The Georgia Club
Statham, Barrow County, Georgia · Athens golf market
- Access
- membership optional
- Holes
- 27
- Architect(s)
- Denis Griffiths
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The Georgia Club is a private, 27-hole golf community minutes from downtown Athens, built around a Denis Griffiths design (original 18 opened 2001, expanded to 27 holes later) and roughly 900 residential lots across about 1,100 acres. It transitioned to fully private membership status in November 2019.
Golf & Course
The Chancellor's Course and an additional nine holes were designed by Denis Griffiths; the original 18 opened in 2001 with the additional nine added later. The course has been ranked among top public/private Georgia layouts by GolfNow-style rankings in past coverage (pre-dating its 2019 private conversion).
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
The club transitioned from semi-private to fully private status on November 1, 2019, following membership growth of more than 700 percent since 2011 under then-operator Bobby Jones Links. Golf Membership includes unlimited access to the Chancellor's Course plus the Village Commons recreation facilities (pool, tennis, fitness); a separate Social Membership excludes golf. Whether membership is bundled automatically into home price or purchased separately by residents is unresolved -- see buyer_notes.
Living in The Georgia Club
The surrounding master-planned community spans roughly 1,100 acres with about 900 residential lots, styled around 'classic Southern homes' and a picket-fence streetscape, positioned as minutes from downtown Athens.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Amenities include a 42,000-square-foot clubhouse, a main dining room and lounge, a sports complex (Village Commons) with two pools, six clay tennis courts, and a fitness facility.
Location & Surrounding Area
Located in Statham, Barrow County, just outside Athens/Clarke County (some sources place the area near the Oconee/Barrow county line, close to Bogart) -- confirm exact parcel county before publishing precise boundary claims.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current operator -- club's own site lists Concert Golf Partners; earlier (2019-era) coverage referenced Bobby Jones Links management. Confirm whether/when this changed.
- Resolve whether golf membership is bundled into home purchase price or sold as a separate optional membership to residents -- sources are in tension on this point.
- Confirm current initiation fee and dues -- not published where this pass could find them.
- Confirm exact county (Barrow vs. Oconee) for the specific parcel.
Notable
- The University of Georgia's own official brand style guide describes The Georgia Club as 'a privately owned golf and tennis complex for members of the UGA Alumni Association' -- a genuine institutional tie, not incidental branding.
- Transitioned from semi-private to fully private membership status on November 1, 2019, after reported 700%+ membership growth since 2011.
- 27 holes (Chancellor's Course plus an additional nine) designed by Denis Griffiths.
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