St. Andrews Country Club

17557 Claridge Oval West, Boca Raton, FL 33496 · West Boca Raton (unincorporated Palm Beach County), Florida

St. Andrews Country Club is a private, guard-gated golf community of about 700 custom single-family homes in unincorporated Palm Beach County, just west of Boca Raton. Founded in 1982, it wraps estate homes around 36 holes of golf, including an Arnold Palmer Signature Design course, and roughly 70 acres of lakes.

At a glance

Type: Single-family homes in a private, member-owned golf and country club community
Built: Founded 1982; homes built 1982 to 2025, most of them 1982 to 1995, with more than 100 rebuilt or new since 2015
Homes: About 700: 698 single-family homes on the county tax roll (the club says 730)
Developer: St. Andrews Development Company of Boca Raton, Inc. (named in 1985 county zoning approval)
Golf: Two 18-hole courses: the Palmer Course (Arnold Palmer Signature Design) and the Championship Course, redesigned by Kipp Schulties
Service: Manned, gated entry
Amenities: 125,000 sq ft clubhouse with several restaurants, 14 clay tennis courts with a stadium court, four pickleball courts, 20,000 sq ft tennis and fitness center, 11,000 sq ft spa, Golf Performance Center, aquatic center, children's playground
Club membership: Required for residents; a $500,000 club membership contribution plus a $50,000 POA owners contribution at purchase (schedule effective September 1, 2026, as reported by a local brokerage; confirm with the club)
Pets: Allowed (confirm details with the association)

Four decades of reinvention on the fairways

St. Andrews grew out of a planned unit development that Palm Beach County first zoned in 1980 on farmland north of Clint Moore Road, bounded on the west by Florida's Turnpike. County resolutions from the mid-1980s show the master plan being expanded and then trimmed by about 100 acres, with St. Andrews Development Company of Boca Raton, Inc. among the petitioners. The club counts 1982 as its founding year. A final pod, Lake Estates, was added as Plat 16 in 1992 and holds 45 homes on lots of up to about an acre. The community has a Boca Raton mailing address but sits in unincorporated Palm Beach County, and on December 31, 2023 the member-owned club merged with the St. Andrews Country Club Property Owners Association.

The plan devotes more than two-thirds of the land to recreation: about 700 acres of fairways and 70 acres of lakes, with homes set along curving cul-de-sacs so most lots face a fairway, a lake, or both. County records list 698 single-family homes of about 2,500 to 16,700 square feet on lots of 0.2 to 1.2 acres, and owners have steadily replaced 1980s houses with larger modern estates. The golf has been reworked too. Arnold Palmer's design firm rebuilt the East Course in 2003, creating today's Palmer Course; the second course was redesigned by Tom Fazio II in 2016 and again by Kipp Schulties under a $27.5 million club enhancement plan launched in 2022, which also rebuilt the Lakeside Restaurant and poolside Café Blue. Earlier programs added an 11,000 square foot spa and a renovated tennis and fitness center in 2018.

Palm Beach County Property Appraiser records show 101 home sales by warranty deed of $100,000 or more between October 2023 and September 2026, with a median of about $3.5 million. Prices ran from about $1.15 million for an original three-bedroom to a record $15 million for a 2023-built estate on Ayrshire Lane in April 2026. The rebuild cycle drives the top of the market: one Castlebay Court lot sold for $2 million in December 2023 and resold as a new 8,151 square foot house for $10.25 million in June 2025. Buyers should also budget for the club's membership contribution, reported at $500,000 plus a $50,000 POA owners contribution for 2026 to 2027, and annual dues and assessments.

Josh's view of St. Andrews Country Club

What you won't find on a listing portal, in Josh's own words.

Who it suits

Those who appreciate the finest luxuries in life and want the most prestigious community in Boca Raton.

Buying here

The absolute crème de la crème. This is the gold standard of Boca Raton real estate.

The best lines

Every home in the community has something special to offer. It simply comes down to your budget, personal preferences, and the lifestyle you envision.

Mistakes buyers make

None. You cannot go wrong at St. Andrews. It is the best of the best, and a great investment for years to come!

What a listing won't tell you

The elegance and grandeur you'll experience upon entering the dining room are truly remarkable. With its refined atmosphere and timeless sophistication, you'll feel as though you've stepped into an exclusive private club, which you have! Just be sure to have your sport coat ready!

Inside St. Andrews Country Club

Closer aerial view of the St. Andrews clubhouse, tennis courts, and pool at the center of the community, ringed by fairways, lakes, and cul-de-sacs of estate homes

St. Andrews from above in 2021, with the clubhouse and tennis complex at the heart of the golf courses.

Living at St. Andrews Country Club

St. Andrews fills a large block between Florida's Turnpike on the west and Jog Road on the east, north of Clint Moore Road, in the suburban grid of west Boca Raton. Daily life centers on the clubhouse, courts, and courses inside the gates, while the public schools, Delray Medical Center, and the Morikami gardens are all within about three miles. Because there is no Turnpike exit at Clint Moore Road, drivers use the Glades Road or Atlantic Avenue interchanges.

Commute: Florida's Turnpike interchanges at Glades Road (Exit 75), about 3 miles south, and Atlantic Avenue (Exit 81), about 3 miles north; Tri-Rail's Boca Raton station about 4.3 miles east and Brightline's Boca Raton station about 6.4 miles east; President Donald J. Trump International Airport (formerly Palm Beach International) about 19 miles north and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International about 24 miles south (straight-line distances from the clubhouse)
Parks and golf: 36 holes of private golf on site; Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens about 1.1 miles northeast
Schools: zoned for Calusa Elementary (2051 Clint Moore Road, about 2.3 miles), Omni Middle (5775 Jog Road, about 1.5 miles), and Spanish River Community High (5100 Jog Road, about 1.7 miles), all in the School District of Palm Beach County; confirm the exact address with the district's locator
Shopping and hospitals: Town Center at Boca Raton about 4 miles south; Delray Medical Center about 2.7 miles northeast; West Boca Medical Center about 4.7 miles southwest; Boca Raton Regional Hospital about 5.5 miles southeast

Photos: Photo by NOAA Office for Coastal Management and USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field Office (NAIP 2021 aerial imagery), Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, cropped · Photo by NOAA Office for Coastal Management and USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field Office (NAIP 2021 aerial imagery), Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, cropped

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