- 64th percentileCost, nationwide
- 7Documented amenities
- 1923Founded
Palos Verdes Golf Club is a private country club in Palos Verdes Estates, California. It is operated by Palos Verdes Golf Club, Inc. / City of Palos Verdes Estates.
It has 1 documented golf course, with amenities including clubhouse, dining, weddings events and other documented facilities.
The initiation fee runs around $49,000, with recurring dues documented below. Documented membership types include golf, family and national memberships.
Culture research describes it as golf-first, traditional and competitive.
The reported documented minimum first-year membership cost for Regular Golf membership is $57,880. That is above the California median of $44,260. Nationwide, it is above the median of $32,285.
Location & Directions
Membership & Golf Access Cost
It is above the California median of $44,260 and higher than about 60% of 101 comparable Clubs there.
The listed initiation fee for Regular Golf membership is $49,000.
The listed monthly membership dues for Regular Golf membership are $740.
Initiation fee
$49,000
Membership dues
$740
These published costs may only apply to a specific membership category, access type or year. Fees, dues, passes, green fees, assessments and availability can change, so confirm current terms with the Club before you commit.
Additional Fees & Minimums
These are charges we found on top of membership dues or golf-access pricing shown above. Add them to your budget if they apply to your membership category or how you plan to use the Club.
Cart or trail fee
$22
Charges can change and may not apply to every member. Confirm the current amount, billing period and membership category directly with the Club.
Membership
Here's what's documented about how to join Palos Verdes Golf Club, including the membership types on offer and what applying involves.
Membership options and availability
- Membership types
- Regular Family Resident; Regular Family Non-Resident; Junior Executive Family; Family 35-39; Senior Family; Associate Single; Clubhouse
- Golf membership
- Yes
- Family membership
- Yes
- National membership
- Yes
Joining requirements
- Application process
- Apply through Palos Verdes Golf Club under the applicable resident/non-resident membership classification.
Amenities & Facilities
Reported amenities at Palos Verdes Golf Club include clubhouse, dining, weddings events and other documented facilities.
- Available amenities
Golf
Golf at Palos Verdes Golf Club includes 1 documented course.
- Courses
- 1
- Course details
- Palos Verdes Golf Clubpar 71
Policies
Documented policies for Palos Verdes Golf Club cover facility schedules. Rules may change by event or season, so confirm before you visit.
- Operating hours
- daily after 2:00 p.m. A valid California driver's license and either a copy of a valid property tax b
Club Culture & Public Commentary
This section shows what published articles and reviews say about the social atmosphere at this Club, so you can get a sense of the culture before you apply. It only appears when we found real evidence to back it up.
This documented Culture trait is shared by about 14.2% of 260 researched California Club records.
- Golf-first
- Traditional
- Competitive
Culture context
A traditional, golf-first club with a strong competitive identity rooted in a classic Golden Age course.
Club History
How long Palos Verdes Golf Club has been around and what's shaped it, based on published sources. A well-documented history can be a sign of stability, but it doesn't tell you about today's management or member experience.
The Palos Verdes golf course took shape in 1923 as part of the larger Palos Verdes Project.
Palos Verdes Golf Club opened for play on November 15, 1924.
Additional Club Details
Palos Verdes Golf Club is operated by Palos Verdes Golf Club, Inc. / City of Palos Verdes Estates.
- Ownership or operator
- Palos Verdes Golf Club, Inc. / City of Palos Verdes Estates
Additional statistics
Additional Statistics
Every state and national benchmark we have enough research behind to show for Palos Verdes Golf Club: price, age, golf, access and amenities, compared against other Clubs in California and nationwide. A few of the most decision-relevant ones are already called out next to their facts earlier on this page; this section has the complete picture, using only facts we have enough research behind to compare fairly.
Membership market position
First-year membership cost comparison
The reported documented minimum first-year membership cost for Regular Golf membership is $57,880. It is above the California median of $44,260 and is higher than approximately 60% of 101 compatible peer records. It is above the nationwide median of $32,285 and is higher than approximately 64% of 1025 compatible peer records.
Find Clubs within this first-year budgetClub age context
Founded in 1923
That represents about 103 years of documented history. The Club predates approximately 84% of 272 other California Club records with a usable founding year and 71% of 3523 compatible records nationwide. The documented median founding years are 1965 in California and 1960 nationwide.
Documented Club profile
Golf, fitness and dining
This combination is also documented at 180 other California Clubs and 1471 other Club records nationwide.
Find Clubs with this combinationClub culture
Competitive
This documented Culture trait is shared by 14.2% of 260 researched California Club records and 14.3% of 3402 researched records nationwide.
Find Clubs with this culture traitBlank or unresearched fields are excluded, the number of Clubs compared varies by fact, and this Club is never counted in its own comparison group. These are benchmarks from our own directory, not market-wide estimates, so treat them as directional rather than exact.
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Sources & Verification
These are the sources behind the facts above. Check them yourself before making a decision, since some information may have changed since it was published.
- ultimatemembership.pro Pricing SourceSupports: Membership & access pricing
- www.pvgc.com Cost SourceSupports: Additional fees
- www.hessionchallenge.com Research SourceSupports: Club history
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- www.golfdigest.com Research SourceSupports: General research
- www.hole19golf.com Research SourceSupports: General research
- www.pvgc.com Research SourceSupports: General research
- www.pvgc.com Research SourceSupports: General research
- www.pvgc.com Research SourceSupports: General research
What people discuss
Golf Digest panelists and Hole19 reviewers are strongly positive about Palos Verdes, repeatedly citing the course's strategic design, conditioning, ocean views and challenge. The public review signal is consistently favorable, with the main caution being that the hilly terrain plays tougher and longer than the scorecard suggests.
This is what people commonly say about this Club in public reviews and articles, not a member survey or a rating from us. Weigh it alongside the facts above, not in place of them.