The Miami Shores Country Club began a new membership year on October 1, 2026. It is the first full season since the village replaced the company that ran the golf course, the clubhouse and the tennis center. Within one spring and summer, Miami Shores moved both golf and tennis to management agreements under its own oversight. The new rate card, the fall calendar and the tennis changes all follow from that decision.
For residents, the result is that a Miami Shores address now counts for more at 10000 Biscayne Boulevard than any membership tier does.
How the handover happened
The change took most of 2026, and the dates moved more than once.
- On February 10, 2026, a village procurement notice ranked Kemper Sports Management, LLC first to manage the club.
- The village's May 2026 newsletter announced that Professional Course Management would stop operating April 30. It described a full-service Kemper contract meant to improve daily operations, the guest experience and the club's positioning.
- The start date was then extended twice. On June 1, the village manager told council that Kemper had taken over that day, Citizen Portal reported. The manager also said every employee who wanted to stay had been offered a position.
- By October, the village newsletter said Kemper and the village had spent three months strengthening operations for the 2026–2027 golf season.
The Country Club Advisory Board called a special meeting at the club on October 19 to meet the new Kemper representative. So the people who advise the village on the club are still getting to know the operator four and a half months in.
The rate card is a residency card
The 2026–27 membership schedule has seven golf tiers, and most of them have two prices. The gap between the two columns shows how the club is now positioned.
| Membership | Miami Shores resident | Non-resident | Resident saves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Golf | $3,000 | $4,500 | $1,500 |
| Single Golf Weekday | $2,700 | $3,400 | $700 |
| Family Golf | $4,200 | $6,000 | $1,800 |
| Executive Golf | $2,000 | $3,000 | $1,000 |
| Junior Golf | $1,100 | $1,700 | $600 |
| Seasonal Golf | not offered | $3,600 | n/a |
| Corporate Golf | not offered | $18,000 | n/a |
On the Single, Family, Executive and Junior tiers, a non-resident pays roughly 43 to 55 percent more than a resident for the same membership. Two tiers have no resident price at all. Seasonal Golf runs six months from activation, and Corporate Golf costs $18,000. Both are built for people who don't live in the village. All other memberships expire by September 30, 2027, and every listed rate is subject to 7% sales tax.
The weekday tier shows the pattern most clearly. A non-resident who gives up weekends saves $1,100 against the Single rate. A resident saves $300. At $2,700 against $3,000, a resident pays almost the same with or without weekend golf, so the weekday-only tier mainly benefits non-residents.
What the dues buy, line by line
The cheapest adult tier comes with trade-offs. The full rate table compares the tiers on booking access, storage and per-round cost:
- Golf fee per round: $35 on every tier except Executive, where it is $59.
- Tee-time booking window: 10 days for Single, Weekday, Family, Seasonal and Corporate. Executive and Junior get 7 days.
- Bag storage, locker and GHIN handicap service: included with Single, Weekday, Family, Junior and Corporate. Not included with Executive or Seasonal.
- Dining and retail: every tier gets 10% off dine-in food and beverage and 10% off retail.
For a resident, Executive saves $1,000 in dues compared with Single Golf, but each round costs $24 more. On dues and golf fees alone, before tax, the two tiers cost about the same at around 42 rounds a year. Past that, Single is the cheaper choice and also adds three more days of booking lead time, a locker, bag storage and a handicap index. Executive suits a resident who plays a few times a month. Anyone playing every week will pay less on Single.
The clubhouse keeps a village schedule
The membership year ties into a short, regular calendar. On the Chronogolf booking page, the club's next events are a Wednesday Game on October 28 and a Halloween Golf Tournament on Friday, October 30, with a 1 p.m. shotgun start. The same page lists an earlier Wednesday Game on October 21, scheduled alongside a Florida Memorial tournament.
The Bar & Restaurant is not a separately branded dining room. Food service runs daily from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and stays open until 9 p.m. on Fridays. The Summer 2026 menu is a clubhouse menu. It has all-day brunch, starters, salads, handhelds and grill plates, plus a dinner section served after 6 p.m. on Fridays. The Village Hangover Burger, shrimp scampi, fish and chips and chicken marsala are all on it. That leaves Friday as the clubhouse's one evening service. Over the summer, the club's live music nights were also on Fridays, with Beverly Lewis on August 14 and Cozy Michaels on August 28.
Next is Thanksgiving. The October village newsletter advertises a Thanksgiving buffet at the club with turkey, traditional sides and desserts. Reservations are required at 305-795-2360 ext. 112. The newsletter doesn't give a price or serving time, so callers should ask about both. Kemper's events contact for tournaments, corporate outings and private celebrations is Resa Strickland, listed in the September village newsletter.
Tennis made the same move
The tennis center is going through the same change as the golf side. The September village newsletter explains that the old agreement ran through PCM, which privately subcontracted a separate company to run the tennis center. When that agreement ended, the village dropped the lease-based model. It is moving the courts to a management-fee structure overseen by village staff.
A July 1 procurement notice recommended Miami Shores Tennis Management, LLC for council consideration on July 7. Council accepted the recommendation and authorized the village manager to negotiate an agreement, according to the August newsletter. Village Manager Esmond Scott recommended the firm, which is directed by tennis professional Liburd Germain. The village describes its aim as keeping what decades of tennis at the club have built while giving the center room to grow for residents.
The Miami Shores Tennis site lists Germain as Director of Tennis. It also lists lighted clay and hard courts, a pro shop, racket and ball-machine rentals, adult tennis and pickleball activities, and junior programs. Germain's posted private-lesson rates are $110 for a single hour, $500 for five lessons and $1,000 for ten. Those are lesson prices, not court fees.
The course work that comes next
No course or clubhouse construction has been scheduled yet. In 2025, the village's golf course design solicitation said the course needed upgrades to its tees, greens, turf, drainage, cart paths and irrigation, and it required any design to address drainage. A December 23, 2025 procurement addendum said evaluations were done for both the course design and the clubhouse renovation. At that time, council had not reviewed the rankings or set a date to do so.
The October newsletter says Kemper and the village plan to keep improving the course and the club. It does not name a project or a start date. Until council acts on the redesign, members who join this year will play the existing course. The 2026–27 membership runs through September 30, 2027.
A village-owned club with resident pricing is part of what a Miami Shores address comes with, and listings rarely spell it out. At Bryan Halda, we keep track of details like these for our clients. If you'd like a confidential conversation about your Miami Shores home and the club it sits near, Let's Connect.
