Founder's Club

The Founders Club is a private, award-winning golf and social club community in Sarasota, Florida. Spanning 700 acres of natural landscapes with lakes, fairways, and nature preserves, it features 262 custom-built homes and a maximum of 275 golf memberships, ensuring an exclusive, low-play environment without tee times. The centerpiece is an 18-hole, 7,094-yard, par-72 championship golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr., styled after traditional Scottish links with rolling terrain, oaks, pines, and palms. It includes Sarasota’s only traditional caddie program and a state-of-the-art indoor training facility with TrackMan and FlightScope technology. The 24,000-square-foot clubhouse, known as the Golf Hall, offers fine dining, a bar and grille, private dining, a fitness center, a golf shop, and an outdoor verandah overlooking the 18th green. Additional amenities include Har-Tru tennis courts, pickleball, basketball, volleyball, a playground, and wellness programs like yoga and massage therapy. Social activities range from wine tastings and cooking classes to holiday events and member-guest mixers. The community is gated, with homes built by premier builders like John Cannon, Lee Wetherington, London Bay, and AR Homes.