Dallas Area Golf

I grew up playing Sherril Park, plano muni, then later Los rios, plantation, eldorado, and chase oaks

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Anyone know the membership rates at courses around dallas or plano area?

Moving that way soon

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There's some ok club Corp courses that aren't too bad, but a lot of the stuff anywhere around the city is insane as far as initiations go. I'm pretty sure Dallas Athletic Club is like $45k initiation and it's not anywhere near the best course around.

And it would be dependent on where you live. I looked at joining a place, but it's hard to get to during the week so it wasn't worth it. You can play really good public golf every weekend for the same price as monthly dues at a private course.

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Isn’t the wait at Dallas National decades long

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Im sure. I know for sure at Colonial, pretty much the only way to be a member is your parents are a member and they pass it to you. There's a bunch of rich dudes that can afford it that can't get in.

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like $250k initiation?

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Probably. Trinity Forrest presold memberships during construction for $80-100k

Waterchase. It's a few miles past Jerry World coming from Dallas, 25 minutes or so from Uptown/HP. $70 on Saturday mornings, so a little more expensive than others mentioned but worth it IMO

ETA: If East Dallas is easier, you can get on Tenison Highlands for ~$60 on the weekends. Cedar Crest is probably $45-50 on weekends and another solid option.

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Waterchase

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Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Info for any of you real ballers on the board: Dallas National

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Membership Information: The Overview
• Local – Principal residence is within 100 miles of the Club. o Current Membership Fee = $225,000 (plus tax)
? plus any previous year and current year assessments
? due upon admission to the club as a new member
o Refund = 20% (upon the subsequent sale of the membership) of the then current
initiation deposit.
o Dues = $1,675 each month
• National – Principal residence is outside of 100 miles of the Club.
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Current Membership Fee = $112,500 (plus tax)
? plus any previous year and current year assessments ? due upon admission to the club as a new member
Refund = 20% (upon the subsequent sale of the membership) of the then current initiation deposit.
Dues = $887.50 each month
• Waiting List – Approved Candidates waiting for a Membership are added to the Waiting List
o Membership fees are determined at the time the approved Candidate moves from the
Waiting List to a Local or National Membership
o Non-Refundable Deposit – 25% (plus tax) of the then-current membership fee and (at
#21 and above) may visit the Club, or play golf, once a month
o Once moved to the #20 position you true up to 40% of the then-current membership fee
and may visit the Club, or play golf, twice a month
o Approved Candidates are still Guests and must always be accompanied and registered
by a current Member when visiting the Club.
Application Process Overview
• Secure a current tenured Membership Sponsor
• Submit a Membership Application
• 4 additional Member references
• Golf & Lunch with Committee Members
or Board Members
• Attend a Membership Reception

Fees are insane in Dallas right now.

TPC Las Colinas is 75k, 800/month.

Was like 7500 for junior back in 2019 with amortization but they got rid of that which sucks for me.

Most of the other I've looked into are 100k if its not club corp.

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I know for sure at Colonial, pretty much the only way to be a member is your parents are a member and they pass it to you. There's a bunch of rich dudes that can afford it that can't get in.

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This is not true. My Cousin joined 2 years ago. No wait, parents are not members. And I think he got a decent deal because at the time, they were going to shut the course down for a significant period of time. I believe they are still going to shut it down, but I think they moved that date back.

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like $250k initiation?

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I believe Dallas National is $250K. I think you can get in quicker by putting up more money.

Preston Trail has a long wait, and there is no getting around it.

Grapevine GC is a fantastic 27 hole Muni that I played last summer