Tamarisk Country Club
Rancho Mirage, Riverside County, California · Rancho Mirage golf market
- Access
- non equity
- Holes
- 18
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Tamarisk Country Club, founded in 1952 in Rancho Mirage, was created explicitly as a more welcoming alternative after Thunderbird Country Club's early membership policies were seen as restrictive. Its 65 founding members included Jack Benny, George Burns, and the Marx Brothers, and Ben Hogan served as the club's first golf professional. It remains a private, member-sponsor club today, with a tiered Golf/Sports/Social membership structure and a namesake residential neighborhood of surrounding homes.
Golf & Course
An 18-hole private course; detailed architect and yardage information was not independently confirmed this research pass.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Private, member-sponsored admission with tiered Full Golf ($75,000 initiation/$40,800 dues, per secondary sourcing), Sports ($35,000 initiation), and Social ($25,000 initiation/$13,000 dues) membership categories. Whether homeownership in the surrounding neighborhood eases or requires membership was not confirmed this session.
Living in Tamarisk Country Club
A named residential neighborhood (Tamarisk Country Club homes) surrounds the course, marketed actively by Rancho Mirage-area real-estate specialists.
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 2026-09-22$75,000
Full Golf Membership initiation fee, payable over 2 years, per a specialist country-club information site; not the club's own published rate sheet.
Initiation (range low)
Historical — as of 2026-09-22$25,000
Social Membership initiation fee (lowest tier).
Initiation (range high)
Historical — as of 2026-09-22$75,000
Full Golf Membership initiation fee (highest tier).
Annual dues
Historical — as of 2026-09-22$40,800
Full Golf Membership annual dues; Social Membership dues reported separately at approximately $13,000/year.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current initiation fees and dues directly with the club -- not sourced from Tamarisk's own rate sheet.
- Confirm whether membership is tied to or eased by homeownership in the surrounding neighborhood -- not resolved this session.
Notable
- Founded in 1952 explicitly as a more inclusive alternative to Thunderbird Country Club's early restrictive membership policy.
- Founding members included Jack Benny, George Burns, and the Marx Brothers; Ben Hogan was the club's first golf professional.
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