alecpow/country-of-clubs-aggregate-statistics

Country of Clubs Aggregate Statistics — August 2026

This aggregate statistical release was produced using the proprietary research database, administrative statistics engine and comparison methodology developed for Country of Clubs.

The release summarizes 3,840 active, non-duplicate golf and country club records across 53 Country of Clubs state or regional directories, based on the database snapshot dated August 28, 2026.

Dataset contents

The release includes aggregate findings covering:

• —directory and publishing coverage;
• —country club access classifications;
• —membership-price research coverage;
• —initiation-fee benchmarks;
• —monthly-dues benchmarks;
• —documented minimum first-year membership costs;
• —golf-course scale; and
• —founding-year context.

The published files contain aggregate statistics only. Club-level records, individual source URLs, unpublished values and the underlying Country of Clubs research database are intentionally excluded.

Data provenance

The statistics were calculated by Country of Clubs from its internally maintained structured country club research database using the Country of Clubs statistics and benchmarking tools.

Every percentage uses the researched sample or denominator stated in the dataset. Missing or unresearched fields are not counted as negative responses.

Files

• —country-of-clubs-aggregate-statistics-2026-08-28.csv — machine-readable statistics.
• —country-of-clubs-aggregate-statistics-2026-08-28.xlsx — formatted workbook.
• —DATA_DICTIONARY.csv — field definitions.
• —METHODOLOGY.md — calculation and interpretation rules.
• —report.txt — human-readable aggregate report.

Canonical release

The canonical citable release is hosted on Figshare:

https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.33406237

Citation

Country of Clubs Research. (2026). Country of Clubs Aggregate Statistics — August 2026 (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Country of Clubs. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.33406237

Project links

• —Country of Clubs: https://www.countryofclubs.com/
• —Methodology: https://www.countryofclubs.com/methodology/

License

This aggregate release is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The underlying proprietary database, club-level evidence and unpublished research are not included.