Montecito Club
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California · Central Coast / Santa Barbara golf market
- Access
- invitation only
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Max Behr, Jack Nicklaus (redesign)
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Montecito Club is a private, invitation-only club on Summit Road in Santa Barbara/Montecito with roots back to a 1918 clubhouse (as Montecito Country Club); it was acquired by Four Seasons/Ty Inc. billionaire Ty Warner in 2004, closed for a major Jack Nicklaus-led redesign and renovation, and reopened under the Montecito Club name on March 29, 2019 after a reported ~$119.5M project. This completion pass confirmed directly from contemporaneous press coverage that Montecito Club and the historic Montecito Country Club are one continuous entity, not two separate clubs.
Golf & Course
The clubhouse dates to 1918; the golf course was substantially redesigned by Jack Nicklaus as part of Ty Warner's ~$119.5M, multi-year renovation, reopening in March 2019 as a new Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course. Course-level detail beyond this (yardage, notable holes) was not independently researched this session.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Access is by invitation only, marketed as "Connoisseur Club Membership"; there are no public tee times. Current initiation fee and dues were not independently confirmed from a primary source (see buyer_notes for a caught aggregator sourcing trap on the circulating fee figures).
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current initiation fee and dues directly with the club -- circulating aggregator figures (~$275,000 / ~$25,000) are a suspected sourcing trap (see buyer_notes) and should not be treated as confirmed.
- Confirm whether any residential development is genuinely bundled to membership, or whether the club is freestanding.
- Confirm gated status and current membership category structure.
Notable
- Address: 920 Summit Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.
- Clubhouse dates to 1918; club renamed from Montecito Country Club to Montecito Club upon reopening March 29, 2019.
- Reopened after a Ty Warner-financed renovation reported at ~$119.5M (initially announced at ~$75M), including a new Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course.
- Current ownership (Ty Warner) also reportedly controls Sandpiper Golf Club, Rancho San Marcos Golf Course, the Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara, the Coral Casino Beach and Cabana Club, and San Ysidro Ranch -- a cross-ownership cluster worth noting for context, not for any assumed reciprocal membership.
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US Golf Living provides independent real-estate research and can connect consumers with real-estate professionals. Golf membership, availability, fees and approval are determined independently by the applicable club.