Country of Clubs Directory

Country Clubs in Montana

Country of Clubs currently tracks 25 active Clubs across 17 cities in Montana. Membership costs, access, golf and lifestyle details appear when they are supported by the directory evidence.

The documented Club timeline in Montana includes early records such as Butte Country Club (1899), Yellowstone Country Club (1914), and Missoula Country Club (1916). Across 19 Clubs with a usable founding year, the median documented founding year is 1959; these dates describe the current directory evidence rather than a complete history of golf in the state.

Active Clubs
25
Detailed profiles
18
Cities represented
17

Club profiles

Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$17,500
Dues
$450 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$13,600Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $10,000 initiation (Full Golf) + $300 / month dues (Full Golf). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$7,500
Dues
$410 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$12,420Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $7,500 initiation (Resident Approximate, effective 2026) + $410 / month dues (Resident Approximate, effective 2026).
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Billings, MT

Hilands Golf Club

Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$10,000
Dues
$5,500 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$9,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $5,000 initiation (Golf) + $4,000 / year dues (Golf). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 coursePoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$300,000
Dues
$24,000 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$324,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $300,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2026) + $24,000 / year dues (Full Golf, effective 2026).
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Columbia Falls, MT

Meadow Lake Golf Course

Public1 course
Initiation
$0
Dues
$91.67 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$1,100.04Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $0 initiation (Individual Season Pass, effective 2025) + $91.67 / month dues (Individual Season Pass, effective 2025).
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Private1 course
Initiation
$5,000
Dues
$500 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$11,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $5,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2026) + $500 / month dues (Full Golf, effective 2026).
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Private1 course
Initiation
$30,000
Dues
$8,000 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$31,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $25,000 initiation (Unspecified, effective 2026) + $6,000 / year dues (Unspecified, effective 2026). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 course
Initiation
$15,000
Dues
$618 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$22,416Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $15,000 initiation (Couple Family, effective 2026) + $618 / month dues (Couple Family, effective 2026).
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Private Residential1 course
Initiation
$750,000
Dues
$3,125 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$524,999.96Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $500,000 initiation (National, effective 2026) + $2,083.33 / month dues (National, effective 2026). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Hamilton, MT

Stock Farm

Residential Private1 course
Initiation
$125,000
Dues
$21,984 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$146,984Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $125,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2025) + $21,984 / year dues (Full Golf, effective 2025).
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Private1 course
Initiation
$4,200
Dues
$390 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$8,880Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $4,200 initiation (Proprietary Family, effective 2026) + $390 / month dues (Proprietary Family, effective 2026).
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Missoula, MT

The Ranch Club

Private1 course
Initiation
$3,750
Dues
$6,000 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$4,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $0 initiation (Golf Membership) + $4,000 / year dues (Golf Membership). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Montana Club statisticsOpen the price, access, lifestyle and historical report

State research snapshot

What the Club data shows in Montana

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 Montana 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

$146,984

Median for 5 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $11,000 and $324,000. That is 355.0% above the compatible nationwide median of $32,302.50, calculated from 1,026 records.

Comparable effective years: 2025–2026

Documented initiation fees

$125,000

Median for 5 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $5,000 and $300,000. That is 400.0% above the compatible nationwide median of $25,000, calculated from 1,262 records.

Comparable effective years: 2025–2026

Documented monthly dues

$500

Median for 5 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $235 and $1,100. That is 20.0% below the compatible nationwide median of $625, calculated from 983 records.

Comparable effective years: 2025–2026

Access landscape

How Clubs in Montana are accessed

Private membership is the largest documented access group in this sample, representing 56.5% of 23 Clubs with a known access type.

Private membership56.5%
13 Clubs in the state sample · 72.6% of the comparable nationwide sample
Other documented access13.0%
3 Clubs in the state sample · 10.2% of the comparable nationwide sample
Residential or property-owner13.0%
3 Clubs in the state sample · 7.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Public or municipal8.7%
2 Clubs in the state sample · 3.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Semi-private8.7%
2 Clubs in the state sample · 5.1% of the comparable nationwide sample

Club life

What stands out in Montana 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 depth1.00

documented courses per Club across 23 records with a known course count

Multi-course Clubs0.0%

0 Clubs in the state sample compared with 11.1% nationwide

Documented lifestyle combinations

  • Golf, pool and diningDocumented at 15 Clubs
  • Golf, fitness and diningDocumented at 11 Clubs
  • Golf, racquets and poolDocumented at 7 Clubs

Documented timeline

Club history represented in Montana

Founding years are currently documented for 19 Club records. The earliest entries and distribution by era are shown below.

  1. Butte Country Club1899
  2. Yellowstone Country Club1914
  3. Missoula Country Club1916
Before 192021.1%
4 Clubs
1920–194921.1%
4 Clubs
1950–197926.3%
5 Clubs
1980–199910.5%
2 Clubs
2000–present21.1%
4 Clubs

Documented culture

Recurring Club culture signals in Montana

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-first83.3% of 18 researched records
  • Socially active61.1% of 18 researched records
  • Family-oriented44.4% of 18 researched records
  • Dining-focused38.9% of 18 researched records
  • Resort-style38.9% of 18 researched records
  • Traditional33.3% of 18 researched records