"There are numerous NLE in this area (NE Florida) which I haven't played - but if you look closely some remnants remain in their locations. Fort George GC (Donald Ross - north of Jacksonville, FL),"
Steve:
Have you ever actually tried to walk any of the old holes of Ross's Fort George G.C? I have and my biggest concern was snakes.
The interesting thing about that old course is the old and truly beautiful clubhouse was just really well restored. I don't know what the plans for it are since there certainly isn't much around (actually Fort George Island is downright spooky
) but the course sure is never coming back. The course had a few different names than just the Fort George club and the name of the clubhouse escapes me right now (something that sounds like the Bohemian Club but that's not it). One thing about that old club is back in the old days it had some members who were some of the richest and most powerful people in the nation.
We also stopped in to see the old Ross Ponce de Leon course with a broker. That was a few years ago and they were still trying to save it. My mother and father used to live in St Augustine just after the end of the war and Ponce de Leon was one of their courses. It's so sad to see the old course going to seed and to know that in a while it'll be houses or whatever and just gone for good.