initiation

“Thankfully, I did not have to face this initiation. However, that family trait for preparing delicious, wholesome meals runs deep in my veins.”

The Whitetail Club golf community in McCall, Idaho, where the initiation fee is $90,000, coordinates individual transportation to the area’s three ski mountains.

It comes following concerns around the behaviour of club members during an initiation event at a pub in the city.

Members can join for an initiation fee starting at $5,000, plus monthly dues of at least $425, depending on membership tier.

Its roots lie in the medieval stonemasons' guilds, and members still meet in "lodges" to carry out secretive initiation rituals and ceremonies based on allegories such as the building of King Solomon's Temple.