BallenIsles

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BallenIsles is a gated community in Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Beach County, Florida, United States.^[1]

Three golf courses and a country club are located within the BallenIsles community.^[2]

Geographic area[]

The subdivision is bordered on the north by PGA Boulevard, on the east by Military Trail, the south by Northlake Boulevard, and the west by Florida's Ronald Reagan Turnpike. The main road within BallenIsles is BallenIsles Drive. The road stretches between the north entrance on PGA Boulevard and the south entrance on Northlake Boulevard. The east entrance on Military Trail connects to BallenIsles Drive via Gardenia Drive.

The community of BallenIsles is made up of 1,575 residences in 33 neighborhoods. Residences include patio homes, golf villas, courtyard homes, condominiums and estate homes.

Golf facilities[]

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BallenIsles was originally the PGA National Golf Club (1964–1973), commissioned by Palm Beach Gardens patron John D. MacArthur as the home of the Professional Golfers Association. There are three courses, and the East Course, originally the Champions Course, hosted the 1971 World Cup, 1971 PGA Championship, Senior PGA Championship (1966–1973), and the first qualifying tournaments for the PGA Tour. The North and East courses were designed by Dick Wilson and Joe Lee, and the South course, redesigned by Gene Bates Golf Design, are reserved for members and their guests. The current PGA National Golf Club is adjacent to the west.

There are four golf associations, MGA (Men's Golf Assoc). MSGA (Men's Seniors), WNGA (Women's Nine Hole) and the WGA (Women's Golf). The WGA also holds an annual event on behalf of Play for P.I.N.K. and the MSGA raises money for the USGA 1st Tee program. The MGA's annual prostate cancer fundraising event benefits Scripps Research.

The BallenIsles Director of Golf Jeff Fitzherbert was named as the 2016 Troon Golf PGA Professional of the Year. Teaching professionals include Chris Kaufman, voted by his peers as 2016 Florida Teacher of the Year in South East Florida, Matt Grobstein and Scott Dietrich. The staff also includes Annette Thompson, named as one of Top 50 Teachers by Golf for Women Magazine in 2012 and 2017 and named as one of top 25 U.S. women's teacher in Golf Digest.

Other recreation[]

The subdivision has several playgrounds located within the development, as well as an outdoor exercise facility near the south gate with several circuit stretch stations and a running track. There are two dog parks inside BallenIsles. The Sports Complex features a swimming pool and hot tubs, while the clubhouse offers a variety of dining options, event rooms, card rooms and meeting rooms. Outside the development, the PGA park is near the south gate, and has soccer and track fields for public use. The Palm Beach Gardens Municipal Building park is located near the east gate and has baseball fields for public use as well as playground facilities, outdoor stretch stations, swimming pool, and a running track.

BallenIsles is located within walking distance of the PGA Commons shopping and dining area and within a five-minute drive from , the Gardens Mall shopping areas, and newly developed Legacy Place. To the north, the Abacoa shopping district is within a ten-minute drive.

Local schools[]

These are the assigned schools for the BallenIsles community.

High schools[]

• Palm Beach Gardens Community High School

Middle schools[]

Elementary schools[]

• Timber Trace Elementary School

Notable members[]

• Professional tennis players, Serena Williams and Venus Williams resided in BallenIsles and trained at the Sports Complex for more than a decade. https://www.forbes.com/sites/amydobson/2019/01/18/venus-and-serena-williams-list-their-palm-beach-private-enclave/?sh=57aecefc1192
• Paul Manafort, lobbyist

References[]

External links[]

• BallenIsles Country Club
• BallenIsles Community Association