Franklin has one public 18-hole course, Franklin Bridge Golf Club (the former Forrest Crossing course), and a set of private clubs: Westhaven Golf Club, Temple Hills Country Club's 27 holes, the 36-hole Vanderbilt Legends Club and Old Natchez Country Club, plus The Grove and Troubadour in College Grove. Only some put houses on the course: Westhaven's course has none along it, Temple Hills' fairway homes mostly trade under $1 million, and the $1M+ golf market is centered on Westhaven's houses ($1,543,612 median), The Grove ($3,056,007) and Troubadour ($6,200,000), per RealTracs MLS sales data.
At a glance
| Public 18-hole course | Franklin Bridge Golf Club (formerly Forrest Crossing) |
|---|---|
| Private clubs | Westhaven, Temple Hills, Vanderbilt Legends, Old Natchez, The Grove, Troubadour |
| Course designers | Arthur Hills/Steve Forrest; Leon Howard; Bob Cupp and Tom Kite; Gary Baird; Greg Norman; Tom Fazio |
| Courses with homes on them | Temple Hills (fairway homes); Troubadour's Homestead area |
| Membership pricing | Not published by any of these clubs |
Which Franklin golf communities put homes on the course?
A golf community and a golf-course home are not the same purchase. In some neighborhoods the course sits beside the houses; in others the lots back straight onto fairways. Club membership is almost always a separate contract from the homeowners association, and none of the clubs below publishes its prices.
| Community | Course | Designer | Homes on the course | Recent median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westhaven (Franklin) | Westhaven Golf Club, 18 holes | Arthur Hills, Steve Forrest and Associates | No, laid out apart from the homes | $1,543,612 (houses) |
| Temple Hills (Franklin) | Temple Hills Country Club, 27 holes | Leon Howard | Yes, fairway homes | About $969,000 |
| Legends Ridge (Franklin) | Vanderbilt Legends Club next door, 36 holes | Bob Cupp and Tom Kite | Beside the club; ask by lot | $2,372,500 |
| The Grove (College Grove) | 18 holes | Greg Norman | Ask by lot | $3,056,007 |
| Troubadour (College Grove) | 18 holes | Tom Fazio | The Homestead area is surrounded by the course | $6,200,000 |
Medians are 12-month figures from RealTracs MLS sales data (Westhaven, Temple Hills and Legends Ridge to October 2026; The Grove and Troubadour to August 20, 2026). Designers come from each club's own attribution. Some agent pages credit Westhaven to Greg Norman and give The Grove and Troubadour to other architects; the clubs and course records say otherwise.
Golf courses in Franklin, TN: public and private
Searches for golf in Franklin turn up two different things: courses you can play and neighborhoods built beside them. This section covers the courses. Holes, designers and opening years come from each club or its published course records; where a detail came only from a golf directory, it is attributed that way.
| Course | Access | Holes | Designer | Homes along the course |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Bridge Golf Club | Public | 18 | Gary Baird (directory listing, as Forrest Crossing) | Forrest Crossing neighborhood shares its original name; check the lot |
| Westhaven Golf Club | Membership club | 18 | Arthur Hills, Steve Forrest and Associates | No, laid out apart from the homes |
| Temple Hills Country Club | Private | 27 | Leon Howard | Yes, fairway homes |
| Vanderbilt Legends Club | Membership club | 36 | Bob Cupp and Tom Kite | Legends Ridge sits beside it; ask by lot |
| Old Natchez Country Club | Private | 18 | Gary Baird (directory listing) | Not published; ask |
| The Grove (College Grove) | Private | 18 | Greg Norman | Ask by lot |
| Troubadour (College Grove) | Members only | 18 | Tom Fazio | Yes, the Homestead area |
Franklin Bridge Golf Club (public)
Franklin Bridge Golf Club, at 750 Riverview Drive in ZIP 37064, calls itself "Greater Nashville's Public Country Club." It sits off I-65 and says it is about 20 minutes from Nashville. This is the course long known as Forrest Crossing Golf Course: it was renamed The Crossing in 2017 and took its current name after a sale reported in January 2019 to a company headed by a PGA professional, when it was described as a staple of daily-fee golf in the Nashville market. Golf directories list it as an 18-hole course and credit the original Forrest Crossing layout to Gary Baird.
The club offers a River Club membership, a pub, a putting lab and an instruction program, and it hosted a 2023 U.S. Amateur qualifier and a 2024 U.S. Women's Amateur qualifier. No membership is needed to play. The Forrest Crossing subdivision, built from 1989 to 1999, shares the course's original name and appears in MLS data as a golf-course address, but it sells mostly under $1 million (see below).
Westhaven Golf Club (membership club)
Westhaven Golf Club opened in 2009 and made the GolfWeek and Golf Digest lists of best new courses for 2010. Arthur Hills, Steve Forrest and Associates designed it as an 18-hole core course: par 72, 7,000 yards from the championship tee, five sets of tees and TifEagle Bermudagrass greens. The club says the course was configured separately from the neighborhood, so no homes line it. Membership is sold in tiers that include corporate and national options, and prices are not published.
Temple Hills Country Club (private)
Temple Hills Country Club, in ZIP 37069 off Sneed Road, is a private club operated by Invited. Its 27 holes by Leon Howard are played as three nine-hole courses, which golf directories name Deer Crest, Quail Run and Dogwood and date to 1962. The club also offers tennis, pickleball, swimming and dining. It is the Franklin course with the most homes directly on it: the older fairway houses of the Temple Hills neighborhood back onto the holes.
Vanderbilt Legends Club (membership club)
The Vanderbilt Legends Club, at 1500 Legends Club Lane in ZIP 37069, has 36 holes designed by Bob Cupp and Tom Kite and was founded in 1992. Vanderbilt Athletics lists the North course at 7,200 yards and par 72, and the South at 7,100 yards and par 71. It is home to Vanderbilt's men's and women's golf programs, and its practice range has more than 100 hitting stations. Vanderbilt describes it as 17 miles south of downtown Nashville. The gated Legends Ridge neighborhood sits beside the club.
Old Natchez Country Club (private)
Old Natchez Country Club is a private 18-hole club in Franklin. Golf directories credit the course to Gary Baird, date it to 1975 and list it at par 71 and 6,501 yards from the back tees, with water on twelve holes and many elevated greens. Visit Franklin lists the club as an event venue. No source checked for this guide says whether homes back onto the course, so ask the club and read the plat of any lot nearby before you assume a golf view.
The Grove (private, College Grove)
The Grove's 18-hole course is a Greg Norman design inside a private, gated community in College Grove, ZIP 37046, and it hosted LIV Golf Nashville in June 2024. For that event the course played as a par 71. Golf at The Grove comes with the community: a brokerage guide reports that club membership is sold in optional tiers separate from the HOA, so confirm the current tiers with the club. Whether a particular homesite touches the course varies, so check the plat.
Troubadour Golf and Field Club (members only, College Grove)
Troubadour's 18-hole course is a Tom Fazio design, according to the club, on a Discovery Land Company property between College Grove and Arrington. The club's Homestead area is surrounded by the course, so this is one of the few places near Franklin where homes are built around the holes by design. The club lists a TrackMan practice range alongside the course and places the property 13 miles from downtown Franklin. It describes itself as members-only and publishes no fees.
Each golf community and the homes around it
Westhaven: a full course with no homes on it
Because Westhaven's course was laid out apart from the houses, no lot in the neighborhood backs onto a fairway. If you want a fairway view, look somewhere other than Westhaven.
What Westhaven offers instead is a walkable town plan by Southern Land Company with the course at its edge. Over the 12 months to October 2026, 244 houses sold there at a $1,543,612 median, and 178 of them fell between $1 million and $2 million. Golf is a separate membership; the HOA covers the Residents' Club, pools, trails and parks. Westhaven is not a gated community. More on prices, dues and builders on the Westhaven neighborhood page.
Temple Hills: fairway homes, mostly under $1 million
The homes around Temple Hills Country Club do sit on the course, but the fairway houses are the older ones: six of the seven that traded in the past year closed between $588,500 and $1,003,000.
The $1M+ homes are in the newer sections. Two sales in The Links closed at about $1,505,000, and four in Country Club Estates had a $1,885,000 median. The neighborhood's covenants reserve the course for the club's golf members, so owners who don't join may not walk or bike on it. Only The Reserve section is gated. See the Temple Hills guide for each section's lot sizes and vintages.
Legends Ridge and the Vanderbilt Legends Club
Legends Ridge, off Sneed Road, takes its name from the Vanderbilt Legends Club beside it. The neighborhood is gated, homesites run close to an acre, and its 13 sales in the past year had a $2,372,500 median. Club membership is not part of the HOA dues. Details on the Legends Ridge page.
The Grove: a Greg Norman course in College Grove
In The Grove's 12 months to August 20, 2026, 56 homes closed between $1,760,000 and $7,999,900 at a $3,056,007 median, with HOA fees of $237 to $400 a month. Homesites listed in October 2026 ran from under half an acre to about 2 acres. A brokerage guide reports that club membership is sold in optional tiers separate from the HOA; confirm the current tiers with the club. Read the guide to The Grove.
Troubadour: Tom Fazio and a members-only model
Troubadour Golf and Field Club is a Discovery Land Company community on 860 acres between College Grove and Arrington, with 375 homes cited by the club. Besides the Homestead, which wraps around the Fazio course, The Farmstead is the second residential area. Eleven homes closed in the 12 months to August 20, 2026, from $3,450,000 to $13,750,000, at a $6,200,000 median, with HOA fees of $596 to $715 a month. The club describes itself as members-only but publishes no fees, so ask it directly what joining costs and whether membership comes with a purchase. See the Troubadour page.
Forrest Crossing: a golf address below $1 million
Forrest Crossing, built from 1989 to 1999 on Murfreesboro Road, takes its name from the course now called Franklin Bridge Golf Club. Its 12-month median was $703,500, so it sits below the price range this site covers. It shows up often in golf-home searches, and if you want a home near a public course rather than a private club, it is the neighborhood to look at; confirm on the plat whether a given lot touches the course.
Club membership and HOA dues are two different bills
What the HOA covers
In every community above, the homeowners association runs the shared ground: entrances, common areas, pools and trails. Westhaven's dues cover its Residents' Club, pools, trails and parks, and its house dues annualized at a $3,188 median in MLS records. Temple Hills' median annual assessment was $442. The Grove ran $237 to $400 a month and Troubadour $596 to $715 a month in the same kind of data. None of these figures buys golf.
What membership costs
No club here publishes its prices. Westhaven Golf Club offers tiers that include corporate and national memberships.For The Grove and Troubadour, ask the club for initiation, annual dues, food or spending minimums and any capital or transfer charge due at closing. Figures quoted on other agents' pages are not a substitute for the club's written schedule.
What to check on a golf-course lot
- Whether the lot touches the course. "Golf community" can mean the course is a mile away. Look at the plat, not the brochure.
- Access rules. Temple Hills' covenants keep non-golfers off the course. Ask what your community allows.
- Whether membership transfers with the house. If a seller's membership matters to you, ask the club how transfers work before you write an offer.
- Fees at closing. Westhaven charges a one-time transfer fee, with a $1,885 median on sales that reported one. Ask every HOA and club for its closing charges in writing.
- Easements and covenants. Read the recorded restrictions for fence, landscaping and exterior rules along the course.
What a $1M+ golf home costs to own
Property tax on a golf home
Add three lines to the mortgage: property tax, HOA dues and, if you join, the club. Tax depends on whether the parcel is inside the City of Franklin, and The Grove and Troubadour are College Grove addresses in Williamson County outside the city. The worked figures are in the Williamson County property tax guide.
Financing above the conforming limit
In 2026 a one-unit loan in Williamson County is conforming up to $1,029,250, so many homes in Westhaven and most in The Grove and Troubadour need a jumbo loan unless the down payment is large. The jumbo loans guide shows where that line falls by price and down payment.
For context, Zillow's typical home value in August 2026 was $925,870 for the City of Franklin and $1,300,186 for ZIP 37046, which covers College Grove. Golf communities sit well above both. If you want golf with more ground around the house, the College Grove area guide and the land and acreage page cover the larger parcels. I can pull recent golf-community sales for a specific section if you are comparing two.
The most expensive neighborhoods, by the numbers
"Nicest" depends on what you want from the lot: a fairway, a gate, an acre or a walkable street. Price is measurable. Among golf communities, Troubadour's $6,200,000 median is the highest, followed by The Grove at $3,056,007. Inside Franklin, the highest medians belong to gated, non-golf neighborhoods such as Laurelbrooke ($2,987,500 over 14 sales), covered on the gated communities page. The full comparison is on the Franklin neighborhoods guide.
Common questions
What are the public golf courses in Franklin, Tennessee?
Franklin Bridge Golf Club is the public 18-hole course in Franklin. It describes itself as Greater Nashville's public country club, sits at 750 Riverview Drive off I-65 and was known for years as Forrest Crossing Golf Course. Westhaven, Temple Hills, the Vanderbilt Legends Club, Old Natchez and the College Grove clubs run their own membership process.
Is Forrest Crossing Golf Course still open in Franklin, TN?
Yes, under a different name. The course long known as Forrest Crossing Golf Course was renamed The Crossing in 2017 and became Franklin Bridge Golf Club after a sale reported in January 2019. It is the same 18-hole course at 750 Riverview Drive, still open to the public. The Forrest Crossing subdivision nearby kept its name.
How much does a membership at Westhaven Golf Club cost?
Westhaven Golf Club does not publish membership prices. Its site describes several tiers, including corporate and national memberships. Golf is not included in Westhaven HOA dues, which cover the Residents' Club, pools, trails and parks, so ask the club for its current written schedule of initiation fees and annual dues before you count it into your budget.
Do homes in Westhaven back onto the golf course?
No. Westhaven Golf Club says its 18-hole course, designed by Arthur Hills, Steve Forrest and Associates, was configured separately from the neighborhood, so no homes line it. Westhaven's appeal is its town-style plan and amenities rather than fairway lots. If you want a home on the course itself, look at Temple Hills, The Grove or Troubadour and confirm the specific lot.
Do I have to join the club to buy a home in Temple Hills?
No. Membership at Temple Hills Country Club is separate from owning a home and from the homeowners association, and you do not have to join. The club does not publish its pricing. The neighborhood's covenants reserve the golf course for the club's golf members, so owners who do not join may not walk or bike on it.
Who designed the golf courses at The Grove and Troubadour?
Greg Norman designed the 18-hole course at The Grove in College Grove, which hosted LIV Golf Nashville in June 2024. Tom Fazio designed Troubadour's 18-hole course, according to the club. Some agent websites credit these courses to other architects, so rely on the clubs' own attributions when you compare them.
What is the most expensive golf community near Franklin, TN?
Troubadour in College Grove, by recent sales. Eleven homes closed in the 12 months to August 20, 2026, at a $6,200,000 median and between $3,450,000 and $13,750,000, according to RealTracs MLS sales data. The Grove followed with a $3,056,007 median over 56 sales. Club costs at both are separate and not published.
What is the richest neighborhood in Franklin, Tennessee?
Measured by home prices, the highest recent medians in Franklin belong to gated neighborhoods such as Treemont, Hidden River and Laurelbrooke, which had a $2,987,500 median over 14 sales. Avalon recorded Franklin's top house sale of the year at about $11.8 million. Among golf communities near Franklin, Troubadour in College Grove has the highest median at $6,200,000.
How many holes does the Vanderbilt Legends Club have?
Thirty-six. Vanderbilt Athletics lists two courses designed by Bob Cupp and Tom Kite, founded in 1992: the North course at 7,200 yards and par 72, and the South course at 7,100 yards and par 71. The club, at 1500 Legends Club Lane in ZIP 37069, is home to Vanderbilt's men's and women's golf programs. The gated Legends Ridge neighborhood is beside it.
Sources
- Westhaven Golf Club: Course Design
- Nashville Home Guru (Compass): Westhaven Franklin TN, RealTracs MLS rolling 12 months
- Invited: Temple Hills Country Club
- Nashville Home Guru (Compass): Temple Hills Franklin TN, RealTracs MLS rolling 12 months
- Temple Hills Homeowners Association: Neighborhood guidelines
- Nashville Home Guru (Compass): Franklin gated homes, RealTracs MLS rolling 12 months
- Nashville Home Guru (Compass): Legends Ridge Franklin TN, RealTracs MLS rolling 12 months
- Vanderbilt Athletics: Vanderbilt Legends Club facility page
- Nashville Home Guru: The Grove vs. Troubadour Club (RealTracs MLS, rolling 12 months to Aug 20, 2026)
- LIV Golf: First look, LIV Golf Nashville 2024
- Troubadour Golf and Field Club: About
- Troubadour Golf and Field Club: Residences
- Troubadour Golf and Field Club: Golf
- Discovery Land Company: Troubadour
- Nashville Home Guru (Compass): Williamson County golf course homes (used for Forrest Crossing only)
- Franklin Bridge Golf Club: Home
- Nashville Home Guru (Compass): Laurelbrooke Franklin TN, RealTracs MLS rolling 12 months
- Nashville Home Guru (Compass): Luxury homes in Franklin TN, RealTracs MLS 12 months ending Sept 28, 2026
- Zillow Home Value Index (August 2026)
- Club + Resort Business: The Crossing GC sold to company headed by PGA pro (Jan 10, 2019)
- Stymie: Golf courses in Franklin, TN (directory: holes, designers, years)
- Golfn: Old Natchez Country Club (directory)
- Visit Franklin: Old Natchez Country Club
- Vanderbilt Legends Club: Home
Brianna Morant
I have worked in real estate for more than 20 years. In 2013 I founded Oak Street Real Estate Group with Benchmark Realty, and I lead every listing the team takes on. Here I focus on homes from $1 million in Franklin, Leiper's Fork and College Grove. If you are thinking of selling, I would be glad to tell you what your home could sell for.
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