Another cool thing about Brigantine is that most of the roads around the course are named after golf professionals including Clarence Hackney, long time pro at Atlantic City Country Club.
I learned about Garrett Renn's restoration of Brigantine in the late 1950s from his granddaughter and son, both of whom I was in contact with a few years back. Following is a piece of that correspondence from his granddaughter, after a conversation with her father, who I later spoke in depth with as he didnt use email. Sadly, Garrett Renn died in an auto accident in 1968, shortly after designing Little Mill Country Club in NJ.
He remembers fondly visiting and helping with the courses but was too young to remember which ones or all their names. He believes his father was appointed to Superintendent of the Philly public courses in 1952. He was also very close with George Fazio and from what my dad said he said, taught Mr. Fazio “the business of moving dirt” as they called it. He remembers Mr. Fazio calling every morning at 6am for years, as he consulted with my grandfather on many of his projects. My dad also said that Brigantine was one of my grandfathers first projects. It was originally built in 20’s but had become completely overgrown after the depression. He obtained the original plans and restored it to its original layout.
Some additional information: Garrett Renn was a member of the PGA. He did his apprenticeship at Philmont Country Club, under Lou Diegle (we think). He grew up in Frankford and as a boy, played Ashbourn, Frankford-Toresdale, and Melrose . With his brother, who was also a golfer on Frankfords golf team, was invited to play Merion and Pine Valley which he loved and inspired him to build courses himself. He was married to Ann and had 7 children, who he moved to the old mansion on Juniata golf course where they lived.