Long Cove Club
Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina · Hilton Head Island golf market
- Access
- equity
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Pete Dye
- Gated
- Yes
- Golf access
- Bundled
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Long Cove is a genuinely bundled golf-and-yacht residential community: buying a home or homesite here automatically includes club membership, an 85-slip marina, and access to the Pete Dye course, with no separate application or screening process beyond the standard property purchase.
Golf & Course
Pete Dye's 1981 design at Long Cove is ranked #24 nationally in Golfweek's Top 200 Residential Golf Courses and #8 in Golfweek's Best Private Courses in South Carolina (2026), and #85 on Golfweek's America's Best Top 100 Modern Golf Courses list.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Membership is automatic and mandatory with property purchase -- there is no separate invitation, interview, or screening process. The $75,000 initiation fee and $20,867 (2026) annual dues are bundled directly into ownership and cover essentially all community amenities.
Living in Long Cove Club
A roughly 500-member Yacht Club, an 85-slip marina, tennis and pickleball facilities, and a heated pool round out the golf-centered, single-developer community.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Boating and golf are the twin identities of Long Cove; the marina and yacht club are treated as co-equal amenities alongside the Pete Dye course.
Location & Surrounding Area
Located on Hilton Head Island, along Calibogue Sound/Broad Creek waterways typical of the island's mid-island marina communities.
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
Current$75,000
Mandatory, bundled with every property purchase -- not an optional membership fee.
Annual dues
Current$20,867
2026 all-inclusive annual dues; covers golf, marina, tennis/pickleball, pool, clubhouse dining, and all community facilities. Functions as both club dues and HOA/POA-type fee.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm the current fee schedule directly with the club before closing, since these are periodically updated (this record uses the club's own 2025-2026 published schedule).
- Confirm exact acreage/homesite count and any remaining undeveloped inventory.
Notable
- Membership is automatic and mandatory with every property purchase -- a genuinely bundled-residential model.
- Ranked #24 nationally in Golfweek's Top 200 Residential Golf Courses and #8 in Golfweek's Best Private Courses in South Carolina (2026).
- Includes an 85-slip marina and roughly 500-member Yacht Club.
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