I would like to hide clubs from the defualt "member" group  but when I change the  user to a higher member group say the "pro" group that they will see all clubs. hope that make ssense?

To disallow a group from access Clubs (or any other module), go to ACP -> System -> Applications and click in System app then you'll see a list of modules:

In the CLUBS row, click in the pad lock and remove the selection of the group you don't want to access it: