Impressed again even a year later by Sven's unearthing of these articles detailing courses that in some cases barely saw the light of day as far as publicity.
I remember a few years ago I was invited to do a book discussion at a branch of the Great Neck Library, and while preparing the presentation, it dawned on me that this particular library happens to be located essentially at the center of the former grounds of the New Hyde Park GC (Sven's post #85). Given that the presentation focused on local golf history and lost golf courses, I thought this would be compelling.
Unfortunately none of the octogenarians in attendance found it all that interesting -- instead they were more focused on my backstory of the Sound View Club in Great Neck, which some of them strongly refuted (despite news articles and other sources) b/c they knew the head of the homeowners' association (or something like that).