Country Club of Asheville
Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina · Asheville / Hendersonville golf market
- Access
- non equity
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Donald Ross
- Gated
- No
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Country Club of Asheville is a historic, Donald Ross-designed private club in Asheville, operated as part of the McConnell Golf network -- a regional collection of roughly a dozen private clubs spanning North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia that offer members reciprocal play and social access across the group. For a golf-oriented buyer, the club represents an established, in-town private-club option distinct from the area's newer, developer-built golf communities.
Golf & Course
The course is a Donald Ross design; the club itself has operated for roughly 120 years, making it one of the older private clubs in the Asheville market. Historically, the club sold its original golf course to what is now the Omni Grove Park Inn in a locally documented 1976 transaction nicknamed 'The Big Swap' -- the Country Club of Asheville and the Omni Grove Park Inn golf course are two separate, distinct present-day entities (private club vs. resort-owned course) despite this shared history, and this record covers only the present-day private club.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Membership is McConnell Golf's standard non-equity private-club model, with named tiers for resident, part-time-resident, sports, and junior members. Membership is not tied to owning property in any specific development and is not required for anyone living near the club.
Location & Surrounding Area
The club sits in Asheville proper, near the city's established, non-gated residential neighborhoods rather than inside a single purpose-built golf subdivision.
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$10,001
Range reported by a third-party membership-cost aggregator, not the club's own published fee schedule; confirm directly with the club.
Initiation (range high)
Historical$25,000
Same aggregator-reported range as initiation_fee_min.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current initiation fee and dues directly with the club -- figures used here are third-party-reported ranges, not the club's own published schedule.
- Confirm the current roster and scope of McConnell Golf reciprocal privileges directly, since network membership can change.
- Confirm seasonal operating hours; not independently verified this session (Asheville's valley elevation makes winter closure less likely than at higher-elevation mountain clubs, but this is an inference, not a confirmed fact).
Notable
- Owned/operated by McConnell Golf, giving members reciprocal access across a network of roughly a dozen private clubs in NC, SC, TN, and VA.
- The club sold its original course to what is now the Omni Grove Park Inn in a 1976 transaction locally nicknamed 'The Big Swap' -- a piece of shared history with a now-fully-separate entity.
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