Club Memberships
Memberships
Local Memberships
National Memberships
NewClub is a members’ golf club. Memberships are good for a full year from the day you join and renew annually.
What is NewClub?
Member-only privileges
Right to reserve playing opportunities in the private NewClub mobile app
Member-only rates for all reserved playing opportunities, including tee times, competitions, Staple events, medals, leagues, matches, Club Championships, and club-wide Fixtures.
Member-only credit program to earn and apply credits towards your playing opportunities.
Right to organize your own unreserved tee time, known as Fill-A-Foursome.
Eligibility for season-long Order of Merit.
Eligibility to play for club-sponsored Intraclub and Interclub teams.
Eligibility for the club-wide Quest for the Crown competition and prizes.
Courtesy member account with member number (requires an active credit card on file).
Weekly club bulletins with news, announcements, upcoming events, member spotlights, competition digests, invitations, and playing opportunities.
Exclusive member pricing, sales, discounts, and appreciation through The Society Shop.
Access to partnership promotions from Titleist, True Temper, The Golfer’s Journal, and more.
Official handicap through the USGA and Regional Allied Associations.
Club-wide private community messaging app.
Annual member gift delivered to your doorstep.
Subscription to leading national and regional golf publications delivered to your door each month and quarter.
Exclusive access and rates for club-sponsored Getaways and meetups.
Membership dues
Membership dues are charged annually and are based on location.
Local Memberships
(Chicago & Atlanta)
Individual: $1,622 per year
Founding: $1,298 per year (reserved for the first 150 members in a local Chapter)
National Memberships
(All other markets)
Individual: $315 per year
*National members must have a primary residence more than 100 miles outside of our local Chapters. They are the first in line to be offered Founding Honour Memberships when a local Chapter is launching in their area.
Member competitions & playing opportunities
Staple events
Staple events include 25 local Chapter full-field events with unique formats and team competitions, tee gifts, food & beverages, on-site staff, and our largest fields. Members have history, rivalries, and titles to play for at these cherished events, and members are also encouraged to bring new friends and guests are always welcome.
Monthly Medals
Monthly Medals are stroke play events that are typically 18 holes with gross and net divisions (full handicap allowances), played on one designated course on one appointed day each month. All putts must be holed, and prizes are awarded to those who place first, second, and third.
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit is a season-long points system to represent the summation of results for the year. All members are eligible for the Order of Merit by playing in club-sponsored events and tee times. Standings are updated and displayed in the member-only mobile app. The points earned for the Order of Merit determine qualification for our Club Championships.
Club-wide Fixtures
There are five annual Fixtures, with a sixth taking place every other year. Four domestic fixtures are fixed to each season: The Winter Meeting, The Spring Meeting, The Summer Medal, and The Founders Cup. In addition, we have two international Fixtures: The Pilgrimage, which takes place every year at The Home of Golf in St. Andrews, and The International, a trip to varying top golf destinations in the world.
Matches
Vice Captains hold a series of Ryder Cup-style club matches in which two teams compete for club bragging rights. Qualifying members also represent NewClub in club-sponsored matches against other golf clubs.
Tee times
NewClub offers five to 25 different playing opportunities each week with a wide variety of locations, prices, and experiences in local Chapters at the area's most compelling golf courses, including private clubs, high-end public courses, beloved munis, community short courses, indoor simulators, and top-rated facilities.
Leagues
Leagues feature eight-week sessions and head-to-head team matchplay, with six weeks of regular season play and two weeks of playoffs. Leagues allow members to form teams and play with various lineups on a rotation of courses. In the winter, leagues are held indoors at top-rated simulator facilities.
Club Championships
The season-long Order of Merit points system determines the top 50 members who qualify for the first round (gross and net stroke play) of the Club Championship. The top 16 finishers of this first stroke-play round (top eight gross and top eight net) move on to the Match Play Club Championship Finals. The Club Champion is determined with three consecutive single-elimination nine-hole matches.
Quest For The Crown
A nationwide (and international) team Stableford competition where participants can play anywhere in the world, and play is scored virtually. The grand prize for winning the overall competition is the newest equipment from Titleist, the leading worldwide equipment manufacturer in golf.
Getaways
Getaways include quick, small-group golf trips, typically one or two nights, reserved specifically for members and their guests.
Meetups
Meetups are member-organized, casual golf gatherings. They are most common within NewClub National and International memberships.
Guest policy
Guest are welcome at most local Staple events and club-wide Fixtures. A select number of tee times, competitions, medals, leagues, and matches also allow for guests.
Why should you join?
You’re looking for a group of high-character individuals from diverse backgrounds who are golf obsessed, you want opportunities to play one-of-a-kind golf experiences, you are a grateful and humble guest at desirable private & public courses, and you want to see a new kind of club emerge & succeed in our current American golf ecosystem.
Why shouldn’t you join?
You’re only here for golf discounts, you only care about playing top 100 golf courses and checking them off a list, you don’t repair your ball marks or divots, you’re anything like Caddyshack’s Judge Smails, or you generally don’t play well with others.
Our Club Captains
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Atlanta Chapter | 2024-26
He succeeds Scott Ford, who served from 2021 to 2023.
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Chicago Chapter | 2024-26
He succeeds Thomas McCartney, who served from 2021 to 2023.
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National Chapter | 2022-24
Captain Bielke is the National Chapter’s first Captain.
Want to speak with us about membership?
FAQs
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Local Chapters (Atlanta and Chicago) play pre-scheduled tee times at surrounding private, public, and semi-private golf courses. Though we cannot share any of our course partners to protect their privacy, our club carefully curates desirable golf that can only be seen in the private NewClub mobile app.
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Yes. We are a private club without real estate and recognized by the USGA and PGA of America.
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Our mission is to continue opening local NewClub Chapters, but we also offer National and International memberships (at very reasonable annual dues) which has all the same access & benefits of membership and a focus on regional meet-ups and golf trips.
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NewClub charges only annual dues once per year. The amount depends on your membership type (Founding, Honour, or National). There are no other dues required for membership and all tee times, events, and trips are pay as you play.
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To become a member, you must first complete an online application and provide three character references. Your references must vouch for your character both on and off the golf course. Once your application is complete and your references respond to our inquiry, our membership council will carefully review your full application.
Once your application is approved, you will receive an invitation to join officially by paying your annual membership dues. Once paid, you will gain access to the community and the NewClub mobile app.
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The online application will take about 15 minutes to complete and we typically see references respond within a few days. Our membership council reviews applications and sends invitations every week.