[Under99]

Thinking of moving to the DC area in January, leaving behind my local club.

Seeing the cost of public courses has me worried, so I'm wondering if there are any low-initiation private clubs near DC for under, say, $400/month for a single?

Here in the Midwest clubs are either waiving initiation fees or lowering them, but I don't know if that's the case near DC. Appreciate any general thoughts in that regard.

Appreciate any thoughts.

[jaybez101099]

If you want to drive say 45mins out of D.C. check out Sparrows Point Country club(east baltimore county). Nice little gem with low fees plus you get 27holes......low membership so easy tee times.
Food also top notch....

[CongoTerp]

Where will you be living?

[golfrnmdbucky]

yeah where in DC??? you could look at springfield country club, but not sure how much their initiation is, its sweet though... They hold a huge JR. tournament every year

[seamusthemick]

Also more in the Baltimore area, but also convenient to northern DC suburbs, is Piney Branch a solid golf course that's in terrific shape there running a membership special.
www.pineybranchgolf.com Just looked, 3500 initiation, so not a steal but a good deal.

[CongoTerp]

seamusthemick, on Jan 29 2009, 09:45 AM, said:

Also more in the Baltimore area, but also convenient to northern DC suburbs, is Piney Branch a solid golf course that's in terrific shape there running a membership special.
www.pineybranchgolf.com Just looked, 3500 initiation, so not a steal but a good deal.

I thought PineyBranch is in Finksburg, which is way north of Baltimore and would be at least 1 1/2 hr from DC.
If you are in the MD suburbs, I would suggest the following Country Clubs which are reasonably priced and likely to be offering deals these days (1) CC at Woodmore - great Arnold Palmer track which has hosted some events, Sr Tour, US Sr Open Qualifying, Nationwide tour (2) Argyle CC (3) Norbeck..If further out towards Baltimore the Hobits Glen in Columbia is good. Some of the Public Courses where you can "join" (1)The University of Maryland Course is just getting redone and is a fun track (2) Glen Dale, short but a great gamblers course w/ trick greens
and on the upscale public list: PB Dye and Worthington Manor might still offer memberships. If you've got more coin then 4 Streams is the ticket.

[Carolina Golfer 2]

Under99, on Aug 12 2008, 11:17 AM, said:

Thinking of moving to the DC area in January, leaving behind my local club.

Seeing the cost of public courses has me worried, so I'm wondering if there are any low-initiation private clubs near DC for under, say, $400/month for a single?

Here in the Midwest clubs are either waiving initiation fees or lowering them, but I don't know if that's the case near DC. Appreciate any general thoughts in that regard.

Appreciate any thoughts.

If you want CLOSE to DC and affordable, you might want to check out Tantallon Country Club in Fort Washington. It is about 10 miles south of the city right on the Maryland/DC/VA border line. I have not played the course in a few years, but I have heard it went though major improvements to the course, clubhouse, tennis and swimming facilities.

The course itself is like most country clubs, it won't beat you up with length, accuracy is more important than pure length. The 9th hole is a short par 3 where the green sits below the clubhouse and patio, for all the members to watch everyone come through the turn. Again you'd have to check it out persoanlly as I have not seen the finished product.

But I do know they were having some great initiation offers.

[seamusthemick]

Piney Branch is actually just south of Hampstead MD and not convenient from DC but not too far from say, Columbia (40 min). Tantallon is a nice find, membership rates are incredibly cheap.

[CongoTerp]

We need to hear back from Under99 to se if he's making it to town and where it is that he will be living before we can actually pick out his new club

[Munich77]

Sorry to bring back this thread, but I noticed that Norbeck CC has some really good deals. What is the club like? Any bad things about it?


As a follow-up, I took a look at Norbeck last weekend. The renovated parts of the clubhouse are great. The course is nice too. A couple of holes have a lot of elevation changes, the rest is pretty flat. Definitely has some holes that hare hard to play but generally the fairways are wide so an errant tee shot does not go way wrong. The greens are small and fast.

I wonder does anyone know anything else about the club?