Ekwanok Country Club

What Ekwanok Country Club does

Ekwanok Country Club is a private, member-owned golf and country club established in 1899 in Manchester, Vermont. The club operates an 18-hole championship golf course that opened in 1900, designed by Walter J. Travis and John Duncan Dunn, and is consistently ranked by Golfweek Magazine as one of the top classic golf courses in America and by Golf Digest as the No. 1 course in Vermont. Membership is by invitation of the Board of Governors, with prospective members required to be sponsored by existing members and approved by the Board; membership pricing is not publicly disclosed. The club is governed by its members with no external PE, VC, or corporate parent ownership, and has been continuously operated for approximately 125 years.

The club's product offering centers on the championship golf course and is supplemented by four green-clay tennis courts, a multi-venue dining program (Travis Room, Ouimet Room, Dining Room, outdoor veranda), an active ACBL-sanctioned bridge program, and competitive croquet introduced in 2019. Ekwanok maintains the last remaining caddie program in Vermont and operates an Ekwanok Scholarship Trust funded in part by an annual Scholarship Fund Tournament. Signature recurring events include the USSGA Invitational (held since 1962), the Robert Todd Lincoln Memorial Cup member-guest tournament (since 1928), and the annual Scholarship Fund Tournament. Operational technology consists of a private member portal and a GolfGenius tournament management integration.

The business model is subscription-recurring membership dues supplemented by dining, golf shop sales, and event hosting revenue. Membership classifications span Golf, Junior (under 35), Non-resident, National/International, Tennis, Social, and short-term Sponsored Guest categories. Operations are supported by approximately 40 employees including General Manager Lisa Wright, PGA Head Professional Thomas Mackey, and Tennis Professional Sam Cassidy. The club has no history of funding rounds, acquisitions, or M&A activity.

Name

Ekwanok Country Club

Legal name

Ekwanok Country Club

Website

https://ekwanok.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1899

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ekwanok Country Club is a private, member-owned golf and country club in Manchester, Vermont, founded in 1899. It serves an invited membership through its historic 18-hole championship golf course, tennis, dining, croquet, bridge, and signature tournament programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Country Club / Golf Club

NAICS

Golf Courses and Country Clubs (71391)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Golf Courses & Golf Facilities (MPAKAEAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Golf Clubs & Tournament-Host Clubs (Professional/Elite Golf Clubs) (MPAKABAE)

Keywords

• Private golf club
• Country club membership
• Championship golf course
• Tennis and croquet club
• Social club amenities

Headquarters

HQ city

Manchester

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Club Membership Dues: Ekwanok generates revenue primarily through private membership dues from its various membership classifications including Golf, Junior, Non-resident, National/International, Tennis, Social, and short-term Sponsored Guest Memberships. The club also generates revenue from dining services, golf shop sales, and event hosting.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ekwanok Country Club is a private, member-owned country club selling invitation-only memberships that grant access to a historic 18-hole championship golf course (opened 1900), four green-clay tennis courts, clubhouse dining and social events, an ACBL-sanctioned bridge program, a regulation croquet court, and a caddie program. The core transactional unit is membership dues across Golf, Junior, Non-resident, National/International, Tennis, and Social classifications, supplemented by golf shop and dining revenues.

Product overview

Ekwanok Country Club operates as a private golf and social club offering a portfolio of recreational products and services centered around its historic 18-hole championship golf course (opened 1900), supplemented by tennis (four green-clay courts), dining and social events, bridge competitions, and croquet (introduced 2019). The club provides a caddie program, hosts several signature tournaments including the USSGA Invitational (since 1962) and Robert Todd Lincoln Memorial Cup (since 1928), and offers members access to tournament registration via GolfGenius, a course virtual tour, and a member portal for private website access. Dining options span casual and fine dining venues within the renovated clubhouse.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Golf Course Membership (18-hole championship course) Membership entitlement to a championship 18-hole golf course designed by Walter J. Travis and John Duncan Dunn, with strategic bunkering, contoured greens, and consistent rankings by Golfweek and Golf Digest; available to Golf and other qualifying membership classifications of the private club.
• Tennis Program An active tennis program featuring four well-maintained green-clay tennis courts set between Vermont's Green and Taconic Mountains, overlooking the golf course, available to members under Tennis and other qualifying classifications and led by tennis professional Sam Cassidy.
• Dining & Social Events A wide variety of dining and social events from May to October for members and guests, including casual dining, fine-dining events, clambakes, member-sponsored private parties, luncheons, cocktail gatherings, and wedding receptions in the Dining Room, Ouimet Room, Travis Room, and outdoor veranda.
• Bridge Program An active bridge community with weekly lessons, organized ACBL-sanctioned games with masterpoints, and weekly games typically scheduled for Wednesdays from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., alternating with Dorset Field Club, available to members as a recreational and social offering.
• Croquet Competitive croquet played on a regulation croquet court with a dedicated croquet cottage adjacent to the court, available to members of the private club.
• Caddie Program Ekwanok's caddie program, notable as the last remaining course in Vermont with a caddie program, featuring training, golf instruction, mentoring initiatives, and scholarship opportunities through the Ekwanok Scholarship Trust for member play.
• USSGA Invitational Tournament U.S. Seniors Golf Association Invitational Tournament held annually at Ekwanok, featuring match play better-ball-of-partners format, with USSGA membership having grown to approximately 1,150 persons and the annual tournament featuring some 500 Seniors from across the U.S. and Canada.
• Robert Todd Lincoln Memorial Cup Annual invitational member-guest tournament honoring Robert Todd Lincoln, Ekwanok's longest-serving president, hosting members and guests as one of the highlights of the club golf season.
• Scholarship Fund Tournament Annual golf tournament supporting the Ekwanok Scholarship Trust, which provides scholarships to eligible caddies who have met minimum program requirements, organized through GolfGenius tournament management.

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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App detail

Integration1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Maidstone Club: Private club in East Hampton, NY with a classic 1891 course. Comparable as a tightly-held, members-only New England private club offering golf, tennis, beach, and social amenities with a similar prestige-driven operating model.
• Wannamoisett Country Club: Donald Ross-designed private club in Rumford, RI, ranked among America's top classic courses. Comparable as an elite New England private club with a tightly controlled membership model and tournament hosting.
• Fishers Island Club: Elite private island club with a Seth Raynor-designed 18-hole course. Comparable as a high-prestige classic private club whose by-invitation membership model, tournament tradition, and social amenities mirror Ekwanok's positioning.
• Winged Foot Golf Club: A.W. Tillinghast-designed private club in Mamaroneck, NY with multiple U.S. Open and PGA championships hosted. Comparable as an elite New York-area private club with major-championship pedigree and a classic-course ranking profile similar to Ekwanok's.
• The Country Club (Brookline): Historic New England private club founded1882 that has hosted multiple USGA championships. Comparable as an elite private club with deep tournament history, classic course architecture, and a similar multi-generational membership base.
• Taconic Golf Club: Classic New England private golf club in Williamstown, MA designed by Walter Travis. Highly comparable as a Travis-designed, members-only club with similar classic-course positioning and tournament pedigree.
• National Golf Links of America: Founders-era (1907) private club on Long Island designed by C.B. Macdonald. Directly comparable as an elite, classic private club with limited membership, tournament heritage, and Golfweek top-classic-course recognition.
• Manchester Country Club: Another private country club located in Manchester, Vermont. Directly comparable as a co-located private member club serving the same regional golf market with overlapping member demographics.
• Dorset Field Club: Private Vermont country club that partners with Ekwanok to host alternating weekly bridge games. Comparable as a small New England private member club offering golf, dining, and social amenities to a similar regional audience.
• The Country Club of Vermont: Private Vermont country club offering golf, tennis, and dining in a similar southern Vermont market. Directly comparable as a regional private club targeting similar member profiles and recreational use cases.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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