- 71st percentileCost, nationwide
- 5Documented amenities
- 2Golf courses
- 2000Founded
Whispering Pines Golf Club is a private country club in Trinity, Texas, in Trinity County.
It has 2 documented golf courses, with amenities including clubhouse, dining, practice facility and other documented facilities.
The initiation fee runs around $48,000, with recurring dues documented below. Documented membership types include national and corporate memberships.
Culture research describes it as golf-first, competitive and seasonal.
The reported documented minimum first-year membership cost for Individualnewmember membership is $68,000. That is above the Texas median of $25,000.04. Nationwide, it is above the median of $32,285.
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Membership & Golf Access Cost
It is above the Texas median of $25,000.04 and higher than about 61% of 71 comparable Clubs there.
The listed initiation fee for Individual New Member membership is $48,000.
The listed annual membership dues for Individual New Member membership are $20,000. That is approximately $1,666.67 per month before other fees.
Initiation fee
$48,000
Membership dues
$20,000
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 Whispering Pines Golf Club, including the membership types on offer and what applying involves.
Membership options and availability
- Membership types
- Individual Membership; Charitable Membership; Corporate Membership; National Individual Membership; National Corporate Membership
- National membership
- Yes
- Corporate membership
- Yes
Joining requirements
- Application process
- Contact the Spirit Golf Association membership program for current category enrollment and contribution terms.
Amenities & Facilities
Reported amenities at Whispering Pines Golf Club include clubhouse, dining, practice facility and other documented facilities.
- Available amenities
Golf
Golf at Whispering Pines Golf Club includes 2 documented courses.
Only about 18.4% of 190 other Texas Clubs with a known course count have at least this many courses.
Course overview
- Courses
- 2
- Course details
- Championship Course18 holes | par 72
- The Needler9 holes
Course design
- Architects
- Chet Williams
- Nicklaus Design
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 0% of 162 researched Texas Club records.
- Golf-first
- Competitive
- Seasonal
Culture context
A seasonal, golf-first club with a strongly competitive identity and emphasis on elite amateur golf.
Club History
How long Whispering Pines 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.
Barbara and Corby Robertson Jr. acquired the property for neighboring Camp Olympia.
Corby Robertson Jr. staked out the golf-course routing.
Whispering Pines Golf Club opened in March after Chet Williams completed the design.
Additional statistics
Additional Statistics
Every state and national benchmark we have enough research behind to show for Whispering Pines Golf Club: price, age, golf, access and amenities, compared against other Clubs in Texas 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 Individualnewmember membership is $68,000. It is above the Texas median of $25,000.04 and is higher than approximately 61% of 71 compatible peer records. It is above the nationwide median of $32,285 and is higher than approximately 71% of 1025 compatible peer records.
Find Clubs within this first-year budgetClub age context
Founded in 2000
That represents about 26 years of documented history. The Club predates approximately 17% of 171 other Texas Club records with a usable founding year and 11% of 3523 compatible records nationwide. The documented median founding years are 1973 in Texas and 1960 nationwide.
Golf scale
2 documented courses
Only 18.4% of 190 other Texas Clubs with a known course count have at least this many courses, compared with 11.1% of 3839 nationwide.
Find Clubs with this many coursesClub culture
Seasonal
This documented Culture trait is shared by 0% of 162 researched Texas Club records and 3.5% 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.thespiritgolf.com/about-us/membership Pricing SourceSupports: Membership & access pricing
- whisperingpinesgolfclub.com/web/pages/championship-course Research SourceSupports: Club history
- nicklausdesign.com/course/whisperingpines Research SourceSupports: General research
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- whisperingpinesgolfclub.com/en/web/pages/about-us Research SourceSupports: General research
- whisperingpinesgolfclub.com/en/web/pages/championship-course Research SourceSupports: General research
- whisperingpinesgolfclub.com/en/web/pages/the-needler Research SourceSupports: General research
- www.golfdigest.com/courses/tx/whispering-pines-golf-club Research SourceSupports: General research
What people discuss
Independent golf evaluation is exceptionally strong: Golf Digest rates the club highly, ranks it among America’s 100 Greatest and describes the course as a special, varied and demanding round. The club also consistently appears among the highest-ranked courses in Texas.
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.