On Sunday August 1st Chicago Hardcourt was not out at the courts in Garfield Park like most Sundays. No, they made a trip out to a home outside of Elgin, IL. What would Chicago’s Hardcourt Polo players being doing outside Elgin you ask? Why they were invited to dust off their old grass polo mallets and play a few exhibition matches before a horse polo match that regularly occurs out there.
Hardcourt Players revisted their grass roots, and some players who were born into the Hardcourt world got their first taste. Chicago Hardcourt even convinced a few grass purists who never switched to hardcourt to come on out and enjoy the occasion.
The taste for grass is back. In fact, Chicago Hardcourt recently played some more grass polo in conjunction with the Cuttin Crew Classic on September 16th on the old grass courts in Humbolt Park.
