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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Without a doubt Chevy is the top of the heap.  Within the "country club set" it is the most prestigious and selective.  Congressional is also very prestigious.  Columbia not as much.  Kenwood is easy to get into (minimal waitlist) so it doesn't have the prestige, but its a friendly and fun club with lots of really nice members.  Truly, when you speak of the most prestgious in terms of country clubs, its mostly about how hard it is to get in and WHO gets in.  Of course many of them restrict membership to certain types of people, that is pretty much the point of "country clubs" which are private and can admit and reject whom they choose.  The in town clubs (Metropolitan, Cosmos, University, Sulgrave) are equally exclusive and restrictive of membership but in regards to different criteria.  It is the world of private clubs, like it or not, and how they operate.  Washington Golf and Country Club is for Arlingtonians and has little to no presence in Washington-proper's social scene but is THE big deal in Arlington.  Bellhaven is the big one for those in Alexandria and that part of Virginia.  Woodmont is mostly Jewish and for the Potomac crowd.  Burning Tree is one of the few clubs left that does not admit women.  Its for serious male golfers and is getting rather geriatric I hear (heh heh).

You really do not need to worry about this just because your child is in private school but that's the general and frank scoop on Washington's clubs.[/quote]

This is so strange to me.  I am a member at Congressional and don't have think of clubs as being "prestigious" or "selective" in the sense certain private schools are prestigious when compared to others.  In other words, I never think of Congressional as conveying certain "social" status on me at all.  How weird to even think that.  At least at Congressional, it is so hard to get into simply because there is huge demand b/c it is considered one of the best courses in the world, has had a number of US Opens (is having another one in 2011) and now hosts the Tiger Tournament.  And as mentioned above, the slots are limited by Bylaws so you have to wait for someone to leave/die to get in, and then many of those slots go to legacy members.

And as long as you have a friend that will sponsor you and find other references to put on your application, and assuming you can show you can pay your bills, you will undoubtedly get in if you are willing to wait.  You also have to meet with at least one Board member before you are accepted, so I guess someone could come off as an asshole and get rejected.  (I heard a story about an applicant who brought his wife who said something to the effect that she treated her housekeepers poorly and left the impression she would do the same to the Cong. employees; she was rejected b/c it is huge deal if a member treats the staff poorly, that is why most have been with the club for 10-20 years plus).

The story above about someone being rejected b/c they had a non-white adopted child would not have happened at Congressional, I am very confident of that.  What a sad sad story; I would never want to be a member of such a club (if the story is even true; just to crazy to be true).

There are a number of minority members (not enough, to be sure).  And certainly a huge mix of Catholic and Jewish members.

To the person interested in Kenwood, it is a fine club; I have lots of friends who absolutely love it.  You should join it, particularly if you live near it (a huge factor in my opinion).

Maybe I am in denial.  I would love for other Congressional members to weigh in if I am wrong . .  .

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