Country of Clubs Directory

Country Clubs in New York

Country of Clubs currently tracks 218 active Clubs across 169 cities in New York. Membership costs, access, golf and lifestyle details appear when they are supported by the directory evidence.

The documented Club timeline in New York includes early records such as The Rockaway Hunting Club (1878), Meadow Brook Club (1881), and Powelton Club The (1882). Across 198 Clubs with a usable founding year, the median documented founding year is 1921; these dates describe the current directory evidence rather than a complete history of golf in the state.

Active Clubs
218
Detailed profiles
167
Cities represented
169

Club profiles

Saint Huberts, NY

Ausable Club

Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$15,000
Dues
$7,000 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$22,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $15,000 initiation (Unspecified, effective 2023) + $7,000 / year dues (Unspecified, effective 2023).
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Rye Brook, NY

Blind Brook Club

Private1 course
Initiation
$375,000
Dues
$40,000 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$280,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $250,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2026) + $30,000 / year dues (Full Golf, effective 2026). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$85,000
Dues
$20,185 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$105,185Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $85,000 initiation (Regular, effective 2026) + $20,185 / year dues (Regular, effective 2026).
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Private1 coursePoolPickleballDining
Initiation
$37,500
Dues
$600 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$29,800Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $25,000 initiation (Unspecified) + $400 / month dues (Unspecified). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
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 (Unspecified) + $15,000 / year dues (Unspecified). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 coursePoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$40,000
Dues
$10,600 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$50,600Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $40,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2026) + $10,600 / year dues (Full Golf, effective 2026).
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Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$100,000
Dues
$1,500 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$118,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $100,000 initiation (Full Golf) + $1,500 / month dues (Full Golf).
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New York Club statisticsOpen the price, access, lifestyle and historical report

State research snapshot

What the Club data shows in New York

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 York 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

$24,300

Median for 45 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $12,922 and $57,800. That is 24.8% below the compatible nationwide median of $32,302.50, calculated from 1,026 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Documented initiation fees

$15,000

Median for 55 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $1,750 and $48,750. That is 40.0% below the compatible nationwide median of $25,000, calculated from 1,262 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Documented monthly dues

$830.08

Median for 42 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $500 and $1,250. That is 32.8% above the compatible nationwide median of $625, calculated from 983 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Access landscape

How Clubs in New York are accessed

Private membership is the largest documented access group in this sample, representing 84.7% of 209 Clubs with a known access type.

Private membership84.7%
177 Clubs in the state sample · 72.6% of the comparable nationwide sample
Other documented access6.2%
13 Clubs in the state sample · 10.2% of the comparable nationwide sample
Semi-private4.3%
9 Clubs in the state sample · 5.1% of the comparable nationwide sample
Residential or property-owner2.4%
5 Clubs in the state sample · 7.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Public or municipal1.9%
4 Clubs in the state sample · 3.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Resort0.5%
1 Club in the state sample · 1.3% of the comparable nationwide sample

Club life

What stands out in New York 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 depth1.07

documented courses per Club across 209 records with a known course count

Multi-course Clubs5.3%

11 Clubs in the state sample compared with 11.1% nationwide

Documented lifestyle combinations

  • Golf, pool and diningDocumented at 112 Clubs
  • Golf, racquets and poolDocumented at 97 Clubs
  • Golf, fitness and diningDocumented at 49 Clubs

Documented timeline

Club history represented in New York

Founding years are currently documented for 198 Club records. The earliest entries and distribution by era are shown below.

  1. The Rockaway Hunting Club1878
  2. Meadow Brook Club1881
  3. Powelton Club The1882
Before 192047.0%
93 Clubs
1920–194926.8%
53 Clubs
1950–197916.2%
32 Clubs
1980–19994.5%
9 Clubs
2000–present5.6%
11 Clubs

Documented culture

Recurring Club culture signals in New York

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-first93.2% of 191 researched records
  • Traditional59.7% of 191 researched records
  • Family-oriented51.3% of 191 researched records
  • Socially active47.6% of 191 researched records
  • Dining-focused36.1% of 191 researched records
  • Racquets-focused32.5% of 191 researched records