Montgomerie, too, seems comfortable here, with the gray days of his Scottish youth giving him a good feel for Harding Park.

White Plains Road is the primary thoroughfare through Harding Park.

Harding Park is dominated by detached bungalows very closely set, many of them built off the grid.

He left Harding Park with his shirttail out and another diet soda in his hand.

Since the renovation's completion, Harding Park has hosted four men's professional golf tournaments.

Harding Park hosted the Presidents Cup in October 2009.

Harding Park is not alone in the battle.

He got into a donnybrook with the volunteer fire department, most of whose members, he said, no longer lived in Harding Park.

Now, his house would fetch $125,000, he said, and other homes in Harding Park could sell for as much as $200,000.

The city took control in 1978 after Federated Homes, the last private owners of Harding Park, defaulted on its taxes.