The article includes:
"It has hosted the U.S. Open, Ryder Cup, U.S. Amateur tournament and Senior Open. It’s also gearing up for the Ohio Junior Championships in June."
No mention of the pros....
Actually, I found the article a little hard to follow.
e.g.
"Some of the changes to the course have been controversial, Yoder admits. For instance, a hole on the back tee reaches 300 yards. The average golfer can’t hit that far, he says." doesn't make sense.
Anyway, it's interesting that there is an apparent emphasis is on "modernization"over "restoration" regarding changes as presented. Resistance to scoring vs. restoration of design intent? They are not necessarily mutually inclusive, but can be. It is up to the club to determine which is more important to them. Scioto is of course historically important in that JWN grew up there. Curiously, he was not consulted.
Scioto is an interesting design that I was impressed with. It had apparently gone through some relatively significant changes under Wilson's hand. I'll be curious to see the end product of the current work. Just off-handedly I want to add that I think that Scioto is one of
the most pastoral settings in American Golf.