For couples who want the polish without running a 300-person catering hall, a country club is the middle road. Fairway views, a clubhouse that already looks the part, and a tighter, calmer feel to the night.
Some of these want a member to sponsor you and some do not care at all. Where we could not confirm it, we say so. Claim your club’s page.
Old-line private club on a Gold Coast estate; ask about sponsorship on the first call.
Smithtown golf club that books outside weddings with fairway views.
Commack club with a clubhouse ballroom and no member requirement to book.
Mount Sinai's course-side ballroom looking down the fairways, formerly the Hamlet Willow Creek.
County golf-course mansion in Great River looking over the water.
Inside Bethpage State Park and formerly Carlyle on the Green, with Wedding Spot listing $160 per person for ceremony and reception across six hours.
A purpose built 2016 clubhouse in Melville with a ballroom seating 300, full day access to the grounds, and real candles allowed in glass votives.
The former Carltun, rebuilt and reopened in September 2023, with a 450 seat ballroom in Eisenhower Park and a stated one wedding per day.
A 1929 waterfront club in East Setauket with a pavilion ceremony on the water, a 120 guest Saturday minimum in season, and $165 per person peak.
Owner run catering on a Great South Bay golf course, with events up to 350 people and every published price hidden behind a lead form.
A 1927 Devereux Emmet club on 130 acres in Hewlett Harbor that states on its own site that non members can book its rooms.
A 1916 Devereux Emmet club in Garden City that says outright a membership affiliation is required to host an event, so a member must sponsor you.
A 133 acre East Norwich golf estate whose events are sold by an outside operator, PH Event Group, with no published membership policy anywhere.
A private 1966 golf club in Saint James with a 1929 mansion clubhouse over St. James Bay and no published policy on outside weddings.
A 50 acre Brentwood golf club with no membership requirement, starting at $75 per person on its own private events page, with in house catering mandatory.
Non members can book here in writing, and the club's March 2024 PDF prices a $2,000 ceremony fee before any food is discussed.
Two marketplaces list it as active and its own website would not load for us, and the only per person figure published anywhere is a $115 bar rate.
North Hills sits at 200 Long Island Expressway in Manhasset, plays a Robert Trent Jones Sr. course, and will not host your wedding without a member sponsor.
Open to the public, one affair at a time, and a ceremony fee that WeddingWire puts at $750 in peak season and $400 off peak.
The Knot says $5,500 to start and WeddingWire says $12,500, and the venue's own events site publishes no rate at all.
Village owned, open to non members by its own FAQ, with a ballroom for 400 and Lessing's running the kitchen since March 2025.
A Nassau club whose weddings page still takes inquiries while a January 2026 report says the course has stopped operating as a club.
A 1922 Seth Raynor club in Old Brookville with a 250 guest ballroom and no published answer on whether non members can book it.
A 1927 Nassau club that opened to the public, runs one event at a time, and carries a $135 per person starting figure on The Knot.
A village owned Nassau club whose events run through CulinArt, with a ballroom over 300 and marketplace site fees starting at $20,000.
A Town of Smithtown golf club with no membership gate, three event buildings, and one published capacity: 150 guests in the Riverview Pavilion.
A 1917 club on 210 acres whose FAQ states weddings are open to non members, with a 300 guest ballroom and no published price of any kind.
A member owned club on over 160 acres that publishes a new ballroom, an unresolved 1947 founding date, and not one word about whether outsiders can book.
You get manicured grounds for the photos, usually one event on the books at a time, and a kitchen that has been feeding members for years. The Muttontown Club, Stonebridge in Smithtown, and the Hamlet clubs mid-island run weddings right alongside the golf. Crest Hollow has the name and the grounds, but it's a catering venue, not a golf club, so it belongs on the halls list.
The catch is access, so settle it first. The Hamlet clubs and Stonebridge will book outside events, the old-line private clubs like Muttontown usually want a member to sponsor you, and a few only marry off their own membership. On the first call, ask flat out whether you need a connection, what the guest-count range is, and whether non-members pay a premium. Clubs usually top out lower than the big halls, in the low hundreds, which is the whole point if you want green grass and a real clubhouse and not a room built for 400.
Play continues on your wedding day, so the famous fairway photos get scheduled with the pro shop, not improvised. Ask for the golf cart run at dusk, it's the shot every club couple frames. Check whether the clubhouse keeps a dress code for guests, because some still do and Uncle Richie in shorts finding out at the door is a story you don't want. In October, when the trees along the fairways turn, a club wedding gets scenery the ballrooms pay florists to fake.
On value: clubs live off member play and midweek outings, so the wedding calendar has soft dates the big halls never offer, and the kitchen that feeds the membership all year isn't going to embarrass itself on your night.