Fripp Island Club
Fripp Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina · Beaufort & the Sea Islands golf market
- Access
- membership optional
- Holes
- 36
- Architect(s)
- George Cobb, Davis Love III, Paul Cowley
- Gated
- Yes
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Fripp Island is a gated, private barrier island near Beaufort with 3.5 miles of undeveloped Atlantic coastline, combining vacation/resort real estate with year-round residential ownership. Golf access runs through the Fripp Island Club, whose Full membership tier is reserved for island property owners -- non-owners can only access the club through a separate, more limited Non-Resident Patron program.
Golf & Course
Ocean Point Golf Links (George Cobb, 1964) is a classic oceanfront layout with recently renovated bunkers, waste areas, and cart paths; Cobb was a design consultant associated with Augusta National and several major-championship venues. Ocean Creek (Davis Love III and Paul Cowley, 1995) winds through salt marsh and maritime forest and was named one of the nation's 'top 10 new courses you can play' by Golf Magazine, later earning a 4.5-star Golf Digest rating.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Only Fripp Island property owners are eligible for Full resident membership (golf, tennis/pickleball, beach club, pools, and dining access, reported around $653/month). Owners may instead choose Social ($303/month, everything but golf/racquet sports), Dining ($103/month), or Inactive (landowners not yet resident) tiers. A separate Non-Resident Patron/Full Membership program exists for those who do not own property on the island.
Living in Fripp Island Club
As a gated barrier island, Fripp Island layers a Property Owners Association (annual POA fees, 24-hour security) beneath the separate, optional Club membership system -- owning property here secures eligibility for Full club membership but does not include it automatically.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Fripp Island pairs golf with beach-resort amenities (Beach Club, multiple dining venues, pools, fitness) atop its residential base, giving it a more vacation/resort-hybrid character than the purely residential inland Sea Island communities in this market.
Location & Surrounding Area
The southernmost of the developed Sea Islands south of Beaufort proper, reached via a causeway near St. Helena Island, within Beaufort County.
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.
Annual dues
Current$7,836
Derived from reported Full Membership dues of $653/month x 12. Social Membership is $303/month (~$3,636/year, includes everything except golf and racquet sports), Dining Membership is $103/month (~$1,236/year), and Inactive Membership (for landowners not yet building) has separate, lower terms not fully documented this session.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current property-owner Full Membership initiation fee directly with the club -- only third-party-aggregated figures were found this session.
- Confirm Inactive Membership terms for landowners who have not yet built.
- Independently verify latitude/longitude -- this session used a geographic estimate, not a confirmed geocode.
Notable
- Ocean Point (1964) was designed by George Cobb, a design consultant associated with Augusta National and several major-championship courses.
- Ocean Creek (1995) was named among the nation's 'top 10 new courses you can play' by Golf Magazine.
- Full club membership is contractually limited to Fripp Island property owners, distinguishing it from the resort's separate vacation-rental/day-guest golf product.
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