Thanks, Phil. I never went anywhere, I just refuse to acknowledge anything and everything to do with Professor Moriarty. His obsessions are not worth getting mired in.
Flynn added 12 holes and redesigned 6 holes for the original Eagles Mere course. Eagles Mere was/is a popular retreat for Philadelphia families and the EMCC is a wonderful club. Later on, Flynn designed the new course for EMCC on some very wild land. There were some very large ascents on some holes and descents on others...nearly 200 feet as I recall on single holes! The course was fully cleared and only half finished when the club halted the work. A hike through bramble and bush leads you to the features designed and built. It is golf archaeology and a bit of fun to locate the lost features.
Elyria is a somewhat altered Flynn in Cleveland along with the more well known and underappreciated Country Club and Pepper Pike Club.
Jim,
He's more prolific than we think, but a good number of courses no longer exist and it is a small number relative to most other architects of his era. Flynn, like Coore and Crenshaw and a select few others of this era decided early on that they would stick with a few courses at a given time and devote a lot of on-site attention to them all.
Flynn actually designed 5 private estate courses. Two that were completed were very important designs. The reversible course for the Rockefeller family still exists today with its 11 greens (including one double green) that meanders through the greatest estate in America, Pocantico Hills. Albert Lasker's Mill Road Farm course was one of the toughest courses built in that era. It was long (7000 yards in 1926) and played at various times as a par 70, 71 and 72. The course no longer exists. Cassatt's innovative course may have been built but there is no proof. Cassatt was the nephew of painter Mary Cassatt and President of the Pennsylvania Railroad. There were 3 greens with multiple tees that played as 9 holes. The Manne course was a little chip and putt course. There is no proof that Woodward's course was built on his estate. He developed one of the first suburbs in America at Chestnut Hill outside of Philadelphia.
Steve,
I do not believe that Flynn designed Philmont North and think he may have done some redesign work at most and likely did some construction work at the very least. Who knows? There is absolutely no archival evidence of Flynn doing anything at Philmont. It is a guess only because of the oral tradition. I would definitely give Reid credit for the original design of the South and Park, Jr. credit for the North. Given that Flynn isn't mentioned in any account of the club nor newspaper or other information, there is nothing that leads me to consider Philmont as Flynn. He's on the list because of the oral tradition and there is something about some of the holes in the northwest portion of the property that MIGHT indicate Flynn had a small hand in what is there today. If pressed, I would remove Philmont from all the lists and maybe that's what I will do for the book.