Elizabeth Manor Golf & Country Club
Portsmouth, Virginia · Hampton Roads / Virginia Beach golf market
- Access
- non equity
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Dick Wilson
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Elizabeth Manor Golf & Country Club is a private 18-hole club along the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth, founded in 1948 (course attributed to Dick Wilson, renovated by Lester George in 1998). It offers golf, tennis, and pool amenities and has hosted the Eastern Amateur, a long-running regional tournament, since 1957. The club was sold by its membership in 2019/2020 to private owner Dwight Schaubach (operating as Elizabeth Manor Golf Investors II LLC), who has since invested millions in course and facility renovations, consulting World Golf Hall of Fame member and two-time Eastern Amateur champion Ben Crenshaw on redesign work including new teeing areas and bunker repairs.
The club shares its name with 'Elizabeth Manor,' a genuinely distinct residential neighborhood in Portsmouth that surrounds it -- real-estate sources (Homes.com, SimonHouses) list 'Elizabeth Manor' as its own neighborhood, and the Green Acres subdivision of 1950s-60s Cape Cod and Colonial homes sits directly behind the clubhouse. This resolves the residential-relevance question the prior research batch flagged as unconfirmed: the club is genuinely surrounded by and identified with a named residential area, not merely a course with unrelated houses nearby.
Golf & Course
An 18-hole, par-70 course (6,462 yards, Bent Grass greens, Bermuda fairways) designed by Dick Wilson and opened in 1948, with a full renovation by architect Lester George in 1998 and further course work since 2020 under new ownership, guided by Ben Crenshaw's consulting input on teeing-ground and bunker redesign.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Non-equity, paid-membership model without a confirmed waitlist. The club has run public membership-outreach promotions in the past (a 2018 'Great Again' program and limited-time no-initiation-fee offers), suggesting active member recruitment historically. Since the 2019/2020 sale, the club is privately owned rather than member-owned, which is a meaningfully different access/ownership structure than a traditional member-owned country club; confirm current membership terms directly, as figures on record (2018) predate the ownership change.
Living in Elizabeth Manor Golf & Country Club
'Elizabeth Manor' is both the club's name and the name of the surrounding Portsmouth residential neighborhood -- a genuine, if informal, identity link rather than manufactured proximity. The adjoining Green Acres subdivision (built 1950s-60s) sits directly behind the golf course. Club membership is a separate purchase from home ownership in these areas; no bundling was found or should be assumed.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Six tennis courts, an Olympic-size swimming pool, and dining facilities alongside the golf course; practice facilities include a driving range, putting green, chipping green, and practice bunker.
Location & Surrounding Area
Elizabeth Manor sits along the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth, surrounded by the Elizabeth Manor and Green Acres residential areas and near the broader Park Manor waterfront neighborhood.
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 2018$150
From a 2018 Club + Resort Business trade-press article on the club's 'Great Again' membership-outreach program. Historical (2018) and predates the 2019/2020 change in ownership (member-owned to Dwight Schaubach/Elizabeth Manor Golf Investors II LLC) -- current pricing likely differs; see initiation_fee notes for an unverified directory estimate.
Initiation (range high)
Historical — as of 2018$350
See initiation_fee_min notes.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current initiation fee and dues directly with the club -- the only hard figures on record are from 2018 and predate the 2019/2020 ownership change; a directory estimate (~$10,000 initiation/~$500 month dues) is unverified.
- Confirm whether the club is currently gated/access-controlled.
- Confirm current membership category structure beyond a general 'Golf Membership.'
Notable
- Founded in 1948; renovated by Lester George in 1998, with further renovation since 2020 under new private ownership.
- Has hosted the Eastern Amateur tournament since 1957.
- Sold by its membership in 2019/2020 to private owner Dwight Schaubach; Ben Crenshaw consulted on subsequent course redesign work.
- Peak membership reached roughly 420 in the early 1990s before declining as golfers gained more course choices in the region.
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