Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club originated in 1960 in Boca Raton. The original design was by Robert Trent Jones, Sr. and updated by Joe Lee in 1988. The club, located on the intracostal waterway in the center of Boca Raton, consists of an eighteen hole golf course, 50 slip marina, tennis center, fitness center, yacht clubhouse and golf clubhouse.

In 2001 Royal Palm made a committment to upgrade its golf facilities and elected to bring Jack Nicklaus Design on board to create a fresh, new world class golf course. Construction began on April 1, 2002 and will be complete in September of 2002 with a reopening scheduled for early January 2003.