Bill,
Tilly used a number of template holes in courses throughout the country. For example, Most know of Somerset Hills fabulous Redan that some believe may be the best one on this side of the Atlantic. Few know that the 11th hole at SFGC was originally a Redan and a fabulous one. The green was changed to a new location in the early 1930s and to its existing design style today by Tilly. It no longer is a Redan. He designed Cape holes, Punchbowls and others during his career. Southward Ho CC, which is about 1/2 mile from the Atlantic Ocean on Long island, would remind many of British seaside courses in how he included numerous greenside runoff areas, what we refer to as chipping areas today, and which the club has recently brought back. He also used individual features such as Mid-Surrey mounding at a number of courses, especially during the teens.
He also created his own template holes. For example, the Double-Dogleg par-5s, Reef and Boomerang holes are examples of these. Many here have played on of his boomerang holes without realizing it. Its the 9th hole on Bethpage Black the original tee which is located on top of the hill to the left of the 8th green and pond and set back into the trees forcing most players to hit straight out from it before having to play back to the green. The angle of this is less than 35 degrees.