Forest Highlands Golf Club
Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona · Flagstaff golf market
- Access
- mixed
- Holes
- 36
- Gated
- Yes
- Golf access
- Bundled
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Forest Highlands Golf Club is a guard-gated private club community in the ponderosa pine forest just south of Flagstaff, built around two 18-hole courses, the Canyon Course and the Meadow Course. It is widely regarded as the flagship private golf address in the Flagstaff area — no comparable private, gated, or bundled-golf club of similar scale was found in or immediately around the city this research pass.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
New property owners are required to pay a capital-contribution fee ($115,750 reported for 2025) in addition to standard monthly dues, on top of the real-estate purchase price — a mandatory, purchase-triggered membership structure rather than an optional add-on. The club also separately sells a non-owner 'Special Membership' (reported $110,250-$150,000), so club access is available without buying property, but for homeowners the capital contribution functions as the standard path into membership.
Location & Surrounding Area
Located in Coconino County just south of downtown Flagstaff, at high elevation in ponderosa pine forest — a cooler, forested golf market distinct from the Phoenix desert clubs.
Costs & Fees
Figures below are labeled Current only when the source itself frames them as presently accurate. Everything else is labeled Historical — a source checked today does not make an old fee a current one.
Golf membership initiation
Current$115,750
'New Owner Capital Contribution Fee' from the club's own 2025 Special Membership Packet, as summarized via a search-tool retrieval of that official PDF (the underlying document itself could not be directly fetched this session due to a network/tool restriction on fhgc.com). A separate $3,000 membership transfer fee is also reported. This is the fee tied to new property ownership, distinct from the non-owner 'Special Membership' figures recorded in initiation_fee_min/max below.
Initiation (range low)
Current$110,250
Reported 2025 'Special Membership' fee for non-property-owning members.
Initiation (range high)
Current$150,000
Reported price at which a Special Membership is separately made available (distinct from the $110,250 figure; exact relationship between the two Special Membership numbers was not fully resolved this pass — confirm with the club).
Annual dues
Current$18,300
Reported monthly dues for 2026 of $1,525 (described as including HOA and Full Membership), annualized here as $18,300. A separately reported general estimate range of $14,000-$20,000/year is broadly consistent with this figure.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm whether the New Owner Capital Contribution is legally mandatory for all new owners or simply the customary path.
- Confirm course architects and year(s) built from an official source.
- Confirm guard-gated community acreage and security details.
- Confirm amenities (tennis, fitness, dining, pool, practice facility) directly with the club.
- Confirm reported financial-strength claims (member equity, debt position) from an official source; not attempted this pass.
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