Shekaru dari da suka wuce, mazauna birnin New Prague sun yi mafarkin samun filin wasan golf mai ramuka hudu, da kuma wuraren wasan tennis, da filayen wasan kwallon kafa, da wuraren wasannin motsa jiki da sauran wurare a cikin sabon wurin shakatawa da aka shirya wa birnin. Wannan wahayin bai taɓa tabbata ba, amma an dasa iri.
Shekaru casa'in da suka wuce, wannan hangen nesa ya zama gaskiya. A ranar 21 ga Agusta, New Prague Golf Club za ta yi bikin cika shekaru 90 a matsayin gasar zakarun kulob. Za a fara wani ɗan gajeren shiri da ƙarfe 4 na yamma kuma a gayyaci jama’a don tunawa da majagaba na wannan mafarki shekaru 90 da suka shige.
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A cikin 1921, John Nickolay ya canza kusan kadada 50 na gonaki zuwa ramuka tara da yadudduka 3,000 na kyawawan hanyoyi, tees da ganye, don haka fara wasan golf a New Prague. New Prague Golf Club (NPGC) shima ya fara anan.
â???? Na girma a New Prague kuma na ɗauki wannan kwas shekaru 40 da suka wuce. Ina alfahari da dawowa nan don sarrafa kayan aiki, â???? Luling yace. â???? A cikin ƴan shekarun da suka gabata, an sami ƙaruwa sosai a wasan golf a cikin kulab ɗinmu da kuma faɗin ƙasar. Muna shirye don ci gaba da samar da kyakkyawan ƙwarewa ga 'yan wasan golf na gida. Muna ƙarfafa mutane su fito su yi murna tare da mu a yammacin ranar 21 ga Agusta. â????
Ruehling ya ci gaba da cewa filin wasan golf babbar kadara ce ta al'umma. Ba 'yan wasan golf daga New Prague ba ne suka yaba wannan wurin, in ji shi. â???? 'Yan wasan Golf daga yankin birni muhimmin bangare ne na kungiyoyin da ke shiga wannan kwas. Yin wasa a nan yana ba mu damar nuna sabon Prague da kuma irin babbar al'umma da muke da ita a nan. Muna godiya ga shuwagabannin gari da suka amince da wannan babbar kadara. â????
A farkon 1930s, kusan sabbin mazauna Prague 70 sun biya dalar Amurka $15 ga memba ɗaya da dalar Amurka 20 ga 'yan uwa a filin wasan golf. Daga 1931 zuwa 37, a zahiri kulob ne mai zaman kansa. Wani babban memba Milo Jelinek ya ce shekaru da yawa da suka gabata: â???? Wasan golf a New Prague ya ɗauki lokaci mai tsawo kafin a yaba. Wasu tsofaffi sun kasance suna yin ba'a da waɗanda ke bin waccan farar ƙwallon a filin wasan golf? ? ? ? Kewaye Idan kai dan wasan golf ne, ana iya yi maka ba'a saboda sha'awarka a cikin "ranch pool".
Tare da duk fasaha mai ban mamaki don yin kulake na golf da sauran kayan aiki a yau, yana da wuya a yi tunanin cewa a cikin 1930s, Nickolay ya yi nasa kulake, yana amfani da itacen ƙarfe don kai, kuma ya taka na'urar niƙa don siffanta katako a cikin ginshiki gidansa.
Ganyen farko sun kasance gaurayawar yashi/mai, wanda ba sabon abu bane a wancan zamanin. 'Yan wasan golf da ke shiga koren za su yi amfani da na'ura mai kama da rake tare da gefuna masu faɗi don ƙirƙirar hanya mai lebur zuwa kofin. Don tsaftace ƙwallan golf tsakanin ramukan na buƙatar akwatin katako mai cike da farin yashi mai kyau a tef. Dan wasan golf zai murza kwallon cikin hankali don cire tabon ciyawa da datti.
Baya ga ƙirƙira da sarrafa kwasa-kwasan, Nickolay yakan kula da darussa. Yana da ’yan uwa da za su taimake shi. Sun datse hanyoyin a farkon ranar, sun daidaita ganyaye, suka yi yaƙe-yaƙe marasa iyaka da gophers don kiyaye ƙasa babu ramuka. An ce Dr. Matt Rathmanner har ma ya ɗauki bindiga a cikin jakar golf lokacin da yake hulɗa da "mai tayar da hankali".
Chuck Nickolay, memba na dogon lokaci, tsohon magajin garin Prague kuma babban mai ba da shawara na NPGC shekaru da yawa, yana da abubuwan tunawa na musamman na kakansa John Nickolay. â???? Ina tsammanin abin da ya fi tunawa shi ne lokacin da nake ɗan shekara takwas, kakana zai ɗauke ni da wasu 'yan uwana mu yi wasa da shi. Wannan shine karo na farko da na fara buga wasan golf, kuma hakurinsa da mu yana da ban mamaki. Mun buga kwallon zuwa kore kuma muna jin daɗi. ? ? ? ?
Birnin ya sayi kwas a cikin 1937 akan farashi mai tsada na kusan $2,000. A lokacin, aiki ne mai wuyar gaske don daidaita ma'auni na kuɗi, kuma wasu lokuta membobin suna buƙatar tara ƙarin kuɗi don kulawa. Kasancewar memba ba wai yana da wahalar samu ba, har yanzu mutane da yawa sun bayyana a gaban kotu duk da rashin biyan su hakkokinsu.
Duk da haka, saboda aikin Gudanar da Ci gaban Ayyuka ya taimaka wa marasa aikin yi a lokacin Babban Mawuyacin hali, ƙoƙarin inganta manhajar ya yi nasara.
Asalin gidan kulab din ake kiransa????The Shack.???? Ya kasance kawai ƙafa 12 da ƙafa 14. An gina shi a kan siminti tare da buɗe ido da sandunan katako. An lulluɓe bene na katako da alamun plywood. Ana iya amfani da duk kayayyaki don wasan golf da abinci/abin ciye-ciye. Gidan giya City Club Beer ya fi shahara. A ƙarshen 1930s, zubar ya faɗaɗa zuwa ƙafa 22 x 24 ƙafa.
Abincin dare na iyali a daren Laraba yana canza hanya daga wuri ɗaya don maza zuwa ƙarin "taron iyali." Masanin tarihin kwas din ya bayyana cewa, wadannan liyafar cin abincin dare sun taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen ganin kungiyar ta samu tsari mai kyau da kuma mai da hankali kan iyali.
Babu wanda zai iya wakiltar nasarar wasan golf, ƙaunar golf da kuma karimcin Links Mikus fiye da Clem â???? Kinkyâ????. Shahararren layinsa ga baƙi a kulob din shine: "Hi, Ni Clem Mikus". Na yi matukar farin cikin haduwa da ku. ???
Mickus yana ƙarfafa membobin da ba na cikin gida ba, yana haɓaka haɓaka zuwa ramuka 18, kuma yana aiki a matsayin mai sarrafa ɗan lokaci na shekaru da yawa (wasu suna da ɗan ƙaramin albashi na shekara-shekara). Lokacin da dan wasan golf ya yi gunaguni cewa ciyawa ya yi tsayi da yawa, hanyar da ba ta da kyau ba a yanke shi ba, kuma siffar kore ba daidai ba, zai ce: "Mai nasara zai daidaita." ?
Kamar yadda abokinsa Bob Pomije ya ce: “Idan ka ba shi zarafin saduwa da kai, abokinka ne?”? ? ? ?
An dauki Scott Proshek, sabon dan asalin Prague, don gudanar da kwas a 1980 (kuma ya yi haka tsawon shekaru 24). Mickusâ???? Ikon kawo membobi daga Kudancin Metro ya haɓaka NPGC don zama kasuwanci mai nasara wanda wasu ƙungiyoyi ke kishi. Hayar Bessie Zelenka da Jerry Vinger a matsayin magatakardar kantin da aka keɓe ga dangin Mickus, yana taimaka wa waɗanda ba na cikin gida ba su sami mamba mai arha kuma su more gata na kwasa-kwasan inganci. â????
Proshek ya tuna wata rana a farkon aikinsa, lokacin da ya gaya wa Bessie cewa zai buga wasan golf da ba kasafai ba tsakanin aikinsa da ke jagorantar kwas. Ta tambayi wadanda suke tare, sai Proshek ya amsa, "Kafin mu rasa su, su wanene wadannan mutane??? Dr. Marty Rathmanner, Eddy Bartyzal, Dr. Charlie Cervenka, da â??? Suluga???? Paneck. Ni Na sami lokacin da ba za a manta da su ba tare da mutanen da suka taimaka wa kulob din a shekarun 1920, 1930 da 1940.
Mikus ya zama manaja na cikakken lokaci a 1972, kusan shekaru 20 bayan ya fara kwas na ɗan lokaci. Mikus ya mutu a farkon 1979, ya bar alamar da ba za a iya mantawa da shi ba a fagen wasan golf.
Tun daga ƙarshen zamanin Proshek a cikin 1994, akwai manajoji da yawa, kuma yana da kwanciyar hankali a cikin 2010. Wade Brod ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar gudanarwa da birnin don jagorantar kulab ɗin. Ruehling ya yi aiki a matsayin manaja na yau da kullun kuma ƙwararren ɗan wasan kulob na NPGC. A cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata, Ruehling ne kawai ke gudanar da wannan kwas.
A farkon shekarun 1950, an gina sabon gidan kulab din a karon farko. An ƙara ƙarin guda ɗaya a ƙarshen 1950s. An daina kiransa “?????? bukka.” Wani ƙari kuma shine a cikin 1960s. A cikin 1970s, an gina ƙarin wurare na mataki na uku.
Tare da taimakon ruwa na birnin, shekarun 1950 ma shekaru goma ne na girka koren ciyawa. Koren asalin ya mamaye ƙafar murabba'in 2,700 kuma an ɗauke shi da girma mai kyau a lokacin. Tun daga wannan lokacin, yawancin ganyen sun girma. Lokacin da aka sami gibi fiye da dala 6,000 a cikin kuɗin da ba a biya ba don shigarwa, membobin sun sami hanyar daidaita ma'auni ta hanyar gudummawa da tallafi daga Gidauniyar FA Bean.
A karshen lokacin rani na 1967, an fara gina Hou Jiu Dong. Bishiyoyi 60 sun tashi daga ramuka tara na farko zuwa ramuka tara na baya. Zuwa 1969, sabbin ramuka tara sun shirya. Kudin gina shi dalar Amurka 95,000 ne kacal.
Bob Brinkman ma'aikaci ne na dogon lokaci na Mickus (tun 1959). Ya kasance malamin makarantar sakandare. Ya nuna: â?? Mun raba ra'ayoyi da yawa don canza filin wasa, kamar dasa shuki a wurare daban-daban na Willows, musamman a ramuka tara na baya. Mun sami sababbin bunkers da berms, kuma mun canza ƙirar wasu ganye. â????
Ƙara kwas zuwa ramuka 18 ya canza kulob ɗin sosai, wanda ya sa ya fi dacewa da gasar zakarun Turai kuma ya fi kyau ga 'yan wasan golf a cikin birane. Duk da cewa wasu 'yan kasar na adawa da hakan, amma mafi yawan mutane sun fahimci cewa ana bukatar 'yan wasa daga kasashen waje don kiyaye tattalin arzikin filin wasan. Tabbas wannan yana ci gaba har yau.
â???? Shiga cikin waɗannan canje-canje da ƙari yana da daɗi da ban sha'awa, â????? Brinkman ya ce. â???? Yin aiki a cikin kantin musamman na shekaru masu yawa ko saduwa da 'yan wasan golf da yawa akan hanya shine mafi jin daɗi. Hakanan zai iya shiga cikin ayyukan kulob da yawa. â????
Proshek ya kuma yi nuni da cewa, ingancin kwas din ya yi hassada ga mambobinta da kuma mambobin kungiyar Kudancin Metro da ke yawan halartar kwas. A tsayin shaharar golf a cikin 1980s da 1990s, akwai jerin jiran zama membobin NPGC. Ko da yake wannan ba matsala ba ce, adadin membobin ya sake dawowa cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata, kuma kwas ɗin ya kiyaye ingancinsa ta fuskar wasa.
Daga farkon bazara zuwa ƙarshen kaka, New Prague Golf Club yana ba da dubban 'yan wasan golf abin da masu tsaurin golf ke kira "babbar waƙa". 'Yan wasa na yau da kullun daga mil mil da yawa suna tafiya zuwa New Prague kowane mako don yin wasan golf mai gasa, wanda a yau aka san shi da ƴan ƴan ƴan ƴaƴan ciyayi da ƙananan ganye.
Wani ƙaƙƙarfan kadari na kwas ɗin shine ƙaramin filin wasan golf. Brinkman ne ya kafa shi a farkon shekarun 1980, Proshek ya inganta kuma ya ci gaba har zuwa yau, karkashin jagorancin Dan Puls. â???? Kurt ya ci gaba da tallafawa ko inganta waɗannan shirye-shiryen, â???? Brinkman ya ce. Proshek ya nuna cewa 'yan wasa da yawa daga Makarantar Sakandare ta New Prague suna ci gaba da shiga cikin muhimman ayyukan koleji.
â??? Shekaru casa'in da suka gabata majagaba na golf na New Prague sun kirkiro hangen nesa don ayyukan wasanni wanda har yanzu ake amfani da su a yau, â???? Lulin ya kara da cewa. â???? Ko matashi ko babba, wasan golf yana ba ku hanyar fita don jin daɗin waje, kallon namun daji, jin daɗin abokanai, da dariya (wani lokacin kuka) kan kanku da wasu a lokacin farin ciki. Wannan wasa ne na tsawon rai kuma ina alfahari da kasancewa wani bangare na rayuwata. ? ? ? ?
A matsayinsa na mazaunin New Prague na rayuwa, Nickolay ya ƙara zuwa jerin abubuwan tunawa. Ya kalli mahaifinsa ya lashe kofunan kulob da dama, kungiyar makarantar sakandare ta ta lashe gasar gundumar ta 4 a NPGC, ta je jiha kuma duk mai girma dole ne in hadu a kulob din. â????
Ruehling ya ƙarfafa mazauna yankin da su zo kulob a ranar 21 ga Agusta don bikin wannan kadarar al'umma. â???? Dukkanmu a New Prague yakamata muyi alfahari da wannan wasan golf, ko kai dan wasa ne ko a'a. Muna matukar farin cikin bikin cikar mu shekaru 90. â????
Brinkman ya mayar da martani ga kalaman Ruehlingâ????: “Ya kamata wannan birni ya yi alfahari da samun filin wasan golf mai ban sha'awa. â????
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Lokacin aikawa: Agusta-23-2021