Country of Clubs Directory

Country Clubs in New Jersey

Country of Clubs currently tracks 136 active Clubs across 102 cities in New Jersey. Membership costs, access, golf and lifestyle details appear when they are supported by the directory evidence.

The documented Club timeline in New Jersey includes early records such as Essex County Country Club (1887), Watchung Valley Golf Club (1889), and Plainfield Country Club (1890). Across 117 Clubs with a usable founding year, the median documented founding year is 1929; these dates describe the current directory evidence rather than a complete history of golf in the state.

Active Clubs
136
Detailed profiles
92
Cities represented
102

Club profiles

Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$65,000
Dues
$19,000 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$84,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $65,000 initiation (Full Membership Reported, effective 2019) + $19,000 / year dues (Full Membership Reported, effective 2019).
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Springfield, NJ

Baltusrol Golf Club

Private2 coursesDining
Initiation
$150,000
Dues
$18,500 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$168,500Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $150,000 initiation (Unspecified, effective 2026) + $18,500 / year dues (Unspecified, effective 2026).
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Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$14,000
Dues
$938.54 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$19,751Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $14,000 initiation (Unspecified) + $479.25 / month dues (Unspecified).
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Private1 courseDining
Initiation
$112,500
Dues
$938.54 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$80,751Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $75,000 initiation (Unspecified, effective 2026) + $479.25 / month dues (Unspecified). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Atlantic Highlands, NJ

Beacon Hill Country Club

Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$50,000
Dues
$13,900 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$63,900Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $50,000 initiation (Unspecified, effective 2025) + $13,900 / year dues (Unspecified, effective 2025).
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Florham Park, NJ

Brooklake Country Club

Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$250,000
Dues
$3,000 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$286,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $250,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2026) + $3,000 / month dues (Full Golf, effective 2026).
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Private2 coursesPoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$75,000
Dues
$1,600 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$64,400Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $50,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2026) + $1,200 / month dues (Full Golf, effective 2026). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 coursePoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$1,000
Dues
$357.50 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$3,880Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $1,000 initiation (Sports Fitness Or Social, effective 2026) + $240 / month dues (Sports Fitness Or Social, effective 2026).
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Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$10,000
Dues
$500 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$16,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $10,000 initiation (Golf) + $500 / month dues (Golf).
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Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$15,000
Dues
$9,000 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$24,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $15,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2026) + $9,000 / year dues (Full Golf, effective 2026).
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West Orange, NJ

Crestmont Country Club

Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$40,000
Dues
$22,000 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$62,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $40,000 initiation (Full Membership) + $22,000 / year dues (Full Membership).
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Private Residential1 course
Initiation
$0
Dues
$533 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$6,396Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $0 initiation (Resident Hoa Golf Access, effective 2026) + $533 / month dues (Resident Hoa Golf Access, effective 2026).
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Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$42,500
Dues
$11,500 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$33,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $25,000 initiation (Golf Membership, effective 2026) + $8,000 / year dues (Golf Membership, effective 2026). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$55,000
Dues
$13,000 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$68,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $55,000 initiation (Golf Membership) + $13,000 / year dues (Golf Membership).
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River Vale, NJ

Edgewood Country Club

Private1 coursePoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$200,000
Dues
$10,000 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$110,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $100,000 initiation (Full Golf) + $10,000 / year dues (Full Golf). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$35,000
Dues
$1,000 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$47,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $35,000 initiation (Unspecified, effective 2026) + $1,000 / month dues (Unspecified, effective 2026).
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New Jersey Club statisticsOpen the price, access, lifestyle and historical report

State research snapshot

What the Club data shows in New Jersey

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 New Jersey 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

$49,999.98

Median for 28 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $22,683.25 and $64,550. That is 54.8% above the compatible nationwide median of $32,302.50, calculated from 1,026 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Documented initiation fees

$40,000

Median for 30 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $15,000 and $75,000. That is 60.0% above the compatible nationwide median of $25,000, calculated from 1,262 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Documented monthly dues

$739

Median for 30 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $358.50 and $1,489.58. That is 18.2% above the compatible nationwide median of $625, calculated from 983 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Access landscape

How Clubs in New Jersey are accessed

Private membership is the largest documented access group in this sample, representing 78.1% of 128 Clubs with a known access type.

Private membership78.1%
100 Clubs in the state sample · 72.6% of the comparable nationwide sample
Other documented access12.5%
16 Clubs in the state sample · 10.2% of the comparable nationwide sample
Residential or property-owner6.3%
8 Clubs in the state sample · 7.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Public or municipal2.3%
3 Clubs in the state sample · 3.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Semi-private0.8%
1 Club in the state sample · 5.1% of the comparable nationwide sample

Club life

What stands out in New Jersey 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 depth1.14

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

Multi-course Clubs8.6%

11 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 50 Clubs
  • Golf, fitness and diningDocumented at 27 Clubs

Documented timeline

Club history represented in New Jersey

Founding years are currently documented for 117 Club records. The earliest entries and distribution by era are shown below.

  1. Essex County Country Club1887
  2. Watchung Valley Golf Club1889
  3. Plainfield Country Club1890
Before 192036.8%
43 Clubs
1920–194915.4%
18 Clubs
1950–197922.2%
26 Clubs
1980–199916.2%
19 Clubs
2000–present9.4%
11 Clubs

Documented culture

Recurring Club culture signals in New Jersey

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-first94.4% of 108 researched records
  • Family-oriented55.6% of 108 researched records
  • Socially active55.6% of 108 researched records
  • Traditional47.2% of 108 researched records
  • Dining-focused40.7% of 108 researched records
  • Racquets-focused31.5% of 108 researched records