Golfers demand firm and fast
The world of the elite American private clubs is a rarified environment. Members of such clubs pay, by the standards of most of the world, enormous fees for the privilege of playing courses conditioned to exquisite standards and off-limits to virtually everyone but themselves and their guests.
But, according to Mike Leemhuis, chief operating officer of one of the most elite of those clubs, Congressional CC, just outside Washington, US club golfers are a more varied bunch than might appear the case.