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June 11, 1927 WINNETKA TALK SOU ne LLU ELUTE LD LE LE Simm Teme AN Illinois G. C. Sporty Links Give Players a Real Test Club, Started Only Four Years Ago, but Members Now Enjoy Fine Home on the Dundee Road This is the second of a series of articles dealing with the famous golf clubs of the north shore. The | story herewith presented tells of the progressive spirit- which "made" the Illinois Golf club. By RAY C. PEARSON 0° on the Dundee road, just two miles west of Glencoe, four snow white walls rise majestically from the ground to be capped by a redtiled roof. Just completed, this structure, the home of the Illinois Golf club, presents a new show place for the north shore. Tt» new clubhouse of Illinois is done mm the Spanish style and is beautiful and spacious. It will be good for the eves of those w"o form the ever- increasing motorcade of the highway. As golf clubs go, Illinois is youthful, but this is more than offset by its vigor and aggressiveness. One needs only to gaze on the new clubhouse and the golf course with its finely developed fairways and greens to be convinced of that. Course Comes First The members of Illinois like to talk about what they have accomplished in the short period of four years of ex- istence of the club. Perhaps the most interesting point they accentuate when discussing the progress of the organi- zation, is that they displayed wisdom right in the beginning and spent their money for the necessities, rather than for the luxury of golf. They claim some credit for this and are justified. Four vears ago, in 1923, about twenty good golfers--practically all were mem- bers of other clubs--conceived the idea of building a new course. They "shop- ped around" and finally discovered the plot of ground on Dundee Road. It was rolling, wooded ground, in fact more rolling than is found in many sections around Chicago. It was the ideal spot for a golf course and so they "grabbed it." A. C. Hammond, the present president of the club, Robert McCay and Walter Alschlager were three of those who took the initiative in forming the club. Dream Realized Then with the first step, that of se- curing a site, taken, the building of the course became the most serious business. The "pioneers" of Illinois TTT 'sitting pretty" EQUTTTHTTTHRHTH nur eC ASTUTE HTT UU UU North Shore Golf Clubs muna aaa RR TEE UT BUU UU UUUU B CL SOME in New Clubhouse New clubhouse of Illi- A trap where PICTURES: nois Golf club (top) ; hopes are shattered (below); Al Espinosa, club professional (right) ; Mrs. Dr. C. M. Case, club champion (below). talked it over. And in the end it was the unanimous opinion that the neces- sity--the course--came first. The luxury--a beautiful clubhouse--could wait. They'd go ahead and build one of the best courses in the country and in the meantime they'd dream of the clubhouse that was to come. Today Illinois Golf club has one of the finest courses in the country and today, after only four short years, the club has a beautiful clubhouse. It is the story of a dream realized. Every- body is happy at Illinois. While the club was organized in 1923 it was not until 1925 that it was formal- ly opened for play. Some of the mem- bers had played over the course be- fore that, but it took considerable time to reconstruct the land for golf purposes and preparation was not hur- ried. Today the results of the efforts are evident--Illinois is a fine course and here's a tip, it is a difficult one to negotiate. professional, calls a sporty course. Espinosa has been with the club since it was organized. When it was impossible to play he helped to super- intend the work of construction and the ideas of sportiness were the brain children of the club's professional. Fairways Sprinkled One of the features is a sprinkling system, which waters the fairways as well as the greens. Few clubs, we are informed, have systems which watef the fairways. The length of the course is 6,269 vards, rather long, and par is (Continued on page 30) It is what Al Espinosa, the