Edison (Emmet) or Mohawk

[mark chalfant]

These two Devereux Emmet designs near  Schenectady,  NY are seldom discussed.  For those who have played either of them , which  of the 45 holes, or features stand out  ?  

thanks !

[John Blain]

Mohawk and it's not even close. There is nothing wrong with Edison but Mohawk is just much more interesting with way more interesting greens and a great variety of long and short holes. I don't think you will be disappointed.

[Jim_Kennedy]

This guy might not know what he's talking about, but I thought I'd post this '49 article about Mohawk:

http://tinyurl.com/nnpcdk6

A snippet:

[Sven Nilsen]

The May 1910 edition of The American Golfer has a rather detailed article on the history of Mohawk GC up until that point.

http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/AmericanGolfer/1910/ag37n.pdf

The article notes the following with respect to the 18 hole course that replaced the initial 1898 9 holer:

"The task of laying out the golf course devolved upon the late Samuel M. Hamill, who received much valuable assistance in this undertaking from Mr. Devereux Emmet, of Garden City, and Mr. A. F. Knight, of Schenectady.  The plans were submitted to Thomas Bendelow, who made several valuable suggestions, which were adopted..."

[Jim_Kennedy]

A couple more, originally posted to the Devereux Emmett Society thread:

http://tinyurl.com/7fvb7g9

This one is by the club historian

http://tinyurl.com/7b5beuz