Unfortunately, this exclusive, elitist mindset is the norm of members at most, if not all American country clubs. You can keep your Burning Bush and leave EPGC to the People.
Trump hasn't disguised his feelings about public golf. "It shouldn't be a game for all strata of society," he told Golf Digest. "It should be something you aspire to. And I think golf got away from that. And it hurt golf." His properties embody that philosophy @ $1,000 a round.