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Old 10-04-2015, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr View Post
Your club in Maine is what's known as a semi-private club.


I know of many public courses that have a decent pro shop, snack bar and even restaurants. They shouldn't be considered country clubs.
A good example is Bethpage---great pro shop, decent restaurant, but a purely public course. I don't know any public courses that offers a membership that reduces greens fees and gives preferred tee times in exchange for an annual fee---once they do that, they meet the definition of semi-private