Chattanooga Golf & Country Club
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee · Chattanooga golf market
- Access
- invitation only
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Donald Ross, Bergin (2005 renovation)
- Gated
- No
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Founded in 1896, Chattanooga Golf & Country Club is believed to be the oldest golf club in the South still on its original site, having weathered two world wars and the Great Depression. Its 18-hole course was substantially reconstructed in 2005 to a Donald Ross-inspired 1920s aesthetic. The club sits inside Riverview, one of Chattanooga's most historic and walkable in-town neighborhoods, whose elegant early-20th-century homes -- many by the city's most prominent architects -- were built up around the club over more than a century, giving Riverview much of its established, upscale identity even though club membership itself remains a separate, invitation-only privilege rather than something conferred by living there.
Golf & Course
The 18-hole course plays roughly 6,685-6,694 yards to a par of 71 (rating 75.4, slope 132) on Bermuda grass, with riverside holes 7 through 9 and a par-3 18th adjacent to the clubhouse. A comprehensive 2005 renovation reconstructed and re-grassed every green, bunker, tee, and fairway to recapture a 1920s aesthetic attributed to Donald Ross's design influence.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Membership is by invitation only, requiring endorsement by two current regular (golfing) members -- there is no public or resident-automatic path to membership. Buying a home in Riverview does not include or require club membership.
Living in Chattanooga Golf & Country Club
Riverview is one of Chattanooga's most historic in-town neighborhoods, developed alongside the club since the early 1900s. Many homes overlook the golf course and sit just steps from the clubhouse; the area blends established early-20th-century residences with newer construction (e.g., The Enclave at Riverview, Heritage Landing, Longholm Court) and a walkable retail strip of boutiques and restored bungalows.
Location & Surrounding Area
Located at 1511 Riverview Road in the Riverview neighborhood, along the Tennessee River just north of downtown Chattanooga.
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$36,500
Resident member golf initiation fee, per a membership-cost aggregator synthesizing club-reported figures; not independently confirmed against the club's own published rate sheet (chattanoogagcc.org's membership page did not display numbers in available search results). Treat as indicative rather than confirmed-current.
Annual dues
Historical$8,040
Annual dues for golf members, same aggregator source and same caveats as initiation_fee.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current initiation fee and annual dues directly with the club -- this record's figures come from a third-party aggregator, not the club's own rate sheet.
- Confirm current membership waitlist status and any additional membership categories beyond resident golf membership.
Notable
- Believed to be the oldest golf club in the South still on its original site, founded in 1896.
- Course substantially reconstructed in 2005 to recapture a 1920s Donald Ross-era aesthetic.
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