Tilly's involvement with VCC began with his visit to the site on February 21st, 1936 as part of his PGA Course Consultation Tour. After forming his partnership with bell in December, 1937 at the finish of the Tour, among the projects they worked on was VCC. On July 23rd, 1939, the Long Beach Press Telegram contained an article describing the changes that were to be made to the course. Two holes in particular were noted, No. 6 and 13.
The article described them as: "No. 6 is another dogleg 438 yards in length...No.13, also down in the river bottom [along with other holes on the back nine], measures 382 yards and formerly was 341 yards."
What sets those two holes apart was this sentence later in the article, "Two holes, No. 6 and 13, have been copied after the Winged Foot Country Club, scene of many national championships." Nothing else was said about these holes including which two holes from Winged Foot they were copied from.