Valleybrook Golf & Country Club
Hixson, Hamilton County, Tennessee · Chattanooga golf market
- Access
- non equity
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Chic Adams
- Gated
- No
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Valleybrook opened in 1963 as one of the first 18-hole residential golf-course communities built in the United States, quickly earning regional prestige and hosting nine PGA Tour events, including a run as the PGA Tour's Chattanooga Classic stop from 1983 to 1991. After decades operating as a semi-private club, new ownership (Urban Story Ventures, led by Jimmy White) acquired the property in 2023 and took it fully private on October 11, 2025, with an active redevelopment underway to reimagine membership and amenities. The surrounding Valleybrook neighborhood in Hixson remains a genuine, established residential area whose identity traces back to the course's original purpose-built residential-golf concept, even as the club itself is now mid-transition under new private ownership.
Golf & Course
An 18-hole course designed by Chic Adams, opened in 1963, playing roughly 6,913 yards from the gold tees. The course has hosted nine PGA Tour events historically, including the PGA Tour's Chattanooga Classic from 1983 to 1991.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Valleybrook became a fully private club on October 11, 2025, after decades as semi-private. Membership requires an application and approval process and is currently subject to an active waitlist, with tiers including Individual, Two-Person/Family, Young Professional Golf, Senior Golf, Student Golf, and Corporate packages. Homeowners in the surrounding Valleybrook neighborhood are not automatically granted membership.
Living in Valleybrook Golf & Country Club
The Valleybrook neighborhood in Hixson blends established and newer single-family homes (ranch, split-level, Colonial Revival, contemporary, and Craftsman styles) on winding streets with varied, sometimes acre-plus lots; the median home sale price over the trailing 12 months is about $360,000, up roughly 9% year over year, and homes typically sell in about 28 days.
Lifestyle & Amenities
The clubhouse offers a practice green, driving range, pro shop, locker rooms, a full-service restaurant, bar, and event space with catering.
Location & Surrounding Area
Located in Hixson, within about 12 miles of downtown Chattanooga and Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport, near Chickamauga Lake and the Chickamauga Creek Conservancy.
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)
Current$250
Individual membership initiation fee (non-refundable), per the club's official 2026 membership fees document.
Initiation (range high)
Historical$5,000
A separate club terms document references a $5,000 initiation fee 'currently in effect' -- conflicts with the $250/$500 figures in the club's own 2026 fee schedule PDF; see initiation_fee notes.
Annual dues
Current$1,525
Family membership annual dues, per the club's official 2026 membership fees document.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current, resolved initiation-fee structure directly with the club -- this record found a genuine conflict between the club's own 2026 fee-schedule PDF and a separate terms page.
- Confirm current waitlist length/timeline given the very recent (Oct. 2025) conversion to fully private.
- Confirm whether the Valleybrook neighborhood carries any HOA and, if so, its fee -- not found this pass.
Notable
- One of the first 18-hole residential golf-course communities built in the United States, opened 1963.
- Hosted nine PGA Tour events historically, including the Chattanooga Classic (PGA Tour) from 1983 to 1991.
- Went fully private on October 11, 2025, after decades operating as a semi-private club.
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