The largest open space in the park is located east of St. Mary’s Street, right across from the Japanese Tea Garden, Sunken Garden Theater, and Tuesday Musical Club. This area was used for polo matches from the early 1920s all the way through the 1980s. In 1952, the space started being shared with a golf driving range, and that’s still the case today!
At the south end of the driving range near Mulberry Avenue, there’s a clubhouse made of limestone and concrete masonry that was built in 2008. It serves as the headquarters for First Tee, a program that teaches golf to inner-city kids, giving them a chance to learn the game and have fun!
