‘Equity 55’ Membership is Champion Hills’ Answer to Shifting Dynamic of Home Buyers

For the newest membership option introduced by the Hendersonville, N.C. club, the initiation fee is divided into four equal payments over four years, dues and replacement reserve fund contributions are reduced by 50%, and the club’s $800 annual food-and-beverage minimum is prorated. “Equity 55 meets the upswell in demand by a younger demographic in search of both a club and community to call home,” says GM/COO Dana Schultz.

Champion Hills in Hendersonville, N.C. has introduced “Equity 55,” a full golf membership designed for those age 55 and under. With Equity 55, Champion Hills’ $40,000 initiation fee is divided into four equal payments over four years, dues and replacement reserve fund contributions are reduced by 50% and the club’s $800 annual food and beverage minimum is prorated for new members.

Offering complete access to the club’s amenities and activities, Equity 55 members enjoy Champion Hills’ mountain-style Tom Fazio-designed golf course, clubhouse with pub and fine dining, wellness center, tennis and bocce courts, pool and hydro spa and more.

Like the club’s social and full golf membership, Equity 55 members’ vertical family can also experience the club without being accompanied by a member and do not incur golf green fees when playing the course.

“The Greenville, S.C. to Asheville, N.C. corridor is one of the fastest growing and most-desirable regions in the Southeastern U.S.,” said Dana Schultz, PGA, CMCA, Champion Hills’ General Manager and Chief Operating Officer. “People of all ages enjoy the safety, sanctuary, camaraderie and amenities that private clubs can offer. Equity 55 meets the upswell in demand by a younger demographic in search of both a club and community to call home.”

Member-owned, Champion Hills is managed by Troon Privé, the private club operating division of Troon. Through Troon Privé Privileges, members of Troon Privé-managed private clubs receive extraordinary golf and lifestyle benefits throughout the world.

Qualified Champion Hills members enjoy access to 100+ Troon Privé golf courses; opportunities to experience more than 150 Troon Golf resort and daily fee locations at preferred rates; access to amenities at participating private clubs (fitness facilities, tennis, aquatics and dining); preferred benefits at participating Cliff Drysdale Tennis clubs and resorts; and more.

The club is the centerpiece of the Champion Hills community, which offers an array of residential options—luxury homes, low-maintenance cottages, lock-and-leave villas and a limited number of building lots—suiting a wide variety of buyers. Lots range from .5 up to 1.5 acres, with prices from $50,000 to $300,000. Move-in ready luxury residences range from $500,000 to $3 million featuring golf course, mountain and wooded views.

Fazio’s former home course and club, and the legendary golf course architect devised a routing through Champion Hill’s heavily forested hills, deep ravines and cool mountain streams of its Blue Ridge Mountain setting. He and his team of shapers pulled ridges into valleys and filled hollows to create “playing platforms” providing golfers with level lies amid 350-feet of elevation change.

“Six holes play slightly uphill on the entire course, but only six,” Fazio said. “Overall, the majority of holes play downhill. We did it through grading and do it through transition areas from the green to the next tee.”