Wellen Park Golf & Country Club is a gated, bundled golf neighborhood developed by Lennar inside Wellen Park, the large master-planned community in Venice, Sarasota County. It is Wellen Park's only bundled golf club neighborhood and is planned for roughly 1,300 condominium, coach, and single-family homes (Wellen Park, May 2023).
The centerpiece is a Gordon Lewis designed 18-hole championship golf course with a pro shop and practice facilities that opened in 2023 for play, with a planned amenity campus that includes a sports club and fitness center, a lagoon-style pool, tennis and pickleball, bocce, and a dog park. A grand clubhouse with dining and event space is scheduled for a later phase, so the amenity package is still being built out (Wellen Park, May 2023).
Because this is bundled golf, the golf membership is part of the HOA structure rather than an optional add-on, which raises the monthly carrying cost relative to a non-golf neighborhood. The home types span condominiums and coach homes through single-family executive and estate homes, so the right pick depends on how much you will use the golf and amenities against the dues you pay regardless.
The pitch is golf-included living inside a walkable master plan with Downtown Wellen, CoolToday Park, and the Gulf beaches nearby. The work is reading the bundled HOA and the CDD assessment, confirming the golf line for the specific home, and buying new construction honestly while the builder still controls release pricing and the clubhouse is pending.