Number 7. If you're a sports fan like me, then Palm Beach is the perfect place for a most active lifestyle. A fantastic place to raise a family, my son participated in most every sport from lacrosse and soccer to tennis and golf, to wake boarding and kite surfing. He was certified in Scuba by the age of 10 for goodness sake! What a wholesome and healthy way to live, no matter what your age--and all year long!! I love to play tennis and compete in the Ladies Tennis League (I play for South Olive--a shout out to my friends there) so I have the pleasure of hitting ground strokes and short volleys on some of America's finest Har-Tru courts. Seaview and Phipps Park, both town facilities, are simply divine and the pros there are friendly.
Both were renovated recently and I submit they are nicer than the ones I play on at the private clubs in town. As for golf--the Breakers course is really hard to beat. Challenging and so lushly landscaped, it's always a treat to take an out of town guest there for a stunning day where nature, sport and camaraderie meet. The Par Three Course down on South Ocean Boulevard was also injected with life when the Town invested a substantial amount of money to renovate it. You can't beat the vista and briny breeze that comes off the ocean there. Sublime. Across the lake is another little gem in West Palm Beach called Bear Lakes.
The Bear Lakes Country Club attracts golfers from Palm Beach because of its convenient location and choice of two Jack Nicklaus designed courses--one being called the Lakes Course, the other called the Links. There are many more golf course homes available in the Bear Lakes CC neighborhood than in Palm Beach proper--and the neighborhood has lovely amenities and a relatively low HOA fee structure, making it an affordable choice for say, someone who commutes during the season.
