Tom MacWood and Geoff Shackleford.
NGLA has had several alterations over the last ten or so years, mostly the LENGTHENING of tees, and yet neither or you, nor any other critic on this site said boo.
The first tee was shifted and lengthened within the last year and neither one of you or anyone else, except myself, questioned the alteration or said boo.
NGLA has consulted with Rees over the years while he has been a member, while these changes were made, and neither one of you, or anyone else said boo.
Now all of a sudden, NGLA intends to continue with some tee work, and I would imagine that Rees will be consulted and all of a sudden there's an uproar.
Why ? And why were you silent on all the other changes including the change to the 1st tee ?
To address a question that you and Geoff raised about the quality of the work and its adherence to the original architect......where was your outrage when a wonderful Flynn course was put under the knife by Tom Doak,
at Atlantic City ?
Oh, that's right, I forgot, now waterfalls are OK because one of your fair haired boys has been told to build one. But, when everybody else was told to build one, that was a no no.
What a laughable double standard some of you employ.
Rees refused, time and time again, to cater to Arthur Goldberg's desire and intent to build a Las Vegas style golf course on that site. Rees argued on many points including telling Arthur that a Flynn golf course and a great deal of history and tradition was contained in the 170 acres he purchased and that those comodities were priceless and shouldn't be destroyed in favor of modern desert glitz.
Rees was fired by Arthur and Tom Doak was eventually retained.
Why was there no outcry when the original Flynn course was put under the knife and altered forever, Tom MacWood ?
Or, is it okay for every architect except Rees and FAZIO ?
Now I think Tom Doak did a nice job on the golf course, understanding what his marching orders were from Arthur Goldberg, and his designates. I think Atlantic City CC is a good, sporty, and challenging golf course, but it's NO FLYNN RESTORATION, it's a clear alteration and departure from the original golf course, yet not a peep from you fellows, WHY ?
I also noticed that there wasn't much criticism when FAZIO duplicated 8 holes at PV for their short course, and added 2 more of his own.
Was his work so good there that you were speechless ?
You can't have it both ways fellows.
Be consistent, and don't be disengenuous in your criticisms.