Cary,
Yes Seminole is well respected by many including me. Could it be better - maybe? Should it be touched - it already has been. Should it be touched again - that is where research comes into play to see what was once there and how the course has evolved.
All courses are a constant state of change so you can’t just “leave them alone”. Trees grow, greens shrink, bunkers lose their shapes and edges, grassing lines get altered, and the game itself evolves. The playing fields need to adapt as well.
Again, the real point of this thread (FROM 15 YEARS AGO) was to point out that the greens at Seminole were rebuilt by Wilson. How much “Ross” he left in them is hard to say? And maybe Wilson's rebuild resulted in greens that were much better than what Ross had done? Don't know, but just like Pinehurst #2, you wouldn’t send someone to either #2 or Seminole to show them a great set of "Ross" greens. No disrespect at all to either course, but the greens at both these courses have been changed! I might choose Oyster Harbors if I wanted to show someone great Ross greens as I am pretty sure (having done a lot of research on that course) that those are "Ross" greens.
Best,
Mark