I am a member of one, but where I work pays for it. I was a member of a different one in NC before I moved here, paid for it myself. I did it for the golf. I don't feel like I've ever been a "country club" type. Even though I have been playing golf since I was a little kid, I have played mostly at public golf courses. But one of the course I grew up playing was semi-private, you didn't have to be a member to play, but you couldn't use the clubhouse or locker room if you weren't a member. It was a real old money summer resort club, they just didn't have enough members to support it on its own, but they were sort of snobby IMO.
Not that impressed with the place I belong to now, poorly run, staff, facilities are meh, course is OK, tennis is very big at this club. I never use anything but the golf course/driving range, they haven't been overly friendly. I liked my old club, good golf course, found a good group of guys to play with. Didn't cost an arm and a leg to join. The guys I played with called it the "redneck" country club, no real "old money' types, which the other clubs in the area had. We had a mixed membership, several black members, but not a whole lot, a couple of Asian members, full women members, (some places don't allow that), but the diversity wasn't that great, but probably better than most.....
But I have been to many other clubs that definitely had a snooty/snobby feel to them, never felt comfortable there. I've played at places that don't allow ANY shorts for men, that is just stupid...... I am a put your golf shoes on in the parking lot type of guy, when you start telling me I have to do that in the locker room, I might tell you to go F yourself.....
Not that impressed with the place I belong to now, poorly run, staff, facilities are meh, course is OK, tennis is very big at this club. I never use anything but the golf course/driving range, they haven't been overly friendly. I liked my old club, good golf course, found a good group of guys to play with. Didn't cost an arm and a leg to join. The guys I played with called it the "redneck" country club, no real "old money' types, which the other clubs in the area had. We had a mixed membership, several black members, but not a whole lot, a couple of Asian members, full women members, (some places don't allow that), but the diversity wasn't that great, but probably better than most.....
But I have been to many other clubs that definitely had a snooty/snobby feel to them, never felt comfortable there. I've played at places that don't allow ANY shorts for men, that is just stupid...... I am a put your golf shoes on in the parking lot type of guy, when you start telling me I have to do that in the locker room, I might tell you to go F yourself.....
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