The Golf Club at The Highlands
Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, Virginia · Richmond golf market
- Access
- semi private
- Holes
- 18
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The Golf Club at The Highlands is an 18-hole, semi-private course in Chesterfield County, roughly 25 miles from downtown Richmond, that anchors The Highlands, a 3,100-acre master-planned community with home sites ranging from one to five acres, a 65-acre lake, and its own community association (the Highlands Community Association, or HCA). The club has over 200 golf members and a real membership program (Full Golf membership: $0 initiation fee, $265/month individual or $320/month family dues per the club's own site) while also accepting public play at posted daily rates ($45-70/round depending on day and time).
The Highlands includes several sub-neighborhoods, notably Lake Margaret at The Highlands, a 62-home, 55-and-over section with its own HOA (Lake Margaret Section 1). Lake Margaret's own marketing describes residents 'enjoying' the community's 18-hole championship golf course among its amenities -- but applying the same discipline this platform has used for every other 55+ community checked (Sun City Texas, Palm Desert, Lincoln Hills, Nevada's communities), that language reads as proximity/lifestyle marketing rather than a bundled-membership claim: golf remains a real, separately-paid product, whether through club membership or the public daily rate, not something included with any Highlands home purchase.
Golf & Course
An 18-hole, par-72 course that opened in 1995; specific architect not confirmed this session.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Semi-private: a real membership program exists (Full Golf: $0 initiation, $265-320/month dues) alongside public pay-to-play access at posted daily rates ($45-70/round). Golf membership or access is NOT included with, required for, or automatically bundled to home purchase anywhere in The Highlands community, including the age-restricted Lake Margaret section -- this was specifically checked and resolved this session, not merely assumed.
Living in The Golf Club at The Highlands
The Highlands is a 3,100-acre master-planned community organized around this golf course as its central identity amenity, including the age-restricted Lake Margaret at The Highlands sub-neighborhood (62 homes, its own HOA). The community's own association is literally named for the golf course/development ('Highlands Community Association'), reflecting how central the course is to the community's identity even though golf access is not exclusive to residents.
Lifestyle & Amenities
The Highlands' broader amenities include community clubhouses; the golf club itself offers dining ('The Reserve at The Highlands' is a Lake Margaret-specific restaurant, distinct from the golf clubhouse).
Location & Surrounding Area
The Golf Club at The Highlands sits within The Highlands, a large master-planned community in Chesterfield County roughly 25 miles from downtown Richmond, which includes the age-restricted Lake Margaret at The Highlands sub-neighborhood (62 single-family homes) around two lakes totaling over 100 acres.
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$0
Full Golf membership carries a $0 initiation fee per the club's own membership page.
Annual dues
Current$3,840
Derived by multiplying the club's own posted monthly Full Golf family dues ($320/month) by 12; the source states monthly figures, not an annual figure directly. Individual Full Golf dues are $265/month ($3,180/year) -- this record captures the higher (family) figure; both are real, official-site-sourced numbers, not directory estimates.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current public daily-fee rate sheet (rates found this session: $45-70/round, may be dated).
- Confirm course architect and opening-year details.
- Confirm whether The Highlands community is gated.
Notable
- The Golf Club at The Highlands has over 200 golf members but also accepts public play at posted daily rates.
- Full Golf membership carries a $0 initiation fee, per the club's own site -- the real cost is in monthly dues ($265-320/month).
- Lake Margaret at The Highlands, a 62-home 55+ sub-neighborhood, markets proximity to the golf course as a lifestyle amenity, but golf access is confirmed NOT bundled to home purchase.
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US Golf Living provides independent real-estate research and can connect consumers with real-estate professionals. Golf membership, availability, fees and approval are determined independently by the applicable club.