New Bern Golf & Country Club
Trent Woods, Craven County, North Carolina · New Bern / Craven County golf market
- Access
- equity
- Holes
- 18
- Gated
- No
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New Bern Golf & Country Club is a private, member-owned club on the Trent River in Trent Woods, founded in 1920 as a nine-hole sand-green course and rebuilt into its current 18-hole layout with renovations by architect Bob Moore in 1990 and again in 2017. It is one of the oldest continuously operating clubs on the North Carolina coast and functions as a traditional in-town private club rather than the centerpiece of a purpose-built golf subdivision.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Membership requires an application, an initiation fee (reported at $15,000 for Regular/Single as of an October 2025 fee schedule, up from $12,000 in June 2024), a small stock-certificate purchase, and monthly dues (around $470/month for Regular membership); Non-Resident and Legacy categories carry lower fees. None of this is bundled with buying a home in Trent Woods.
Location & Surrounding Area
The club sits within Trent Woods, an established, incorporated town adjoining New Bern rather than a single gated subdivision -- an organically grown, affluent residential area that predates the club being marketed as a bundled amenity, distinct from purpose-built golf communities like Taberna.
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 2025-10-01$15,000
Regular/Single membership initiation fee per the club's own fee schedule PDF effective 2025-10-01, the most recent schedule found this session. A newer 2026 schedule may exist that was not located; confirm current figure directly with the club.
Initiation (range low)
Historical — as of 2025-10-01$9,000
Junior Legacy tier, the lowest initiation fee category on the 2025-10-01 fee schedule.
Initiation (range high)
Historical — as of 2025-10-01$15,000
Regular/Single tier, the highest published initiation fee category on the 2025-10-01 fee schedule.
Annual dues
Historical — as of 2025-10-01$5,640
Calculated as 12x the published Regular monthly dues rate of $470/month effective 2025-10-01; club also charges quarterly dining minimums that vary by membership type and were not itemized here.
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