Anonymous
Post 09/06/2019 19:57     Subject: Country Club Questions
Anonymous wrote:What about Bethesda? Can anyone update prices?


Golf or just social? Thinking $85 initiation if golf.
Anonymous
Post 09/06/2019 19:53     Subject: Country Club Questions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No one has mentioned it yet, but, it's not like you can just call up and send them your $100K + check and you're in. There are wait lists, you have to be nominated/sponsored by a member at a few of these mentioned .... and there has been in the past a very Skull-n-Bones secrecy surrounding who is allowed in and who is not.


If you were in "skull and Bones, ( must leave whenever "skull" is used {members of this secet society have never seen Macbeth in its entirety); Porcellian (must retire for a year and meditate, which probably never happens as how many times in the course of normal conversation have you ever heard anyone say "Porcellian?; Cap and Gown or Tiger -- the only Ivy League without a Law School (could some of the others follow this example?)--I don't know, but, considering how often "Tiger" has been said since November 2009, one can only hope it isn't too drastic.

If one is a member of any of the above they're already 3rd or 4th generation legacy. I recommend the Mint Juleps at Chevy Chase.


Did Brown and Dartmouth drop out of the Ivy League?
Anonymous
Post 09/06/2019 19:35     Subject: Country Club Questions
What about Bethesda? Can anyone update prices?
Anonymous
Post 09/06/2019 19:32     Subject: Re:Country Club Questions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'll ask what a few of us are afraid to ask.

Which country clubs would qualify at the "Big Three," to borrow DCUM language.


Congressional Country Club, Columbia Country Club, and Woodmont maybe in Moco.


Those are the three best courses (Congo Blue and Woodmont North plus Columbia's one). Ignoring golf, most of the DCUM wasps would demote Woodmont and substitute Chevy.
Anonymous
Post 09/06/2019 19:29     Subject: Re:Country Club Questions
Anonymous wrote:Kenwood is the white christian people's country club.


Fixed that for you.
Anonymous
Post 09/06/2019 12:49     Subject: Re:Country Club Questions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Going back to the OP's concerns - the only CC with the kind of cult-like community you seem worried about is Chevy. Those folks do hang together. HOWEVER - I expect what you are seeing is that the folks from a particular club already know each other, and that is why they are standing out to you. It will be less obvious as everyone else gets a chance to meet each other.


Is Chevy Chase all or mostly Catholic?


Chevy is episcopal, Columbia is catholic
Anonymous
Post 09/06/2019 12:47     Subject: Country Club Questions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are there any clubs targeted towards the young and UMC crowd?

Not old money, but working professionals.


Cosmos Club is a downtown professional entity.


The Cosmos Club is a little different. Joining the Metropolitan Club requires enough money and connections, and the more you have of the former the less you need of the latter.

People put up for membership in the Cosmos Club are people considered to have done meritorious original work in science, literature, or the arts,” or who are “recognized as distinguished in a learned profession or in public service.”
Anonymous
Post 09/06/2019 09:13     Subject: Re:Country Club Questions
Anonymous wrote:I cannot believe this thread is 10 years old, lol!
This has to be a record for longest (chronological) thread on DCUM?

I wonder if OP ever joined a country club?


And can anyone updated the fees?
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2019 23:00     Subject: Country Club Questions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are there any clubs targeted towards the young and UMC crowd?

Not old money, but working professionals.


Cosmos Club is a downtown professional entity.


University Club has traditionally been the club for the folks on the younger side, but I've been told that the Metropolitan Club is trying to attract younger members (I don't know if they are succeeding, the youngest members I know there are around 60).
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2019 13:11     Subject: Country Club Questions
Anonymous wrote:Are there any clubs targeted towards the young and UMC crowd?

Not old money, but working professionals.


Cosmos Club is a downtown professional entity.
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2019 11:34     Subject: Re:Country Club Questions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Going back to the OP's concerns - the only CC with the kind of cult-like community you seem worried about is Chevy. Those folks do hang together. HOWEVER - I expect what you are seeing is that the folks from a particular club already know each other, and that is why they are standing out to you. It will be less obvious as everyone else gets a chance to meet each other.


Is Chevy Chase all or mostly Catholic?


It used to be the WASP club and Columbia was for the Catholics but more and more Catholics are joining Chevy.


And Congo as well ...
Anonymous
Post 04/10/2019 19:03     Subject: Re:Country Club Questions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Going back to the OP's concerns - the only CC with the kind of cult-like community you seem worried about is Chevy. Those folks do hang together. HOWEVER - I expect what you are seeing is that the folks from a particular club already know each other, and that is why they are standing out to you. It will be less obvious as everyone else gets a chance to meet each other.


Is Chevy Chase all or mostly Catholic?


It used to be the WASP club and Columbia was for the Catholics but more and more Catholics are joining Chevy.
Anonymous
Post 04/10/2019 17:27     Subject: Re:Country Club Questions
Anonymous wrote:Going back to the OP's concerns - the only CC with the kind of cult-like community you seem worried about is Chevy. Those folks do hang together. HOWEVER - I expect what you are seeing is that the folks from a particular club already know each other, and that is why they are standing out to you. It will be less obvious as everyone else gets a chance to meet each other.


Is Chevy Chase all or mostly Catholic?
Anonymous
Post 04/10/2019 17:18     Subject: Country Club Questions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are there any clubs targeted towards the young and UMC crowd?

Not old money, but working professionals.


The University Club. Lots of young people/millennials who work.


Isn't The University Club just ivy league?
Anonymous
Post 04/10/2019 16:47     Subject: Country Club Questions
The University Club is a whole different species - downtown business club.