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[edit] Article neutrality

I agree with this article, but surely we can come up with something more neutral. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 17:50, 2004 Aug 10 (UTC)

[edit] Huh? Not sure what you mean

Which part of it do you have POV problems with? If you agree with it, cool. If you feel it is not neutral, fine too, but you have to give us something to go on as far as why you marked it.

We can't read your mind...  ;) and the problem is not necessarily obvious.

- John Sherwood

Maybe he means the last paragraph, where it talks about businessmen trying to conceal their conversations and lying and cheating behind the gilded iron gates of a country club? You gotta admit, it smacks of an "I hate corporations" opinion. You present some of that part as fact and it should be presented as more like popular opinion or the opinion of some. If it is alright with everyone who cares about this article, I'd like to edit it and make it sound more neutral (while preserving the content). It would also be nice to add a list of famous country clubs. --flyhighplato 19:10, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I snipped out the last couple of sentences. If anyone would care to rewrite them, I've posted them below. --CVaneg 07:45, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

The exclusion allows corporate dialogue and behavior to be concealed from the public and gives businessmen an environment where they need not fear retrobution for offensive behavior. Indeed, if popular culture is to be believed, most business golfers either cheat at golf, if they are poor golfers, or play under their ability, if they are good, since it is considered most advantageous to lose to one's superior, but within fewer than 6 strokes.

[edit] Article needs improvment

The first sentence is a good definition of what a country club is, the entire rest of the article reads like "Why I don't like country clubs". Some of the sentences are worthwhile and factual, such as "In the early 20th century..." and the Augusta section. These sections belong in an article which also addresses the positive aspects of country clubs.

The two sentences "Critics of exclusive country clubs argue that the high membership fees are a means to exclude "undesirables." In support of this claim, critics point out that club membership and maintenance fees can significantly exceed the upkeep costs necessary to maintain a country club's facilities." are blatantly non NPOV to me. At least I would need support of these 'critics' who point out the excessive fees, this claim is highly dubious. I know quite a bit about the financials of country clubs, and in general the claim is simply false. It is true that many clubs are very expensive to join, but the money that clubs take in is used to create a luxurious environment for the members of the club to enjoy. BillWallace 23:30, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I went ahead and edited the article, mostly to add a brief section about the benefits of joining a club. I left most of the social issue stuff, but I deleted the most unsupported and non-neutral sections. BillWallace 00:37, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Grammer concern

Hey there,

I'm not sure if the grammer is correct here:

"In the United Kingdom, most exclusive golf clubs are simply golf clubs, and play a smaller role in their communities than American country clubs; gentlemen's clubs in Britain fill many roles of the country club in the United States. "

Should the first sentence read insted "In the United Kingdom, most exclusive *country* clubs are simply golf clubs..."

If there are no objections, I'm more than happy to make the update. -Stone

I agree... I worked in an "exclusive golf club" in Surrey, and it also boasted squash courts, tennis courts, swimming pool, fishing etc. etc. not to mention various other activities that were one-offs and occasional things. So, despite being known as merely a golf club, it was very much what could be considered a "country club" in that sense of the word.

Removed sentence "This led to the formation of country clubs that catered specifically to Jews,Catholics or African Americans who could not gain membership at other clubs. ". This needs citation of an example. BillWallace 17:05, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "The term is mainly used in..."

The term is mainly used in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and other former British colonies and dominions."

That is, wherever English is the primary language. I bet this can be said of a lot of English words. Sentence deleted! Simões (talk/contribs) 03:31, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Links to specific country clubs

Sometimes people add links to specific country clubs in an "External Links" section. I deleted the remaining ones as none of them were mentioned in the article. If you feel that a specific country club is particularly important in relation to this article, please drop a note in this discussion page. Thanks! JeremyStein 15:25, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

  • Merge golf club (institution) in to this article. The stub was created just because a lot of people (50?) created links to golf club when no such article existed, whereas the link should have been made to this article. 199.125.109.58 (talk) 06:04, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
    • A golf club is not the same as a country club, A country club is a private club which offers a variety of recreational sports facilities; a golf club only offers golf. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 17:57, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
As discussed in this article, some country clubs are organized either as golf clubs or as tennis clubs. The second sentence says "Two of the most common types of facilities are tennis and golf clubs". There is no separate article on either golf clubs or tennis clubs. 199.125.109.58 (talk) 20:56, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
I probably first read that as meaning One of the most common type of facility is a tennis and golf club, but that isn't what it says or means - what it means, and says, is that Two of the most common types of facilities are tennis clubs and golf clubs. 199.125.109.58 (talk) 21:04, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Of course there should be an article on golf clubs! There are many famous golf clubs, worldwide, and not all of them fit the American country club model or wish to. Let the stub grow. Andrewa (talk) 02:06, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

I think the best way to start it would be by adding a heading to the country club article. If it grows to longer than 5-6 paragraphs it can be split out as a separate article. Right now the country club article is 4,540 bytes and surely has room to cover golf clubs. 199.125.109.58 (talk) 03:29, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Disagree. It would be like saying let's not have an article on the clarinet as there's room to deal with it under woodwind. Golf clubs have an identity all their own, just as the sport has its own identity. Andrewa (talk) 10:35, 26 April 2008 (UTC)