Hey, Adam. I hope all is well. I look forward to getting together with you sometime soon. We have some Flynns in Philadelphia we need to see together. I'll call you soon.
I'm not really sure what you mean by corners and wings like Tillinghast courses. I think the Flynn greens you know best (all 18 of them
) are fairly typical of Flynn, especially from the 1923 and onward. Flynn's greens flowed into their surrounds very naturally. Rarely do you see steep drop-offs after 1922. When Flynn added holes in the mid 1920s to the existing 6 at Eagles Mere (pre 1900) he did so with drop-offs that were sympathetic to the existing greens.
Potato chips have been used to describe Flynn's greens and I think that is a good generalization but one with many exceptions. Flynn liked to use what Tom Paul and I call "pull-ups" that add framing, distance perspective, drainage and slope factors into his greens. There probably are more roll-offs at your course than other Flynn greens and they are wonderful features. Many times Flynn would have roll-offs behind flanking bunkers. This not only adds to the precision approaches required but also drainage away from the bunkers.
One thing Flynn didn't do is have internal contouring like some others, particularly Macdonald, Raynor, Tillinghast and MacKenzie. Ron Forse uses the term integrated slopes and I think that really describes the greens very well. They are subtle and not nearly as straightforward as most think. They also take a long time to figure out, a great feature for private courses.
Does this help or muddle the picture even more?