Sport: Bankrupt Clubs

Arresting fact: Of the 5,800 golf clubs in the U. S., 1,100 are members of the U. S. Golf Association; 25% of U. S. G. A. member clubs have disbanded or gone bankrupt in the last three years.

Golfers who were busy last week speculating on minor problems such as 8-in. cups (see above) were reminded of this serious one again last week when the Engineers' Country Club at Roslyn. L. I., most famed links which has thus far succumbed to Depression, announced that the club would disband, sell its property at foreclosure.

The Engineers'...

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