Country of Clubs Directory

Country Clubs in Tennessee

Country of Clubs currently tracks 69 active Clubs across 42 cities in Tennessee. Membership costs, access, golf and lifestyle details appear when they are supported by the directory evidence.

The documented Club timeline in Tennessee includes early records such as The Governors Club (1799), Paris Country Club (1834), and Ridgeway Country Club (1861). Across 58 Clubs with a usable founding year, the median documented founding year is 1954; these dates describe the current directory evidence rather than a complete history of golf in the state.

Active Clubs
69
Detailed profiles
50
Cities represented
42

Club profiles

Chattanooga, TN

Black Creek Club

Residential Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$6,250.50
Dues
$2,500 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$2,501Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $2,501 initiation (Reported Membership, effective 2026) + $0 / year dues (Reported Membership, effective 2026). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$3,000
Dues
$350 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$7,200Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $3,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2024) + $350 / month dues (Full Golf, effective 2024).
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Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
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 (Unspecified) + $1,000 / month dues (Unspecified).
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Private1 course
Initiation
$600
Dues
$80 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$1,560Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $600 initiation (Club Membership, effective 2026) + $80 / month dues (Club Membership, effective 2026).
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Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$25,000
Dues
$450 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$30,400Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $25,000 initiation (Full Golf) + $450 / month dues (Full Golf, effective 2023).
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Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$7,500
Dues
$410 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$12,420Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $7,500 initiation (Resident Age 40 Plus, effective 2026) + $410 / month dues (Resident Age 40 Plus, effective 2026).
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Private1 coursePoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$100,000
Dues
$1,000 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$112,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $100,000 initiation (Unspecified) + $1,000 / month dues (Unspecified).
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Private1 coursePoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$37,500
Dues
$625 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$31,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $25,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2023) + $500 / month dues (Full Golf, effective 2023). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Tennessee Club statisticsOpen the price, access, lifestyle and historical report

State research snapshot

What the Club data shows in Tennessee

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 Tennessee 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

$15,002

Median for 17 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $9,140 and $43,340. That is 53.6% below the compatible nationwide median of $32,302.50, calculated from 1,026 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Documented initiation fees

$17,500.50

Median for 21 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $3,000 and $37,500.50. That is 30.0% below the compatible nationwide median of $25,000, calculated from 1,262 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Documented monthly dues

$471

Median for 19 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $355.27 and $707.50. That is 24.6% below the compatible nationwide median of $625, calculated from 983 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Access landscape

How Clubs in Tennessee are accessed

Private membership is the largest documented access group in this sample, representing 84.6% of 65 Clubs with a known access type.

Private membership84.6%
55 Clubs in the state sample · 72.6% of the comparable nationwide sample
Residential or property-owner6.2%
4 Clubs in the state sample · 7.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Semi-private6.2%
4 Clubs in the state sample · 5.1% of the comparable nationwide sample
Other documented access1.5%
1 Club in the state sample · 10.2% of the comparable nationwide sample
Public or municipal1.5%
1 Club in the state sample · 3.3% of the comparable nationwide sample

Club life

What stands out in Tennessee 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 65 records with a known course count

Multi-course Clubs6.2%

4 Clubs in the state sample compared with 11.1% nationwide

Documented lifestyle combinations

  • Golf, pool and diningDocumented at 40 Clubs
  • Golf, racquets and poolDocumented at 31 Clubs
  • Golf, fitness and diningDocumented at 22 Clubs

Documented timeline

Club history represented in Tennessee

Founding years are currently documented for 58 Club records. The earliest entries and distribution by era are shown below.

  1. The Governors Club1799
  2. Paris Country Club1834
  3. Ridgeway Country Club1861
Before 192024.1%
14 Clubs
1920–194920.7%
12 Clubs
1950–197931.0%
18 Clubs
1980–199912.1%
7 Clubs
2000–present12.1%
7 Clubs

Documented culture

Recurring Club culture signals in Tennessee

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-first90.0% of 60 researched records
  • Family-oriented56.7% of 60 researched records
  • Socially active55.0% of 60 researched records
  • Dining-focused45.0% of 60 researched records
  • Community-oriented36.7% of 60 researched records
  • Traditional35.0% of 60 researched records