Actually, the interesting back-story of Hillcrest closing , and that Twin Orchard will be picking up maybe a third of their members, is that both of these clubs were/are predominately Jewish cubs, and that the same scenario unwound on the south side a couple years ago when Ravisloe closed and most of the members moved to Idlewild. Both those clubs were historically Jewish clubs, although at Idlewild more than half the pre-merger membership was non-Jewish. Maybe there is just a shortage of Jewish golfers, or those potential younger members have chosen to join clubs that do not have strict religious affiliations. As the religious intolerance barriers at other clubs drops, either from a more enlightened membership, or out of economic necessity, the homogenous religious club may be a relic of an earlier more intolerant era.