Membership in a country club is one of the perks of being wealthy. Members are entitled to enter a haven of leisure and recreation wherein problems do not exist and only beautiful things abound. They have exclusive access in a luxurious land of athletic and amusement possibilities, from golf courses to outdoor and indoor badminton and tennis courts to ball game gymnasiums to martial art halls to swimming pools. They can bring their families, relatives, friends and business partners in a private wonderland wherein they can bond together as if the whole world is theirs.

One of the most popular country clubs in the world is the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia. The club annually hosts the Masters Tournament, one of the four major championships in professional golf. The country club's golf course is regarded as the best in the country, having been designed by numerous award-winning landscape architects. The Augusta National Golf Club has more than 300 members, all of which are exclusively invited. The membership fee ranges from 25,000 and 50,000 dollars, and the annual due is less than 10,000 dollars. Some of the notable members of the club are Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft , Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric and Carl Sanders, former Governor of Georgia.

Another celebrity country club is the Southern Highlands Golf Club, the most luxurious residential country club in Las Vegas. Some of the notable members are George J. Maloof, Jr., Reggie Jackson, Tiger Woods, Steve Wynn, Brian Kelley, and Rudy Ruettiger. Together with the painstakingly designed golf course, the country club includes a huge therapeutic spa, an Olympic size pool, a fitness center, lodges and other sports facilities. Membership at the private club is limited to 360 members and, like the Augusta National Golf Club, by invitation only. The notorious initiation fee is reported to be at least 90,000 dollars.