I guess it's because it's Forbes that they assume people are interested in the cost of membership, but my I'd imagine there are clubs that cost a heck of a lot more to join, but are less exclusive in terms of who they allow in. I mean, who cares what the membership costs at Augusta (or a bunch of the others)? If you're the type of person they're going to allow to join, you can afford pretty much anything, and if you're not, it really doesn't matter how much you're willing to pay. Cypress point could charge 10x it's current cost of membership and all of its members could afford it, and it could charge 1/10th of what it's currently asking and be just as exclusive.