The Valley Club

The Valley Club sits on 205 acres south of Ketchum in Hailey, at the edge of the Sawtooth National Forest. Its original nine-and-nine (North and South Courses) was designed by Hale Irwin with Dick Phelps and Patrick McDonald and opened July 1, 1996; Blaine County Commissioners had approved construction in June 1991 as part of a 99-lot residential subdivision proposed the year before. Tom Fazio added a third nine, the West Nine, in 2007, and a $7.5 million renovation of the original North and South Courses -- led by Davis Love III and Beau Welling, with the South Nine rebuilt in fall 2018 and the North Nine in spring 2019 -- was completed in spring 2020, giving the club three fully modern nines today.

Ownership transitioned from the club's original developer to its own members in 1999, and The Valley Club has operated as a member-owned private club ever since, filing as a nonprofit (Valley Club Inc.) with the IRS. The clubhouse (designed by Ketchum architect Jim McLaughlin, opened June 1996) has been expanded twice, most notably a 13,000-square-foot addition in 2009 with a 10,000-square-foot patio facing Bald Mountain, alongside an 8,500-square-foot fitness center, six tennis courts, and four pickleball courts.

The club sits inside a real, distinct residential subdivision -- also called Valley Club, a 99-lot development approved by Blaine County in 1991 and governed today by its own Valley Club Owners Association (quarterly dues plus a matching capital-reserve assessment, covering the private water system, roads, and common-area landscaping) -- rather than being merely near unrelated houses. That said, lot ownership in the Valley Club subdivision does not itself include or discount golf club membership: getting a membership application requires contacting the club directly, the same process available to any prospective member.