Country of Clubs Directory

Country Clubs in California

Country of Clubs currently tracks 312 active Clubs across 182 cities in California. Membership costs, access, golf and lifestyle details appear when they are supported by the directory evidence.

The documented Club timeline in California includes early records such as Burlingame Country Club (1893), San Francisco Golf Club (1895), and Redlands Country Club (1896). Across 273 Clubs with a usable founding year, the median documented founding year is 1965; these dates describe the current directory evidence rather than a complete history of golf in the state.

Active Clubs
312
Detailed profiles
255
Cities represented
182

Club profiles

Private1 courseFitnessDining
Initiation
$20,000
Dues
$1,260 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$35,120Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $20,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2024) + $1,260 / month dues (Full Golf, effective 2024).
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Private1 courseDining
Initiation
$50,000
Dues
$18,000 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$68,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $50,000 initiation (Full Golf) + $18,000 / year dues (Full Golf).
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Semi Private1 coursePoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$0
Dues
$6,325 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$6,325Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $0 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2026) + $6,325 / year dues (Full Golf, effective 2026).
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San Bernardino, CA

Arrowhead Country Club

Semi Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$187.50
Dues
$162.50 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$1,975Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $175 initiation (Single Or Family, effective 2025) + $150 / month dues (Single Or Family, effective 2025). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$20,000
Dues
$990 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$31,880Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $20,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2024) + $990 / month dues (Full Golf, effective 2024).
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Los Angeles, CA

Bel-Air Country Club

Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$275,000
Dues
$10,000 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$285,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $275,000 initiation (Unspecified, effective 2025) + $10,000 / year dues (Unspecified, effective 2026).
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Private3 coursesDining
Initiation
$5,000
Dues
$860 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$15,320Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $5,000 initiation (Family Golf, effective 2024) + $860 / month dues (Family Golf, effective 2024).
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Private3 coursesPoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$30,000
Dues
$1,337.50 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$44,760Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $30,000 initiation (Full Golf) + $1,230 / month dues (Full Golf).
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Palm Desert, CA

BIGHORN Golf Club

Private2 coursesPoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$275,000
Dues
$38,460 / year
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Private1 courseFitnessDining
Initiation
$125,000
Dues
$1,090 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$138,080Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $125,000 initiation (Resident Membership, effective 2025) + $1,090 / month dues (Resident Membership, effective 2025).
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California Club statisticsOpen the price, access, lifestyle and historical report

State research snapshot

What the Club data shows in California

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 California 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

$44,630

Median for 102 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $25,089.97 and $114,255. That is 38.2% above the compatible nationwide median of $32,302.50, calculated from 1,026 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Documented initiation fees

$32,500

Median for 124 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $14,999.88 and $83,750. That is 30.0% above the compatible nationwide median of $25,000, calculated from 1,262 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Documented monthly dues

$990

Median for 99 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $527.50 and $1,452.50. That is 58.4% above the compatible nationwide median of $625, calculated from 983 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Access landscape

How Clubs in California are accessed

Private membership is the largest documented access group in this sample, representing 63.4% of 298 Clubs with a known access type.

Private membership63.4%
189 Clubs in the state sample · 72.6% of the comparable nationwide sample
Other documented access15.4%
46 Clubs in the state sample · 10.2% of the comparable nationwide sample
Residential or property-owner14.4%
43 Clubs in the state sample · 7.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Public or municipal2.7%
8 Clubs in the state sample · 3.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Semi-private2.7%
8 Clubs in the state sample · 5.1% of the comparable nationwide sample
Resort1.3%
4 Clubs in the state sample · 1.3% of the comparable nationwide sample

Club life

What stands out in California 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 depth1.17

documented courses per Club across 298 records with a known course count

Multi-course Clubs14.1%

42 Clubs in the state sample compared with 11.4% nationwide

Documented lifestyle combinations

  • Golf, pool and diningDocumented at 190 Clubs
  • Golf, fitness and diningDocumented at 190 Clubs
  • Golf, racquets and poolDocumented at 166 Clubs

Documented timeline

Club history represented in California

Founding years are currently documented for 273 Club records. The earliest entries and distribution by era are shown below.

  1. Burlingame Country Club1893
  2. San Francisco Golf Club1895
  3. Redlands Country Club1896
Before 192011.0%
30 Clubs
1920–194915.8%
43 Clubs
1950–197941.0%
112 Clubs
1980–199922.7%
62 Clubs
2000–present9.5%
26 Clubs

Documented culture

Recurring Club culture signals in California

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-first90.4% of 261 researched records
  • Socially active61.7% of 261 researched records
  • Family-oriented43.7% of 261 researched records
  • Dining-focused40.6% of 261 researched records
  • Racquets-focused33.7% of 261 researched records
  • Wellness-focused32.6% of 261 researched records