CLUB EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS.
Clubs as part of hospitality sytsem -
Historical overview of club management - ANS -first country club in US= The Country Club
(Brookline, MA)
-concept originated with 1879 Myopia Club
-first city club= Somerset (Boston)
-St Andrews (1754) wrote rules and etiquette of golf and club membership
-Charlie MacDonald= father of organized golf (built first 18 hole course)
Private club (club industry definition) - ANS Definition: common interest (sport, social,
activity), meet at a standard/common pace, admission procedure
-country club (6k-7k): 600-800 members, $36k initiation fee, monthly dues
-city club (2k-3k): 1200-1500 members, $6k initiation, lower monthly dues
Types of ownership of clubs - ANS -equity owned (private or non profit)
-non-equity owned (private)
-non profit private
-clubs and homeowner
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, Private Club Label-- Common bond - ANS -private social, recreational, or athletic club with
common bond among members
Membership maintenance and promotion - ANS -membership size capped
-waitlists
-membership committee
-clubs seeking balance in average ages
Membership election - ANS -new member proposed by current member and seconded
-sponsors not on board
-posting of perspective members
-letters of rec, potential social event
-election held
Types of clubs - ANS golf/country (full service or single purpose), city, military, athletic,
university, yacht/beach, corporate, development
Positive trends - ANS -golf growth during pandemic
-growth in pickle ball, racquet sports, spa, fitness
-importance of dining
Types of memberships - ANS -regular (full), house, social, junior (legacy), senior/life, non-
resident, widow, clergy, honorary
Changes in membership status - ANS -transfers, resignations, suspensions/expulsions,
disciplinary action of delinquent members
Organizational structure (exhibits 1 and 2 in textbook) - ANS Inverted pyramid/hourglass:
members first, then BOD/Governors, exec committee, committees, GM... other side/shrinking=
dept heads, staff
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ANSWERS 100% PASS.
Clubs as part of hospitality sytsem -
Historical overview of club management - ANS -first country club in US= The Country Club
(Brookline, MA)
-concept originated with 1879 Myopia Club
-first city club= Somerset (Boston)
-St Andrews (1754) wrote rules and etiquette of golf and club membership
-Charlie MacDonald= father of organized golf (built first 18 hole course)
Private club (club industry definition) - ANS Definition: common interest (sport, social,
activity), meet at a standard/common pace, admission procedure
-country club (6k-7k): 600-800 members, $36k initiation fee, monthly dues
-city club (2k-3k): 1200-1500 members, $6k initiation, lower monthly dues
Types of ownership of clubs - ANS -equity owned (private or non profit)
-non-equity owned (private)
-non profit private
-clubs and homeowner
2026 STUDY MATERIAL @COPYRIGHT RESERVED 1
, Private Club Label-- Common bond - ANS -private social, recreational, or athletic club with
common bond among members
Membership maintenance and promotion - ANS -membership size capped
-waitlists
-membership committee
-clubs seeking balance in average ages
Membership election - ANS -new member proposed by current member and seconded
-sponsors not on board
-posting of perspective members
-letters of rec, potential social event
-election held
Types of clubs - ANS golf/country (full service or single purpose), city, military, athletic,
university, yacht/beach, corporate, development
Positive trends - ANS -golf growth during pandemic
-growth in pickle ball, racquet sports, spa, fitness
-importance of dining
Types of memberships - ANS -regular (full), house, social, junior (legacy), senior/life, non-
resident, widow, clergy, honorary
Changes in membership status - ANS -transfers, resignations, suspensions/expulsions,
disciplinary action of delinquent members
Organizational structure (exhibits 1 and 2 in textbook) - ANS Inverted pyramid/hourglass:
members first, then BOD/Governors, exec committee, committees, GM... other side/shrinking=
dept heads, staff
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