Country Club of the South
Johns Creek, Fulton County, Georgia · North Atlanta Suburban Belt golf market
- Access
- invitation only
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Jack Nicklaus
- Gated
- Yes
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Country Club of the South is one of the most nationally recognized examples of a purpose-built Atlanta golf community: a Jack Nicklaus Signature course anchoring a 900-acre, gated, 730+-home neighborhood along the Chattahoochee River in Johns Creek. Nicklaus has cited the design among his personal favorites of his own work.
Golf & Course
The 18-hole course opened in 1987 as a Jack Nicklaus Signature design. It has hosted club and regional amateur events and is regularly listed among the area's top private courses.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Membership is invitation-based and administered by the club's current operator (ClubCorp/Invited, with some current web presence also under Arcis Golf -- confirm which is accurate today). The surrounding 730+-home gated neighborhood has its own, separate homeowners association; owning a home there does not include or require country-club membership, and at least one dispute over an attempt to make membership mandatory has been reported.
Living in Country Club of the South
The residential community shares the club's exact name and sits on roughly 900 acres with three manned, gated entrances. It includes two additional community-run recreation areas (pool/tennis) distinct from the country club's own amenities.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Beyond golf, the club offers tennis with grandstand seating, a pool, dining, and clubhouse social programming; the surrounding neighborhood layers on its own separate swim/tennis facilities via the HOA.
Location & Surrounding Area
Located in Johns Creek, Fulton County, along the Chattahoochee River, roughly 30 minutes north of downtown Atlanta.
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$50,001
privateIQ aggregator range ($50,001-$75,000). A 2010 news report (appenmedia.com, on the club's foreclosure) cited resident-membership initiation of $13,500-$25,000 at that time -- a materially different, older figure, kept here only as historical context, not current pricing.
Initiation (range high)
Historical$75,000
Same aggregator-reported range as initiation_fee_min; other secondary sources (thebrassie.com) report a wider rumored range up to $150,000 for full golf membership, unconfirmed.
Annual dues
Historical$10,001
Aggregator-reported range floor ($10,001-$15,000/year); not the club's own published figure.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current operator -- both ClubCorp/Invited and Arcis Golf currently reference this club online; this session could not fully resolve which is accurate today.
- Confirm current initiation fee and dues directly with the club; only third-party aggregator ranges were found.
- Confirm the exact terms and outcome of the reported homeowner litigation over mandatory membership.
Notable
- A Jack Nicklaus Signature design (1987) that Nicklaus has named among his own favorite designs.
- Went through a bank foreclosure in 2009-2010 and sold at courthouse auction for $11.1 million; the surrounding 730+ homes were unaffected.
- The HOA and the country club are confirmed separate legal entities, and homeowners have reportedly litigated against an attempt to force membership.
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