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Thomas Wolfe was wrong, you can go home
again.
Throughout the 1970s and ‘80s, Crestwood
Golf Club in Marcy, New York was a flagship
facility for golfers between Rochester and
Albany. It was a thriving, bustling semi-private
club of ardent golfers, which provided a stern
test before the days of titanium-alloy drivers,
U-grooves, and solid-core golf balls. Crestwood
was the place to play.
But in the early 1990s golf’s version of a
vampire landlord sank his greedy, slavering
fangs into Crestwood and ruthlessly ran it into
the ground. Alfred Park was his name, and
he was a Korean-born Canadian citizen who
thought he could maintain a golf course with a
one-man crew.
One member fumed,
“We got a taste of what living under
communism must be like. He didn’t put any
money into the club. He just took your greens
fee and let the golf course fester and decay.
We complained all the time. He just didn’t
care and kept the money for himself.”
A Golf Course Was Saved
inUpstate NewYork
By Jay Flemma
NWO Golf Links