- 78th percentileCost, nationwide
- 5Documented amenities
- 2Golf courses
- 2000Founded
The Olde Farm is a private country club in Bristol, Virginia, in Washington County.
It has 2 documented golf courses, with amenities including clubhouse, dining, lodging and other documented facilities.
The initiation fee runs around $125,000.50, with recurring dues documented below. Documented membership types include golf and social memberships.
Culture research describes it as golf-first and traditional.
The reported documented minimum first-year membership cost for Full Golf membership is $100,001. That is above the Virginia median of $16,000. Nationwide, it is above the median of $32,285.
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Membership & Golf Access Cost
It is above the Virginia median of $16,000 and higher than about 92% of 26 comparable Clubs there.
Available information estimates the initiation fee for Full Golf membership at approximately $125,000.50. Other sources report figures as low as $100,001 and as high as $150,000.
Available information estimates the annual membership dues for Full Golf membership at approximately $2,500. That is approximately $208.33 per month before other fees. Other sources report a higher figure of approximately $5,000.
Initiation fee
$125,000.50
Membership dues
$2,500
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 The Olde Farm, including the membership types on offer and what applying involves.
Membership options and availability
- Membership types
- Golf Membership; Social Membership
- Golf membership
- Yes
- Social membership
- Yes
Joining requirements
- Sponsorship required
- Yes
- Application process
- Golf and social membership are by invitation only; prospective members may request information from the Membership Director.
Amenities & Facilities
Reported amenities at The Olde Farm include clubhouse, dining, lodging and other documented facilities.
- Available amenities
Golf
Golf at The Olde Farm includes 2 documented courses.
Only about 11% of 109 other Virginia Clubs with a known course count have at least this many courses.
Course overview
- Courses
- 2
- Course details
- The Olde Farm19 holes
- The Orchard Course9 holes | par 27
Course design
- Architects
- Bobby Weed
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 22.7% of 97 researched Virginia Club records.
- Golf-first
- Traditional
Culture context
A traditional, golf-first private retreat centered on championship golf and classic club hospitality.
Club History
How long The Olde Farm 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 Olde Farm opened to member play in 2000.
The nine-hole Orchard par-3 course was added in 2013.
Additional statistics
Additional Statistics
Every state and national benchmark we have enough research behind to show for The Olde Farm: price, age, golf, access and amenities, compared against other Clubs in Virginia 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 Full Golf membership is $100,001. It is above the Virginia median of $16,000 and is higher than approximately 92% of 26 compatible peer records. It is above the nationwide median of $32,285 and is higher than approximately 78% 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 5% of 97 other Virginia Club records with a usable founding year and 11% of 3523 compatible records nationwide. The documented median founding years are 1960 in Virginia and 1960 nationwide.
Golf scale
2 documented courses
Only 11% of 109 other Virginia 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
Traditional
This documented Culture trait is shared by 22.7% of 97 researched Virginia Club records and 35.1% 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.
- golflifenavigators.com/composite/the-olde-farm Pricing SourceSupports: Membership & access pricing
- www.theoldefarm.com/about Research SourceSupports: Club history
- www.theoldefarm.com/about/golf/the-orchard-course Research SourceSupports: Club history
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- golfcoursegurus.com/reviews/olde-farm-the Research SourceSupports: General research
- www.golfdigest.com/courses/va/the-olde-farm Research SourceSupports: General research
- www.theoldefarm.com Research SourceSupports: General research
- www.theoldefarm.com/about/golf/course-tour Research SourceSupports: General research
What people discuss
Independent course reviewers consistently praise The Olde Farm's conditioning, rural setting, strategic variety and hospitality. Golf Digest panelists and GolfCourseGurus both frame it as a high-quality private-club experience, with especially strong marks for course presentation and the sense of seclusion.
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.