The Moorings Golf & Country Club lists its Golf Membership as waitlisted as of October 2026, and living in the Moorings neighborhood does not make you a member. It is a private, member-owned equity club at 2500 Crayton Road in Naples, Florida, inside that neighborhood and west of US 41, with one 18-hole, par-63 course of nine par 3s and nine par 4s, laid out by Milton Link and completed in 1963. You do not have to live in the Moorings to join, and the club does not publish its initiation or dues, so current figures come from the membership office at (239) 261-0909. Joe Belz + Apex Team helps buyers work out which club fits and then where to live.
The Moorings Golf & Country Club at a glance
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Location | 2500 Crayton Road, Naples, FL 34103, in the City of Naples’ Moorings neighborhood, west of US 41 |
| Club type | Private. Golf and dining are for members and their guests |
| Ownership | Member-owned equity club. Only full equity golf members vote. Legal name: The Moorings Country Club of Naples, Inc., a 501(c)(7) social club |
| Courses and holes | One course, 18 holes |
| Par and length | Par 63: nine par 3s and nine par 4s. The USGA lists 3,489 yards from the White tees, 3,230 from the Red and 2,185 from the Gold |
| Architect and year | Milton Link, the landscape architect who developed the Moorings. Completed 1963. Private club since December 1, 1968 |
| Most recent renovation | Clubhouse, completed 2025: more than $5 million, for a 15,253 sq. ft. building. A golf course renovation is planned for 2027 |
| Must you live there | No. You can join without living in the Moorings, and living in the Moorings does not make you a member |
| Initiation | Golf: $40,000 in November 2022, the latest figure on record. The club does not publish a current one |
| Annual dues | Golf: $10,020 in November 2022, the latest figure on record. The club does not publish a current one |
| Other charges | Food and beverage minimum: $1,200 in November 2022. The club’s federal return for the year ended September 30, 2025 also reports capital contributions from members |
| Membership cap | 270 memberships, an undated figure. The club says only that it has a limited number |
| Waitlist | Yes. As of October 2026 the club lists its Golf Membership as “WAITLISTED” and does not publish the length of the list. It also lists a Golf in Waiting Membership |
| Practice facilities | Two TrackMan simulators, a putting green, hitting nets and a short game area (2024 club packet) |
| Caddies | Not available |
| Walking | Allowed at any time of day |
| Summer play | Year-round. On the 2024 summer schedule the course closed on Mondays |
| Homes | Single-family homes and condominiums in the surrounding Moorings neighborhood. Membership is separate from homeownership |
| Contact | Club and membership information: (239) 261-0909. Golf shop: (239) 261-1033. mooringscc.com |
Fees last reviewed November 2022. Clubs change terms, so confirm with the membership office.
The golf at The Moorings Golf & Country Club
The Moorings is short by design. Its 18 holes play to par 63, with nine par 3s and nine par 4s, and the club says members finish in three hours or less, walking or riding.
The course came with the neighborhood. Milton Link, a landscape architect turned developer, created the Moorings for Julio Lobo, the Cuban sugar entrepreneur, after the first parcel of the Crayton Tract closed on September 17, 1957. Link laid out the golf course, which was completed in 1963. The club’s history describes a development with its own private beach, golf course and property owners’ association. On December 1, 1968, the board announced The Moorings Country Club of Naples, Inc., and the club began operating as a private club that day.
The USGA rates the course from three sets of tees, shown here with length, Course Rating and Slope Rating as of October 2026.
| Tee | Yards | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| White | 3,489 | 58.7 / 83 | 60.2 / 94 |
| Red | 3,230 | 57.9 / 81 | 58.9 / 92 |
| Gold | 2,185 | 52.6 / 69 | 55.0 / 77 |
The club earned Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary certification during the 1990s and early 2000s. Its golf calendar runs from the Club Championship to themed 9 and dines, with associations for men, women and mixed competition.
In 2025 the club finished a clubhouse renovation of more than $5 million. The redesigned 15,253 sq. ft. building has an indoor and outdoor bar that opens to a covered dining terrace with views of holes 1 and 10.
The golf course is next. Golf course architect J. Drew Rogers, ASGCA, developed a program of course improvements in 2025 and lists a renovation as planned for 2027. The club says the aim is to upgrade the course’s infrastructure and visual identity while keeping the shorter holes and quick round, and it has published renderings of holes 1 and 10, hole 9, hole 17 and the practice area. It has not published a start date, a closure schedule or a budget.
How membership at The Moorings Golf & Country Club works
The club publishes four membership categories. It describes them on its website without current prices.
| Category | What it includes | Status or cost |
|---|---|---|
| Golf Membership | Voting rights, golf, dining and social privileges. Tee times 14 days in advance, special event reservations 30 days in advance | Waitlisted |
| Golf in Waiting Membership | An opportunity to enjoy the club while waiting for a spot as a full Golf Member | Privileges and price not published |
| Social Membership | Non-voting. Dining and event privileges for the member, spouse and dependent children under 26 | Price not published |
| Summer Membership | Runs May 1 to October 31. The club describes it as an opportunity for full-time residents of Naples | 2024 joining fee: $2,000 plus tax, with a $250 food and beverage minimum |
How you join: the club says you can join without a sponsor and without knowing a current member. There is an interview with a member of the membership committee, followed by final approval from the board. Because the Golf Membership is waitlisted, ask where a new applicant would stand and what the Golf in Waiting Membership includes. Start with the membership office at (239) 261-0909 or the membership request form at mooringscc.com.
Equity and refunds: the club’s federal return for the year ended September 30, 2025 says only full golf equity members vote and reports non-refundable equity golf initiation fees. Its 2022 membership page used the label Regular Golf Membership (Non-Refundable Equity). The club does not publish its refund or resignation terms, so ask for them in writing.
Assessments: the same return says the board cannot levy an assessment without approval from voting members, and that assessments of $3,500 or more need two-thirds of eligible voting members. It also reports capital contributions from voting and non-voting members and renovation assessments. With a course renovation planned for 2027, ask what a new member would owe.
What changed recently: the club has shown the waitlisted label on its Golf Membership since at least May 2025. Its Summer Membership moved from May 15 to October 15 in 2024 to May 1 to October 31. The Associate Membership on its 2022 page is no longer listed.
Other rates: the club’s 2024 summer packet, still on its website, lists for that season a playing fee of $30 for 18 holes with an electric cart or push cart, $8 to carry or use your own push cart, and a guest fee of $50 for 18 holes, cart included.
Is The Moorings Golf & Country Club the right fit?
| Question | The Moorings Golf & Country Club |
|---|---|
| Do you prefer to walk or ride? | Either. Walking is allowed at any time of day, and the club offers electric carts and push carts. |
| Is a caddie program important to you? | Caddies are not available. |
| Do you want to live inside the club community, or just join? | You join either way. The homes around the club are the Moorings neighborhood, a home there does not come with a membership, and you can live anywhere and still apply. |
| What’s your budget for initiation/entry? | Not published. The latest figure on record is $40,000 for Golf in November 2022, when the club labelled it non-refundable equity. Ask for the current amount. |
| What annual dues are you comfortable with? | Not published. The latest figures on record are $10,020 in dues plus a $1,200 food and beverage minimum, both from November 2022. Ask for current amounts and about capital contributions. |
| How many months a year will you be here? | The Golf Membership covers the course throughout the year. The Summer Membership runs May 1 to October 31, and the club describes it as an opportunity for full-time residents of Naples. |
| Do you need a course that stays open in summer? | The course is open in summer. On the 2024 summer schedule it closed Mondays. Ask how the 2027 renovation will affect play. |
| How often do you want to play in season? | The club says tee times are readily available. Golf members book 14 days in advance. |
| What’s your handicap, or how challenging do you want the course? | The club says the course rewards precision and strategy for players of all skills. USGA Slope Ratings reach 83 for men and 94 for women. |
| Do you want one course or multiple? | One course of 18 holes. |
| How important are practice facilities? | Two TrackMan simulators, a putting green, hitting nets and a short game area (2024 packet), with no driving range listed. The 2027 renderings include the practice area. |
| Do you prefer lots of scheduled group play, or setting up your own games? | Both. The club runs associations, leagues and tournaments, and members book their own tee times. |
| Does your spouse or partner golf, and do you want a couples or social scene? | The club lists couples golf events and mixed competition, plus activity clubs from book club and bridge to poker and a car club. |
| Do you want amenities beyond golf, like tennis, pickleball, fitness, spa, or a beach club? | The club lists dining, two bocce courts, TrackMan simulators and activity clubs. Its website lists no tennis, pickleball, pool, fitness, spa or beach club. |
| Will kids or grandkids use the club? | Published policy: the Social Membership extends dining and event privileges to dependent children under 26, and the dress code applies to members and guests twelve and over. Ask about guest play. |
| What atmosphere fits you: traditional and formal, or relaxed? | The club calls its dining upscale, casual and coastal, and its written dress code sets business or smart casual for dinner, happy hour and regular clubhouse activities. |
| Where do you want to be: Naples, Bonita/Estero, or Marco, and how far will you drive? | Naples: in the City, west of US 41, on Crayton Road between Mooring Line Drive and Harbour Drive. |
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Many of Joe’s clients live west of 41 and drive to a private club. The Moorings reverses that. The club is itself west of 41, inside a residential neighborhood, so you can live next to it. It says about 75% of its members live within a couple of miles and calls the club a walkable destination.
The neighborhood and the club are different things. The Moorings is a City of Naples neighborhood, and The Moorings Golf & Country Club is a private club inside it. Living in the Moorings does not make you a member: a home there does not come with a membership, and a membership does not require a home there. Moorings property owners have a separate organization of their own: the City of Naples says they are eligible to join the Moorings Property Owners Association, which gives its members parking privileges at Moorings Beach Park, member events and news (City page, 2022). That association is not the club. If golf is the reason you are buying, check the club’s waitlist before you make an offer.
The Moorings runs between the Gulf of Mexico and US 41, with Park Shore to the north and Coquina Sands to the south. Its housing is single-family homes and condominiums, and Joe’s closed sales there include both. Waterfront properties around the Moorings Bay System sit in the City’s Moorings Bay Special Taxing District, created in 1987 for water quality, navigability and maintenance dredging.
| Neighborhood | Where it sits | Road connection | Joe’s closed sales, Compass profile, October 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Moorings | Around the club | Crayton Road runs through it. Mooring Line Drive and Harbour Drive connect it east to US 41 | 25, largest $18.3 million in January 2026, buyer side |
| Park Shore | Directly north | Crayton Road continues north into it. Park Shore Drive connects it east to US 41 | 12 |
| Coquina Sands | Directly south | Crayton Road continues south into it | 13 |
| Olde Naples | South of Coquina Sands | Gulf Shore Boulevard runs south into it, and US 41 connects the two areas | 46 |
| Pelican Bay | North of Park Shore | Crayton Road continues north to Pelican Bay Boulevard South, which also meets US 41 | 18, including Bay Colony |
Through Belz Properties, Joe developed about 20 homes across Olde Naples, Coquina Sands and the Moorings. For a lot or an older house near the club, read buying a teardown lot in Olde Naples, the Moorings or Coquina Sands and first floor elevation, flood zones and insurance for Naples homes.
What Joe Belz says about The Moorings Golf & Country Club
Joe’s description of the course is one line: “The Moorings has a short golf course and Pelican Bay has a great 27 hole golf course.”
His larger point is about order. “We help people navigate which club and then where to live,” he says. On how his clients do it: “Live in the best locations and drive to a private golf club is what they do.” The Moorings is also one of the three areas Joe focuses on, with Olde Naples and Park Shore.
Frequently asked questions
The Moorings Golf and Country Club does not publish its initiation or dues. The latest figures Joe Belz + Apex Team has on record date from November 2022: $40,000 initiation and $10,020 annual dues for a Golf Membership, plus a $1,200 food and beverage minimum. Those figures are nearly four years old, so ask the membership office at (239) 261-0909 for current amounts, including any capital contribution.
Yes. As of October 2026, The Moorings Golf and Country Club lists its Golf Membership as waitlisted, and it has shown that label since at least May 2025. The club does not publish the length of the list. Its Golf in Waiting Membership is an opportunity to enjoy the club while waiting for a spot as a full Golf Member.
No. The Moorings Golf and Country Club says you do not have to live in the Moorings to become a member. It also says about 75% of its members live within a couple of miles of the club.
No. The Moorings is a City of Naples neighborhood and The Moorings Golf and Country Club is a private club inside it. Joining is a separate step, with an interview and board approval, and as of October 2026 the Golf Membership is waitlisted.
The Moorings Golf and Country Club says you can join without a sponsor and without knowing a current member. There is an interview with a member of the membership committee, followed by final approval from the board. As of October 2026 the Golf Membership is waitlisted, so start with the membership office at (239) 261-0909.
The Moorings Golf and Country Club is private. The club says you need to be a member or a guest of a member to play golf or dine there.
Yes. The Moorings Golf and Country Club has an 18-hole, par-63 course with nine par 3s and nine par 4s, and the club says a round takes three hours or less, walking or riding. The USGA lists 3,489 yards from the White tees, and its Course Ratings across all three sets of tees run from 52.6 to 58.7 for men and from 55.0 to 60.2 for women.
The Moorings Golf and Country Club is a member-owned equity club, and only full equity golf members vote. Its federal return for the year ended September 30, 2025 reports non-refundable equity golf initiation fees. Confirm the current refund terms with the membership office before you join.
A renovation of the course at The Moorings Golf and Country Club is planned for 2027. Golf course architect J. Drew Rogers developed a program of improvements in 2025, and the club says the aim is to upgrade the course’s infrastructure and visual identity while keeping its shorter holes and quick round. The club has not published a start date or a closure schedule.
Yes. The Summer Membership at The Moorings Golf and Country Club runs from May 1 to October 31, and the club describes it as an opportunity for full-time residents of Naples. In 2024, when the season ran May 15 to October 15, the joining fee was $2,000 plus tax with a $250 food and beverage minimum. Ask the membership office for the current price.
Talk through the club and the neighborhood
Tell Joe Belz + Apex Team whether you are looking at The Moorings, a home near it, or both.
Contact the teamRelated resources
- Naples golf clubs compared: initiation fees, dues and waitlists
- Naples golf courses and the Apex Team Golf Club Quiz
- The Moorings neighborhood
- Park Shore neighborhood
- Coquina Sands neighborhood
- Olde Naples neighborhood
- Pelican Bay neighborhood
- Selling a luxury home in Olde Naples, the Moorings or Park Shore
- Meet Joe Belz
Sources
- Moorings Golf & Country Club, mooringscc.com: home page, club history, About Us and FAQ, Golf, Lifestyle, Membership, Membership Options, Guest Information, Contact (accessed October 30, 2026)
- Moorings Golf & Country Club, 2024 Summer Membership packet, PDF, mooringscc.com (accessed October 30, 2026)
- Moorings Golf & Country Club, archived Membership Options pages (November 2022, July 2024, January 2025, May 2025), Internet Archive (accessed October 30, 2026)
- The Moorings Country Club of Naples, Inc., IRS Form 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (accessed October 30, 2026)
- J. Drew Rogers, ASGCA, The Moorings Golf & Country Club (accessed October 30, 2026)
- USGA, Course Rating and Slope Database (accessed October 30, 2026)
- City of Naples, GIS Neighborhoods layer, Moorings Bay Special Taxing District and Moorings neighborhood page, Internet Archive capture of March 7, 2022 (accessed October 30, 2026)
- Vero News, “Member of founding family recalls Moorings history,” January 29, 2015 (accessed October 30, 2026)
- OpenStreetMap road data for road connections (accessed October 30, 2026)
- Joe Belz + Apex Team, The Moorings Golf & CC club page: fees dated November 2022, membership cap and caddies (accessed October 30, 2026)
- Compass, Joe Belz agent profile, closed sales list (accessed October 30, 2026)
Club terms, fees, schedules and renovation plans change, and fees shown carry the date of the figure. This is general information about The Moorings Golf & Country Club and is not legal, tax, insurance or financial advice. Confirm membership terms with the club, and anything specific to a property or contract with your own attorney, insurance and tax professionals.
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