West Michigan Billionaire Doug Meijer is now selling really expensive balls, golf balls to be exact

In a recent Crain’s Grand Rapids Business article it states:

Doug Meijer is joining actor Mark Wahlberg and a host of others launching The Underground, a society of sorts in which golf-obsessed members get access to branded swag and several dozen new precision golf balls, designed to be a step or two above the already expensive offerings on the market from mainstream brands like Titleist and Callaway.

It costs $2,800 for a year’s worth of high-end golf balls, gear and bragging rights.

So, Doug Meijer, who is worth $6.5 billion (along with his two brothers are worth $16.5 billion) is partnering with other rich people to sell golf balls that will cost more than what millions of people make every payday. This is about as arrogant and ridiculous it is when corporations host golf tournaments and build in a chance for people to donate food items. Oh wait, this is exactly what the Meijer Corporation does.

Meijer and his partners decided to build an invitation-only “golf society” around it, one that signals membership in an exclusive club that exists quietly beneath the surface of the mainstream game, according to a Forbes article.

If you go to The Underground site it uses phrases like:

• An ultra-premium design for those who refuse to compromise.
• Membership is the ultimate statement.
• Created for the inner circle.

None of this should be surprising, since this is how members of the Capitalist Class think, which oozes of arrogance and contempt for working class people.

I leave you with some biting commentary by George Carlin to how golf is primarily played by elitists.