Black Bull Golf Club
Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana · Big Sky & Bozeman / Gallatin Valley golf market
- Access
- membership optional
- Holes
- 19
- Architect(s)
- Tom Weiskopf
- Gated
- Yes
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Black Bull is a private golf community on roughly 500 acres in Bozeman's Gallatin Valley, developed on land that was originally part of the historic Leachman Angus Ranch. The community comprises 398 planned residences and homesites -- described across sources as roughly 376 "Club Homes" plus additional homesites -- organized around a Tom Weiskopf-designed 19-hole championship golf course that opened in 2008 and has been ranked among Golf Digest's top courses in Montana. A newly built, roughly $3 million clubhouse anchors the private club side of the community, with Bar 72 dining, a fitness center, and a large pool and pool deck.
Unlike the bundled-access model at Big Sky's Spanish Peaks or the strict application gate at Yellowstone Club, Black Bull's club membership is structured as a genuinely separate, optional purchase: the club offers Golf, Social, National, and Resident membership tiers, and multiple independent sources confirm that property owners are not automatically enrolled as club members. This makes Black Bull the market's clearest example of golf functioning as a real, priced amenity layered onto a gated residential development rather than as either a strict admission barrier or an automatic bundled benefit -- and, per the research brief's framing, a genuinely more accessible price and positioning tier than the Big Sky trio within the same market.
Golf & Course
The Black Bull course is a Tom Weiskopf-designed 19-hole, par-72 championship layout that opened in 2008 and has been ranked by Golf Digest among Montana's top ten courses. The 19th hole is a distinguishing design feature of the course beyond a standard 18.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Membership is optional and purchased separately from home ownership across four tiers (Golf, Social, National, Resident); per a 2023 club fee schedule, full-family Golf Membership required a $20,000 refundable deposit plus a $20,000 non-refundable transfer fee and $1,100/month dues, while Social Membership ran roughly $425/month plus a modest annual food-and-beverage minimum. Confirm current 2026 pricing directly with the club, as these figures are dated.
Living in Black Bull Golf Club
The 500-acre community includes 398 residences/homesites -- custom single-family homes alongside townhomes and condos/cottages -- with panoramic views of five area mountain ranges. The HOA covers exterior maintenance, snow removal, and lawn care to support a lower-maintenance ownership model, and the community is gated.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Club amenities center on the new clubhouse: Bar 72 restaurant/dining, a fitness center, tennis courts, and a large seasonal pool and pool deck, alongside the golf course itself and practice facilities.
Location & Surrounding Area
Black Bull sits on Bozeman's west side in the Gallatin Valley, roughly the more in-town, accessible counterpart to the ultra-private Big Sky cluster (Yellowstone Club, Spanish Peaks, Moonlight Basin) within the same overall market, and is within a short drive of Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport.
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 — as of 2023-01-01$20,000
From a club-issued 2023 fee schedule: full-family Golf Membership carries a $20,000 refundable deposit plus a separate $20,000 non-refundable transfer/initiation fee (roughly $40,000 combined up-front). This is a 2023 schedule and may not reflect current 2026 pricing -- confirm directly with the club.
Initiation (range low)
Historical — as of 2023-01-01$20,000
Refundable deposit component only, per 2023 fee schedule.
Initiation (range high)
Historical — as of 2023-01-01$40,000
Combined refundable deposit plus non-refundable transfer fee, per 2023 fee schedule.
Annual dues
Historical — as of 2023-01-01$13,200
Golf Membership dues reported at $1,100/month ($13,200/year) per the 2023 fee schedule; Social Membership is separately priced at roughly $425/month plus a $1,000 annual food-and-beverage minimum. Confirm current 2026 pricing directly with the club.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current 2026 membership pricing directly with the club -- the most complete fee data found was a 2023 schedule.
- Confirm exact current residence/homesite count -- sources vary between 398 total residences and 376 "Club Homes" as a possibly narrower subset.
- Confirm whether the National and Resident membership tiers differ meaningfully in golf access versus the Golf/Social tiers already documented.
Notable
- Built on the former Leachman Angus Ranch, a historic Gallatin Valley cattle operation.
- Its Tom Weiskopf-designed course is an intentional 19-hole layout, not a standard 18, and has been ranked among Montana's top ten courses by Golf Digest.
- Membership tiers include a dedicated "National" category, signaling the club actively courts out-of-state/non-resident members in addition to local owners.
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