The Legends Golf Club at Chateau Elan
Braselton, Barrow County, Georgia · North Georgia Mountains & Exurb golf market
- Access
- invitation only
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Gene Sarazen (design consultant), Sam Snead (design consultant), Kathy Whitworth (design consultant)
- Gated
- Yes
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The Legends is Chateau Elan's private, invitation-based 18-hole golf club, opened in 1992 (one third-party review dates it to 1993) with holes selected and designed with input from three golf legends -- Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, and Kathy Whitworth, each contributing six favorite holes from courses around the world. It sits within the broader 3,500-acre Chateau Elan winery-resort-residential estate in Braselton but operates on a fundamentally different access model than the resort's other golf.
Golf & Course
Opened in 1992 (chateauelan.net's own history page) or 1993 (a third-party course-review site) -- the discrepancy was not resolved this session -- the course plays 6,781 yards and par 72, with a design concept built from holes each of Sarazen, Snead, and Whitworth selected as their personal favorites from courses they had played worldwide, most famously referencing Augusta National's 12th and 13th holes. Amenities confirmed this session (GolfNow course profile) include a state-of-the-art locker room, a driving range and short-game practice area, and a members' restaurant serving lunch and dinner.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
The Legends is private and members-only; non-members may play only as guests on a space-available basis. Unlike Chateau Elan's Chateau and Woodlands courses (public daily-fee, bookable by anyone), there is no walk-up or public tee-time access here, and Chateau Elan Estates homeownership does not include or require Legends membership. A collared-shirt, no-denim dress code is enforced.
Living in The Legends Golf Club at Chateau Elan
Physically and operationally distinct from the main Chateau Elan resort courses despite sharing the Chateau Elan brand and general estate; membership includes access to a members' sports club and a member dining/event calendar.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Membership includes sports-club access, locker-room facilities, practice/short-game areas, and a full men's/women's event calendar; a no-denim, collared-shirt dress code is enforced.
Location & Surrounding Area
Located at 5473 Legends Dr, Braselton, within the broader Chateau Elan estate (Hall/Gwinnett/Barrow/Jackson county lines area), roughly 45 minutes northeast 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$40,000
Third-party-reported figure, not the club's own published fee schedule.
Initiation (range high)
Historical$75,000
Reported as an unconfirmed rumored increase, not a verified current figure -- flagged as conflicting/uncertain.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm the current initiation fee directly with the club -- third-party sources conflict between roughly $40,000 and a rumored $75,000.
- Confirm current annual dues and any named membership-category structure -- not found this session.
- Confirm any membership waitlist or application/sponsorship process.
- Confirm exact opening year (chateauelan.net states 1992; a third-party course review states 1993).
Notable
- Opened in 1992 with hole designs selected by Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, and Kathy Whitworth, each choosing six favorite holes.
- Entity-distinct from Chateau Elan's two public daily-fee resort courses (Chateau, Woodlands) and 9-hole Short Course -- a genuinely separate access model, not just a different tee sheet, and independently described by a third-party review as operationally 'no longer associated with the resort.'
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