Tom,
If you hated Jack Nicklaus like the man who stole your wife, you would rank him as the third best golfer of all time. So, obviously he is a great player, does this impact his position as being able to judge architecture? I am not saying anything about his architecture one way or the other, just that I think it is a little cozy that he would pick those courses. Fazio did break the rules it appears, I didn't read the first part, still Nicklaus is guilty of something here, even if I don't know what it is.