Golf Club of the Everglades is a private, members-only golf club in Naples, Florida, with one 18-hole, par-72 course by Rees Jones that opened in 2000 and was redesigned in 2015. Concert Golf Partners has owned it since October 2024, and the club does not use tee times. The club publishes no fee sheet and no residency rule, and the Apex Team lists initiation at $105,000, undated. Joe Belz + Apex Team help buyers work out which club fits and then where to live.
Golf Club of the Everglades at a glance
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Location | 8835 Old Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension, Naples, FL 34120 (east of Collier Boulevard, off Vanderbilt Beach Road) |
| Club type | Private, members-only golf club |
| Ownership | Concert Golf Partners, which bought the club from PulteGroup in October 2024 |
| Courses and holes | 1 course, 18 holes |
| Par and length | Par 72, 7,362 yards from the Black tees on the club’s January 2026 scorecard. Rating 75.2, slope 141. |
| Architect and year | Rees Jones with Greg Muirhead, 2000 |
| Most recent renovation | 2015 redesign by the Rees Jones firm, with four holes relocated and the entire course regrassed |
| Must you live there | The club publishes no residency rule. |
| Initiation | The Apex Team lists $105,000, and $75,000 for Member in Waiting. Undated. |
| Annual dues | The Apex Team lists $13,440 for Member in Waiting, undated. Full golf dues are not published. |
| Waitlist | The Apex Team lists one. The club publishes no wait length. |
| Practice facilities | An 8-acre practice facility, with a rebuilt and expanded Short Game Area |
| Caddies | The Apex Team lists caddies. |
| Walking | The club describes the course as a walkable design. |
| Summer play | The 2026 reciprocal list published by The Quarry Golf Club showed closures June 8 to 21 and August 3 to 16. |
| Homes | Greyhawk, about 500 homes, sits alongside the course. |
| Contact | membership@gcoftheeverglades.com. Club 239-354-4727. gcoftheeverglades.com |
Fees last reviewed October 2026. Clubs change terms, so confirm with the membership office.
The golf at Golf Club of the Everglades
Rees Jones designed the course with Greg Muirhead, and it opened in 2000 on 261 acres. The Rees Jones firm describes sculptured bunkers, rolling fairways, expansive lakes and native grasses on an open site where wind is a major factor. The club calls the course a walkable design.
The 2015 redesign
PulteGroup bought the club and adjacent land in 2013 to create a golf and real estate community. To fit more than 500 housing units, the Rees Jones firm re-routed the course, relocating four holes and reversing the direction of play on another. Construction of the new holes began in February 2015. The remaining holes had tree removal, lake edge restoration, rebuilt bunkers, modified greens, and drainage and irrigation work, and the entire course was regrassed. The practice area was refurbished, and the Short Game Area was rebuilt and expanded.
Tees on the January 2026 scorecard
| Tee | Yards | Rating / slope |
|---|---|---|
| Black | 7,362 | 75.2 / 141 |
| Blue | 6,865 | 73.6 / 138 |
| White | 6,480 | 71.7 / 130 |
| Green | 6,111 | 70.3 / 125 |
| Gold | 5,482 | Men 66.8 / 118; women 72.7 / 129 |
| Red | 5,236 | Women 71.3 / 128 |
| Yellow | 4,217 | Women 65.1 / 113 |
How play works
The club does not have tee times, and members play at their leisure. Its 2026 tournament schedule included a Member/Member, a three-day Member-Guest Invitational, a Ladies Member-Guest, stroke play and match play Club Championships, a Men’s League session, a Parent-Child Championship and a series of Couples Twilight events.
How membership at Golf Club of the Everglades works
The club does not publish a fee sheet. Its membership page sends readers to the Membership Director and states that all memberships include the primary member, spouse, and dependent children 23 and younger. Concert Golf Partners’ October 2024 release referred to golf and social members.
Listed fees
The Apex Team lists initiation at $105,000, and a Member in Waiting category at $75,000 initiation with annual dues of $13,440. These figures are undated. Ask the Membership Director for full golf dues and the current fee sheet.
What the club does not publish
The club publishes no refund terms, sponsorship rule, membership cap, food and beverage minimum or wait length. Send those questions to membership@gcoftheeverglades.com or call 239-354-4727.
Who owns the club
Concert Golf Partners announced its purchase from PulteGroup on October 23, 2024, and called the club its 35th private club. The Business Observer reported that Collier County records showed a price of $17.15 million. Concert’s release said it makes consistent annual capital investment in its clubs and described each club as having no assessments.
Reciprocal access
The club says membership extends to Concert Golf properties and to more than 600 properties worldwide through The Executive Golfer and Links2Golf.
Is Golf Club of the Everglades the right fit?
| Question | Golf Club of the Everglades |
|---|---|
| Do you prefer to walk or ride? | The club calls it a walkable design. Ask about walking times in season. |
| Is a caddie program important to you? | The Apex Team lists caddies. The club publishes no caddie terms. |
| Do you want to live inside the club community, or just join? | The club publishes no residency rule. Greyhawk sits alongside the course. |
| What’s your budget for initiation/entry? | The Apex Team lists $105,000, or $75,000 for Member in Waiting, undated. |
| What annual dues are you comfortable with? | Full golf dues are not published. The Apex Team lists $13,440 for Member in Waiting, undated. |
| Do you need a course that stays open in summer? | The 2026 reciprocal list published by The Quarry Golf Club showed closures June 8 to 21 and August 3 to 16, and listed Tuesday as its closed day. |
| How often do you want to play in season? | The club has no tee times, and members play at their leisure. |
| What’s your handicap, or how challenging do you want the course? | Seven sets of tees from 7,362 to 4,217 yards, with a slope of 141 from the back. |
| Do you want one course or multiple? | One 18-hole course. |
| How important are practice facilities? | An 8-acre facility, refurbished in the 2015 project. |
| Do you prefer lots of scheduled group play, or setting up your own games? | No tee times favors your own games. The 2026 schedule also ran a Men’s League, club championships and member-guests. |
| Does your spouse or partner golf, and do you want a couples or social scene? | Every membership includes a spouse. The 2026 schedule ran Couples Twilight events and a Ladies Member-Guest. |
| Do you want amenities beyond golf, like tennis, pickleball, fitness, spa, or a beach club? | The club lists a members-only clubhouse and restaurant, and Concert calls it a pure golf experience. It publishes no tennis, spa or beach club. |
| Will kids or grandkids use the club? | All memberships include dependent children 23 and younger. The 2026 schedule included a Parent-Child Championship. |
| Where do you want to be: Naples, Bonita/Estero, or Marco, and how far will you drive? | Naples, east of Collier Boulevard on Vanderbilt Beach Road. |
Comparing the Everglades with other clubs?
The Apex Team Golf Club Quiz works through these questions across Naples clubs.
Take the Golf Club QuizWhere to live if you join Golf Club of the Everglades
Many of Joe Belz’s clients live west of 41 and drive to a private club. In his words: “Live in the best locations and drive to a private golf club is what they do.” The club publishes no residency rule, so ask whether that pattern is open here. The road connection is direct.
Living elsewhere and driving in
The club sits off Vanderbilt Beach Road east of Collier Boulevard, near Olde Florida Golf Club. From there Vanderbilt Beach Road runs west across Collier Boulevard, passes under I-75 without an interchange, crosses Livingston Road, Airport-Pulling Road and Goodlette-Frank Road, meets US 41, and ends at Gulf Shore Drive in Vanderbilt Beach. South along US 41 are Pelican Bay, Park Shore, the Moorings and Olde Naples.
As of October 2026, Joe’s Compass profile shows 46 closed sales in Olde Naples, 25 in the Moorings, 18 in Pelican Bay, including Bay Colony, and 8 in Vanderbilt Beach. The Naples golf club comparison sets the clubs side by side.
Greyhawk
Greyhawk, the community PulteGroup planned around the course, has about 500 homes and surrounds the club. The Apex Team lists single-family homes and condominiums. The club publishes no terms for Greyhawk owners, so ask the Membership Director how a specific home relates to the club before you make an offer.
What Joe Belz says about Golf Club of the Everglades
Joe Belz is a past member of Golf Club of the Everglades.
Frequently asked questions
Golf Club of the Everglades does not publish a fee sheet. The Apex Team lists initiation at $105,000, and $75,000 for a Member in Waiting category with annual dues of $13,440. These figures are undated, so confirm them with the Membership Director at membership@gcoftheeverglades.com.
The club does not publish its dues. The Apex Team lists Member in Waiting dues at $13,440, undated. Ask the Membership Director for full golf dues before you compare this club with others.
The club publishes no residency rule. Its membership page does not tie membership to a home, and Concert Golf Partners describes the club as open only to members. Ask the Membership Director how membership works for a buyer who lives elsewhere and for an owner in Greyhawk, the community of about 500 homes beside the course.
The Apex Team lists a waitlist at Golf Club of the Everglades, with a Member in Waiting category. The club publishes no wait length, so ask the Membership Director for the current position.
Concert Golf Partners owns Golf Club of the Everglades. It announced the purchase from PulteGroup on October 23, 2024, and Collier County records showed a price of $17.15 million. PulteGroup had bought the club in 2013.
Concert Golf Partners owns the club, and the club’s site does not describe its memberships as equity. Ask the Membership Director what a membership conveys and what happens on resignation.
No. The club says it does not have tee times and that members play at their leisure.
Rees Jones designed the course with Greg Muirhead. It opened in 2000, and the Rees Jones firm redesigned it in 2015, moving four holes and reversing another to fit the Greyhawk community.
Considering Golf Club of the Everglades?
Talk through the Member in Waiting category, how Greyhawk relates to the club, or which club and neighborhood suit how you want to live in Naples.
Contact JoeRelated resources
Sources
- Golf Club of the Everglades, Home, Membership, Golf Experience, Course Information, Affiliated Clubs and Contact pages, gcoftheeverglades.com (accessed October 30, 2026)
- Golf Club of the Everglades, scorecard (January 2026) and 2026 Tournament Schedule
- Rees Jones Inc., Golf Club of the Everglades project page (accessed October 30, 2026)
- Concert Golf Partners, Golf Club of the Everglades page (accessed October 30, 2026) and release of October 23, 2024
- Business Observer, “Naples’ Golf Club of the Everglades sold to Orlando company,” October 23, 2024
- The Quarry Golf Club, 2026 Reciprocal List, in its 2026 Membership Packet
- County Road 862 entry, Wikipedia (accessed October 30, 2026)
- Joe Belz, statements provided September 9, 2026; Apex Team club data, undated; closed sales on his Compass profile and MLS area labels, as of October 2026
General information about Golf Club of the Everglades, not legal, tax, insurance or financial advice. Club fees, terms and rules are current as of the dates stated and can change. Confirm fees, membership availability and terms with the club’s membership office, and review any membership agreement with your own advisers.
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