U.S.G.A.’s Library in NYC

Dear Doctor Golf,
How does your library at Eagle-Ho compare to the U.S.G.A.’s in New York City?
GEORGE EVANS
Palo Alto, Calif.

Dear Sir,

Occasionally I am very harsh on U.S.G.A. policies and the commercialization that has permeated their once glorious ranks. But someone, I feel, must be the standard bearer, and my obligation to Eagle-Ho and the Code of St. Andrews will not let me tolerate their many defections.

While the U.S.G.A. has been lax in many areas, they have persevered and done admirably in equipping and maintaining their library in New York. The collection of books and trophies is of wide range and of good quality. Their brownstone is in good repair, and the atmosphere of history pervades the quiet and dignified reading rooms.

Their research material, scholarly papers, and genealogical tables are not so complete or of the excellence as are ours at Eagle-Ho. I feel I can state without fear of successful contradiction that, while the U.S.G.A. library at New York can no more be compared to ours than it can to the first millennium one that stood at Alexandria, it is an excellent-if modest-establishment that the golfers of New York can well be proud of.

As ever,
Doctor Golf