Country of Clubs Directory

Country Clubs in Massachusetts

Country of Clubs currently tracks 130 active Clubs across 99 cities in Massachusetts. Membership costs, access, golf and lifestyle details appear when they are supported by the directory evidence.

The documented Club timeline in Massachusetts includes early records such as Duxbury Yacht Club (1875), Vesper Country Club (1875), and Myopia Hunt Club (1882). Across 124 Clubs with a usable founding year, the median documented founding year is 1918; these dates describe the current directory evidence rather than a complete history of golf in the state.

Active Clubs
130
Detailed profiles
106
Cities represented
99

Club profiles

Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$13,500
Dues
$6,956.50 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$18,011Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $12,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2026) + $6,011 / year dues (Full Golf, effective 2026). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 coursePoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$95,000
Dues
$25,000 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$120,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $95,000 initiation (Full, effective 2025) + $25,000 / year dues (Full, effective 2025).
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Private2 coursesPoolDining
Initiation
$10,000
Dues
$917 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$21,004Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $10,000 initiation (Full Golf Estimate, effective 2026) + $917 / month dues (Full Golf Estimate, effective 2026).
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Hingham, MA

Boston Golf Club

Private1 courseDining
Initiation
$375,000
Dues
$22,500 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$265,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $250,000 initiation (Full Golf Unspecified) + $15,000 / year dues (Full Golf Unspecified). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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West Newton, MA

Brae Burn Country Club

Private2 coursesPoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$112,500
Dues
$19,500 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$89,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $75,000 initiation (Golf Membership, effective 2026) + $14,000 / year dues (Golf Membership, effective 2026). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 courseDining
Initiation
$75,000
Dues
$20,000 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$65,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $50,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2026) + $15,000 / year dues (Full Golf, effective 2026). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Southbridge, MA

Cohasse Golf Club

Semi Private1 courseDining
Initiation
$1,000
Dues
$3,525 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$1,200Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $500 initiation (Executive Reference, effective 2026) + $700 / year dues (Executive Reference, effective 2026). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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North Dartmouth, MA

Country Club of New Bedford

Private1 courseFitnessDining
Initiation
$7,500
Dues
$5,700 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$13,200Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $7,500 initiation (Class A Full Golf, effective 2026) + $5,700 / year dues (Class A Full Golf, effective 2026).
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Yarmouth Port, MA

Cummaquid Golf Club

Private1 courseDining
Initiation
$10,000
Dues
$4,500 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$14,500Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $10,000 initiation (Full Golf Historical, effective 2021) + $4,500 / year dues (Full Golf Historical, effective 2021).
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Private1 coursePoolPickleballDining
Initiation
$250,000
Dues
$20,000 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$270,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $250,000 initiation (Full Golf Estimate, effective 2026) + $20,000 / year dues (Full Golf Estimate, effective 2026).
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Massachusetts Club statisticsOpen the price, access, lifestyle and historical report

State research snapshot

What the Club data shows in Massachusetts

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 Massachusetts 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

$37,251.02

Median for 40 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $13,799.97 and $95,882.01. That is 15.3% above the compatible nationwide median of $32,302.50, calculated from 1,026 records.

Comparable effective years: 2025–2026

Documented initiation fees

$35,000

Median for 46 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $8,125 and $85,625. That is 40.0% above the compatible nationwide median of $25,000, calculated from 1,262 records.

Comparable effective years: 2025–2026

Documented monthly dues

$627.50

Median for 24 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $362.50 and $1,041.68. That is near the compatible nationwide median of $625, calculated from 983 records.

Comparable effective years: 2026

Access landscape

How Clubs in Massachusetts are accessed

Private membership is the largest documented access group in this sample, representing 82.8% of 128 Clubs with a known access type.

Private membership82.8%
106 Clubs in the state sample · 72.6% of the comparable nationwide sample
Other documented access9.4%
12 Clubs in the state sample · 10.2% of the comparable nationwide sample
Residential or property-owner3.1%
4 Clubs in the state sample · 7.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Semi-private3.1%
4 Clubs in the state sample · 5.1% of the comparable nationwide sample
Public or municipal1.6%
2 Clubs in the state sample · 3.3% of the comparable nationwide sample

Club life

What stands out in Massachusetts 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 depth1.06

documented courses per Club across 128 records with a known course count

Multi-course Clubs5.5%

7 Clubs in the state sample compared with 11.1% nationwide

Documented lifestyle combinations

  • Golf, pool and diningDocumented at 53 Clubs
  • Golf, racquets and poolDocumented at 44 Clubs
  • Golf, fitness and diningDocumented at 26 Clubs

Documented timeline

Club history represented in Massachusetts

Founding years are currently documented for 124 Club records. The earliest entries and distribution by era are shown below.

  1. Duxbury Yacht Club1875
  2. Vesper Country Club1875
  3. Myopia Hunt Club1882
Before 192052.4%
65 Clubs
1920–194916.9%
21 Clubs
1950–19799.7%
12 Clubs
1980–199910.5%
13 Clubs
2000–present10.5%
13 Clubs

Documented culture

Recurring Club culture signals in Massachusetts

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-first91.3% of 115 researched records
  • Traditional59.1% of 115 researched records
  • Socially active50.4% of 115 researched records
  • Family-oriented48.7% of 115 researched records
  • Dining-focused36.5% of 115 researched records
  • Racquets-focused30.4% of 115 researched records