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BallenIsles Excels in Platinum Rankings

Over the last decade, BallenIsles Country Club, Inc. Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, has outpaced more than 6,000 clubs nationally in its rise in the Platinum Club rankings. No other club in the nation exceeds BallenIsles in your club advances in excellence, says John R. Sibbald, publisher of the Club Leaders Forum that conducts Platinum Club surveys every three years among club presidents and managers. Continues Sibbald, This survey, beginning in 1997, is America’s only instrument by which clubs can measure themselves against others.

In the first year of rankings, BallenIsles Country Club was not among the top 100. In 2000, BallenIsles made the Platinum Club list at 67; in 2003 BallenIsles advanced to 51; and in 2006, BallenIsles leaped into the top tier of the top 100 premier Platinum Club Country Clubs, and currently ranks as the 17th most highly regarded country club in America. Perhaps more importantly, BallenIsles now also ranks as the fifth most highly thought of residential club community in America.

The 6,000 club managers and club presidents who are surveyed for their views on Platinum excellence are asked to consider five components of a private club: (1) quality of membership, (2) tradition and culture, (3) amenities, (4) governance, and (5) quality of management and staff.

Other Florida clubs achieving Platinum Club rankings include: Boca West Country Club, Boca Raton #7; John’s Island Club, Vero Beach #8; Islesworth Golf & Country Club, Windermere #14; and Ocean Reef Club, Key Largo #16. Behind BallenIsles Country Club are The Club at Admiral’s Cove, Jupiter #24; Jupiter Island Club, Hobe Sound #26; and Frenchman’s Creek Country Club, Palm Beach Gardens #36.

BallenIsles Country Club’s pedigree began in 1963 when John D. MacArthur contracted with the Professional Golf Association to establish a golf headquarters in Florida. The P.G.A was located for ten years on the golf courses which became BallenIsles. The P.G.A. qualifying school, PGA Seniors Championships, and the World Club were held on these courses. Today, club members and their guests of all skill levels enjoy the three 18 hole championship golf courses with competitive and recreational play. BallenIsles golf professional, Annette Thompson, was inducted into the Ladies Professional Golf Association Hall of Fame in 2006. Other instructional Club golf professionals are Michael Hattman, Jeff Fitzherbert, Ken Doherty, Carl Lohren, Bill Andrews, Sang Hwang, and Scott Dietrich.

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The BallenIsles Country Club Tennis and Fitness facility with 23 tennis courts ranks nationally. In 2004, the BallenIsles Country Club Tennis program with Trish Faulkner, Director of Tennis, and Judi Stiff, USPTA Head Professional, was ranked #1 by the USPTA. In 2006, Judi Stiff was voted Tennis Professional of the Year by the USPTA.

Member controlled since 2005, BallenIsles Country Club offers equity Golf, Sport, Tennis, and Social/Fitness Memberships to residents and to a very limited number of non-residents. In addition to sports, the Club provides an extremely active social calendar, Grand Clubhouse, and exquisite dining in three venues. With 1,576 residences, BallenIsles, meaning beautiful islands, is a beautiful established, secure, lush sub-tropical gated community conveniently located in Northern Palm Beach County at the intersection of the Florida Turnpike and PGA Boulevard. For additional information visit http://members.ballenisles.com; contact membership@ballenisles.com, or call (561) 622-0220.

Based upon the consistent rise in the Platinum Club rankings, our perceived excellence, and attractive real estate values, anyone planning to relocate to South Florida might wish to consider BallenIsles. says Cheryll R. Plotkin, Director of Membership Services at BallenIsles Country Club. Realtors in the area are quoted as saying BallenIsles is still the best value in country club living, with three golf courses. A wide range of housing is now available for resale within the BallenIsles community with prices ranging from $498,000 to $4,500,000.

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Michael McCarthy, General Manager and

Chief Operating Officer

BallenIsles Country Club, Inc.

100 BallenIsles Circle

Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418

(561) 622-0220

mmccarthy@ballenisles.com

(561) 626-3941 Fax

Contact: Cheryll R Plotkin, Director of Membership Services (561) 775-4763 or cplotkin@ballenisles.com for photography or information about membership. Note: Michael McCarthy will be leaving BallenIsles on February 15, 2007. Please direct all inquiries to C. Plotkin after that date. Thank you.