Mariners Landing Golf & Country Club
Huddleston, Bedford County, Virginia · Smith Mountain Lake golf market
- Access
- mixed
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Robert Trent Jones Sr., Mark McCumber
- Golf access
- Bundled
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Mariners Landing is a roughly 1,000-acre resort-residential community on Smith Mountain Lake in Huddleston, Bedford County, developed around an 18-hole golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. together with Mark McCumber (and, per the community's own materials, Lewis Clark and Joe Sonderman), which opened in 1993. The community includes single-family homes, on- and off-water townhomes, waterfront condominiums, and golf villas.
The key finding this session, resolving the prior batch's central open question: the Mariners Landing Community Association (MLCA) -- the mandatory umbrella property-owners' association -- bundles golf green fees into its monthly property-owner dues, alongside use of the golf course, indoor and outdoor pools, tennis, pickleball, and basketball. Cart fees remain a separate charge for both owners and the public ($13-22/round). Each specific neighborhood/product-type section (golf villas, particular condo buildings, townhome sections) also carries its own additional sectional-association dues layered on top of MLCA dues. The course remains genuinely 'partially private and partially public' in the sense that it also accepts public and resort-guest play and offers standalone memberships not tied to property ownership -- but for an actual Mariners Landing property owner, golf access is a real, bundled benefit of ownership, not merely proximity.
Golf & Course
The 18-hole, par-72 course (7,155 yards) was designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. together with Mark McCumber and opened in 1993 as part of the Mariners Landing resort development on Smith Mountain Lake.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
A genuinely mixed-access model: (1) property owners under the mandatory MLCA pay monthly dues that bundle golf green fees (cart fees extra); (2) the course also accepts public and resort-guest play and offers standalone memberships not tied to property ownership. This is a real, confirmed distinction between owner and non-owner access -- resolving the prior research batch's central open question in favor of a genuine (if partial) homeowner golf benefit.
Living in Mariners Landing Golf & Country Club
A large, multi-product-type resort community (single-family homes, townhomes, condos, golf villas) under the umbrella Mariners Landing Community Association, with additional sectional associations and dues for specific product types. Amenities beyond golf include indoor/outdoor pools, tennis, pickleball, basketball, private beaches, day docks, and boat rental/slip programs.
Lifestyle & Amenities
The Cabana recreational facility (tennis, basketball, sand volleyball, swimming), private beaches and day docks on Smith Mountain Lake, boat rentals and private slips, on-site dining/bar at the golf clubhouse, and a fitness/wellness center.
Location & Surrounding Area
Mariners Landing sits in Huddleston, Bedford County, on Smith Mountain Lake, in the same broader lake corridor as The Waterfront Country Club and The Water's Edge Country Club, roughly 35 minutes from Roanoke and Lynchburg.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current MLCA dues amount and how it varies by product type/section -- only a single condo-listing example was found this session ($421/month MLCA + $2,236/quarter sectional), not a full published schedule.
- Confirm current standalone (non-owner) membership initiation fee/dues directly -- not researched this session due to budget.
- Confirm gated status directly -- not researched this session.
- Confirm membership transferability.
Notable
- Course designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. and Mark McCumber, opened 1993.
- Mariners Landing Community Association (MLCA) property-owner dues bundle golf green fees -- confirmed this session, resolving the prior batch's open question.
- Cart fees ($13-22/round) are billed separately from dues, for both owners and the public.
- The course remains open to public and resort-guest play and offers standalone memberships not tied to property ownership.
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