Country of Clubs Directory

Country Clubs in Arizona

Country of Clubs currently tracks 97 active Clubs across 35 cities in Arizona. Membership costs, access, golf and lifestyle details appear when they are supported by the directory evidence.

The documented Club timeline in Arizona includes early records such as Phoenix Country Club (1899), The Arizona Country Club (1909), and Capital Canyon Club (1919). Across 79 Clubs with a usable founding year, the median documented founding year is 1985; these dates describe the current directory evidence rather than a complete history of golf in the state.

Active Clubs
97
Detailed profiles
80
Cities represented
35

Club profiles

Private1 courseDining
Initiation
$37,500.50
Dues
$12,500.50 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$35,002Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $25,001 initiation (Full Golf Estimated Range, effective 2025) + $10,001 / year dues (Full Golf Estimated Range, effective 2025). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.

Scottsdale, AZ

Ancala Country Club

Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$35,000
Dues
$1,165 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$48,980Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $35,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2024) + $1,165 / month dues (Full Golf, effective 2024).
Residential Private2 coursesPoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$21,000
Dues
$856 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$31,272Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $21,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2019) + $856 / month dues (Full Golf, effective 2019).
Private Parent Club Course Component1 course
Initiation
$10,000
Dues
$500 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$16,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $10,000 initiation (Parent Club Individual Golf, effective 2026) + $500 / month dues (Parent Club Individual Golf, effective 2026).
Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$17,500.50
Dues
$7,500.50 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$15,002Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $10,001 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2026) + $5,001 / year dues (Full Golf, effective 2026). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.

Sun City West, AZ

Briarwood Country Club

Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$1,250
Dues
$7,500.50 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$5,001Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $0 initiation (Unspecified) + $5,001 / year dues (Unspecified). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$5,000
Dues
$625 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$12,500Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $5,000 initiation (Frontier Full Golf, effective 2017) + $625 / month dues (Frontier Full Golf, effective 2017).

Sun City West, AZ

Corte Bella Golf Club

Semi Private Member Focused1 courseDining
Initiation
$15,000
Dues
$600 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$16,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $10,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2026) + $500 / month dues (Full Golf, effective 2026). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$1,250
Dues
$2,500 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$0Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $0 initiation (Golf Membership Range, effective 2026) + $0 / year dues (Golf Membership Range, effective 2026). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
Private1 courseDining
Initiation
$0
Dues
$4,050 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$4,050Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $0 initiation (Unlimited Annual Golf Card, effective 2026) + $4,050 / year dues (Unlimited Annual Golf Card, effective 2026).
Private1 courseDining
Initiation
$62,500.50
Dues
$12,500.50 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$60,002Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $50,001 initiation (Golf Membership Range, effective 2026) + $10,001 / year dues (Golf Membership Range, effective 2026). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
Private1 coursePoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$205,000
Dues
$1,925 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$228,100Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $205,000 initiation (Property Owner Membership Total Monthly Fees, effective 2026) + $1,925 / month dues (Property Owner Membership Total Monthly Fees, effective 2026).

Green Valley, AZ

Desert Hills Golf Club

Private1 courseDining
Initiation
$1,250
Dues
$2,500 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$0Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $0 initiation (Golf Membership) + $0 / year dues (Golf Membership). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
Residential Private7 coursesPoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$250,000
Dues
$2,472 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$279,664Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $250,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2026) + $2,472 / month dues (Full Golf, effective 2026).
Arizona Club statisticsOpen the price, access, lifestyle and historical report

State research snapshot

What the Club data shows in Arizona

This report turns the currently documented Club records into comparable state-level context while keeping missing information out of the calculations.

Membership market

How documented Club costs in Arizona compare

These benchmarks compare recent records with the same fee type, currency, billing period and membership category. They provide market context, not a quotation for every Club.

Documented minimum first-year cost

$54,800

Median for 37 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $17,100 and $134,440. That is 69.6% above the compatible nationwide median of $32,302.50, calculated from 1,026 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Documented initiation fees

$45,000

Median for 43 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $10,000 and $113,750. That is 80.0% above the compatible nationwide median of $25,000, calculated from 1,262 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Documented monthly dues

$1,000

Median for 31 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $559 and $1,512.50. That is 60.0% above the compatible nationwide median of $625, calculated from 983 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Access landscape

How Clubs in Arizona are accessed

Private membership is the largest documented access group in this sample, representing 43.3% of 90 Clubs with a known access type.

Private membership43.3%
39 Clubs in the state sample · 72.6% of the comparable nationwide sample
Other documented access20.0%
18 Clubs in the state sample · 10.2% of the comparable nationwide sample
Residential or property-owner20.0%
18 Clubs in the state sample · 7.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Public or municipal6.7%
6 Clubs in the state sample · 3.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Semi-private6.7%
6 Clubs in the state sample · 5.1% of the comparable nationwide sample
Resort3.3%
3 Clubs in the state sample · 1.3% of the comparable nationwide sample

Club life

What stands out in Arizona Club life

Only meaningful, adequately sampled differences from the nationwide Club data appear as percentages. Positive-only amenity evidence is reported as a documented count, never treated as proof that other Clubs lack the feature.

Golf depth1.49

documented courses per Club across 90 records with a known course count

Multi-course Clubs30.0%

27 Clubs in the state sample compared with 11.4% nationwide

Documented lifestyle combinations

  • Golf, pool and diningDocumented at 59 Clubs
  • Golf, fitness and diningDocumented at 58 Clubs
  • Golf, racquets and poolDocumented at 57 Clubs

Documented timeline

Club history represented in Arizona

Founding years are currently documented for 79 Club records. The earliest entries and distribution by era are shown below.

  1. Phoenix Country Club1899
  2. The Arizona Country Club1909
  3. Capital Canyon Club1919
Before 19203.8%
3 Clubs
1920–19492.5%
2 Clubs
1950–197930.4%
24 Clubs
1980–199943.0%
34 Clubs
2000–present20.3%
16 Clubs

Documented culture

Recurring Club culture signals in Arizona

Culture labels appear only when supported by researched Club evidence and should not be read as a judgment of every Club in the state.

  • Golf-first92.6% of 81 researched records
  • Socially active55.6% of 81 researched records
  • Residential community49.4% of 81 researched records
  • Wellness-focused42.0% of 81 researched records
  • Relaxed40.7% of 81 researched records
  • Racquets-focused28.4% of 81 researched records