The Grove, College Grove TN — Neighborhood Guide [2026]

If you have spent any time researching luxury homes near Franklin, Tennessee, you have almost certainly come across The Grove. It sits in College Grove, technically outside Franklin’s city limits, yet it draws buyers from all over Middle Tennessee who are looking for something that simply does not exist anywhere else in the state: a Greg Norman Signature Golf Course surrounded by custom estates, resort amenities, and a genuine private-club lifestyle. We have toured dozens of luxury communities across Williamson County over the past two decades, and The Grove consistently stands in a category of its own.

This guide covers everything buyers need to know about The Grove in 2026 – home prices, membership structure, the golf experience, amenities, and how it compares to nearby communities like LaurelBrooke and Leiper’s Fork. Whether you are a serious golfer or simply want to live inside Tennessee’s finest private community, read on.

The Grove — A Luxury Golf Community Unlike Any Other in Tennessee

The Grove opened in 2012 on 1,100 gated acres in College Grove, Tennessee, with a single organizing principle: build the best private club community in the state. More than a decade later, that vision has held. The Greg Norman Signature Golf Course anchors the experience, but it is the breadth of resort-level amenities – equestrian facilities, a full-service spa, multiple dining venues, fishing, hiking, and a resort pool complex – that makes The Grove a genuine lifestyle choice rather than just a golf address.

The community hosted LIV Golf Nashville in June 2024, bringing Major winners including Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, and Bryson DeChambeau to the course. It was, according to local coverage, Nashville’s biggest golf event in more than 80 years. For buyers evaluating the community, that event underscored something we already knew: The Grove competes on a national stage, not just a regional one.

Real Estate in The Grove

Home Prices, Custom Estates, and Lot Values

The Grove is a custom-build community. You will not find a standard production floor plan here. Every home is individually designed, which produces a range of architectural styles – modern farmhouse, transitional, European, classic Georgian – spread across a landscape of rolling Middle Tennessee hills, golf course frontage, and natural creek corridors.

The median sale price in The Grove reached $3,012,014 in 2025, a 6.0% increase over the 2024 median of $2,842,700. The average price per square foot rose from $507 to $545 over the same period, a 7.5% gain. The community recorded 103 closed sales between January 2024 and January 2026, a strong transaction pace for a community of this price point.

The upper end of the market has been particularly active. In 2025, the highest recorded sale closed at $7,995,000 for a 10,647-square-foot estate on Solstice Drive. Additional transactions on the same street cleared $7.4 million and $6 million, signaling sustained demand at The Grove’s top tier. Total home price range across the community runs from approximately $1.88 million for newer construction to well over $10 million for the most significant estates.

Homesites – for buyers interested in building from the ground up – range from approximately $445,000 to $1.2 million. Lots typically run from 0.25 to 0.85 acres, with golf-course-backing positions commanding a premium. Most finished homes fall between 4,000 and 8,000 square feet, though properties routinely exceed 10,000 square feet at the estate level.

Builders and Architecture

The Grove maintains an approved builder roster that ensures construction quality remains consistent with the community’s standards. Builders active in the community have included Trace Construction, Ford Classic Homes, Legend Homes, Stonegate Homes, Davis Properties, and Hatcliff Construction, among others. Each brings a distinct design sensibility, which is part of what makes the streetscape feel varied and alive rather than uniform.

Architecture at The Grove spans a wide range of styles. Buyers will find everything from steeply pitched modern farmhouses with black-framed windows to grand European-inspired stone facades to clean transitional designs that blend indoor and outdoor living. What holds the neighborhood together visually is the quality of the materials and the scale of the landscaping – even the most modest homes here are finished to a standard that rivals the finest spec construction anywhere in Williamson County.

Membership Structure and Costs

This is the detail that surprises most buyers when they first look into The Grove. All property owners are required to hold at least a Sports Membership. There is no option to purchase a home and forgo club membership. This requirement is by design: the club infrastructure – the pools, the spa, the fitness center, the equestrian facilities – is funded collectively by the membership, and the result is a level of maintenance and programming that would not be achievable any other way.

Golf Members pay a cart fee but no greens fees when playing the course. Guest access is available at $175 per guest or $85 per family member. Membership initiation fees are non-refundable. For buyers planning a home build, we factor these fees into the overall acquisition budget from day one – they represent a meaningful but fully transparent cost of entry into this community.

What Golf Community Buyers Need to Know

The Grove attracts two distinct buyer profiles. The first is the serious golfer who wants to play one of the top-10 private courses in Tennessee and live steps from the first tee. The second is the buyer who wants the lifestyle – the social club, the spa, the equestrian access, the security of a gated community – and views golf as a welcome bonus rather than the primary draw. Both profiles thrive here. The community is large enough that residents self-select into their preferred experience without ever feeling forced into activities they did not come for.

The Golf Experience

Greg Norman Signature Course

The Grove is Middle Tennessee’s only Greg Norman Signature Golf Course. The 18-hole, par-72 layout stretches 7,368 yards from the championship tees – 7,297 yards from the competition tees used during LIV Golf Nashville 2024. The design incorporates the natural terrain of Williamson County: rolling hills, McCrory Creek (which flows through the property), native grasses, and a series of manmade ponds that come into play on multiple holes.

Zoysia fairways and Bermuda greens provide excellent playing conditions year-round, a meaningful advantage in Middle Tennessee’s climate. The club advertises fairways maintained at tour heights and greens rolling at US Open speeds – language that was put to the test when LIV’s professional field competed here in June 2024. The 11th hole, the course’s longest, plays 629 yards from the tips.

Golf Digest ranked The Grove #8 in Tennessee for the 2025–26 ranking period, up from #9 in 2023–24. The course has held a place in the state’s top 10 since its inaugural ranking cycle.

Practice Facilities and Golf Programming

Golf Membership includes full access to the practice facility, which includes a driving range with the Smokehouse Pavilion overlook positioned between the front and back nine. The club offers clinics, lessons, and programming across skill levels and ages, making the course accessible to junior players and beginners as well as competitive members.

Annual events include member tournaments, holiday golf events, and social rounds that integrate the golf experience with the broader club calendar. For serious golfers relocating from major metropolitan markets, the combination of course quality, programming depth, and the prestige of having hosted a LIV Golf event places The Grove in very select company nationally.

Amenities Beyond Golf

Clubhouse, Dining, and Social Life

The Grove’s private clubhouse is anchored by the Manor House restaurant, a full-service dining venue serving members for both casual and formal occasions. A pro shop, wine cellar, meeting rooms, and a movement studio round out the main clubhouse footprint. Newer additions within the Magnolia Park section have added The Gathering Place and Bridge Bar as more casual dining and social options, extending the club’s programming without concentrating all activity in a single venue.

The social calendar at The Grove is intentionally active. Live music events, holiday celebrations, kids’ programming, and member gatherings are scheduled throughout the year. Buyers relocating from larger metropolitan areas frequently note that the social infrastructure at The Grove removes one of the most common challenges of moving to a new market: building a community.

Fitness, Pool, and Spa

The Rosemary Spa is a full-service facility offering massage therapy, facials, aromatherapy treatments, and wellness services. The adjacent fitness center is professionally staffed and offers both private and group classes. The resort-style pool complex features a beach entry, waterslide, and lap lanes – a setup that serves families with young children and serious swimmers in equal measure.

Equestrian Facilities and Outdoor Recreation

The equestrian center is one of the most distinctive elements of The Grove’s amenity package. The facility includes an Olympic-sized indoor arena, 30 acres of dedicated pasture, and professional management. Residents may board horses on-site, take riding lessons, or use the community’s dedicated trail network. This level of equestrian infrastructure is rare in any gated residential community nationally – in Tennessee, it is unmatched.

Beyond equestrian, the community offers tennis and basketball courts, hiking trails, fishing, and a kids’ club. The 1,100-acre footprint provides genuine open space between homes and amenities, which creates a sense of roominess that high-density luxury communities simply cannot replicate.

Location — Between Franklin and Murfreesboro

The Grove sits along Arno Road in College Grove, Tennessee, in the southern portion of Williamson County. Its technical mailing address is College Grove, not Franklin, which is worth understanding before you search – many buyers use “The Grove Franklin TN” in their searches out of habit, even though the community’s postal designation is College Grove 37046.

Distance to Franklin, Nashville, and the Airport

The drive to downtown Franklin takes roughly 25 minutes under normal conditions, giving residents convenient access to Franklin’s Main Street dining, Harpeth Hills neighborhoods, and Williamson County’s broader commercial corridor. Buyers who work in Nashville proper should anticipate a 35–40-minute commute, or longer during peak traffic on I-65. The tradeoff for that distance is 1,100 acres of gated privacy in a community that feels genuinely removed from the urban edge – which is precisely what most Grove buyers are seeking.

The Grove vs. LaurelBrooke vs. Leiper’s Fork

We are frequently asked how The Grove compares to Williamson County’s other premier communities. Each serves a different kind of buyer. Here is how they stack up across the metrics that matter most.

We have walked buyers through this decision many times. The buyers who love The Grove most are the ones who would use the club – whether that means a weekly round, a Saturday morning spin class, a dinner at the Manor House, or an afternoon at the equestrian center. If you see yourself living inside a resort-style community and using what it offers, The Grove delivers that experience better than any other address in Tennessee.

We covered the broader Nashville luxury market in our YouTube guide below – The Grove’s College Grove 37046 comes up as one of the most distinctive addresses in the region.

Frequently Asked Questions About The Grove