60k + memberships

[cval]

Yup. If you live in certain areas you will be paying top dollar to belong to a club. I live in NY/NJ and all top name clubs around start at about $75K initiation. My brother in law lives in KY and a similar club is peanuts. Same for housing...tough to find a home for under 300K in NJ but his home in KY for what's a very nice setup is again peanuts. All a matter of where you live but cost of living is simply much higher in certain parts of the country.

 

That is a good comparison between the cost of real estate and private club initiation fees.

 

In my area the price of real estate is relatively high.

- the average price of a detached house in the City of Vancouver is CAD$1.48 M

- the average price on the westside (more desirable) is over $3.5 M

- the average condo will sell for more than $1,000 per sq ft in the City of Vancouver

- condos with a mountain and sea view are over $3,000 per sq ft

 

The initiation fee of the top 5 private clubs are between $50k to $100k.

 

So really our private golf clubs here are very reasonable compared to large cities in the US like SF, LA or NY.

 

Somebody has to pay for all the "Free" stuff you get in Canada :)

[RBurl]

I drive by a course daily (though you can't see it), that's $150K and by invitation only.

Which one? tcc?

Boston Golf Club J. Do you think if I turn in the driveway they'd let me play 18? :-)

 

Depends on what you're driving, and what you say in the pro shop.

 

Most of these "high end" clubs have gates. Probably can't get into the pro shop unless you're a really quick talker?

The original question seemed to center around high end members being on this site? My guess is no