El Macero Country Club
El Macero, Yolo County, California · Davis / Yolo County golf market
- Access
- mixed
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Bob Baldock
- Gated
- No
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El Macero Country Club is a private, member-owned club whose 18-hole championship course (designed by Bob Baldock, opened 1961) physically meanders through the unincorporated town of El Macero, Yolo County, immediately southeast of Davis. The club was developer-founded in 1961 by C. Bruce Mace as part of the El Macero property development and became member-owned in 1966 when members purchased it from the Mace family. The course/club footprint spans roughly 168 acres woven directly through the surrounding ~410-residence El Macero development -- a textbook bundled-community physical pattern, the strongest example found anywhere in the Davis/Stockton/Fresno/Bakersfield research territory. As of 2025 the club underwent a Troon-managed golf course renovation project, unveiled September 1, 2025.
Golf & Course
The course stretches to more than 6,860 yards and was designed by architect Bob Baldock in 1961. In 2025 the club completed a golf course renovation project under Troon's management, per a Troon press release and FirstCall Golf coverage, unveiled September 1, 2025.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
El Macero Country Club is private and member-owned, with three membership categories per its official site and 2025 brochure: Proprietary Golf Membership (a voting, equity membership for families with multiple golfers), Non-Proprietary Single Golf Membership (non-equity, unlimited golf access), and Social/Family Membership (non-equity, non-golf amenities only). The 2025 brochure states a $15,000 initiation fee and $888/month dues for current membership tiers -- confirm exact current figures by tier directly with the club, since this session could not determine per-category pricing. Whether golf membership is included with, required for, or merely available to purchasers of an El Macero home remains unconfirmed -- no CC&Rs or HOA document establishing a mandatory tie between home purchase and club membership was found this session. Buyers should not assume that owning a home in El Macero includes or requires club membership until this is confirmed directly with the club.
Living in El Macero Country Club
El Macero is a small, unincorporated Yolo County community of roughly 410 residences built around and interspersed with the country club's golf course, immediately adjacent to Davis.
Location & Surrounding Area
El Macero sits in unincorporated Yolo County, immediately southeast of the City of Davis.
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
Historical — as of 2025$15,000
El Macero Country Club's own 2025 Membership Brochure (reproduced via FlipHTML5, a third-party flipbook host, not the club's own domain -- treated as a near-primary source since it is the club's own document) states a $15,000 initiation fee. Retrieved 2026-09-22; not confirmed this is still accurate for 2026, so is_current is left false. A 2014 news article reported a $1,000 initiation fee, showing the club's pricing has risen substantially since.
Annual dues
Historical — as of 2025$10,656
El Macero's 2025 Membership Brochure states monthly dues of $888.00; this field stores the annualized figure ($888 x 12 = $10,656) since the schema has no separate monthly-dues field. Confirm current monthly figure directly with the club before citing.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Whether golf membership is in any way included, required, or merely available for El Macero homeowners (membership_tied_to_property / membership_required_for_homeowners) -- not established this session; no CC&Rs/HOA document found.
- Per-category (Proprietary vs. Non-Proprietary vs. Social) current pricing breakdown -- only a single blended $15,000/$888-month figure from the 2025 brochure was found.
- Whether the 2025 brochure figures remain accurate for 2026 -- not independently reconfirmed; a newer brochure may exist.
Notable
- Course and club footprint (~168 acres) physically meanders through the surrounding ~410-residence El Macero development rather than sitting apart from it.
- Developer-founded in 1961 by C. Bruce Mace; became member-owned in 1966 when members purchased the club from the Mace family.
- 18-hole championship course designed by Bob Baldock (1961), more than 6,860 yards.
- 2025 Membership Brochure states a $15,000 initiation fee and $888/month dues -- up substantially from a reported $1,000 initiation fee and under $500/month in a 2014 news article.
- Completed a Troon-managed golf course renovation, unveiled September 1, 2025.
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