Houston Country Club
Houston, Harris County, Texas · Houston In-Town / River Oaks / Memorial golf market
- Access
- invitation only
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Robert Trent Jones Sr. (1957)
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Houston Country Club was chartered in 1908 and moved to its current Tanglewood site in 1957, where Robert Trent Jones Sr. designed the golf course still in play today. It is consistently cited among Houston's most prestigious clubs -- Forbes ranked it a top-20 US country club in 2021-22 -- and, like River Oaks CC, requires member sponsorship and a waitlist rather than offering open enrollment.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Membership requires being recommended by a current member in good standing, with reported waits of several years. There is no indication that Tanglewood homeownership includes, requires, or expedites club membership.
Living in Houston Country Club
Tanglewood is one of Houston's established, centrally located, high-end neighborhoods, developed in the mid-20th century around the club's relocation there in 1957. It sits inside Loop 610 near the Galleria area.
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)
Historical — as of 2026-09-21$75,000
Third-party aggregator estimate, not club-published.
Annual dues
Historical — as of 2026-09-21$8,400
Forum-reported estimate of ~$700/month (~$8,400/year); not a club-published figure.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current initiation fee and dues directly with the club.
- Confirm current membership categories and any non-golf tiers.
Notable
- Chartered in 1908; original downtown-area site later became the municipal Gus Wortham Golf Course.
- Moved to Tanglewood in 1957; current course designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr.
- Forbes-ranked a top-20 US country club, 2021-22.
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