Golf Club of Tennessee
Kingston Springs, Cheatham County, Tennessee · Franklin & Brentwood / Williamson County golf market
- Access
- non equity
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Tom Fazio
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Golf Club of Tennessee, in Kingston Springs (Cheatham County, about 20-plus miles west of downtown Nashville), was conceived in the 1980s by Nashville businessmen Toby Wilt and George Gillett and formally organized in 1988 with billionaire Bronson Ingram as a founding partner. The Tom Fazio-designed 18-hole course, set on 317 acres along the Harpeth River, opened in 1991 and has drawn national recognition: Golf Digest ranked it #163 on America's 200 Greatest Golf Courses as of 2017, and more recent Golf Digest state rankings place it #2 in Tennessee. The club hosted the 2018 U.S. Women's Amateur and includes a 31,000-square-foot clubhouse with overnight guest accommodations for up to 16 people, including the Ingram Cabin (added 2012).
The club's own self-description leans toward a deliberately golf-only, prestige-club model -- consistent with the research brief's caution to verify this entity carefully rather than assume qualification from fame alone, similar to The Honors Course in Chattanooga. This research did find real-estate evidence of a residential neighborhood carrying the club's name in Kingston Springs, though the precise relationship between that neighborhood and the golf club itself was not fully resolved this session (see buyer_notes) -- a genuine, disclosed limitation rather than a confidently asserted bundled-community relationship.
Golf & Course
The Tom Fazio-designed 18-hole course opened in 1991 on 317 acres along the Harpeth River. It was rated #163 on Golf Digest's America's 200 Greatest Golf Courses as of 2017 and more recently reported at #2 in Tennessee (and #199 nationally in the 'Second 100 Greatest'). The club hosted the 2018 U.S. Women's Amateur, a genuine USGA championship credential.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Membership is private and reportedly sponsor/application-based, with a Resident Member Golf initiation fee reported as high as $40,000; older (2022) sources describe age-banded Regular and Junior Golf membership tiers with lower fees. Homeownership in the surrounding area is not confirmed to require or automatically include club membership.
Living in Golf Club of Tennessee
Real-estate sources describe 'The Golf Club' as a gated, prestigious Kingston Springs neighborhood dating to 1996, with private community lake lots and both new-construction and established homes -- but this research could not fully confirm whether that neighborhood is the same development as the golf club profiled here, an important open question for any buyer motivated specifically by this club.
Lifestyle & Amenities
The clubhouse spans 31,000 square feet with overnight accommodations for up to 16 guests, including the Ingram Cabin (a three-building guest complex added in 2012) with views of the practice facility.
Location & Surrounding Area
Located in Kingston Springs, Cheatham County, roughly 20-plus miles west of downtown Nashville -- geographically further from the core Franklin/Brentwood cluster than this market's other anchors, routed to this batch per the Tennessee market manifest.
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$40,000
Reported as the 'Resident Member Golf' initiation fee. An older (2022) source separately reported a $15,000 Regular Golf Membership (age 35-69) initiation with $649/month dues -- kept here as a conflicting historical figure, not reconciled to one number.
Initiation (range low)
Historical — as of 2022$14,000
2022-dated Junior Golf Membership (age 30-34) figure; explicitly historical, not current.
Initiation (range high)
Current$40,000
Annual dues
Historical — as of 2022$7,788
Annualized from a 2022-dated $649/month Regular Golf Membership dues figure; explicitly historical, not confirmed current.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Resolve the relationship between the 'The Golf Club' residential neighborhood marketed by Kingston Springs real-estate sources and the Golf Club of Tennessee profiled here -- this research could not conclusively confirm whether they are the same development, adjacent-but-separate developments, or an aggregator content-drift artifact.
- Confirm current initiation fee and dues directly with the club -- the $40,000 figure and the older $14,000-$15,000 figures come from third-party sources and may reflect different membership eras or categories.
- Confirm current membership sponsorship/application process and any waitlist directly with the club.
Notable
- Founded in 1988 by Nashville businessmen Bronson Ingram, Toby Wilt, and George N. Gillett Jr.; course opened 1991.
- Golf Digest ranked it #163 on America's 200 Greatest Golf Courses as of 2017; more recent Golf Digest coverage places it #2 in Tennessee.
- Hosted the 2018 U.S. Women's Amateur, a genuine USGA championship credential.
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