Englewood Golf Club was a private

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in the

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, located in Englewood and Leonia, New Jersey, just west of

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. Opened as a nine-hole course in 1896, a second nine was added four years later; it hosted the

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in 1906 and the U.S. Open in

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. The golf course met its demise in the 1960s when the approach ramp to the

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cut right through the middle of the property. This portion of the New Jersey Turnpike was built on the border between Englewood and Leonia, and bisected the golf course; the clubhouse was in the northeast corner of the property. Play continued on the divided course, but the financial burden became too great, and the course closed in 1976. Cross Creek Point condominiums were built on the northeast half in Englewood, and single-family houses were built on the southwest half in Leonia, with a street named Golf Course Drive. Additional information can be found by reading: "The Missing Links: America's Greatest Lost Golf Courses & Holes" by Daniel Wexler. In 1926, the club hosted the wedding reception of ''

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and his bride Mary Bass, editor of the ''

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''.Mary Gibson Bass Oral History Project Columbia University 1976 Volume 1, page 30

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