Connecticut eXtreme Croquet Society "Crolf" Clubs

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From: Dan H
To: warseck@ntplx.net
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 9:20 AM
Subject: Crolf clubs?

Kudos on your Smithsonian feature! It brought back memories of playing "crolf" in the sand dunes along Lake Michigan in the 1950s. I now own some suitable acreage (stream, heavy woods), and would like to set up a woodland course.

I note on your website where you state: " The first true example of eXtreme croquet appeared in the 1920s, when Herbert Swope, publisher of the New York World, built a new course on his Sands Point, Long Island estate." Odds are, Mr Swope used the same clubs as we did (they were old by the time I used them). Here's what we used:

http://www.clubmakersart.com/contents/chap18.html

Are you aware of a source of these clubs? For nostalgia's sake, I'd love to use them again. No luck on EBay so far.

Thanks,

Dan H,
Farmington Hills, Michigan

Crolf Club

Image Copyright © 1997 by Jeff Ellis, Clubmaker's Art. All rights reserved.
Used with permission.

On August 4, 1925, John Wilson received a U.S. patent that covered this distinct duplex club. This club was used to play "Crolf" -- a hybrid of croquet and golf.

It is considered to be a "perimeter club" in the book The Clubmaker's Art authored by Jeff Ellis. See more about antique golf clubs at AntiqueClubs.com

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