Under new owner, Salem Golf Club holds onto its history and stays open to the public

Susan Huston, former owner of the Salem Golf Club, watched players on the course on a recent morning as she recalled her grandfather planting the club’s first trees almost 100 years ago. 

To Huston, who grew up running around the course barefoot and working at its restaurant, the course and its buildings are like “a big family house,” she said. 

In 2018, Huston became the club’s owner after her father Thomas Kay Sr. died, who…