Middle Tennessee

Golf communities, and whether the house includes the golf

People buy in a golf community for the golf and find out afterward that it was a separate purchase, or a separate application they can be turned down for, or in one case a bill they were always going to have to pay. So this page leads with that answer for every community, and shows the evidence for it, before it says a word about the pool.

What the research actually found

Across all 15 communities here, in eleven counties, not one publishes that golf comes with the house. 7 say plainly that it is a separate purchase. 7 publish no answer at all. And one publishes the opposite: membership is mandatory, so the house obligates you to buy golf rather than including it.

Two clubs go further and reserve the right to decline a homeowner outright, at the sole discretion of the board, no matter what was paid for the house.

The four questions to ask before you write an offer

Does this address come with any playing right at all, in writing? Not what the listing says. What the club says.
Which association am I joining? A community with detached homes, townhomes, condominiums and an active adult section does not run all four under one set of rules, and what is covered for a neighbor may not be covered for you.
What is platted next door, and when? A view is only permanent if the thing you are looking at is. Several of these are still building out, and one has been building out since the 1960s.
Which county and which city limits is this parcel in? Two communities on this page carry an address in one place and sit in another. That decides your tax rate and your schools.

I ask all four before my clients write. If you want them asked on a specific address, send it to me and I will get the answers in writing.

Williamson County

6 communities

Westhaven

Franklin, Williamson County

Golf is a separate purchase

Does the house include the golf

The community lists golf separately from its amenities and describes a variety of golf club memberships, which is the language of an optional purchase. The club runs its own program with three published categories, and its membership inquiry form asks whether you live in Westhaven as its own separate field. A form only asks that question if residency and membership are two different things.

The course: Westhaven Golf Club. Private, and the club takes applications from anyone. Full course entry
The housing: A fifteen hundred acre master planned community with detached homes, townhomes including three story plans with elevators, condominiums, and a separate active adult section with its own club. Roughly thirty five hundred residences are planned and more than twenty four hundred households were occupied at the twenty year mark, so it is still building.
Homes on the course: None. The course was routed as a core eighteen with no homes on the fairways, which is close to the opposite of how a golf neighborhood is normally built.

A residents club of roughly fifteen thousand square feet with a fitness center, movement studio, art center, theater and drop in childcare
Five pools, tennis, pickleball
A village center carrying more than thirty businesses and services
About nine miles of trails and roughly twenty parks, with about half the acreage kept as green space

What costs money if nobody tells you

This is the clearest example in the region of the trap this page exists for. The course has no homes on it and the membership is a separate purchase, so buying in Westhaven gets you an unusually good amenity package and zero tee times. Two more: ask which association you are joining, because four product types under one community name do not run under one set of rules, and confirm whether the specific address sits inside Franklin city limits, because that decides whether you pay a city rate on top of the county rate.

Community website

The Grove

College Grove, Williamson County · gated

Golf is a separate purchase

Does the house include the golf

The cleanest published answer in the region, in the club’s own words: residents of The Grove may choose between a sports membership or a golf membership. The sports membership covers the pools, parks, tennis, kids club, hiking, fishing, equestrian and fitness. Only the golf membership carries the course and the practice field. Which means most residents, by definition, do not have the golf.

The course: The Grove, a Greg Norman signature course. Private club community. Full course entry
The housing: Luxury homes, and the community describes itself as in its final phase with limited homes remaining.
Homes on the course: Not published.

Resort style pools, parks, trails and open green space
Tennis, kids club, equestrian, fishing, hiking
Fitness and wellness programming, dining

What costs money if nobody tells you

Golf is the upper tier of a two tier membership. A family can live here for years on the sports tier and never play the course. Whether some membership is mandatory is not published, so ask that too.

The two membership tiers

Troubadour Golf and Field Club

College Grove, Williamson County

Nobody publishes an answer

Does the house include the golf

The club describes a community of 375 homes with an eighteen hole course and never states whether membership requires ownership, whether it is by invitation, or whether buying includes it. Forbes reported in 2021 that members must own property there. That is a named outlet rather than the club, so treat it as reported.

The course: Troubadour, a Tom Fazio course. Private, a Discovery Land Company development. Full course entry
The housing: 375 homes across 860 acres, between College Grove and Arrington.
Homes on the course: Not published.

A field club as much as a golf club: 3D archery, skeet, fishing, guided mountain biking, tennis and pickleball
An organic farm and farmers market, a kids club, horseback riding
A spa, a golf simulator and multiple stages for live music

What costs money if nobody tells you

Discovery Land communities gate membership tightly and Troubadour publishes nothing about it. Treat a house being for sale and you being able to join as two unrelated questions until the club says otherwise in writing.

About the club

The Governors Club

Brentwood, Williamson County · gated

Nobody publishes an answer

Does the house include the golf

Neither the club home page nor its membership page states whether membership is required, included or separate for residents, and there is no resident against non resident distinction published anywhere. You have to ask the club.

The course: The Governors Club, an Arnold Palmer signature design. Private. Full course entry
The housing: Estate homes across more than 600 acres.
Homes on the course: Not published.

A gate staffed around the clock
Clubhouse and dining

What costs money if nobody tells you

Whether a given address sits inside Brentwood city limits or in unincorporated Williamson County changes the tax rate, and the club does not tell you. Confirm the parcel with the county before you budget.

Club website

Temple Hills Country Club Estates

Franklin, Williamson County

Nobody publishes an answer

Does the house include the golf

The club page carries no residency requirement, no resident membership category, and no statement connecting the club to the surrounding subdivision. The good news is that this is the most open door of the Franklin private clubs, and outings are open to non members, so you can see the place before you commit either way.

The course: Temple Hills Country Club, 27 holes. Private, operated by Invited, and it takes applications from anyone. Full course entry
The housing: Roughly three hundred homes, continuously developed by the same builder since the late 1960s. That is unusual and it matters: build out here has been running for more than fifty years and is still going.
Homes on the course: Not published.

Club side: tennis, pickleball, a resort style pool, dining and event space

What costs money if nobody tells you

Two things. Next door is not finished, because it has never been finished since the 1960s, so find out what is platted beside any lot you like. And the neighboring Stephens Valley development drew organized opposition over traffic on two lane Sneed Road, which is a live quality of life question on that side.

Club website

Forrest Crossing

Franklin, Williamson County

Golf is a separate purchase

Does the house include the golf

Not published as such, but the practical answer here is the friendliest on the page: the course is public, so anyone plays it whether they live here or not. Nothing to join and nothing to qualify for.

The course: Franklin Bridge Golf Club, which most people still call Forrest Crossing. Open to the public. Full course entry
The housing: More than 632 single family homes on lots running from about a quarter acre to a couple of acres, built between the late 1980s and the early 2000s. Built out.
Homes on the course: Not published. The course is described as adjacent to the neighborhood.

Adult and baby pools
Tennis courts striped for pickleball
Clubhouse, underground utilities, sidewalks on both sides of the main road

What costs money if nobody tells you

Golf is genuinely easy here, so the money question is a different one. This is an older neighborhood by Williamson County standards. Budget for roofs and systems rather than for a membership, and know that the course changed its name, so half the search results you find are about a course that no longer trades under that name.

Not confirmedNo community run website was found and the association does not appear to publish one, so the housing details here come from a named local outlet rather than from the neighborhood itself.

Davidson County

1 community

Nashboro Village

Nashville, Davidson County

Golf is a separate purchase

Does the house include the golf

There is court evidence on this one, which is rare. The golf course sued the residential developer in a dispute over a relocated cart path easement, and the relationship documented in that case is a commercial easement between two separate property owners. No golf privileges run to residents. The course and the neighborhood were adversaries in court, not a package.

The course: Nashboro Golf Club. Open to the public, privately owned. Full course entry
The housing: Several distinct neighborhoods inside one larger development, including detached homes and townhomes, with stock from the late 1970s and a large share built in the mid 2000s. There are also rental townhome blocks inside the development.
Homes on the course: Homes and townhomes are interleaved with the course, which is exactly why there was a cart path easement to argue about.

What costs money if nobody tells you

This is the multiple association example. Nashboro Village is not one homeowner association. It is several neighborhoods with different associations, different rules and different amenities by product type, with rental blocks in among them. Which association a given address belongs to decides what you actually get, and it is not obvious from the street. Second, the course has had unstable ownership: a plan for the city to buy the 144 acres was dropped after a public fight over turning it into a park, and it was then bought privately. A privately held course next to your house can close.

Course website

Rutherford County

1 community

Indian Hills

Murfreesboro, Rutherford County

Golf is a separate purchase

Does the house include the golf

No, and it barely matters. The course takes public daily play and sells its own annual pass to anyone at all. There is no residency link in either direction, so a homeowner buys golf exactly the way a stranger does and gets no preference for it.

The course: Indian Hills Golf Course. Open to the public, with an optional annual pass sold to anyone. Full course entry
The housing: Detached homes. Build era not published anywhere primary.
Homes on the course: Yes. The course winds through the neighborhood and homes line the fairways. Understand what you are paying for on a fairway lot here: a view, and nothing else.

Neighborhood association pool, tennis courts and playground
Course side: a golf academy, simulator, driving range and a grill

What costs money if nobody tells you

A fairway lot on a public course carries the traffic and the tee shots without any of the access. That can be exactly what somebody wants, at the right number, but go in knowing it.

Not confirmedThe course is well documented from its own site. The subdivision boundary and association are not, and every residential reference found was a real estate portal. I will not assert the boundary without the plat.

Course website

Wilson County

1 community

Five Oaks

Lebanon, Wilson County

Nobody publishes an answer

Does the house include the golf

Neither the club home page nor its membership page states whether Five Oaks residents get any different treatment, or whether membership relates to buying a home at all. The builder working inside the community does not say either. You apply through the inquiry form like anyone else.

The course: The Club at Five Oaks. Private, and it takes applications from anyone. Full course entry
The housing: Established detached homes plus an active new section by a national builder, currently selling several floor plans. Still building out, with no projected completion published.
Homes on the course: Yes, homes line the course, and the club sits inside the subdivision.

Club side: resort style pool, renovated fitness center, full service restaurant, tennis
Builder side: clubhouse, pool, sidewalks, view lots

What costs money if nobody tells you

Two unknowns stacked on each other. You are buying into an active build out, and the club publishes nothing about access. Get the club’s answer in writing before you close.

Membership inquiry

Sumner County

3 communities

Fairvue Plantation

Gallatin, Sumner County

Golf is a separate purchase

Does the house include the golf

The club states that qualifying for and awarding membership are determined at the sole discretion of the general manager and the board of directors. Nothing about owning in Fairvue changes that. The club also describes membership as a right of access rather than ownership. A homeowner can be declined.

The course: The Fairvue course at Grasslands Club. Private, non equity, and it takes applications from anyone. Full course entry
The housing: Luxury estates and custom homes on tree lined streets, more than four hundred of them, with the golf community dating to 2004. New construction is still being sold.
Homes on the course: Not published.

Two eighteen hole courses under one membership, with two clubhouses, two pools, two fitness centers and two restaurants
Old Hickory Lake access

What costs money if nobody tells you

Buying the house does not qualify you for the club, and the club reserves the decision in writing. Ask for the answer before you close, not after. Separately, some buyers will want to know the history of the site: this is the ground of an 1832 plantation whose National Historic Landmark status was withdrawn in 2005 because of the development.

Membership and application

Foxland Harbor

Gallatin, Sumner County

Golf is a separate purchase

Does the house include the golf

Same club, same rule. Membership is awarded at the sole discretion of the general manager and the board. Foxland Harbor’s own site does not answer membership questions; it sends them to the club through a separate link, which is itself the tell.

The course: The Foxland course at Grasslands Club. Private, the same club as Fairvue since the 2018 merger. Full course entry
The housing: Detached homes on Old Hickory Lake, still building out at the time of the merger reporting.
Homes on the course: Not published. Fairvue and Foxland Harbor sit on opposite sides of a cove.

Shares the thirty six hole club with Fairvue, including both clubhouses, both pools and both restaurants
Old Hickory Lake access

What costs money if nobody tells you

This is the two associations, one club example, and it is the cleanest one in the region. The club lists a Fairvue Plantation association manager at one number and a separate Foxland Harbor association at another. Two neighborhoods, two sets of rules, one shared club across a cove, and buyers routinely assume they are one community. They are not. Club membership is a third separate thing again from either association.

Membership and application

Twelve Stones Crossing

Goodlettsville, Sumner County

Nobody publishes an answer

Does the house include the golf

The club never mentions the residential community around it and publishes no resident category. But the public can book tee times, so the practical stakes here are low: a resident plays the same way a stranger does.

The course: Twelve Stones Crossing Golf Club. Semi private, and it takes public tee times. Full course entry
The housing: Detached homes, plus a distinct active adult section called Cottage Grove.
Homes on the course: Not published.

What costs money if nobody tells you

Goodlettsville straddles the Davidson and Sumner county line. A Goodlettsville mailing address does not tell you which county you are taxed in or which school system you are zoned to, and on a house here that is not a rounding error. Confirm the parcel. The active adult section is also a separate product with its own rules.

Course website

Maury County

1 community

Firefly

Spring Hill, Maury County · gated

Membership is mandatory

Does the house include the golf

This is the one that breaks the pattern, and not in the buyer’s favor. Firefly’s own disclosure states the amenities will be operated as a club subject to mandatory membership application requirements and mandatory membership fees payable. A named local outlet puts it plainly: membership in the club is mandatory for all residents. So the answer is not that the house includes golf. The answer is that the house obligates you to buy golf.

The course: Firefly, 27 holes by Andrew Green. Private, and permanent membership requires owning property there. Full course entry
The housing: 407 single family homesites across 700 acres, with roughly 200 acres given to golf and amenities. Not built yet. Course opening Labor Day weekend 2026, home construction expected to begin in 2027, with the golf shop, the practice Fieldhouse and the Outpost targeted for spring 2027.
Homes on the course: Not published.

Full service clubhouse, fitness center, family club
Adult and family pools, a bowling alley, golf simulators
A racquet club with indoor pickleball, private dining

What costs money if nobody tells you

Two things, both expensive. First, mandatory membership. Anyone budgeting for the house alone has not budgeted for this community, and that is the single most important line on this page. Second, the address lies. Firefly carries a Spring Hill address but sits in Maury County, with its north side on the Williamson County line. Somebody who hears Spring Hill and assumes Williamson County taxes and Williamson County schools will be wrong.

Community website

Montgomery County

1 community

Eastland Green

Clarksville, Montgomery County

Nobody publishes an answer

Does the house include the golf

The course says nothing about the surrounding subdivision, memberships or resident access. Nothing published, either way.

The course: Eastland Green Golf Course. Open to play, locally owned and family operated. Full course entry
The housing: Detached homes in the Sango area of Clarksville. Build era not published anywhere primary.
Homes on the course: Not published.

What costs money if nobody tells you

Sango sits outside Clarksville city limits in places, which changes the tax rate, so confirm the parcel with the county. And be honest about what a family owned course with almost no published business detail means: it is a course whose future you cannot assess from a desk.

Not confirmedEverything about the residential side here came from real estate portals rather than a primary source. The course exists and is documented. The neighborhood boundary is not something to assert without the plat.

Course website

Robertson County

1 community

The Greens at Legacy

Springfield, Robertson County

Nobody publishes an answer

Does the house include the golf

The builder does not state whether golf access comes with a home. The practical answer is good news: the course is open to anyone, so a resident books a tee time like everybody else.

The course: The Legacy Golf Course, designed by Raymond Floyd. Open to the public. Full course entry
The housing: Townhomes with two and three bedrooms and flex or loft options, currently building, with no projected completion published.
Homes on the course: Yes. The builder places the community along the first four holes and markets golf course views.

An association exists but its coverage is not published
Parks and the Springfield greenway nearby

What costs money if nobody tells you

It is a townhome product on a public course, so what the association covers is the money question, and the builder does not publish it. And homes on the first four holes means errant tee shots, so ask about the window and siding claims history before you write.

Course website

Sold as golf communities, with no golf course

Every one of these turns up on somebody’s golf community list. Two of them have builders actively selling homes today under a name that used to belong to a golf course. If a course is part of why you want an address, start here.

Windtree

Mount Juliet, Wilson County

The course closed on November 23, 2017 after twenty seven years and the land was sold for housing. Two national builders now sell homes there under the Windtree name. One of them lists a frisbee golf course among the amenities. There is no golf course, and neither builder mentions that there ever was one.

Del Webb at Lake Providence

Mount Juliet, Wilson County

No golf course. None. The community management company publishes the full amenity list, which runs to an indoor lap pool, a spa, a dance studio, an indoor walking track, five miles of trails, a fitness center, a garden, a library, a ballroom, billiards, a half basketball court, an arts studio, two tennis courts and a thirteen acre lake, and there is no golf anywhere in it. Anyone listing this as a golf community is simply wrong.

Villages of Hunters Point

Lebanon, Wilson County

A subdivision named for a golf course that is reported closed since 2018. The builder currently selling there lists a pool, a playground and trails, and no golf. A neighborhood page nearby still describes the course in the present tense, which is exactly how bad information keeps circulating. No city, county or named news source confirms the closure either way, so this one needs a phone call rather than a search.

Reported rather than confirmed. Call before you rely on it either way.

Blackberry Ridge

Shelbyville, Bedford County

The course has been gone for roughly a decade, with the sources that carry the closure disagreeing on whether it was 2014 or 2015. Addresses on Blackberry Ridge Drive still exist. Whether a platted subdivision by that name does could not be confirmed from a primary source.

Reported rather than confirmed. Call before you rely on it either way.

Ladd Park

Franklin, Williamson County

No golf component. The amenities are parks, a pool, a playground, trails and Harpeth River access. It turns up in golf community lists anyway.

Looking for the courses themselves

Every course across the counties I service, municipal through invitation only, is broken down by how you actually get on.

See every golf course

Every fact here came from the community’s own site, its homeowner association, the club’s own site, the city or county, court records, or a named news outlet, checked in September 2026. There are no home prices, association dues or membership figures anywhere on this page on purpose. Where the only thing available was a real estate portal, the entry says so rather than borrowing the number.

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