• Subscribe
• Advertise
• Contact Us
• View Ads
• Place Ad
• Publications

• Articles & Publicity
  • City Guides
  • Locations & Destinations
  • On The Market
  • Residential Developments
• Online Ads
  • Agents & Brokers
  • Auctions
  • Commercial & Investment
  • Destination Clubs
  • Developments & Communities
  • Open Houses
  • Residential & Vacation

Feature: Living on the Links

James Y. Bartlett

July 2, 2004

The Greenbrier Sporting Club
Located on the grounds of the historic Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., the Greenbrier Sporting Club is a family-oriented, private equity club and luxury residential community.

The Sporting Club, situated among the woodlands, streams and valley fairways of the Allegheny Mountains, will incorporate 500 homesites on the 6,500-acre country estate. The master plan, which reserves 2,000 acres for preservation, revolves around estate homes, fairway and mountain homes, and creek-side cottages (all designs will be reviewed by the club’s architectural review board).  (Photo by Mike Wyatt, click to enlarge)

Members will be able to access the lodge, which doubles as the community center, with a restaurant and private lounges, and the sports complex, complete with squash courts, a full gym, an indoor climbing wall, tennis courts and an infinity-edge pool.

The members-only Tom Fazio–designed par-71, 7,180-yard golf course, named the Snead after the resort’s longtime golf pro Sam Snead, makes the most of the elevation changes, courtesy of the nearby Allegheny foothills.   (Photo by Mike Wyatt, click to enlarge)

Facts & Stats
Greenbrier stands on the site of sulfur springs where, more than 200 years ago, a woman bathed and reportedly was cured of rheumatism. Accommodations began cropping up at the site shortly thereafter to host those interested in testing the spring and its healing powers.

Twenty-six U.S. presidents have stayed here, including James Monroe in 1815. Built in 1835, the Club’s first grand “cottage” is aptly called the President’s Cottage.

Even the most die-hard golfer is sure to succumb to Greenbrier’s nongolfing activities, from kayaking to fly-fishing and horseback riding. Also on-site at the resort are two Olympic-size swimming pools, indoor and outdoor tennis courts, a 30,000-square-foot spa, as well as restaurants, an arcade of 30 shops, a bowling alley and a movie theater. Other amenities include the Land Rover Driving School (for off-road terrain training), the Falconry Academy and the Sam Snead Golf Academy.

The one-time equity membership fee is $110,000. Annual dues are about $7,500.

The 20,000-square-foot members’ lodge, featuring a grand lobby and soaring fireplace, houses a gourmet restaurant and the recently opened Ananda Spa; private guest cottages are located on the grounds. Other members-only amenities include a full-service equestrian facility, a 5,000-acre upland wing shooting preserve and private trout streams.

One- to 15-acre lots are priced from $400,000 to $2.5 million, and are available in seven architecturally distinctive neighborhoods. Nearly half of the 500 lots are sold.

The Greenbrier Sporting Club
888.741.8989
www.thegreenbriersportingclub.com