Kwiniaska Golf Club
Shelburne, Chittenden County, Vermont · Burlington & Lake Champlain golf market
- Access
- semi private
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- A. Bradford (Brad) Caldwell (1965 original), P.B. Dye (2018-2020 redesign)
- Gated
- No
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Kwiniaska Golf Club sits on Spear Street in Shelburne, in Chittenden County just south of Burlington, with views across Lake Champlain to New York's Adirondacks. The course was originally built in 1965 by A. Bradford Caldwell and straddled Spear Street through a corridor of some of the area's largest and most expensive homes; new owners Robert and Marcia Nappi bought the club in 2017 and hired P.B. Dye to redesign it, with the new 18-hole layout debuting in May 2020 -- the only Dye-designed course in Vermont. It operates as a semi-private club with a real, modest annual membership fee rather than an invitation-only or equity structure.
Kwiniaska Ridge, a luxury townhome development by Snyder Homes built directly across Spear Street from the club, is the residential tie behind this anchor's qualification: its own marketing lists golfing at Kwiniaska among the community's year-round lifestyle amenities, alongside the adjoining town recreation path and proximity to Shelburne Farms and the Shelburne Museum.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Kwiniaska is semi-private with a real but modest annual membership fee (reported ~$1,525 renewal / $1,595 new for 2026) and no reported waitlist; the club's own 2022 announcement described membership as newly open to the public. No home purchase at Kwiniaska Ridge or elsewhere nearby includes membership automatically -- it is applied for and paid the same as by any other member of the public.
Living in Kwiniaska Golf Club
Kwiniaska Ridge is a luxury townhome development by Snyder Homes on Spear Street directly across from the golf club, offering 2-3 bedroom, 2-3 bath townhomes of roughly 1,924-2,419 sq ft starting in the low $700,000s, explicitly marketed around access to golfing at Kwiniaska alongside the connected Town of Shelburne recreation path.
Location & Surrounding Area
Shelburne sits in Chittenden County immediately south of Burlington along US Route 7/Spear Street, on the shore of Lake Champlain. It is roughly 8-10 miles south of downtown Burlington and about 60-70 miles from the Mad River Valley/Sugarbush area to the southeast.
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.
Annual dues
Current$1,595
New-member annual membership fee as reported for the 2026 season; returning-member renewal reported at $1,525. This is an annual membership fee, not a one-time equity initiation -- the club's own 2022 announcement described membership as newly 'open to the public,' consistent with a semi-private, non-equity structure rather than a capped/invitation model.
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