Country of Clubs Directory

Country Clubs in Ohio

Country of Clubs currently tracks 141 active Clubs across 95 cities in Ohio. Membership costs, access, golf and lifestyle details appear when they are supported by the directory evidence.

The documented Club timeline in Ohio includes early records such as Belmont Hills Country Club (1881), The Country Club (1889), and Congress Lake Golf Club (1892). Across 124 Clubs with a usable founding year, the median documented founding year is 1925; these dates describe the current directory evidence rather than a complete history of golf in the state.

Active Clubs
141
Detailed profiles
102
Cities represented
95

Club profiles

Private1 coursePoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$50,000
Dues
$1,000 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$62,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $50,000 initiation (Full Golf) + $1,000 / month dues (Full Golf).
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Cincinnati, OH

Camargo Club

Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$85,000
Dues
$750 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$91,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $85,000 initiation (Regular, effective 2026) + $500 / month dues (Regular, effective 2026).
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Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$50,000
Dues
$1,000 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$62,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $50,000 initiation (Golf Membership, effective 2026) + $1,000 / month dues (Golf Membership, effective 2026).
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Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$5,500
Dues
$550 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$7,700Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $3,500 initiation (Individual To Family Golf) + $350 / month dues (Individual To Family Golf). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$60,000
Dues
$12,924 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$72,924Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $60,000 initiation (Full Membership, effective 2024) + $12,924 / year dues (Full Membership, effective 2024).
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Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$2,500
Dues
$7,500 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$10,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $2,500 initiation (Golf Family, effective 2024) + $7,500 / year dues (Golf Family, effective 2024).
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Private2 coursesPoolPickleballDining
Initiation
$17,500
Dues
$750 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$26,500Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $17,500 initiation (Full Golf Member Reported, effective 2025) + $750 / month dues (Full Golf Member Reported, effective 2025).
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Ohio Club statisticsOpen the price, access, lifestyle and historical report

State research snapshot

What the Club data shows in Ohio

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 Ohio 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

$17,500

Median for 31 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $9,500 and $62,000. That is 45.8% below the compatible nationwide median of $32,302.50, calculated from 1,026 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Documented initiation fees

$10,000

Median for 37 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $2,500 and $40,000. That is 60.0% below the compatible nationwide median of $25,000, calculated from 1,262 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Documented monthly dues

$495

Median for 35 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $319.96 and $750. That is 20.8% below the compatible nationwide median of $625, calculated from 983 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Access landscape

How Clubs in Ohio are accessed

Private membership is the largest documented access group in this sample, representing 83.5% of 133 Clubs with a known access type.

Private membership83.5%
111 Clubs in the state sample · 72.6% of the comparable nationwide sample
Other documented access6.8%
9 Clubs in the state sample · 10.2% of the comparable nationwide sample
Public or municipal5.3%
7 Clubs in the state sample · 3.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Semi-private4.5%
6 Clubs in the state sample · 5.1% of the comparable nationwide sample

Club life

What stands out in Ohio 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 depth1.08

documented courses per Club across 133 records with a known course count

Multi-course Clubs6.8%

9 Clubs in the state sample compared with 11.1% nationwide

Documented lifestyle combinations

  • Golf, pool and diningDocumented at 95 Clubs
  • Golf, racquets and poolDocumented at 64 Clubs
  • Golf, fitness and diningDocumented at 51 Clubs

Documented timeline

Club history represented in Ohio

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

  1. Belmont Hills Country Club1881
  2. The Country Club1889
  3. Congress Lake Golf Club1892
Before 192032.3%
40 Clubs
1920–194929.0%
36 Clubs
1950–197918.5%
23 Clubs
1980–199914.5%
18 Clubs
2000–present5.6%
7 Clubs

Documented culture

Recurring Club culture signals in Ohio

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-first96.6% of 119 researched records
  • Family-oriented62.2% of 119 researched records
  • Socially active57.1% of 119 researched records
  • Traditional55.5% of 119 researched records
  • Dining-focused50.4% of 119 researched records
  • Racquets-focused36.1% of 119 researched records