Congressional hired Devereux Emmet in 1922 for $150 per month. The original plans called for 36 holes, but Emmet only built eighteen. The layout included two par-sixes, both the opening holes of each nine, but were changed during the Donald Ross re-design in 1930. Though little known, seven of Emmet’s courses have hosted national championships. Emmet helped Charles Blair Macdonald during his work on the National Golf Links of America by measuring some of the more famous British golf holes as models for Macdonald’s work on the NGL. At Congressional, his work remains as the front nine of the Blue course and the last four holes of the neighboring Gold course. Donald Ross, fresh from his work on Pinehurst No. 2, eliminated the par-sixes, built new tees and reshaped some of the greens and bunkers.
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