Country of Clubs Directory

Country Clubs in South Carolina

Country of Clubs currently tracks 124 active Clubs across 67 cities in South Carolina. Membership costs, access, golf and lifestyle details appear when they are supported by the directory evidence.

The documented Club timeline in South Carolina includes early records such as Oldfield Club (1732), Country Club of Charleston (1786), and Palmetto Golf Club (1892). Across 97 Clubs with a usable founding year, the median documented founding year is 1983; these dates describe the current directory evidence rather than a complete history of golf in the state.

Active Clubs
124
Detailed profiles
96
Cities represented
67

Club profiles

Bluffton, SC

Berkeley Hall Club

Residential Private2 coursesPoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$125,000
Dues
$28,104 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$153,104Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $125,000 initiation (Property Owner, effective 2026) + $28,104 / year dues (Property Owner, effective 2026).
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Private1 course
Initiation
$60,000
Dues
$6,000 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$66,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $60,000 initiation (National Membership, effective 2025) + $6,000 / year dues (National Membership, effective 2025).
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Private1 courseDining
Initiation
$1,500
Dues
$200 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$3,900Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $1,500 initiation (Resident Full Golf, effective 2011) + $200 / month dues (Resident Full Golf, effective 2011).
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Beaufort, SC

Cat Island Club

Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$12,500
Dues
$495 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$18,440Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $12,500 initiation (Full Family Non Resident, effective 2022) + $495 / month dues (Full Family Non Resident, effective 2022).
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Private1 courseDining
Initiation
$17,500.50
Dues
$12,500.50 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$20,002Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $10,001 initiation (Golf Membership) + $10,001 / year dues (Golf Membership). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$750
Dues
$110 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$2,070Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $750 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2025) + $110 / month dues (Full Golf, effective 2025).
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Blythewood, SC

Columbia Country Club

Private3 coursesPoolDining
Initiation
$17,500
Dues
$450 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$14,800Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $10,000 initiation (Golf) + $400 / month dues (Golf). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 coursePoolFitness
Initiation
$125,000
Dues
$1,910 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$147,920Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $125,000 initiation (Family Golf, effective 2025) + $1,910 / month dues (Family Golf, effective 2025).
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Hilton Head Island, SC

Country Club of Hilton Head

Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$10,000
Dues
$950 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$21,400Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $10,000 initiation (Full Golf Island, effective 2024) + $950 / month dues (Full Golf Island, effective 2024).
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South Carolina Club statisticsOpen the price, access, lifestyle and historical report

State research snapshot

What the Club data shows in South Carolina

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 South Carolina 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

$33,900.04

Median for 35 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $14,530 and $99,433.52. That is near the compatible nationwide median of $32,302.50, calculated from 1,026 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Documented initiation fees

$25,000

Median for 42 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $7,391.25 and $72,500. That is near the compatible nationwide median of $25,000, calculated from 1,262 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Documented monthly dues

$605

Median for 29 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $325 and $1,250.08. That is near the compatible nationwide median of $625, calculated from 983 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Access landscape

How Clubs in South Carolina are accessed

Private membership is the largest documented access group in this sample, representing 54.7% of 106 Clubs with a known access type.

Private membership54.7%
58 Clubs in the state sample · 72.6% of the comparable nationwide sample
Residential or property-owner20.8%
22 Clubs in the state sample · 7.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Semi-private8.5%
9 Clubs in the state sample · 5.1% of the comparable nationwide sample
Public or municipal6.6%
7 Clubs in the state sample · 3.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Other documented access5.7%
6 Clubs in the state sample · 10.2% of the comparable nationwide sample
Resort3.8%
4 Clubs in the state sample · 1.3% of the comparable nationwide sample

Club life

What stands out in South Carolina 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 depth1.23

documented courses per Club across 106 records with a known course count

Multi-course Clubs18.9%

20 Clubs in the state sample compared with 11.4% nationwide

Documented lifestyle combinations

  • Golf, pool and diningDocumented at 58 Clubs
  • Golf, racquets and poolDocumented at 50 Clubs
  • Golf, fitness and diningDocumented at 40 Clubs

Documented timeline

Club history represented in South Carolina

Founding years are currently documented for 97 Club records. The earliest entries and distribution by era are shown below.

  1. Oldfield Club1732
  2. Country Club of Charleston1786
  3. Palmetto Golf Club1892
Before 19206.2%
6 Clubs
1920–194912.4%
12 Clubs
1950–197927.8%
27 Clubs
1980–199930.9%
30 Clubs
2000–present22.7%
22 Clubs

Documented culture

Recurring Club culture signals in South Carolina

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-first93.0% of 100 researched records
  • Socially active52.0% of 100 researched records
  • Family-oriented41.0% of 100 researched records
  • Dining-focused38.0% of 100 researched records
  • Relaxed36.0% of 100 researched records
  • Community-oriented34.0% of 100 researched records