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The Governors Club in Chapel Hill, North Carolina is one of the Platinum Clubs of America, making it among the best 150 country clubs in the entire US. It serves as the social hub of the Governors Club community that’s filled with townhouses and estate homes that serve as a refuge from the stressful urban areas.
Membership comes in 2 types, with the sports membership offering access to the wellness center with fitness classes and personal training, the tennis and pickleball facilities with 6 Har-Tru courts and 2 hard courts, and indoor and outdoor pools complete with a water slide and a splash pool.
With your sports membership, you can also enjoy the various dining venues for formal, casual, and outdoor dining. You can join the various special interest clubs, and participate in the various special events in the club’s social calendar.
The sports membership requires a non-refundable $20,000 initiation fee with monthly dues of $464 for an individual and $544 for families. You also need to chip in $47.50 for the monthly capital dues, and $12.50 for the monthly service fee.
Also, there’s a dining minimum of $240 for individuals semi-annually, while it is $400 for families.
Of course, it’s likely that you’ll want the full membership instead, since then you’re fully able to access the 27 championship holes of the Jack Nicklaus Signature course. You can practice anytime at the driving range and golf practice facilities, join golf tournaments and club championships, participate in golf groups, and learn from clinics and lessons. You can even host guests for golf as well.
For the full golf membership, the initiation fee is $40,000 if you’re at least 40 years old. You’ll pay monthly dues of $645 if you’re alone, or $820 if you have a family. Additional feels include monthly capital dues of $70, the monthly service fee of $50, and there’s the same dining minimum as well.
But if you’re younger than 40 years old, you only pay an initiation fee of $22,500. The monthly dues are $323 for individuals. For families, these dues will range from $274 to $547, depending on how old you are. You also pay the monthly capital dues of $70, the monthly service fee of $50, and the dining minimum, too.