The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-24
Frederick Haskin's Lettei
Public Golf Courses

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one city the fee is IS cent. i.
cry round of Is holes or la.
lockers are maintained by IN =
and rented for S. per year d, G
persons.
Philadeiphia's municina,
play ground. the Cobb's c. soe
course. is generally regarded ;. \.
best public links in the iiss
States. There the charge "a.
days play is so cents, vhirA
titles one to a locker. Pri,ill.
for one year cost only 81, but M.
is an annual fee of $40 for I ~ ~
er.
Toledo System Best.
Considered from everv s,,sa
point, the Toledo system Of on.
ating municipal golf courses ia Z
ed as the best. In that city no -.
are charged on the theory that mn
pie will not abuse a privilege 4.
may take advantage of what ~
regard as right. Good order ~
good playing conditions on { 81,
course are dependent largely nm.
the habits and practices Of n.
players. According to tue TolsM
authorities if a man pays r. 4,
the use of a golf course. be tens,
to assume a semi-proprietorial =.
titude and feels that he has a ri,s,
to do what he wants to do nth.
out regard to the rules that NAV
have been established. On the oth.
.er hand, if he is permitted to Ma,
without any charge but with ths
possibility of being barred from IL.
course if he violates any Of ths
rules he is far more likely to co,.
duct himself in a sportsmanljb
way and to be amenable to disci.
pline.
This system has worked well n
Toledo for many years. The only
charge is for lockers, which is fixed
at 1915 annually. The courses IN
kept in excellent condition and To.
ledo's standing is such that when
the first national tournament for
public course players was held this
year it went to the Ohio city.
Kansas City has one of the finest
club houses maintained BY a mn.
nicipality. 1t cost $4,000 and Il
fords 500 lockers for men and NO.
men at S. each per year. Green
fees are SO cents day. 81 month
and $40 year. The Kansas CITY
course is in Swope Park and The
Swope Park Golf club has besn or.
ganized as a private affair which
virtually controls the links, a.
though members have NO privileges
that the non-member who uses thl
course does not have. Much Of tht
up-keep and improvement Of the
course is determined by the club
and the park board always deferto
the clubs plans and recompenda
tons in whatever it does With "
spect to golf.
In San Francisco is found an W.
usual combination between the au-
nicipality and private interests An
excellent 1S-hole course is main
tanned by the city, with green fees
of so cents a day or 81 a month,
but there is no clubhouse and &C.
cordingly no locker facilities are
afforded. However, a clubhouse
has been erected on rrivas
grounds adjacent to the couFse
Membership in this club costs Nv
, per year and locker fees entltilhs
. one to shower bath and towel priv
/ ileges are 81 month.
! Indianapolis is the only city 70
! report a plan for controlling cad.
dies. All caddies are employee
under caddy masters from whom
they receive their pay by the week
! They are divided into three classes
j A, B and C. A caddies receive u
! cents an hour, B caddies, 10 GEMS
and c caddies, 10 cents. They Va.
81 for license buttons which lhdi
cate their grade. They receive
cents each for registered and marx
ed balls returned TO the caddy mas
ter.
| Chicago has more municipal sol
courses than any city in the coan
;try, eight links now being IN US
the fees ranging from 10 10
cents round. In addition 10 tne7'
community courses are mainta,ae
in several Chicago suburbs Whs
may be played over for small us'i
fees.
Washington's public golf eoufs
in Potomac park is comparallVe'
new, but it promises to be one
the best in the country win all "
sired facilities available to the pa!
ers. Fees charged are % cents It
IS holes on any day except saul
days, Sundays and holidays VIE
the amount is doubled.