Anonymous wrote:Kenwood.

initiation Fee: $70,000
Monthly Dues: $730

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have some World Bank/IMF friends that belong to Bretton Woods. It's a lot more affordable and down-to-earth.

Of course, there's also restrictions on membership:

https://www.bwrc.org/club/scripts/library/view_document.asp?DN=MEMCAT

You have to be IMF, IDB or World Bank employee. But every so often they open it up to others.

Also origin of Bretton Woods is that IMF started their own club when international employees and people of color were not being allowed to join other country clubs in the area

Wow

Kenwood.

The Donbrook, McCallister Club, The Jeffersonian, 1789 Bolthole.

The Y?

Anonymous wrote:why not just join a private pool for the summer?

I was thinking the same thing.

You are not a “normie” if you belong to a CC.

An actual normie plays at public courses and belongs to a neighborhood pool.

Country clubs are really expensive to maintain. That’s why they’re expensive. It’s not a snob fee.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have some World Bank/IMF friends that belong to Bretton Woods. It's a lot more affordable and down-to-earth.

Of course, there's also restrictions on membership:

https://www.bwrc.org/club/scripts/library/view_document.asp?DN=MEMCAT

You have to be IMF, IDB or World Bank employee. But every so often they open it up to others.

Also origin of Bretton Woods is that IMF started their own club when international employees and people of color were not being allowed to join other country clubs in the area

Anonymous wrote:I have some World Bank/IMF friends that belong to Bretton Woods. It's a lot more affordable and down-to-earth.

Of course, there's also restrictions on membership:

https://www.bwrc.org/club/scripts/library/view_document.asp?DN=MEMCAT

You have to be IMF, IDB or World Bank employee. But every so often they open it up to others.

I have some World Bank/IMF friends that belong to Bretton Woods. It's a lot more affordable and down-to-earth.

Of course, there's also restrictions on membership:

https://www.bwrc.org/club/scripts/library/view_document.asp?DN=MEMCAT

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s Kenwood. That’s the answer.

can you give info on initiation and annual fees? we looked into Bethesda and the $1k monthly fees was a deal-breaker. Not to mention it's a little further out than I would like.

I can’t because I was a member through college and didn’t choose to continue, but it’s a lot closer in and cheaper than Bethesda and had a lot of NWDC families. The OP pretty much described my family - loved the pool and tennis, my dad was an accountant who needed golf to host clients although he didn’t love it, and he was too frugal to spend the money on Chevy Chase Club - we were invited and declined. Check it out!

Waste of money

If you live in DC, its tough to find both affordability and proximity. Kenwood is under $100,000 initiation. Otherwise, I think Hidden Creek in Reston is pretty affordable.