Spring Island Club
A private, 3,000-acre nature-preserve Sea Island community near Beaufort where property owners must join the club; roughly 1,200 acres are permanently protected preserve, and the Arnold Palmer/Ed Seay-designed Old Tabby Links course (1992, renovated 2012) anchors the highest initiation fee ($125K-$150K) found in this market.
Membership & Access
- Access type
- mandatory
- Facility type
- bundled club
- Bundled golf
- Yes
- Membership required for homeowners
- yes
- Waitlist
- unknown
- Gated
- yes
Courses
- Number of courses
- 1
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Arnold Palmer, Ed Seay
Communities Near Spring Island Club
Living in these communities does not automatically grant golf membership unless noted below — confirm access directly with the club.
What to Independently Verify
This is the highest-barrier community researched in this market -- budget $125,000-$150,000 in initiation costs plus additional Trust and capital charges reported by third-party sources, none of which this session could confirm against the club's own official fee schedule. The conservation/naturalist identity (roughly 40% of the island held as permanent nature preserve) is a genuine differentiator from the more conventional golf-community model at Callawassie or Dataw.
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