Killearn Country Club
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida · Tallahassee golf market
- Access
- membership optional
- Holes
- 27
- Architect(s)
- Bill Amick (original 1967 design), Chris Wilczynski, ASGCA (2023-2024 renovation/redesign)
- Gated
- No
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Killearn Country Club -- rebranded The Killearn Club in 2023 -- is the anchor of Killearn Estates, one of Tallahassee's largest and oldest master-planned neighborhoods, and the market's clearest example of a golf club with genuine tournament pedigree undergoing a real financial and physical turnaround. Built in 1967 (Bill Amick design) as the centerpiece of the then-new Killearn Estates development, the club spent two decades as a PGA Tour and LPGA Tour stop before drifting into financial distress by the 2010s. Owner David Cummings bought the club in March 2022 for $2.6 million and has spent 2023-2026 rebuilding it in phases -- new clubhouse, restaurant, pool, tennis and pickleball facilities, and a redesigned Championship Course alongside the original 9-hole Clover Course -- while reintroducing tiered private membership.
For a golf-oriented buyer, the practical picture is straightforward: Killearn Estates itself is not gated and does not require or bundle club membership with home purchase, so the club's ongoing renovation and membership relaunch is a separate variable from buying a home in the neighborhood, worth confirming directly and currently given how much has changed here since 2022.
Golf & Course
The Championship Course and 9-hole Clover Course (27 holes total) trace to a 1967 Bill Amick design and hosted the PGA Tour's Tallahassee Open and the LPGA Tour's Centel Classic from 1969 to 1989 -- real, sourced tournament history rather than a marketing claim. After a period of member-reported financial distress and disinvestment (covered by Tallahassee Reports as early as 2020), new owner David Cummings engaged Chris Wilczynski, ASGCA for a 2023-2024 course renovation/redesign as part of the broader Killearn Club relaunch.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Access is membership-optional and privately administered, separate from the Killearn Homes Association that governs the surrounding neighborhood. Per owner David Cummings' own public statements (reported by the Tallahassee Democrat/AOL), the reintroduced tiered membership carries initiation fees of roughly $15,000-$75,000 depending on tier and monthly dues of about $500-$1,100 -- figures from the owner's own statements rather than a published official rate card, so buyers should confirm current numbers directly with the club. Homeownership in Killearn Estates does not require, include, or guarantee club membership.
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.
Initiation (range low)
Historical$15,000
Low end of the three membership tiers, per owner David Cummings' public statements.
Initiation (range high)
Historical$75,000
High end of the three membership tiers, per owner David Cummings' public statements.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current initiation fee/dues directly with the club -- the $15K-$75K initiation / $500-$1,100 monthly dues figures come from the owner's public statements, not a published official rate schedule.
- Confirm which renovated amenities (new clubhouse, restaurant, pool, tennis, pickleball) are actually open and operating, since the rollout occurred in phases through 2024-2026.
- Confirm current membership waitlist status and named tier structure directly with the club.
Notable
- Hosted the PGA Tour's Tallahassee Open and the LPGA Tour's Centel Classic annually from 1969 to 1989.
- Sold to owner David Cummings in March 2022 for $2.6 million after a period of member-reported financial distress; rebranded 'The Killearn Club' in 2023.
- 27 total holes (18-hole Championship Course + 9-hole Clover Course); the Championship Course underwent a 2023-2024 renovation led by Chris Wilczynski, ASGCA.
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