Belfair Club
Bluffton, Beaufort County, South Carolina · Bluffton golf market
- Access
- membership optional
- Holes
- 36
- Architect(s)
- Tom Fazio
- Gated
- Yes
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Belfair is a gated, 1,100-acre golf community in Bluffton built around two full Tom Fazio championship courses. Its distinguishing structural feature is that every home and homesite -- over 730 of them -- includes a transferable Belfair Family Membership as part of ownership, with additional paid membership tiers (Full Golf, Sports, Social) available for owners who want more, and a limited number of memberships also sold to non-owners.
Golf & Course
Tom Fazio designed both 18-hole courses at Belfair: the 7,129-yard West Course (1996), a lush Lowcountry parklands design, and the 6,939-yard East Course (1999), styled after traditional Scottish links. Together they form a 36-hole facility regarded as one of the stronger Fazio pairings in the Bluffton market.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Every home and homesite at Belfair includes a Belfair Family Membership that transfers with resale -- a genuine bundled-residential structure. Upgraded Full Golf, Sports, and Social membership tiers are available for an additional initiation fee (reported $75,001-$100,000 range) and annual dues (reported $20,588/year); a limited number of memberships are also sold to non-owners.
Living in Belfair Club
Belfair spans roughly 1,100 wooded acres of live oaks, marshland, and riverfront panoramas along the Colleton River, with over 730 homesites, and has been an established Bluffton golf address since a 1994 community transformation.
Location & Surrounding Area
Located in Bluffton along the inlets and wetlands of the Colleton River, within the broader Bluffton golf-plantation cluster near Colleton River Club and Berkeley Hall.
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$75,001
Third-party-reported range for upgraded Full Golf/Sports/Social membership tiers, not the club's own published fee schedule.
Initiation (range high)
Historical$100,000
Same aggregator-reported range as initiation_fee_min.
Annual dues
Historical$20,588
Reported as $17,521 operational dues plus $3,067 capital dues = $20,588/year; third-party-reported, not confirmed against the club's own published schedule.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm precisely what the bundled Belfair Family Membership includes (social/amenity access vs. any golf privileges) versus what requires an upgraded paid tier -- not resolved this session.
- Confirm current initiation fee and dues directly with the club -- figures used here are third-party-reported.
- Confirm membership waitlist status and current availability of non-owner memberships.
Notable
- Every home and homesite includes a transferable Belfair Family Membership as part of ownership.
- Two full 18-hole Tom Fazio courses: West (1996, 7,129 yards) and East (1999, 6,939 yards).
- Over 730 homesites across roughly 1,100 acres.
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