Village Club of Sands Point (Sands Point, New York)

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The former estate of Issac and then Solomon R. Guggenheim was purchased by a group of private builders in 1948 after Solomon died, and they planned to construct a large number of houses on one-acre plots. The venture was unsuccessful, and only three houses were actually completed; these now face on Astor's Lane. At this time, IBM Chairman Thomas J. Watson, Jr. discovered the property and recommended that it be purchased as a country club for the New York area employees. The announcement of the IBM purchase was in 1953. In 1959, the IBM Executive Development Center held its first class in the mansion. IBM eventually got out of the country club business and sold the property to the Village of Sands Point in 1994. The golf course underwent a major renovation. Nine new holes were opened in 2000 and the existing nine holes were renovated and reopened in 2001. The dairy barn was renovated into a new golf pro shop and the original chauffeur's garage was turned into a new bar and grille restaurant with locker rooms upstairs.

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