Despite being touched up by Brian Silva in 1985 and Bruce Hepner in 2010, Devereux Emmet’s 1927 Schuyler Meadows Club routing, which sits next-door to the campus of Siena College, remains largely intact. There’s even an old-fashioned yardage imbalance between the two sides.
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Despite being touched up by Brian Silva in 1985 and Bruce Hepner in 2010, Devereux Emmet’s 1927 Schuyler Meadows Club routing, which sits next-door to the campus of Siena College, remains largely intact. There’s even an old-fashioned yardage imbalance between the two sides.
Schuyler Meadows
History was always on the mind of the founders at the Schuyler Meadows Club; after all, the original clubhouse was designed to be a mimic of George Washington’s home at Mount Vernon. Fortunately for them, their hiring of Devereux Emmet assured that the golf course would retain historic relevance as it approaches its 100th anniversary.
The appreciation of that history has ramped up during the new millennium, as Gil Hanse was tasked to produce a modernization plan in 2002, but Bruce Hepner (himself a golf history buff) was the architect commissioned eight years later to rebuild the bunkers. The current route measures nearly 6,900 yards from the back tees, and features Emmet’s distinguished variety of bunkers throughout.
Although a par four, the No. 11 hole seems to feature a small-scale version of Tillinghast’s “great hazard,” and local alumni may want to suggest the two fairway bunkers at No. 17 stand for “Albany University,” despite its location next to Siena College.
The club is one of the standouts in the New Albany region, home of the state capital but perpetually living in the shadow of the bigger New York City, both in terms of political and golf clout.
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New York State, with the Big Apple at its heart, requires no introduction. Everybody knows about the shopping, Broadway and a host of other world-famous sights that can be found in and around the USA’s most populous city. Some golfers may therefore be surprised to hear that the New York metropolitan area boasts more world-class golf courses than any other urban area in the world. Long Island, to the east of the city, is a veritable hotbed and it’s not only home to numerous world-ranked golf courses, it also has its
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