Exhibit 23.1





                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Club Corporation International:

We  consent  to  incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos.
33-96568,  33-89818,  333-08041,  and 333-57107) on Form S-8 of Club Corporation
International  of  our report dated February 27, 1998, except as to Note 2 which
is  as  of  October 13, 1998, relating to the consolidated balance sheet of Club
Corporation International and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and
the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash
flows  for  each  of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1997.
Our  report  on the consolidated financial statements refers to a change in 1995
in  the  method  of  accounting  for  impairment  of  long-lived assets and to a
retroactive  change  in  the  method  of  accounting  for  membership initiation
deposits  and  fees  and  the  related  incremental  direct  selling  costs.


                                       KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Dallas, Texas
October 22, 1998