After the original grounds were expropriated for urban development, it moved to its present location and became primarily a golf club.

[1] The hunt club had its headquarters in Westbury, but convened in different rural parts of Nassau County where the hounds and horses could run free.

Future President Theodore Roosevelt was a member of the hunt club, which met at his home in Oyster Bay in 1886.

Oliver W. Bird of Meadow Brook Golf Club was a member of the five-person formation committee.

[9] The original polo ground and golf course was requisitioned by New York City Park Commissioner Robert Moses for a parkway extension.

Construction began in April 1954 by Troup Brothers of Miami, who undertook the heavy-duty earth movement.

Irrigation and drainage pipes and tile beds were installed in the summer, and grass sown in the fall.