Country of Clubs Directory

Country Clubs in Minnesota

Country of Clubs currently tracks 51 active Clubs across 40 cities in Minnesota. Membership costs, access, golf and lifestyle details appear when they are supported by the directory evidence.

The documented Club timeline in Minnesota includes early records such as Town & Country Club (1887), White Bear Yacht Club (1889), and Northland Country Club (1898). Across 43 Clubs with a usable founding year, the median documented founding year is 1923; these dates describe the current directory evidence rather than a complete history of golf in the state.

Active Clubs
51
Detailed profiles
40
Cities represented
40

Club profiles

Minnetrista, MN

Burl Oaks Golf Club

Private2 coursesDining
Initiation
$7,500
Dues
$250 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$7,400Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $5,000 initiation (Full Golf Estimate, effective 2026) + $200 / month dues (Full Golf Estimate, effective 2026). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 coursePoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$50,000
Dues
$7,500 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$55,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $50,000 initiation (Full Golf Estimate, effective 2026) + $5,000 / year dues (Full Golf Estimate, effective 2026).
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Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$50,000
Dues
$1,550 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$68,600Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $50,000 initiation (Unspecified) + $1,550 / month dues (Unspecified, effective 2025).
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Forest Lake, MN

Forest Hills Golf Club

Private1 courseDining
Initiation
$3,000
Dues
$391.25 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$7,695Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $3,000 initiation (Family Or Couple, effective 2026) + $391.25 / month dues (Family Or Couple, effective 2026).
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Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$105,000
Dues
$736 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$113,832Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $105,000 initiation (Unspecified, effective 2026) + $736 / month dues (Unspecified, effective 2026).
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Private2 coursesPoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$1,500
Dues
$545 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$8,040Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $1,500 initiation (Sports, effective 2026) + $545 / month dues (Sports, effective 2026).
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Mendota Heights, MN

Mendakota Country Club

Private1 courseDining
Initiation
$50,000
Dues
$833.33 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$59,999.96Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $50,000 initiation (Golf, effective 2026) + $833.33 / month dues (Golf, effective 2026).
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Private1 courseFitnessDining
Initiation
$25,000
Dues
$600 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$26,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $20,000 initiation (Golf, effective 2026) + $500 / month dues (Golf, effective 2026). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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St. Louis Park, MN

Minneapolis Golf Club

Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$35,000
Dues
$14,400 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$49,400Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $35,000 initiation (Unspecified, effective 2026) + $14,400 / year dues (Unspecified, effective 2026).
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Private1 courseDining
Initiation
$35,000
Dues
$1,185 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$49,220Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $35,000 initiation (Family, effective 2026) + $1,185 / month dues (Family, effective 2026).
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Minnesota Club statisticsOpen the price, access, lifestyle and historical report

State research snapshot

What the Club data shows in Minnesota

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 Minnesota 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

$45,852

Median for 9 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $26,000 and $59,999.96. That is 41.9% above the compatible nationwide median of $32,302.50, calculated from 1,026 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Documented initiation fees

$39,500

Median for 13 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $17,500 and $50,000. That is 58.0% above the compatible nationwide median of $25,000, calculated from 1,262 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Documented monthly dues

$716.67

Median for 10 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $436.25 and $1,035. That is 14.7% above the compatible nationwide median of $625, calculated from 983 records.

Comparable effective years: 2025–2026

Access landscape

How Clubs in Minnesota are accessed

Private membership is the largest documented access group in this sample, representing 84.4% of 45 Clubs with a known access type.

Private membership84.4%
38 Clubs in the state sample · 72.6% of the comparable nationwide sample
Public or municipal6.7%
3 Clubs in the state sample · 3.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Other documented access2.2%
1 Club in the state sample · 10.2% of the comparable nationwide sample
Residential or property-owner2.2%
1 Club in the state sample · 7.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Resort2.2%
1 Club in the state sample · 1.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Semi-private2.2%
1 Club in the state sample · 5.1% of the comparable nationwide sample

Club life

What stands out in Minnesota 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 depth1.11

documented courses per Club across 45 records with a known course count

Multi-course Clubs11.1%

5 Clubs in the state sample compared with 11.4% nationwide

Documented lifestyle combinations

  • Golf, pool and diningDocumented at 24 Clubs
  • Golf, racquets and poolDocumented at 16 Clubs
  • Golf, fitness and diningDocumented at 14 Clubs

Documented timeline

Club history represented in Minnesota

Founding years are currently documented for 43 Club records. The earliest entries and distribution by era are shown below.

  1. Town & Country Club1887
  2. White Bear Yacht Club1889
  3. Northland Country Club1898
Before 192034.9%
15 Clubs
1920–194925.6%
11 Clubs
1950–197918.6%
8 Clubs
1980–199911.6%
5 Clubs
2000–present9.3%
4 Clubs

Documented culture

Recurring Club culture signals in Minnesota

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-first92.7% of 41 researched records
  • Family-oriented61.0% of 41 researched records
  • Socially active56.1% of 41 researched records
  • Traditional53.7% of 41 researched records
  • Community-oriented34.1% of 41 researched records
  • Dining-focused34.1% of 41 researched records