Flint Hills National Golf Club
Andover, Butler County, Kansas · Wichita & South-Central Kansas golf market
- Access
- mixed
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Tom Fazio
- Gated
- Yes
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Flint Hills National Golf Club sits on a 640-acre tract on the western edge of the Flint Hills prairie region, 15 miles east of downtown Wichita in Andover. The property has an unusual origin story: prominent Wichita businessman William L. Graham owned the land until his death in 1981, after which Rent-A-Center co-founder Tom Devlin purchased it and commissioned Tom Fazio to design a private course, which opened in 1997 at a reported construction cost of roughly $18 million. The course quickly established a national reputation -- within its first several years it hosted a U.S. Women's Amateur, and it went on to host the 2007 U.S. Senior Men's Amateur and the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur, while earning a place on Golf Digest's list of America's 100 Greatest Courses, a level of USGA championship activity unmatched by any other Kansas club researched in this market.
From the start, Flint Hills National was built alongside a purpose-designed residential community, Flint Hills National Residences, rather than having housing added around it later. The gated community's Club Estates builder program spans five development phases of custom homesites (roughly one-third to over one-half acre), with home prices starting in the $600s. This makes Flint Hills National this market's clearest example of golf-first residential development: the course and the neighborhood were conceived together, even though -- as buyers should understand clearly -- that does not translate into automatic club access.
The membership structure is genuinely two-tiered and worth understanding before assuming either direction. Full golf membership (Individual, Family, National for those living 140-plus miles away, and Corporate categories) is application-based and not restricted to Residences homeowners, nor is it included with a home purchase. Separately, Flint Hills National offers a Homeowner Social Membership restricted to Residences residents -- clubhouse dining, event, and social privileges with no golf privileges at all -- which is itself an optional, paid purchase rather than an automatic homeownership benefit. A buyer moving to Flint Hills National Residences purely for the golf, or assuming a home purchase brings club access of any kind, should confirm the current terms directly with the club.
Golf & Course
Tom Fazio's 1997 design incorporates the site's gently rolling terrain, native prairie grasses, and a meandering water feature into a highly walkable, roughly 6,900-yard par-71 routing with five par-3 holes. The course's USGA championship résumé -- a U.S. Women's Amateur within its first several years, the 2007 U.S. Senior Men's Amateur, and the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur -- is the deepest of any club researched in this market, and its inclusion on Golf Digest's America's 100 Greatest Courses list reflects sustained national recognition rather than a one-time honor.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Golf access at Flint Hills National runs through a standard application-based private-club model -- Individual, Family (spouse and children 16-21, extended through college), National (for those living 140-plus miles away), and Corporate membership categories -- none of which are restricted to or automatically granted with Flint Hills National Residences homeownership. Separately, the club offers a Homeowner Social Membership open only to Residences homeowners, covering clubhouse dining and social privileges but explicitly excluding golf; this is the property-linked tier, but it is itself an optional purchase, not an automatic benefit of buying a home in the community. Buyers should treat both golf membership and the Homeowner Social Membership as separate, paid products from the home itself.
Living in Flint Hills National Golf Club
Flint Hills National Residences is a gated, architecturally distinctive community built on the same 640-acre tract as the course, within the Andover school district. Its Club Estates builder program spans five phases of homesites ranging from roughly one-third acre to over half an acre, with home prices starting in the $600s; the community's HOA provides lawn care and snow removal, and per residents' reporting, its special assessments ended in 2022. Homesites are marketed along and near the course itself, giving many residences direct golf-course frontage even though that proximity does not itself confer golf access.
Lifestyle & Amenities
The club's centerpiece is an 18,000-square-foot log clubhouse plus five additional log lodges, built with a Colorado-lodge aesthetic, offering indoor and outdoor dining, men's and women's lounges, and a walk-in cigar/humidor room. Beyond the club itself, Andover residents have access to the city's 115,000-square-foot YMCA, the private Kansas Medical Center, and an extensive network of parks and trails -- amenities the city provides independent of either Andover golf club.
Location & Surrounding Area
Andover is a fast-growing Wichita suburb in Butler County, roughly 15 miles east of downtown Wichita via US-400/54, with a population that has nearly doubled since 2000 to around 16,000. Flint Hills National sits near Pawnee and SW Butler Road within the city, giving residents a short commute into Wichita's broader aerospace- and manufacturing-driven economy.
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.
Golf membership initiation
Historical$250,000
Third-party aggregator (privateIQ) estimate only, explicitly labeled by that source as unofficial. Flint Hills National's own materials state that membership costs and dues are not publicly available. Confirm directly with the club before relying on this figure.
Annual dues
Historical$24,000
Derived from a third-party aggregator's reported estimate of monthly dues potentially reaching roughly $2,000; not an official published figure. Confirm directly with the club.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current golf membership initiation fees, dues, and waitlist status directly with the club -- no official figures are published, and the numbers on record here are third-party aggregator estimates only.
- Confirm current Homeowner Social Membership cost and whether it is available on demand or itself has a waitlist.
- Confirm whether a specific Club Estates phase or resale lot still has homesites available, and current HOA fee amount, directly with Flint Hills Realty Company LLC.
Notable
- Built on a 640-acre tract previously owned by Wichita businessman William L. Graham; Rent-A-Center co-founder Tom Devlin purchased the land and commissioned Tom Fazio's design, which opened in 1997 at a reported cost of roughly $18 million.
- Has hosted three USGA championships: a U.S. Women's Amateur within its first several years, the 2007 U.S. Senior Men's Amateur, and the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur.
- Ranked among Golf Digest's America's 100 Greatest Courses.
- Offers a Homeowner Social Membership restricted to Flint Hills National Residences homeowners -- clubhouse dining and social privileges only, no golf -- as a separate, optional purchase distinct from full golf membership.
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