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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 30 Jul 1921, p. 11

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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1921 ENEENRDM kindred outdoor the wealthy or leisure class. lent municipal golf courses and tennis courts abound. News of the North Shore = Golf Clubs " "EE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE E EEE N Europe, those who have observed tell us, I and other by Everett Wilson golf, like tennis pastimes is the lot alone of Not so in America where excel- Proof that golf is now a game for the man of moderate means and that it has taken a firm hold on the "rank and file", is to be found in crowded public courses on long summer evenings and through the day on Saturdays and Sundays. Winnetka's Playfield association course in the Skokie is no ex- ception to this rule. In fact, it may be considered the most pop- ular municipal course in the vicinity of Chicago, simply by reason of the fact that it is the most beautiful and the best kept. course has twenty-seven holes. Membership in this association ing fees vary with the maximum at $10 per year, and $5 a year rrangements are made for guests. eligible to membership in the Playfield association. The is but one dollar a season. Play- fee for a man, or man and wife, for a woman player. Special Every resident of Winnetka is Residents of other north shore villages may use the course upon payment of one dollar for week-day play and two dollars for Sunday play. 2 Playfield retains the services of a professional who instructs members at a moderate cost. A starter is al- so employed and provisions are made on the grounds for light luncheons and refreshments. Play- field membership exceeds 350 and it is the prediction of association officials the course will, by the close of the current season, claim a membership of double that number. Regular scheduled events are ar- ranged for Playfield every week-end and on holidays with monthly Class Tournaments featuring the season's play. Events for this week-end follow: July 30 and 31--Qualifying Round, August Tournament, handicap, four classes, sixteen to qualify each. Following the brilliant internation- al match of last Sunday in which Abe Mitchell and George Duncan, amateur and Phil Gaudin, pro at the course, Skokie Country club attracts' attention again this week-end in be- ing the scene of the finals in the Six Towns Tournament, match play, 18 holes, handicap. Thursday, August 4 at 1:30 o'clock starts the Pater Filius and Pater Filia Match, 18 holes handicap for the Skokie championship and prizes for winners. Frank Preston is chairman of the committee in charge. Finals in the Directors' Cup play 18 holes, will feature events at the North Shore Golf Club, Kenilworth on Saturday, July 30. There is to be 18 holes Medal Play in the week- 1 Women's Golf events on Friday, July 29. There will be play on Saturday in the F. IL. Bateman Trophy event. On Thursday of this week mem- bers of the North Shore Club nego- of North Shore Day at the Wiscon- sin city's course. Saturday, July 30 will be a busy day at Westmoreland Country Club with play in the final round of the President's Trophy to inaugurate the events. Another event of the final round is the Vice-president's Trophy, and the third feature the qualifying round in the Angus Cnp event with St. Andrew's Trophy meral play, handicaps and the Fel- lowship Cup event. Finals in the Walter W. Ross Trophy begins scheduled activities at Bob O' Link Club on Saturday, July 30. This event is 18 holes, Match Play, three-quarters handi- cap. There will also be a Blind Bogey event with first, second and third prizes. Another important event of the day will be the qualifying round for the Club Championship Clock presented by Perry L. Smithers. This trophy remains the property of the club and the name of the winner each year is engraved on the trophy and the winner receives an emblem two of England's most able profes- tiated their annual pilgrimage to the sional golfers, took the honors from | Racine Country Club where they Chick Evans, America's greatest| were the guests upon the occasion iva lt I TC WESTERN UNDERTAKING CO. D. S. SATTLER, Pres. The unmistakable mark of distinction to be found "in funerals conducted by us is a Guarantee of the Higher Character of our SERVICE. CASKETS as LOW as $35. ofcharge for distance H. F. UNSER 1022 Davis St MANAGER Phones Evanston 98 Evanston, Ill " Wilmette 280 ALLS LIL LL LLL LITE LALA LLLP TILL SITLL SLATS SL LL ALLL LSI LLL SSSA LLL LOLS LLL ILIA ELSI SI SIS ALIAS FIAT 171A R. W. BARTELMANN CO. IFOR| Frames, Sash, Doors and Interior Finish zw. 2k 777772 lair iiiiiiniiiiiiii 910-912 Weed Street, CHICAGO Near North and Clybourn Aves. 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