Croquet in the Lou

Grab a mallet and whack during an afternoon of fun playing croquet when you join the Field House Museum in Tower Grove Park for our first croquet tournament, Croquet in the Lou! with special guest Jodie Fusz Rugart, the No. 1 ranked American women's croquet champion, and her husband, championship-level player Conrad Rugart. From backyards to professional courts, croquet has been a game loved by many since first documented on paper in the 1850s. Even famous newspaper columnist Eugene Field, for whom the Field House Museum was saved, wrote a poem called,