Karl,
A few tidbits of information on Tom Morris:
In 1899, Tom Morris was listed as the greenkeeper for Brooklawn Country Club (CT). According to the article you posted, he was only 16 years old at the time.
In the 1920’s Tom Morris was the greenkeeper at Butler County Country Club (NKA Hamilton Elks) in Ohio. Jeff Zugelter posted a few articles on Tom Morris a few months back.
One of the flyers in the link you attached titled “Woodmont Country Club Expanded Golf Course, 1947” notes that Alfred Tull laid out the new nine holes and redesigned two of the old holes for the Woodmount Country Club Course in 1947. Below this mention of Tull they tell us to refer to the May 21, 1947 article from the Evening Star.
The loc.gov website has more information on Washington DC courses than you could ever hope to find. The newspaper men were very tuned into the golf courses and would write about every little change made on the cities golf courses. For example, you can find all the changes Travis recommended at Columbia CC between 1915 and 1920 if you look hard enough. Travis worked with William Connellan in the first few years at Columbia and then later Robert White came in to assist Travis. Harban was obviously on board as well being the head of the greens committee. Ultimately, Harban put together four of the most knowledgeable turf experts in America at the time and they still ran into problems during the US Open. These problems led Harban to start the USGA Green Section along with Piper, Oakley and Kellerman from the USDA.
The information in the Washington newspapers is fascinating. Picking out one article from these papers doesn’t really do a story justice, because these courses were so well covered that more research would lead to more answers. The theme I got from reading many of the articles (a few years back) was that these clubs were never satisfied with the end result and seemed to always tinker with their golf courses. Clubs would expand to new land. Some would abandon an old site, only for it to be taken over by another club later. Many of the clubs suffered turf problems due to the climate. The city was a revolving door for turf experts and architects alike. It was also located in an area easily accessible for any east coast architect making the trip from New York or Boston to Florida.
When I was reading the articles I found the club histories very confusing trying to keep track of what clubs went where and who designed the courses versus who laid out the courses. William Connellan for example laid out nine holes of a Ross design for Chevy Chase CC a few years after Ross designed them. Connellan was also in charge of making Travis’ changes at Columbia CC in the teens, prior to Robert White coming in to assist Travis and Harban. Travis recommended changes to Washington Golf & Country Club in June 1919, by December 1919, Flynn was reported at Washington Golf & CC making his own changes along with help from Hugh Wilson. In 1930, Charles Banks redesigned the Bannockburn Golf Club, but due to the timing the plans were never followed through or accepted. There is a lot of information like this in the DC newspapers that needs to siphoned through. The history of golf in DC was fascinating to me. I just wish I had more time to sort it all out. I appreciate Craig sorting out all the name changes and moves.