Alderbrook Golf & Yacht Club
Union, Mason County, Washington · Hood Canal golf market
- Access
- bundled
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Roy Goss, Glen Proctor
- Golf access
- Bundled
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Alderbrook Golf & Yacht Club sits on the Hood Canal side of the Olympic Peninsula in the small unincorporated community of Union, Mason County, with fairways running through a residential neighborhood and views of the Canal and Olympic Mountains. Its origin traces to 1959, when Hoodsport real-estate broker Wesley M. Johnson and his wife Frances bought the original Alderbrook Inn and surrounding uplands and decided the property was suited to a golf course and vacation community. The front nine opened in July 1965 and the back nine in June 1970; on June 30, 1968, the club and community were formally reorganized as a nonprofit -- combining the Alderbrook Community Club and Alderbrook Country Club into the present-day Alderbrook Golf & Yacht Club (AGYC) -- with elected trustees including the Johnsons and Alderbrook property owners.
That 1968 reorganization is what makes Alderbrook a genuine bundled-golf candidate rather than an ordinary private club: AGYC operates as a Washington homeowners association, and owners of property in the community are members in good standing with rights that include unlimited golf for two adult owners (plus dependents under 21 or full-time students), reciprocal play at several other regional clubs, and boat-mooring privileges tied to the club's yacht/marina side. A separate, non-bundled annual membership track exists for people who want to golf at Alderbrook without owning property there ($2,500/year single, $4,000/year couple, no joining fee).
Golf & Course
The par-72 course (6,338 yards from the longest tees, 126 slope, 70.9 rating) was designed by Roy Goss and Glen Proctor, opening nine holes at a time between 1965 and 1970. It plays through mature evergreen-lined, rolling fairways with Hood Canal and Olympic Mountains views, with a tighter front nine and a more open back nine.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Access at Alderbrook runs on two tracks. Property owners in the Alderbrook community are automatically HOA members in good standing (membership extends to two adult owners and dependent children under 21 or full-time students living at home) and that HOA membership includes unlimited golf, tennis/bocce/basketball court access, and boat mooring -- a real bundled-to-homeownership mechanic, not an optional add-on. Non-owners can join separately on a paid annual basis without owning property in the community.
Living in Alderbrook Golf & Yacht Club
Homes and homesites are actively marketed and sold as part of 'Alderbrook Golf Community' (via Alderbrook Properties), from new-construction single-family homes to build-ready lots, with the HOA-bundled golf membership as a stated selling point alongside road maintenance and clubhouse access.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Beyond golf, HOA amenities include tennis, bocce ball and basketball courts, a community garden, picnic area and playground, plus a clubhouse with restaurant/bar and mooring at the club's Hood Canal marina -- the 'yacht club' half of the name.
Location & Surrounding Area
Union sits on the Hood Canal side of the Olympic Peninsula in Mason County, a rural, water-oriented setting distinct from the Seattle Metro or Kitsap Peninsula corridors, roughly an hour-plus drive from the Bremerton/Belfair area and well outside any other Washington golf market covered in this build.
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
Applies to the separate non-owner annual membership track ('no joining fees'); property-owner HOA membership has no separately disclosed initiation fee.
Annual dues
Current$2,500
Non-owner annual membership: $2,500/year single, $4,000/year couple, no joining fee. Property-owner HOA dues (which include unlimited golf) are a separate figure -- see the linked community record's hoa_fee.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm the current property-owner HOA dues figure directly with Alderbrook Golf & Yacht Club or its HOA management -- the ~$245/month figure found is from secondary real-estate marketing sources, not a primary club fee-schedule page.
- Confirm whether gate/access control exists for the Alderbrook community (not found in research to date).
- Do not blend sourcing with Alderbrook Resort & Spa (the separately owned/operated historic hotel) -- verified as a distinct entity in this pass.
Notable
- Legally organized since June 30, 1968 as a Washington homeowners association combining the former Alderbrook Community Club and Alderbrook Country Club.
- Property-owner HOA membership includes reciprocal play privileges at other regional golf clubs plus boat-mooring benefits, not just on-site golf.
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