Dude that is your standard the highest possible? I could see worse as well. I know golf. I know dozens of people who are members of private clubs. Some low end, others middle of the road and others very exclusive.

Olympia Fields, Butler National, Kittansett Club, Bel Air, LA Country Club, I could list 10 more that are very exclusive.

The dues aren't expensive, I'm not going to make public what they are, as there is a lot of cloak and dagger behind their pricing structures. However I can tell you that their dues, monthly dues incl F & B minimums are less than half 90k.

We are talking the cream of the crop. Top 100 private clubs in the entire US.

Thus, "I have seen worse." I'm sure you may have, however it doesn't justify the reckless statement of, "$90k in dues isn't all that high for a top-tier country club."

You can search the internet all you want and try and justify it, but it is fact and I wouldn't pass it off as such if I didn't have them.