Arthur Fenn-
Seems he could have designed the Thom's Elbow esque hole before Flynn did! I guess he is responsible for #5-7 and 12,13 but it is unclear if the first course is in the same locale as the current one..
While Donald Ross has achieved widespread recognition for his contributions to golf, relatively few golfers recognize the name of Arthur Harris Fenn. Born in Waterbury in 1857, Fenn is considered the first American-born professional golfer and is largely responsible for the early history of the game in Waterbury.
An article in Connecticut Golf (2001) by Bob Labbance provided a summary of Fenn and his accomplishments. The archives of the Waterbury Republican-American also provide interesting details of both Fenn and the birth of golf in the city prior to the turn of the 20th century. In his day, Fenn was considered a great athlete — baseball, roller skating, roller polo, bowling, bicycling, tennis, and billiards. In 1893, Fenn tried his hand at the 'new' game of golf. By the spring of 1895, he was a scratch golfer and considered good enough to win a national championship.
In 1895, Fenn designed Waterbury's first golf course at the old circus grounds, known as the West End Golf Links. In 1896, Fenn created a course for the Poland Spring Hotel, a resort in Maine with roots dating back to 1790. His affiliation with Poland Springs would continue for more than 30 years. In 1897, Fenn won the Lenox Cup (Lenox MA) and was awarded a silver cup by spectator and U.S. President William McKinley. He turned pro in 1898 and accepted a winter teaching position at Palm Beach, a position he held for 27 years. In 1918, at the age of 61, Arthur Fenn won the first Open Championship hosted by the Maine State Golf Association. The newspapers of the day detail an exciting victory, capping a 25-year career of competitive golf. Fenn died in 1925 and many of his papers, scrapbooks, and his Lenox Cup are on display at the USGA Museum in Far Hills, NJ.