Hillwood Country Club
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee · Nashville Proper & Old-Guard Clubs golf market
- Access
- non equity
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Dick Wilson (with Eldridge "Bubber" Johnson), Bob Cupp (1987 renovation), Bruce Hepner (2003 and 2011 renovations)
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Hillwood Country Club was founded in 1953 as a private 18-hole club on Nashville's west side, set across rolling Middle Tennessee terrain. The original course was designed by Dick Wilson with assistance from Eldridge 'Bubber' Johnson, a former PGA vice president and founder of the Tennessee PGA chapter. The course was substantially refined by Bob Cupp in 1987, and has since been renovated twice more by Bruce Hepner of Renaissance Golf, in 2003 and 2011 -- a steady pattern of modernization that has kept the layout current without a full re-architecture.
Hillwood operates as a straightforward freestanding private club rather than the amenity core of a bundled residential development: it offers tiered Resident and Social membership categories, with reported (though not officially published) initiation fees of $35,000 for Resident and $15,000 for Social membership, and monthly dues of roughly $325 and $195 respectively.
Golf & Course
The Dick Wilson-designed layout, refined by Bob Cupp in 1987, has been kept current through two further Bruce Hepner renovations (2003, 2011) rather than a wholesale redesign -- a continuity of stewardship across three distinct eras of American golf course architecture.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Hillwood is a private club with Resident and Social membership tiers; Resident membership carries the higher initiation fee and includes golf access, while Social membership is a lower-cost, non-golf tier. No public waitlist information was found.
Living in Hillwood Country Club
Hillwood Country Club is a freestanding club on Nashville's west side, near but not administratively part of a single planned residential development or HOA.
Location & Surrounding Area
The club sits on Nashville's west side, in the general vicinity of Belle Meade and West Meade.
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$35,000
Resident Member initiation reported at $35,000; a Social Member tier is reported at $15,000. A separate, less specific estimate elsewhere put initiation around $100,000 -- the $35,000/$15,000 figures are more granular and tier-specific and are used here, but neither is an official published club rate sheet.
Initiation (range low)
Current$15,000
Social Member tier initiation.
Initiation (range high)
Current$35,000
Resident Member tier initiation.
Annual dues
Current$3,900
Resident Member dues reported at $325/month (~$3,900/year); Social Member dues reported at $195/month (~$2,340/year). Not an official published club rate sheet; confirm directly.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current initiation fee and dues directly with Hillwood's membership office -- figures used here come from a third-party estimator, not an official rate sheet.
- Confirm current membership waitlist status directly with the club.
Notable
- Founded 1953; the course carries design work from Dick Wilson, Bob Cupp, and Bruce Hepner across more than five decades.
- The course has been renovated twice by Bruce Hepner of Renaissance Golf, in 2003 and 2011.
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