GJ,
Thanks for that, you are a far better photographer than me but you may be surprised at how different the course looks now. Far less trees than I'm seeing in your photos.
What you are saying is true. The original design was running over the dunes, the club president and board rejected it and decided to put the routing together themselves. This information is clearly stated on their website under history.
It's certainly not the product of brilliant architecture in my opinion however, the property is so unique and self explanatory to work with I'd say it's hard to really screw up. I agree with the cart path comments, I did find them a bit ridiculous but you don't notice them too much. The members I was playing with were actually trying to hit them to get extra roll which I thought was a bit comical.
Here's the text about the architect from their website:
The Board of Directors employed the services of R.C. Asbury, a purported golf course architect, to lay out the golf course. Mr. Asbury’s proposal had the course running east and west, thus making most play across and over the top of the rolling sand dunes of the property. This plan was not acceptable to the Club President, George Halderman and the Board, so subsequently Halderman and George Junor, the first greens keeper, laid out the course in its present north and south directions between the dunes, following the natural terrain which had been shaped by sand, wind and sea.