Well, let me tell ya ’bout this Old Elm Golf Club, seems like a fancy place, ya know? Heard it’s in some place called Highland Park, Illinois. Sounds like one of them highfalutin towns where folks got more money than sense.
Now, they say this golf club, it ain’t for just anybody. Nope, it’s “exclusive,” they call it. That means only a chosen few get to play there. Like them fellas with shiny shoes and them fancy pants that cost more than my whole chicken coop. They say there’s only about 200 of ’em, members, I mean. Land sakes, that ain’t a whole lotta folks, is it? Must be real special to get in.
This golf course, they say some fellas named Harry Colt and Donald Ross, they made it. Never heard of ’em, but I reckon they knew their way around a patch of grass and a shovel. Seems like they were big shots in the golf world. Folks say this Old Elm is the only place them two ever worked together. Guess that makes it even fancier, huh?
- Course Info: They got all sorts of stuff on this course, yardages and par and all that. Don’t know what half of it means, but it sounds important. You can even find how to get in touch with ’em, if you’re one of them fancy types.
- Course Map: They got a map, too, so you can see where all them holes are. Looks like a bunch of squiggly lines to me, but I guess it helps them golfin’ folks know where to hit the ball.
- Regular Play: Sounds like folks go there all the time to play. Or maybe it’s just for special occasions, like when them city slickers wanna show off their new golf clubs.
Anyways, this Drew Rogers fella, he says it was mostly Harry Colt’s idea, this golf course. But Donald Ross, he helped build it. They spent a whole eight days together there, workin’ on it. Eight days! That’s longer than it takes me to pick all the corn in my field! Must’ve been a real big job.
Now, I heard tell of another golf place, way over in Asia. Jorhat Gymkhana Club, they call it. Been around longer than most of us been alive! Built by some British fella way back in 1876. They got horse racin’ there too, not just golf. Imagine that, horses and golf all in the same place. Sounds like a wild time!
And then there’s this Chicago Golf Club, over in Wheaton. That’s a private place too, just like Old Elm. They got different tees for different kinds of golfers, from the beginners to the real pros. Guess that makes it fair for everyone, even them fellas who can barely hit the ball straight.
So, this Old Elm, it’s a place for rich folks to play golf. They got a fancy course, and only a few people get to play there. It’s been around for a while, and it seems like a pretty big deal in the golfin’ world. Me? I’d rather spend my time tendin’ to my garden and feedin’ my chickens. But hey, to each their own, right?
And that’s all I know about them golf clubs. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go check on my prize-winning tomatoes. They ain’t gonna water themselves, ya know.
Playing at Old Elm ain’t cheap, I betcha. Probably gotta wear special clothes and use them shiny clubs, the ones that cost more than a good mule. And I reckon they got folks walkin’ around servin’ drinks and snacks, so them fancy golfers don’t have to lift a finger. Must be nice to live like that, but I wouldn’t trade my simple life for all the tea in China, or all the golf balls in Illinois, for that matter.
So, if you ever find yourself in Highland Park and you got a hankerin’ to swing a golf club, well, you better have a whole lotta money and a membership card. Otherwise, you’ll just be lookin’ at it from the outside, like me. And that’s just fine by me, I’d rather be watching the birds fly than watchin’ grown men chase a little white ball around a field.
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