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Show MORE GOLF COURSES IS GENERAL DEMAND Over Million Tickets Were Issued in 1922 to Enthusiasts of Game in Chicago. The pressing need of more golf courses to supply the demands of the Increasing army of golfers was shown by the compilation of the numbers of golfers who played over Chicugo's links during V.V2. While more than 1,000,-(KiO 1,000,-(KiO tickets were Issued, starters said three or four times us many would have been In demand if there hud been room for play. The courses were crowded from dawn to dusk from earliest spring to latest full, unci players were sent out in fours, so close to each other that two or three foursomes were on each hole. The largest number were accommodated accom-modated ut the 18-hole links In Jackson Jack-son park, where 124, .rS4 players teed off, or o.OOO a day from March to December. De-cember. This required the starting of four players every live minutes from C a. ni. until 5 p. m. on the uvu age. The dearth of links in proportion to players has started the building of nearly a dozen pro-rata courses In Chicago, where the golfer may pay as he plays, without the formality of Joining a club. These courses cost the golfer somewhat more lu carfare and fees; but do not require much more time, for he is able to play on arrival, und cover the course In half the time he takes on congested links. I'lans are already under way In Chicago to build a score more prorata pro-rata links, and the forest preserve commission, with room for 50 additional addition-al links, is planning a half-dozen for the near future. The largest play on any private links in the world was that nt the Olympin Fields club, Chicago, which, with tnree lS-hole courses, took care of 00,000 golfers in 1022. It was estimated esti-mated that the other 65 private golf clubs in Chicago provided for some 100.000 golfers last year, these courses lying Idle most of the day except week-ends and holidays. |