In the modern private golf arms race, the usual calling cards are easy to spot.
A famous architect. A seven-figure initiation fee. A lavish clubhouse. A wine room. A spa. A racquet complex. Maybe a no-tee-time culture and a few nods toward sustainability, because no serious new club in today’s market wants to look like it was built with yesterday’s priorities.
Dutchman’s Pipe Golf Club has plenty of those things.
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The West Palm Beach private club opened in November 2024 beside The Belgrove Resort & Spa, bringing a new Jack Nicklaus Signature course to one of the most competitive private golf markets in the country. Developed by Witkoff and Access Industries, the club sits inside a broader luxury resort environment that includes dining, wellness, racquet sports and a Marriott Autograph Collection resort component. The club’s own fact sheet describes Dutchman’s Pipe as the first new private golf club to open in West Palm Beach east of I-95 in decades, with a 7,300-yard Nicklaus Signature layout built around native vegetation, water features, Bimini Bermuda fairways and TifEagle Bermuda greens…