The Carolinas Club Ledger  ·  Upstate SC

Upstate South Carolina: what it costs to belong.

10 clubs on file. 3 with a figure inside eighteen months, 4 that publish nothing, 3 with only older figures on file.

A green and pin at Cliffs Valley with the lake and the Blue Ridge behind
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Greenville, Lake Keowee and Spartanburg: the home market, where The Cliffs sells one card for seven clubs and the semi-private clubs around it publish more than the private ones.

The Table

Year-one entry, ranked.

# Club Headline category Initiation Dues, 12 mo. Year one Source As of
10The Cliffs (one membership, seven clubs)Travelers Rest / Landrum / Salem / Six Mile / Arden, SC and NCFull Golf$100,000$20,520$120,520Club-publishedthe developer's own site2026
26Cross Creek (Cross Creek Plantation)Seneca, SCResident (transfer fee at closing)$2,000$4,980$6,980Club-publishedthe club's own siteSep 2026
27The Preserve at VerdaeGreenville, SCAnnual Pass Membership 2026/2027 (all categories)$1,000$4,800$5,800Club-publishedthe club's own site2026

Rank is the club's position on the full 28-club table. "Reported" figures come from a dated brokerage sheet or a club statement in the press; the club has not yet confirmed them to us.

Publishes No Fees

4 clubs say call.

Older Figures Only

The only public figures we hold for these clubs are more than eighteen months old, so they are not printed. Each page says what the club publishes today.

The Field Guide

The number is one column. The place is the rest.

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