in Palm Beach Gardens |
|---|---|
| Total Homes | ~5,000 Residences |
| Golf Courses | 5 Championship (90 Holes) |
| Membership | Optional, Multiple Tiers |
| How It Trades | Broad and deep, from condominiums to estates |
PGA National was developed as a large resort-and-club community, and its scale is its defining feature. Five courses, a resort, and a spa give it a breadth few communities can match, and its stature as a tournament venue anchors its reputation. Its non-equity membership and range of homes make it broadly accessible.
With roughly five thousand residences across dozens of neighborhoods, PGA National functions less like a single club and more like a small city organized around golf, and that scale is what allows it to carry a full resort and spa alongside the courses. As a longtime host of a PGA Tour event, it holds a national name recognition that the more private enclaves nearby do not, and the presence of the resort means the property draws visitors, tournament crowds, and members together rather than closing ranks. The optional, tiered membership is central to how broadly the community reaches, letting an owner buy in without an equity commitment and scale their involvement to how much golf and club life they actually want.
The community’s five courses, including a course long used as a professional tour venue, give members more golf variety than almost anywhere in the region. The resort and spa extend the amenities beyond a typical club, and the professional-event history lends the community a national profile. Golf is the organizing draw, at a scale unmatched nearby.
Ninety holes across five courses is a rare depth of golf for any single community, and it means members can play a genuinely different layout every day of the week without repeating themselves, from championship tests to more forgiving rounds. The tournament course carries a profile most private clubs never attain, and having watched professionals compete on ground they play themselves is part of the appeal for many members. The resort and spa extend club life beyond the course. Because the golf runs at resort scale, play is steady and busy through the season rather than quiet and members-only.
Housing spans condominiums and townhomes to single-family homes and custom estates across dozens of neighborhoods, which gives the community an exceptionally wide range of buyers and price points. Each neighborhood has its own character. Ongoing renovation continues to refresh its large and varied housing stock.
That spread, from lock-and-leave condominiums up to custom estates, is unusually wide for a single community, and it means PGA National can serve a first-time golf-community buyer, a downsizing couple, and a large-family estate owner all inside the same gates. The dozens of neighborhoods each developed with their own scale, era, and streetscape, so the community reads as a collection of distinct pockets rather than one uniform tract, and members often identify as much with their neighborhood as with the club. Because much of the housing stock has been in place for years, ongoing renovation and turnover keep refreshing it, which is part of why the community stays broadly accessible and continually renews itself rather than aging in place.
PGA National is one of the most active golf markets in the county, with sales at every price point. Value varies widely by neighborhood, product type, and golf exposure. Understanding the community means knowing how its many neighborhoods trade and differ.
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Market data is pulled live from the MLS on a trailing twelve-month basis, across all property types. Community details below are reference.
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PGA National spans one of the widest price ranges of any golf community in Palm Beach Gardens. Condos and townhouses are the entry product, from one-bedroom units in Dunbar Woods up to renovated Fairway Villas. Single-family homes account for the largest share of transactions; the market table above carries the current median and median price per square foot, read live from the MLS. Estate homes in Preston and Grand Cay are the top of the community, and the record sale was set on Thornton Drive in 2025. Renovation status moves pricing more than most other variables. In Eagleton in late 2025, two comparable homes sold within months of each other, and the renovated one carried a large per-square-foot premium.
No. Club membership is entirely separate from home ownership. Homeowners pay their neighborhood HOA fees regardless, and joining the PGA National Members’ Club is an independent decision. Multiple membership tiers exist: full golf (access to all five courses), sport (tennis, fitness, limited golf), fit and social (fitness, pool, dining), and dining-only. Initiation fees and monthly dues differ by tier; the membership office publishes current schedules on request.
PGA National is among the most liquid communities in Palm Beach Gardens, and transaction volume has increased each year since 2022; the market table above carries the current closing counts and volume, read live from the MLS. Median days on market across all product types was 45 in the trailing 12 months, though condos sat longer (median 66 days) than single-family homes (44 days) or townhouses (26 days). This liquidity stands in contrast to smaller private communities in the area where only a handful of properties trade annually.
PGA National features five championship 18-hole courses totaling 90 holes. The Champion (Jack Nicklaus redesign, 7,223 yards, par 71) hosts the annual PGA Tour event and features the Bear Trap finishing stretch. The Fazio (renovated by Tom Fazio II, 7,050 yards) is the oldest course on the property. The Palmer (Arnold Palmer design, 7,079 yards) follows a links-style out-and-back routing popular with members. The Match (6,447 yards, 2021 Andy Staples redesign of the former Squire course) is built around match-play formats with a unique tee-selection mechanic. The Estate (Karl Litten design, 6,694 yards) sits eight miles west of the main clubhouse and requires a separate drive, making it the least trafficked of the five.
The Bear Trap refers to holes 15, 16, and 17 on The Champion Course, named for Jack Nicklaus (nicknamed “The Golden Bear”), who redesigned the course. Two par-3s and a par-4, all demanding precision over water with wind typically gusting across the fairways. During tournament week the Bear Trap often decides the outcome. Homes along this stretch carry a premium for their course views and for their place on the televised finishing holes.
BallenIsles, located just east of PGA National, offers three courses and a considerably larger membership, with membership required for most purchases. Mirasol, directly across PGA Boulevard, offers two courses with mandatory membership. PGA National’s differentiators are scale (five courses, 5,000 homes), the annual PGA Tour event, the integrated resort operation, and optional membership. BallenIsles and Mirasol tend to skew higher in their single-family price ranges and carry mandatory membership costs that add to total cost of ownership. PGA National’s broader product range makes it accessible to a wider buyer profile, but it is also a larger, more resort-oriented community rather than a traditional private club.
Most homes at PGA National were built in the 1980s and 1990s, before Florida’s updated building code took effect in 2002. Older construction generally carries higher wind insurance premiums than post-2002 homes. Roof age is a critical factor: many insurers will not write or renew policies on roofs older than 15 years. Buyers of older homes should factor in a potential roof replacement as part of their acquisition cost, which varies with size and material. A four-point inspection (roof, electrical, plumbing, HVAC) is typically required by insurers for homes over 30 years old. Flood insurance requirements depend on the specific lot’s FEMA zone designation.
HOA fees vary significantly because each neighborhood operates its own homeowners association. Monthly fees are lowest in some single-family neighborhoods and highest in the full-service condo associations, where the fee covers exterior maintenance, landscaping, insurance on common areas, and community amenities. These fees are separate from any club membership dues. Before making an offer, review the specific neighborhood’s HOA budget, reserve study, and assessment history. Special assessments for capital improvements (roofs, roads, clubhouse upgrades) have occurred in several neighborhoods in recent years.
Rental policies vary neighborhood by neighborhood and are governed by each subdivision’s HOA, not by a community-wide rule. Some neighborhoods permit short-term or seasonal rentals, and seasonal lease rates in the villa product can be substantial. Others restrict to annual leases only or prohibit rentals entirely. Buyers considering PGA National as a seasonal residence or investment property should confirm the specific rental rules for their target neighborhood before going under contract, as these restrictions are enforced at the HOA level and can differ substantially even between adjacent subdivisions.
PGA National is zoned for Palm Beach County public schools: Timber Trace Elementary (rated A by Niche), Watson B. Duncan Middle (B-plus), and Palm Beach Gardens High School. Nearby private school options include The Benjamin School, Trinity Christian School, and St. Mark’s Episcopal School. PGA National is one of the few large-scale golf communities in Palm Beach Gardens with enough year-round families to sustain active youth programming, school carpools, and neighborhood play groups alongside the seasonal population.
In January 2025, Henderson Park acquired PGA National Resort in a joint venture with Salamander Hotels & Resorts and South Street Partners. Salamander, founded by Sheila Johnson, operates high-end resort properties including Salamander Resort in Middleburg, Virginia and Innisbrook Resort in Tampa. No changes to the membership structure, fee tiers or residential governance have been announced since the sale. The PGA Tour event remains on the calendar. Buyers should ask the membership office directly about any planned capital projects or fee adjustments tied to the new ownership.
PGA National is a resort first. Guests of the 339-room hotel share the courses, restaurants, spa and pools with members and residents. During tournament week and peak season, January through April, traffic inside the community rises noticeably. Some buyers value the activity, the range of dining, and the fact that the resort operation helps fund amenity upkeep. Others prefer the quieter, members-only atmosphere of a private club such as BallenIsles or Mirasol. Touring both models is the surest way to decide.
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