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- ↑ "SIX NEW CLUBS ADMITTED.; Long Island Golf Association Now Has Nineteen Members". The New York Times. April 28, 1922. p. 23. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- "Long Island Golf Association Re-Elects Smith President". The New York Times. October 28, 1966. p. 49. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
