Devereux Emmet

Emmet graduated from Columbia University in 1883;[4] in 1889 he married Ella B. Smith in an elaborate wedding at her home in New York City.

Ella's sister Elizabeth "Bessie" Springs Smith was the wife of architect Stanford White.

[6] A friend of his remarked: Emmet could not possibly conceive of any other use to which any given piece of real estate could be put except to lay out golf links on it.

[6] In 1916, after he won the father-son tournament at Sleepy Hollow Country Club with Devereux Emmet, Jr., the United States Golf Association instituted the so-called architects rule that barred golf course architects from competing as amateurs in tournaments.

[9] Devereux Emmet died in Garden City, New York, on December 30, 1934.

Coat of Arms of Devereux Emmet
18th hole (formerly the 17th) of the Blue Course of the Congressional Country Club