Country of Clubs Directory

Country Clubs in Virginia

Country of Clubs currently tracks 120 active Clubs across 85 cities in Virginia. Membership costs, access, golf and lifestyle details appear when they are supported by the directory evidence.

The documented Club timeline in Virginia includes early records such as Washington Golf & Country Club (1893), Lakeside Park Club (1896), and Roanoke Country Club (1899). Across 98 Clubs with a usable founding year, the median documented founding year is 1960; these dates describe the current directory evidence rather than a complete history of golf in the state.

Active Clubs
120
Detailed profiles
92
Cities represented
85

Club profiles

Dulles, VA

1757 Golf Club

Private1 courseDining
Initiation
$5,000
Dues
$350 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$9,200Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $5,000 initiation (Young Executive Under 35, effective 2024) + $350 / month dues (Young Executive Under 35, effective 2024).
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Virginia Beach, VA

Bayville Golf Club

Private1 courseDining
Initiation
$62,500.50
Dues
$7,500.50 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$110,013Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $50,001 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2023) + $5,001 / month dues (Full Golf, effective 2023). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 coursePool
Initiation
$4,500
Dues
$205 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$6,960Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $4,500 initiation (Nonresident, effective 2024) + $205 / month dues (Nonresident, effective 2024).
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Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$100
Dues
$139 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$1,768Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $100 initiation (Golf Membership, effective 2026) + $139 / month dues (Golf Membership, effective 2026).
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Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$85,000
Dues
$8,676 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$93,676Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $85,000 initiation (Family, effective 2021) + $8,676 / year dues (Family, effective 2021).
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Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$35,000
Dues
$800 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$44,600Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $35,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2025) + $800 / month dues (Full Golf, effective 2025).
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Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$750
Dues
$2,100 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$2,850Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $750 initiation (Full Golf, effective 1997) + $2,100 / year dues (Full Golf, effective 1997).
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Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$17,500.50
Dues
$2,500 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$10,001Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $10,001 initiation (Full Golf Unspecified) + $0 / year dues (Full Golf Unspecified). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$15,000
Dues
$750 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$16,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $10,000 initiation (Golf Membership Unspecified) + $500 / month dues (Golf Membership Unspecified). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Virginia Beach, VA

Cavalier Golf & Yacht Club

Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$17,500.50
Dues
$7,500.50 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$15,002Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $10,001 initiation (Unspecified) + $5,001 / year dues (Unspecified). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Suffolk, VA

Cedar Point Club

Private2 coursesPoolDining
Initiation
$400
Dues
$56 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$1,072Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $400 initiation (Charger Social, effective 2017) + $56 / month dues (Charger Social, effective 2017).
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Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$7,500
Dues
$550 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$11,600Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $5,000 initiation (Full Golf Reported, effective 2024) + $550 / month dues (Full Golf Reported, effective 2024). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Martinsville, VA

Chatmoss Country Club

Private1 coursePoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$2,000
Dues
$390 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$6,680Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $2,000 initiation (Full Regular, effective 2026) + $390 / month dues (Full Regular, effective 2026).
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Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$1,250
Dues
$354 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$5,498Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $1,250 initiation (Full Equity, effective 2026) + $354 / month dues (Full Equity, effective 2026).
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Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$45,000
Dues
$785 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$54,420Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $45,000 initiation (Golf Age 40 Plus, effective 2026) + $785 / month dues (Golf Age 40 Plus, effective 2026).
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Private1 coursePool
Initiation
$10,000
Dues
$500 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$16,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $10,000 initiation (Estimated Full Membership, effective 2023) + $500 / month dues (Estimated Full Membership, effective 2023).
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Virginia Club statisticsOpen the price, access, lifestyle and historical report

State research snapshot

What the Club data shows in Virginia

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 Virginia 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

$16,000

Median for 27 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $7,040 and $44,920. That is 50.5% below the compatible nationwide median of $32,302.50, calculated from 1,026 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Documented initiation fees

$8,750

Median for 36 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $1,437.50 and $30,000. That is 65.0% below the compatible nationwide median of $25,000, calculated from 1,262 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Documented monthly dues

$444.50

Median for 34 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $250 and $638.50. That is 28.9% below the compatible nationwide median of $625, calculated from 983 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Access landscape

How Clubs in Virginia are accessed

Private membership is the largest documented access group in this sample, representing 80.9% of 110 Clubs with a known access type.

Private membership80.9%
89 Clubs in the state sample · 72.6% of the comparable nationwide sample
Semi-private6.4%
7 Clubs in the state sample · 5.1% of the comparable nationwide sample
Residential or property-owner4.5%
5 Clubs in the state sample · 7.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Resort3.6%
4 Clubs in the state sample · 1.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Public or municipal2.7%
3 Clubs in the state sample · 3.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Other documented access1.8%
2 Clubs in the state sample · 10.2% of the comparable nationwide sample

Club life

What stands out in Virginia 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 depth1.18

documented courses per Club across 110 records with a known course count

Multi-course Clubs11.8%

13 Clubs in the state sample compared with 11.1% nationwide

Documented lifestyle combinations

  • Golf, pool and diningDocumented at 77 Clubs
  • Golf, racquets and poolDocumented at 70 Clubs
  • Golf, fitness and diningDocumented at 44 Clubs

Documented timeline

Club history represented in Virginia

Founding years are currently documented for 98 Club records. The earliest entries and distribution by era are shown below.

  1. Washington Golf & Country Club1893
  2. Lakeside Park Club1896
  3. Roanoke Country Club1899
Before 192010.2%
10 Clubs
1920–194924.5%
24 Clubs
1950–197938.8%
38 Clubs
1980–199920.4%
20 Clubs
2000–present6.1%
6 Clubs

Documented culture

Recurring Club culture signals in Virginia

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-first91.8% of 98 researched records
  • Family-oriented68.4% of 98 researched records
  • Socially active66.3% of 98 researched records
  • Racquets-focused43.9% of 98 researched records
  • Dining-focused40.8% of 98 researched records
  • Community-oriented36.7% of 98 researched records