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The Creek is a super-exclusive golf country club on the Golf Coast of Long Island, about 33 miles from New York City. It was established in 1992, with a membership list filled with the famous members of the New York City elite, with family names such as Astor among the founders.
By 1923, the New York Times dubbed The Creek as the “Million Dollar Golf Club”. The article proclaimed it as “undoubtedly the richest golf club in the world” while the golf course was “unique, the finest golf course in the country, if not the world”.
That golf course was designed by Charles Blair Macdonald, during what’s regarded today as the golden age of golf architecture. It was restored in 2017 by famed golf architect Gil Hanse, but it still retained the essential characteristics of a C. B. Macdonald course. Golf Digest also ranks The Creek golf course as 133rd of the Greatest golf courses in America.
The golf club remains extremely private, and that means there’s very little information regarding the membership initiation rates and annual dues. But it won’t be surprising if that initiation rate is way past 6 figures.
You only have to check out the super-strict rules on mobile information use to realize just how much the club regards its privacy. One main rule is that you can’t use your smartphone anywhere on Club property, except in your car or in the designated “cell phone areas”.
In that cell phone area, you can’t just post photos of the club. That must first be pre-authorized by the Club authorities, even for blogs and various online forums. You’re not even allowed to post online the name or location of the club when you make comments on social media. And when you’re posting allowed photos online, you first have to disable the Location services from your phone.
The club atmosphere is decidedly a bit more conservative, since jeans aren’t allowed at any time. Here, you need to check that your sneakers are allowed for playing on the tennis courts. Tennis shoes and clothes should also be white when playing outdoors, including the socks and hats.