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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live near Chicago and there are many CCs over 100 years old. There is no doubt that they were established to be exclusive for either race, religion, money or single sex. While the clubs are less discriminating than 100 years ago the legacy still exists such that a traditional Jewish club is still predominantly Jewish, same with old Catholic clubs. My club is very old and is very white Christian with a few AA members and a decent number of Jewish members. There are a couple of great mostly Jewish clubs in the area and that’s where most Jews apply. When you have to spend a lot of money to join you want to join where you will feel comfortable.[/quote]

I am from Chicago, a poor kid who did well in a majority African American sport.  There are numerous country clubs in Chicago, including predominately Jewish ones.  A Jewish friend learned I could not swim at age 11, and she paid for lessons at Lake Shore Club in Glencoe, a generous thing to do.

I would say there are more clubs in Chicago than in the DMV.  Every suburb has at least one club, and Chicago itself has several.  Country clubs are not my thing, but people in general really desire them.

My hometown had a Jewish club (I caddied there) and it was nice.  The town also had another private club (now closed) and a very good public course initially purchased by Black Hawk players.  This for a suburb of 15,000.

The most exclusive club is arguable.   Likely Wheaton Country Club in DuPage, a town in which Wheaton College, likely the best the Christian school in the nation, sits.  None of it was my cup of tea but my cousins lived there and I was well aware of it. They are by definition elitist because they have 300 members at max.

My mother's home town has three country clubs - at town of 12,000.   They too reek of privilege.  My mother's family was the servant class for the people on the Lake.

Query what will happen to the 100 plus year old iconic courses in the South and Southwest suburbs - Medinah, Flossmoor, Cog Hill.  The demographics of these suburbs have radically changed.  These are places where PGA tournaments have been played.

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