Tom,
You said:
"It's a good remark by William Flynn, nice and pat and general and all, but frankly I can't see that it does much for this subject or thread. But general statements by some of the famous ODGs are always interesting, I guess. "
I just thought I would post the most concise summary I could find of how Flynn defined "golf architecture" especially since you have been studying him for some time. That is what this thread is all about - what is golf architecture and what is not, etc. We can't determine was is good or superior architecture without it. Your not going to suggest that you disagree with Flynn are you or he didn't really mean what he said? You quote ODGs such as Max Behr all the time. What is wrong with this one from Flynn?