San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-04
costs At GOLF
|CLUBS GETTING
/ MUCH TOO HIGH
oung Men Who Feel They
Can't Afford Member
ship Resigning.
|lANY IDEAS CHANGING
Professionals Says Camp,
Must Stay on Job at
Clubs More.
lANY IDEAS CHANGING
By WALTER CAMP.


Upright, 1928, by The San Antonio Light.
New York. Feb. S.-The subject of
The Deflation of Golf" might well
taken up by most of the country
f clubs with great benefit to the
S6s to the players and to the clubs
mselyes.
The question of the high cost of club
is becoming very pressing indeed.
ready many young men have re-
fned from clubs all over the coun-
ond begun to do their club swing
on municipal Inns. Undoubtedly,
my more will follow unless there is
a HALT called on the rising expenses
i,ached to membership in a golf club.
kChe writer receives many letters on
IS subject, settlement of which is i'm
ktant not only from the standpoint
development of skill of young play
1 but also as question of social
nomics. Here is an excerpt from
of the letters:
1t is too bad that every greens com
tee in the country will not read
ent article of yours on golf, although
lis doubtful if greens committee
nber would get any real good out
IL. Greens committee members seem
feel that they are inspired, that all
ir ideas about remaking golf courses
paying assessments are wonderful,
lie we weakened members SIT
etly and vote aye"
What Some of Them Say.
Another writer names particular
b and tells how several young mem
!, had TO resign because of advanc-
costs and continual assessments.
And / soon will have to do the
e." this golfer continued, "and for
same reason, although l am a char
member"
In still another letter is the state
bit:
tBut, as one of the principal pluto
of our club said recently. We
NJ want anybody but members well
agh off to own automobiles
municipal course is indeed fine
Ag. The more OF them the better,
the municipal course fails to tlll
want Of many a young man OF "a
e5, Just married, with moderate in
e, who, with wife, ought TO be q
lber of a good private club. To be
PEELED to do his golfing on mu-
bal course means TO leave his wife
home, if she doesn't play, on the
,5f two days n week that he gets
nance to be out of doors. In most
ur private country clubs today this
is forgotten. Some of these
ne men have the moral courage to
he that the rising expense of pri-
club golf is too big an item IN
budgets, and resign, but a good
> v of them are tempted 10 stay in
run in debt TO the butcher, the
r. and the candlestick maker.
there has been much debate ms to
ther the Briarcliff Golf Club will
Gene Sarazen go over to play in
British omen. A short time ngo
kemed very positive that they would
grant consent to their newly-ac-
vi professional. but now there are
eations that they might reconsider.
truth of the matter is that times
changed quite a bit for us and.
hugh the golf professional holds n
enviable position, the club mem
are not so sure that the object
heir paying him a large salary is
ave him competing in tournaments,
rially if il takSs him away large
ion of the time from his duties at
club.
Change In Attitude.
me was when, having clubs pro-
onal "in the money" in the bug
naments was enough to satisfy the
lbers without demanding too much
i'm from the harder and less eS-
duties at the club. But now
is an increasing demand that he
hd more strictly TO business. and
ylamour of his victories away from
has somewhat worn off.
Il also true that there is quite n
90 of spirit in many golf clubs as
he desirability of holding the large
Important tournaments on their
courses. Formerly. almost all
had a vision that If they de-
Nod what they called champion
course- at the outlay of consider
money. and to the evaporation
eir "dub, players, they might Sc
a big tournament. Today a large
brtion of the clubs are of the
lon that they would rather not give
heir course for n week to save the
s and generally put the course in
HE pie order" for a tournament.
Is not to say that there will not
err Nof clubs willing TO hold big
a r .ents. but that more sober see
a bought is apparent among tie gen.
A ./krank and file of the members. II
takes shape in cutting down sninc
IL enormous expense that has been
Hing in the last few years in nj
ons Of golf courses So as to make
so-called championships possihili-
Il ,rin hn inhnnd worth while.