"...Wilson was heavily involved with Flynn courses and one way or the other they were going to influence each other regardless of the title he held."
This heavy involvement you speak of did not, to the best of our knowledge (from Connie Lagerman and David Gordon) involve anything beyond heading a work crew. Any influence would have been Flynn to Wilson. Why do you continue to say they were influencing each other regardless of title held? He worked for the construction company that built courses to Flynn's designs, and never as a lead foreman. Wilson did not work for the design company.
Wayne,
I wouldn't dismiss Wilson's contributions based solely on the basis that he wasn't a design associate, working for the design company.
Quite often, amendments to original designs are made in the field, by field foreman and others.
Wilson's subsequent work, when he was on his own, would seem to evidence his inherent and/or acquired design skills.
Hence, he would seem eminently qualified to contribute to the design process, albeit, in the field.
It would seem likely that he had "field" and "final" imput.
As to exactly what he did, that's hard to identify.
Listening to Bill Coore describe how # 8 at Hidden Creek came into existance was informative and indicative of how designs get changed in the field, but aren't recorded for posterity.
While Hidden Creek is acknowledged as a C&C design, the 8th hole was the work of the "field" personel and not constructed as originally called for in the design office/plan.
In discussing Dick Wilson, let's not be so quick to attribute shared design work to Joe Lee. Remember, Dick Wilson was dead when C&W penned their reference book, hence, their source isn't from the "horses mouth".
Let's not forget Robert Von Hagge either, he's another Wilson disciple who went on to design numerous courses.