- 74th percentileCost, nationwide
- 1997Founded
Lookaway Golf Club is a private country club in Buckingham, Pennsylvania, in Bucks County. It is operated by not_found.
It has 1 documented golf course.
The initiation fee runs around $75,000, with recurring dues documented below. Documented membership types include national memberships.
Culture research describes it as golf-first, relaxed and competitive.
The reported documented minimum first-year membership cost for Regular membership is $84,999.96. That is above the Pennsylvania median of $16,000. Nationwide, it is above the median of $32,285.
Location & Directions
Membership & Golf Access Cost
It is above the Pennsylvania median of $16,000 and higher than about 94% of 31 comparable Clubs there.
The listed initiation fee for Regular membership is $75,000.
The listed monthly membership dues for Regular membership are $833.33.
Initiation fee
$75,000
Membership dues
$833.33
These published costs may only apply to a specific membership category, access type or year. Fees, dues, passes, green fees, assessments and availability can change, so confirm current terms with the Club before you commit.
Membership
Here's what's documented about how to join Lookaway Golf Club, including the membership types on offer and what applying involves.
This access model represents about 84% of 175 researched Pennsylvania Club records.
Membership options and availability
- Membership types
- Equity Membership; Membership Preview Program
- National membership
- Yes
Joining requirements
- Application process
- The limited Preview Program provides full golf and dining privileges while waiting for a partnership share to become available.
Golf
Golf at Lookaway Golf Club includes 1 documented course.
- Courses
- 1
- Course details
- Lookaway Golf Clubpar 72
Club Culture & Public Commentary
This section shows what published articles and reviews say about the social atmosphere at this Club, so you can get a sense of the culture before you apply. It only appears when we found real evidence to back it up.
This documented Culture trait is shared by about 19.1% of 157 researched Pennsylvania Club records.
- Golf-first
- Relaxed
- Competitive
Culture context
A relaxed, golf-first private equity club with a strong competitive and course-centered identity.
Club History
How long Lookaway Golf Club has been around and what's shaped it, based on published sources. A well-documented history can be a sign of stability, but it doesn't tell you about today's management or member experience.
The Lookaway partners purchased the historic Lookaway farm property in 1997.
The first rounds of golf were played at Lookaway in May 1999.
Rees Jones's firm lists ongoing course updates at Lookaway beginning in 2020.
Additional statistics
Additional Statistics
Every state and national benchmark we have enough research behind to show for Lookaway Golf Club: price, age, golf, access and amenities, compared against other Clubs in Pennsylvania and nationwide. A few of the most decision-relevant ones are already called out next to their facts earlier on this page; this section has the complete picture, using only facts we have enough research behind to compare fairly.
Membership market position
First-year membership cost comparison
The reported documented minimum first-year membership cost for Regular membership is $84,999.96. It is above the Pennsylvania median of $16,000 and is higher than approximately 94% of 31 compatible peer records. It is above the nationwide median of $32,285 and is higher than approximately 74% of 1025 compatible peer records.
Find Clubs within this first-year budgetClub age context
Founded in 1997
That represents about 29 years of documented history. The Club predates approximately 7% of 166 other Pennsylvania Club records with a usable founding year and 15% of 3523 compatible records nationwide. The documented median founding years are 1921 in Pennsylvania and 1960 nationwide.
Access context
Private access
This access model represents 84% of 175 researched Pennsylvania Club records and 72.6% of 3837 researched records nationwide.
Explore Clubs with this access modelClub culture
Competitive
This documented Culture trait is shared by 19.1% of 157 researched Pennsylvania Club records and 14.3% of 3402 researched records nationwide.
Find Clubs with this culture traitBlank or unresearched fields are excluded, the number of Clubs compared varies by fact, and this Club is never counted in its own comparison group. These are benchmarks from our own directory, not market-wide estimates, so treat them as directional rather than exact.
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Sources & Verification
These are the sources behind the facts above. Check them yourself before making a decision, since some information may have changed since it was published.
- www.dtbtela.com/lookaway-golf-club-membership-cost Pricing SourceSupports: Membership & access pricing
- reesjonesinc.com/courses/lookaway-golf-club Research SourceSupports: Club history
- www.lookawaygolf.com/history Research SourceSupports: Club history
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- www.golfdigest.com/courses/pa/lookaway-golf-club Research SourceSupports: General research
What people discuss
Golf Digest panelists are positive overall about Lookaway's conditioning, rolling setting, challenge and fun factor. Some reviewers find parts of the Rees Jones design overly manufactured, but the public golf signal remains favorable.
This is what people commonly say about this Club in public reviews and articles, not a member survey or a rating from us. Weigh it alongside the facts above, not in place of them.