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.July 22, l9ll WILMETTE LIFE 17 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllltlllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII North Shore Golf Clubs ll llllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllttlllllllllllllllllllllllttlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Wilmette G. C. Boasts ·"a Golf Club for Golfers" Players 0. K. Sport . Under a 'Landlord' Course Built and Operated by Syndicate-Champion Holes Out in One in Title Match This is the eighth article of a series describing the great golf courses of the north shore. It tells of the novel arrangement under which the game ia played at the Wilmette Golf club, that fine club on Lake avenue. It is the story too, of the development of fine players. By RAY C. PEARSON T HE exhilaration .o f golf, the competitiYe spirit w h i c h mak es all the world love a winner, ove r shad ow s all e lse at \Vilm e tte Golf club. It is a GO LF club in all that that name implies . It is no t \Yritt cn in th e hv-law s of \Vilmc t t e C. C., hnt thi s line belongs th e r e : ' 'This Is a Golf Club for Golfers" 1-' a r he it frotn thi s \Yrit cr t o sa,. that o ther ramifi cati o ns of club life at \\'ilmette ar c n eg It c t c d.. 0 u t th ere .o n Lake aY enu e th e \' dinner dan ce , th e \\' (ll lll' l l f o lk ~ lH~ttl t for briu gc hon : n :; a nd C\'C r\' bociy min gle ~ in a clubby a t ~ TH E PI CTURES : The clubhouse Golf club at · Wilmette ( rop ) - Tony mos} ; hcr c, which pr o m ot ~::;; th e ll e~ t u_l Rengel. assistant profesfeelin g, hut a ll thi s comes ~ ftcr ~ o l t. sional and a champion (~ 8 li alway s i!' th e fir s t co n :-. tdcratwn. Ii an\' 81le wants t9 find out a nytl1ing driver ( insert) - Sidney . a b out \Vilmctte G. C. the i cllo w t o SC L' E. Scholes. dub champion is \\.illiam H . Han smann . ~[ r. H a th mann is pre sident of th e club and io r ( lower left ) -Mrs. John tunat elv we ran into hi111 when seek ing information for thi s s tory. He H . Arends. club chamthink s, talks and dream s in golf t erm s pton ( lower right) . and after talking with him fiv e minute s ther e is the urge to call him "Bill." C.olf docs that. It's all right with hilll, t oo. ,·.')u Fir:-.t off he wants to know if _ play and you get a suspicion that he 's seeking- the " low -down" on YOur game. But quickly he shifts . and hegins to tell you about the club championship match last year, when Sidne,· E. Schole s captured the title hol e and plops right in . A hole in one tent of two. And in a championship hy defeating Eel' Youngquist in the in a championship match! Ever hear match, too." final s. 'Ve'll let him tell about it. ni such a thing? " One of the hig feature s at Wilmette Knockout for Old Man Par \\·c admitted that we hadn't. G. C., is that every member is a play"But li sten to this," continued the er. And it should be mentioned here, "That was a shooting match" says · the president. "Those fellows played pr es i 'd e nt. "Youngqui st takes hi :' that the women folks as golfers aren't golf that day. But let me tell you ~quint and S\\'ings. 'Vow, but that in a minority either. ahout the· s h~oting at the fo urteenth was a pretty shot. He lays his ball Club Has Many Good Players hole. The fourteenth is a par four, only a fe\Y feet from the cup. It " ·as The course carries a 71 par. When although the actual di stance is only a perfect dri\·c and on his second shot 260 yards. \Veil, Schole s steps up to he holes out. Think of that, one play- it was designed the plans called for a the tee. take s a squint at the ' shot ' and er licking Old ~Ian Par thre e strokes course which would not be too diffkult, swings. The ball sped directly for the and the o ther trimming him to the ex - n3r too easy to negotiate. The result is a happy medium and the par figures are right. The yardage of the course is 6,515. \Vilmette boasts of many good players. 1mong these may be mentioned Sidney E. Scholes, \Vatter Wylie, Dr. R. L. Lasater, Andy· Rogers and W. F. Lockridge. Mrs. John H. Arends is the women's champion, and ranks as one of the good players of the Chicago District. She does not do all her playing at 't he (Continued on Page 37)