Having two nine holers tied for 100 was a bit odd, not because they both weren't worthy courses, they were considered the best holers on their respective continents, but having them somehow tied for 100 bordered on too good to be true. Though I did say the final list was arranged by Rice, Richardson and Darwin, so I can see them doing something like that. By the way the part about Prairie Dunes being profiled in the magazine the year before was true. I'm still curious why John Collum does not hold Worlington in high regard. If I remember correctly Doak gave it a nine. John?
Ville de Delat was a course designed by Colt connected to an upscale British resort in that French Colony (now Vietnam), and was highly regarded. I've seen a schematic for the course and it looked fairly interesting - a well bunkered course that also ran along a lake. I'm not sure it was worthy of the top 100 in the world, but it was definitely one of the best courses in that part of the world. From what I understand there are some building still around (a very interesting tutor architecture) including I believe the clubhouse, and there is a golf course, although I don't believe its the same one. Ben Cowan-Dewar has played it.
Laskers was real, the private course of AD Laskers designed by Flynn. It was considered by many experts (who had the opportunity to play it) to be among the best courses in the country. Johnny Farrell rated it #12 and Tony Penna had it in his top six. The estate was called Mill Road Farm and was given to University of Chicago after Lasker died. It is NLE. Foulpointe was completely concocted. By 1939 Lido was on the decline. It had been hit by a storm that compromised some of its holes, it was one its second or third ownership group who are not very stable, the Depression didn't help that, and as a result was not being maintained in the same way.
I said in the first post it was not our original intention to have the hoax go on this long. If you shoot Ran or myself an email or IM we will explain it to you. I'm sure some are miffed, on the other hand don't they bear some responsibility for citing an article they did not read, see or confirm ever existed, or ask this site for permission to use?