Baltusrol Golf Club
Springfield, NJ · Golf club · founded 1895
Admitting more
Initiation revenue is up. Admissions look healthy.
8 sponsors required
$90,000
plus $9,000 a year in dues
No flags
No financial flags in the latest public filing.
How it rates
Scored out of ten from documented facts only — court counts, ranking lists, published fee and sponsor requirements. Nothing here is an opinion poll, and a category the club has not documented is left blank rather than guessed at.
Composite 7.8 across 4 scored categories. How we score
Worth knowing
You reportedly need to know eight members
Two independent research passes surfaced the same claim: that a Baltusrol applicant must know eight members of at least three years' standing. It is secondhand and dates to 2009, so treat it as folklore rather than policy, but it is the most demanding sponsor requirement anyone reports in this market.
You reportedly need to know eight members
Two independent research passes surfaced the same claim: that a Baltusrol applicant must know eight members of at least three years' standing. It is secondhand and dates to 2009, so treat it as folklore rather than policy, but it is the most demanding sponsor requirement anyone reports in this market.
What it costs, by category
Every figure carries its source and a confidence rating. Where a source gave a range rather than a number, we show the range.
| Category | Initiation | Annual dues | Minimum | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full | $90,000 | $9,000 | — | Unverified 45/100 · 2008 | New Jersey Monthly ↗ |
| Full | — | — | — | Unverified 45/100 · 2008 | New Jersey Monthly ↗ |
| Full | — | — | — | Unverified 45/100 · 2009 | New Jersey Monthly ↗ |
| full | $100k–$200k | $20,000 | — | Unverified 40/100 · 2026 | what.club community dataset ↗ |
- · Named regional magazine but attributed to an unnamed businessman, and 17 years stale.
- · Two independent research passes found the same claim that an applicant must know eight members of at least three years standing. Secondhand and 17 years old, but corroborated across passes.
- · Two independent research passes found the same claim that an applicant must know eight members of at least three years standing. Secondhand and 17 years old, but corroborated across passes.
- · Community pricing dataset. Range reflects the spread across reports, not a single quoted figure.
The golf
A.W. Tillinghast (Upper and Lower courses, 1918-1922); restored by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner 2021-2024
What the public filings show
From this club's IRS Form 990 returns. Initiation-fee revenue is the closest public proxy there is for how many members a club admitted in a year.
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Initiation fees | Expenses | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $29M | $4.5M | $27M | $69M |
| 2022 | $27M | $3.5M | $25M | $67M |
| 2021 | $21M | $4.1M | $20M | $66M |
Initiation-fee revenue moved +27% year over year.
Know Baltusrol Golf Club?
The filings tell us what the club collected. They cannot tell us the fee, the dues, or how long the list really is. Members and applicants supply that. It takes a minute, it's anonymous, and it makes the next person's search better.
Contribute what you knowSources
Everything on this page traces back to one of these.
- Going Clubbing (Top Golf Clubs in New Jersey) — New Jersey Monthly (2009)
- Going Clubbing (Top Golf Clubs in New Jersey) — New Jersey Monthly (2008)