Scott,
Found this on an area web site, I think it was this Francis A. Byrne GC?
"Ah how quickly the Essex County Country Club members are to separate themselves from the Francis Byrne golf course. Here is is a History 101 lesson. The Essex County Country Club use to own two courses, the East (present Essex county CC) and the West (Francis Byrne GC). Financial difficulties forced the Club to sell one of its courses to the county, that being Francis Byrne. The FBGC as it stands now is in horrible shape if one were to compare it to when it was a CC; however, let's not forget where the course originated."