Vineyards Country Club

Vineyards Country Club is a Naples community of 38 separate neighborhoods around a private club that the Procacci family, who developed the land, built in 1988 and still own. Two rebuilt 18-hole courses sit inside it.

Joining the club buys nothing you can sell, because it is non-equity and initiation is nonrefundable. What you pay to join doesn't come back at resale and it doesn't transfer with the house.

Where does the Vineyards sit?

Between three roads, one of them an interstate. I-75 runs the length of the western boundary, with Vanderbilt Beach Road across the north and Pine Ridge Road across the south. Vineyards Boulevard is the internal spine, running the full length between the two boundary roads.

The interchange at Pine Ridge Road, Exit 107, sits at the southwest corner. Fast access out, and also a property line, so stand on a lot near that edge before bidding.

What kind of homes are in the Vineyards?

Condominium-led. Low-rise buildings are the most common type, then detached houses, then mid-rise buildings, with smaller counts of attached villas, a few townhouses and at least one high-rise. Homes measure from about 1300 to about 4850 square feet. Bedroom counts run from 2 to 5, and prices go from the $250,000s as high as around $4 million.

The oldest buildings date to 1988, and age has a price on a condominium. Florida's deadlines for a structural inspection and a funded reserve study have both passed for buildings that old, so what matters is what those reports said and whether the association funded the work. An unfunded answer turns up later as a bill with your name on it, and detached houses are clear of the whole business.

What do the two club memberships get you?

Full Golf or Lifestyle, and both are open to people who do not live in the community. What separates them is golf access rather than amenity access. Full Golf books tee times and racquet courts seven days ahead, pays no greens or court fees, and uses the driving range without limit. Cart fees still apply. Lifestyle gets the court sports, the wellness center, dining, aquatics and social activities, plus golf on a much tighter leash.

From May 1 to October 31 a Lifestyle member plays at greens and cart fees, booking a day ahead. In season the rule tightens: "From November 1 through April 30, one round of golf per month is available after 12:00 noon, subject to Club-designated availability. Monthly privileges do not carry over." One round, after noon, and not promised. The club softens it with a published exception, "2026 – Lifestyle Members may golf after 3:00 PM at a reduced rate without it counting against their one round per month," which carries a year and so isn't permanent.

A large gap in initiation separates the two tiers, and a second gap in dues, though a member can move up at any time by paying the difference. Dues are published year by year, on a fixed calendar: "Annual dues are billed October 31st and are due in full by December 15th each year." Nothing published protects a member from an increase or from an assessment.

What happened to the two golf courses?

Both were stripped and rebuilt by Kipp Schulties. The South was originally a Bill Amick design and reopened in December 2023. The North was originally a Mark McCumber design, went under construction in March 2024 and reopened that December. In January 2026 Golf Digest gave the rebuilt North an honorable mention in its Best Transformation category for 2025. Old reviews and scorecards are no use, because the layouts they describe are gone.

What else is at the club?

A 70,000-square-foot clubhouse, and a 15,000-square-foot Wellness Center and Spa a short way off, with a fitness center, a saltwater lap pool, a cafe and physical therapy from Naples Rehabilitative Services. Twelve Har-Tru courts for tennis, six lit for night play, and eight gel-cushioned pickleball courts. Bocce with organized leagues, a resort-style pool complex, and dining across the main dining rooms, Mr. P's Pub, the Lobby Bar, Terrace Dining, the Acqua Pool Bar and Cafe V.

Why does an owner here pay at two levels?

Because the community is 38 neighborhoods sitting beneath one master association, Vineyards Community Association, Inc., and each neighborhood has a sub-association of its own. The club is separate from both. An owner pays the master assessment and then the neighborhood's own fee. A figure quoted in a listing or by a seller often covers only one of the two, and that's the most expensive thing to get wrong here.

The split shows up again at closing, when the master association hands a seller's paperwork down: "Please contact your neighborhood sub-association for more information on Estoppel requirements." What an address obliges an owner to sits in that neighborhood's documents, and those differ from one to the next. Three things to pin down on a home:

• Both fees for that address, the master assessment and the neighborhood's own.
• Whether club membership is tied to the home, and what else the neighborhood's documents ask of an owner.
• The pet rules and the lease terms, the minimum term included.

The community dates from 1988 and the golf does not. Both courses were torn up and rebuilt, and membership in the club that owns them is open to people who do not live here.