Zaka zana zapitazo, anthu okhala ku New Prague ankalakalaka kukhala ndi bwalo la gofu la mabowo anayi, komanso mabwalo a tennis, mabwalo a mpira, mabwalo amasewera ndi malo ena paki yatsopano yomwe idakonzedweratu mumzindawu. Masomphenya amenewa sanakwaniritsidwe, koma mbewu inabzalidwa.
Zaka 90 zapitazo, masomphenyawa anakwaniritsidwadi. Pa Ogasiti 21, New Prague Golf Club ikondwerera zaka 90 ngati gawo la mpikisano wamakalabu. Pulogalamu yaifupi idzayamba nthawi ya 4 koloko madzulo ndikupempha anthu kuti akumbukire mpainiya wa malotowa zaka 90 zapitazo.
Zosangalatsa zamadzulo zidzaperekedwa ndi gulu lapafupi la Little Chicago, lomwe limasewera nyimbo za pop/rock horn kuyambira m'ma 60s ndi 70s. Mamembala ena a gululi ndi mamembala anthawi yayitali a New Prague Golf Club.
Mu 1921, John Nickolay anasintha pafupifupi maekala 50 a minda kukhala mabowo asanu ndi anayi ndi mayadi 3,000 a fairways, tees ndi masamba, motero adayamba masewera a gofu ku New Prague. New Prague Golf Club (NPGC) idayambiranso pano.
â???? Ndinakulira ku New Prague ndipo ndinaphunzira maphunzirowa zaka 40 zapitazo. Ndine wonyadira kubwerera kuno kudzayang'anira malowa, â???? Luling anatero. â???? M'zaka zingapo zapitazi, pakhala kuyambiranso kwakukulu kwamasewera a gofu m'kalabu yathu komanso m'dziko lonselo. Ndife okonzeka kupitiliza kupereka mwayi wabwino kwambiri kwa osewera gofu am'deralo. Tikulimbikitsa anthu kuti abwere kudzakondwerera nafe masana a August 21st. â????
Ruehling anapitiliza kunena kuti gofu ndi gawo lalikulu la anthu. Si osewera gofu ochokera ku New Prague omwe amayamikira malowa, adatero. â???? Osewera gofu ochokera kumadera akumidzi ndi mbali yofunika kwambiri yamagulu omwe akutenga nawo mbali pamaphunzirowa. Kusewera pano kumatipatsa mwayi wowonetsa Prague yatsopano komanso gulu lalikulu lomwe tili nalo pano. Tikuthokoza atsogoleri a mzindawo chifukwa chozindikira chuma chachikuluchi. â????
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1930, anthu pafupifupi 70 a ku Prague analipira US$15 kwa membala m'modzi komanso US$20 kwa achibale awo pa bwalo la gofu. Kuyambira 1931 mpaka 37, inali kalabu yachinsinsi. Membala wamkulu Milo Jelinek adanena zaka zambiri zapitazo: â???? Malo a gofu ku New Prague adatenga nthawi yayitali kuyamikiridwa. Okalamba ena ankakonda kuseka amene akuthamangitsa mpira waung'ono woyera pa bwalo la gofu? ? ? ? Kuzungulira. Ngati ndinu gofu, mutha kunyozedwa chifukwa cha chidwi chanu pa "dziwe lamalo odyetserako ziweto".
Ndi luso lamakono lopanga magulu a gofu ndi zipangizo zina masiku ano, n'zovuta kulingalira kuti m'ma 1930, Nickolay anapanga zibonga zake, pogwiritsa ntchito matabwa achitsulo kumutu, ndikuponda pa chopukusira kuti apange matabwa olimba omwe anali m'chipinda chapansi pa nyumba. kunyumba kwake.
Zobiriwira zoyamba zinali zosakaniza mchenga / mafuta, zomwe sizinali zachilendo mu nthawi imeneyo. Osewera gofu omwe alowa m'malo obiriwira adzagwiritsa ntchito chipangizo chokhala ndi m'mphepete mwake kuti apange njira yopita ku kapu. Kuyeretsa mipira ya gofu pakati pa mabowo kumafuna bokosi lamatabwa lodzaza ndi mchenga woyera pa tee. Golfer adzawombera mpirawo kuti ukhale wabwino kuti achotse madontho a udzu ndi dothi.
Kuphatikiza pa kupanga ndi kuyang'anira maphunziro, Nickolay nthawi zambiri amasamalira maphunziro. Ali ndi achibale oti amuthandize. Iwo anadula mabwalo a fairways kumayambiriro kwa tsiku, kusalaza masamba, ndi kumenyana kosatha ndi gophers kuti nthaka ikhale yopanda mabowo. Akuti Dr. Matt Rathmanner ananyamula ngakhale mfuti m'chikwama chake cha gofu pamene akulimbana ndi "zovuta".
Chuck Nickolay, membala wanthawi yayitali, Meya wakale wa New Prague komanso woyimira wamkulu wa NPGC kwa zaka zambiri, amakumbukira mwapadera agogo ake a John Nickolay. â???? Ndikuganiza kuti chinthu chosaiŵalika kwambiri ndi pamene ndinali ndi zaka zisanu ndi zitatu, agogo anga aamuna ankanditenga ine ndi azisuweni anga ena kukasewera nawo. ÂAka ndi nthawi yanga yoyamba kusewera gofu, ndipo kuleza mtima kwake ndi ife ndikodabwitsa. ÂTidangomenya mpira mpaka kubiriwira ndikusangalala. ? ? ? ?
Mzindawu udagula maphunzirowa mu 1937 pamtengo wokwanira pafupifupi $2,000. Panthawiyo, inali ntchito yovuta kulinganiza bwino ndalama, ndipo nthawi zina mamembala ankafunika kupeza ndalama zowonjezera kuti akonze zinthu. Umembala siwovuta kuupeza, anthu ambiri amawonekerabe kukhoti ngakhale salipira ngongole.
Komabe, chifukwa pulojekiti ya Works Progress Administration inathandiza anthu omwe sanagwire ntchito panthawi ya Great Depression, zoyesayesa zowongolera maphunziro zidayenda bwino.
The original clubhouse ankatchedwa????The Shack.????? Anali mapazi 12 okha ndi 14 mapazi. Zimamangidwa pamtengo wa konkriti wokhala ndi akhungu otsegulidwa ndi ndodo zamatabwa. Pansi pa matabwa panali zolembedwa za plywood. Zinthu zonse zitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati gofu komanso chakudya / zokhwasula-khwasula. Mowa wakomweko wa City Club Beer ndiwotchuka kwambiri. Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1930, nyumbayi inakula mpaka mamita 22 x 24 mapazi.
Chakudya chamadzulo chabanja Lachitatu usiku chimasintha maphunzirowo kukhala malo okhawo a amuna kukhala "misonkhano yabanja" yambiri. Wolemba mbiri wa maphunzirowa ananena kuti chakudya chamadzulo chimenechi chinathandiza kwambiri kuti gululi likhale lokonzekera bwino komanso lokonda mabanja.
Palibe amene angaimire bwino kupambana kwa gofu, chikondi cha gofu ndi kuchereza kwa Links Mikus kuposa Clem â????Kinkyâ????. Mzere wake wotchuka kwa osadziwika pa kalabu ndi: "Moni, ndine Clem Mikus". Ndine wokondwa kwambiri kukumana nanu. ???
Mickus amalimbikitsa anthu omwe si a m'deralo, amalimbikitsa kufalikira kwa mabowo 18, ndipo amagwira ntchito monga woyang'anira wanthawi yochepa kwa zaka zambiri (ena amakhala ndi malipiro ochepa kapena alibe pachaka). Pamene wosewera gofu akudandaula kuti udzu ndi wautali kwambiri, njira yabwino sinadulidwe bwino, ndipo mawonekedwe obiriwira ndi olakwika, anganene kuti: “Wampikisanoyo adzasintha.”? ?
Monga momwe bwenzi lake Bob Pomije ananenera: “Ukampatsa mpata wokumana nawe, ndiye bwenzi lako.”? ? ? ?
Scott Proshek, mbadwa yatsopano ya Prague, adalembedwa ntchito yoyang'anira maphunzirowa mu 1980 (ndipo adachita izi kwa zaka 24). Mickusâ???? Kutha kubweretsa mamembala ochokera ku Southern Metro kwalimbikitsa NPGC kukhala bizinesi yopambana yomwe magulu ena amasilira. Hireni Bessie Zelenka ndi Jerry Vinger monga wogulitsa m'sitolo wodzipereka kwa banja la Mickus, kuthandiza anthu omwe si a m'deralo kupeza mamembala otsika mtengo ndikusangalala ndi mwayi wamaphunziro apamwamba. â????
Proshek anakumbukira tsiku lina ali wamng'ono, pamene adauza Bessie kuti adzasewera masewera a gofu osowa pakati pa ntchito zake zoyang'anira maphunzirowo. Anafunsa kuti ali ndi ndani, ndipo Proshek anayankha kuti, “Tisanawataye, anthu amenewo anali ndani??? Dr. Marty Rathmanner, Eddy Bartyzal, Dr. Charlie Cervenka, ndi â??? Slugâ???? Pagulu. Ine. Ndinakhala ndi nthawi yosaiwalika ndikusewera ndi anthu omwe adathandizira gululi m'ma 1920s, 1930s ndi 1940s.
Mikus anakhala manejala wanthawi zonse mu 1972, pafupifupi zaka 20 atayamba maphunziro aganyu. Mikus anamwalira kumayambiriro kwa 1979, akusiya chizindikiro chosaiwalika pamasewera a gofu.
Kuyambira kumapeto kwa nthawi ya Proshek mu 1994, pakhala mameneja ambiri, ndipo idakhazikika mu 2010. Wade Brod adasaina mgwirizano wotsogolera ndi mzindawu kuti atsogolere kayendetsedwe ka gululi. Ruehling adagwira ntchito ngati manejala watsiku ndi tsiku komanso katswiri wosewera mpira wa NPGC. M’zaka ziwiri zapitazi, ndi Ruehling yekha amene amayendetsa maphunzirowa.
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1950, clubhouse yatsopano inamangidwa kwa nthawi yoyamba. Ina inawonjezedwa kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1950. Sakutchedwanso “?????? nyumba.” Kuwonjezera kwina kunali m'ma 1960. M'zaka za m'ma 1970, malo owonjezera achitatu anamangidwa.
Mothandizidwa ndi kuchuluka kwa madzi mumzindawu, zaka za m'ma 1950 zinalinso zaka khumi zoyika udzu wobiriwira. Zobiriwira poyamba zimakhala ndi mamita 2,700 ndipo zinkaonedwa kuti ndi zazikulu panthawiyo. Kuyambira pamenepo, zobiriwira zambiri zakulitsidwa. Pamene panali kusiyana kwa ndalama zoposa $ 6,000 mu ngongole zosalipidwa zoikapo, mamembala adapeza njira yopangira ndalamazo kudzera mu zopereka ndi ndalama zochokera ku FA Bean Foundation.
Kumapeto kwa chilimwe cha 1967, ntchito yomanga Hou Jiu Dong inayamba. Mitengo 60 idasuntha kuchokera kumabowo asanu ndi anayi oyamba kupita ku maenje asanu ndi anayi kumbuyo. Pofika mu 1969, mabowo asanu ndi anayi atsopano anali atakonzeka. Mtengo wake womanga ndi madola 95,000 aku US okha.
Bob Brinkman ndi wantchito wanthawi yayitali wa Mickus (kuyambira 1959). Anali mphunzitsi wa sekondale. Iye anati: â?? Tinagawana malingaliro ambiri osintha bwalo, monga kubzala m'malo osiyanasiyana Misondodzi, makamaka kumbuyo kwa mabowo asanu ndi anayi. Tinapeza ma bunkers atsopano ndi ma berms, ndikusintha mapangidwe a masamba ena. â????
Kuchulukitsa kosiyi kukhala mabowo 18 kwasintha kwambiri kalabuyo, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti ikhale yoyenera kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi komanso yowoneka bwino kwa osewera gofu m'matauni. Ngakhale ena akuno akutsutsa izi, anthu ambiri akuzindikira kuti osewera akunja akufunika kuti bwaloli likhalebe ndi chuma. Inde, izi zikupitirirabe mpaka lero.
â???? Kutenga nawo mbali pazosintha izi ndi zowonjezera ndikosangalatsa komanso kosangalatsa, â????? Brinkman anatero. â???? Kugwira ntchito m'sitolo yapadera kwa zaka zambiri kapena kukumana ndi osewera gofu ambiri pamaphunzirowa ndikosangalatsa kwambiri. Athanso kutenga nawo mbali pazochita zambiri zamakalabu. â????
Proshek adanenanso kuti mtundu wa maphunzirowa unkasilira mamembala ake komanso mamembala a Southern Metro omwe amakonda maphunzirowa. Pachiyambi cha kutchuka kwa gofu m'zaka za m'ma 1980 ndi 1990, panali mndandanda wodikira umembala wa NPGC. Ngakhale izi sizilinso vuto, chiwerengero cha mamembala chawonjezeka m'zaka ziwiri zapitazi, ndipo maphunzirowa akhala akusunga khalidwe lake potengera kusewera.
Kuyambira koyambirira kwa masika mpaka kumapeto kwa nthawi yophukira, New Prague Golf Club imapereka masauzande a osewera gofu zomwe ochita gofu amatcha "njira yabwino". Osewera okhazikika ochokera kutali kwambiri amapita ku New Prague sabata iliyonse kukasewera masewera ampikisano a gofu, omwe masiku ano amadziwika ndi njira zake zopapatiza komanso masamba ang'onoang'ono.
Chinthu chinanso champhamvu pamasewerawa ndi malo ake a gofu a junior. Yakhazikitsidwa ndi Brinkman kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1980, yolimbikitsidwa ndi Proshek ndipo ikupitirizabe mpaka lero, motsogoleredwa ndi Dan Puls. â???? Kurt akupitiriza kuthandizira kapena kukonza mapulogalamuwa, â???? Brinkman anatero. Proshek adanenanso kuti osewera ambiri ochokera ku New Prague High School akupitiriza kuchita nawo ntchito zofunika za koleji.
â??? Zaka makumi asanu ndi anayi zapitazo apainiya a gofu ku New Prague adapanga masomphenya a masewera omwe akugwirabe ntchito mpaka pano, â???? Lulin anawonjezera. â???? Kaya ndinu achichepere kapena achikulire, masewera a gofu amakupatsirani njira yopita kukasangalala panja, kuwonera nyama zakuthengo, kusangalala ndi kucheza ndi anzanu, ndikuseka (nthawi zina kulira) pa inu nokha ndi ena panthawi yosangalatsa. Awa ndi masewera amoyo wonse ndipo ndimanyadira kukhala gawo la moyo wanga. ? ? ? ?
Monga munthu wokhala ku New Prague kwa moyo wake wonse, Nickolay anawonjezera pa mndandanda wa kukumbukira kwake. Adawona abambo ake adapambana maudindo angapo a kilabu, timu yanga yakusekondale idapambana mutu wachigawo cha 4 ku NPGC, idapita ku boma ndipo zonse zabwino zomwe ndiyenera kukumana nazo ku kalabu. â????
Ruehling adalimbikitsa anthu kuti abwere ku kalabu pa Ogasiti 21 kudzakondwerera chuma chamudzi. â???? Tonse ku New Prague tiyenera kunyadira masewera a gofu awa, kaya ndinu wosewera kapena ayi. Ndife okondwa kwambiri kukondwerera chaka chathu cha 90th. â????
Brinkman adayankha ndemanga za Ruehlingâ???? â????
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Nthawi yotumiza: Aug-23-2021