Country of Clubs Directory

Country Clubs in Wisconsin

Country of Clubs currently tracks 69 active Clubs across 59 cities in Wisconsin. Membership costs, access, golf and lifestyle details appear when they are supported by the directory evidence.

The documented Club timeline in Wisconsin includes early records such as Racine Country Club (1893), Janesville Country Club (1894), and Milwaukee Country Club (1894). Across 60 Clubs with a usable founding year, the median documented founding year is 1926; these dates describe the current directory evidence rather than a complete history of golf in the state.

Active Clubs
69
Detailed profiles
55
Cities represented
59

Club profiles

Private1 coursePoolPickleballDining
Initiation
$37,500
Dues
$750 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$31,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $25,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2024) + $500 / month dues (Full Golf, effective 2024). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$17,500
Dues
$750 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$16,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $10,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2026) + $500 / month dues (Full Golf, effective 2026). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$30,000
Dues
$6,250 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$30,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $25,000 initiation (Individual Or Family, effective 2023) + $5,000 / year dues (Individual Or Family, effective 2023). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 courseDining
Initiation
$15,000
Dues
$500 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$8,600Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $5,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2024) + $300 / month dues (Full Golf, effective 2024). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Village of Bloomfield, WI

Goldeneye Club

Private1 course
Initiation
$0
Dues
$12,500 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$12,500Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $0 initiation (Golf Membership, effective 2022) + $12,500 / year dues (Golf Membership, effective 2022).
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Private1 coursePoolDining
Initiation
$37,500
Dues
$1,000 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$34,600Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $25,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2024) + $800 / month dues (Full Golf, effective 2024). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 coursePoolFitness
Initiation
$7,500
Dues
$5,547 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$13,047Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $7,500 initiation (Standard Golf Single, effective 2026) + $5,547 / year dues (Standard Golf Single, effective 2026).
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Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$35,000
Dues
$9,850 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$44,850Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $35,000 initiation (Full Golf Single, effective 2026) + $9,850 / year dues (Full Golf Single, effective 2026).
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Wisconsin Club statisticsOpen the price, access, lifestyle and historical report

State research snapshot

What the Club data shows in Wisconsin

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 Wisconsin 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

$15,500.02

Median for 14 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $8,607.50 and $29,750. That is 52.0% below the compatible nationwide median of $32,302.50, calculated from 1,026 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Documented initiation fees

$15,000

Median for 19 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $3,250 and $27,500. That is 40.0% below the compatible nationwide median of $25,000, calculated from 1,262 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Documented monthly dues

$647.50

Median for 10 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $409.25 and $750. That is near the compatible nationwide median of $625, calculated from 983 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Access landscape

How Clubs in Wisconsin are accessed

Private membership is the largest documented access group in this sample, representing 76.2% of 63 Clubs with a known access type.

Private membership76.2%
48 Clubs in the state sample · 72.6% of the comparable nationwide sample
Public or municipal14.3%
9 Clubs in the state sample · 3.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Semi-private6.3%
4 Clubs in the state sample · 5.1% of the comparable nationwide sample
Resort3.2%
2 Clubs in the state sample · 1.3% of the comparable nationwide sample

Club life

What stands out in Wisconsin 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 depth1.21

documented courses per Club across 63 records with a known course count

Multi-course Clubs7.9%

5 Clubs in the state sample compared with 11.4% nationwide

Documented lifestyle combinations

  • Golf, pool and diningDocumented at 29 Clubs
  • Golf, racquets and poolDocumented at 23 Clubs
  • Golf, fitness and diningDocumented at 13 Clubs

Documented timeline

Club history represented in Wisconsin

Founding years are currently documented for 60 Club records. The earliest entries and distribution by era are shown below.

  1. Racine Country Club1893
  2. Janesville Country Club1894
  3. Milwaukee Country Club1894
Before 192021.7%
13 Clubs
1920–194946.7%
28 Clubs
1950–197911.7%
7 Clubs
1980–19998.3%
5 Clubs
2000–present11.7%
7 Clubs

Documented culture

Recurring Club culture signals in Wisconsin

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-first98.2% of 56 researched records
  • Socially active50.0% of 56 researched records
  • Family-oriented42.9% of 56 researched records
  • Dining-focused42.9% of 56 researched records
  • Traditional35.7% of 56 researched records
  • Relaxed33.9% of 56 researched records