"I think it's a great solution for a Phoenix site with limited acreage of turf. I've just got to find a developer who sees the light."
Tom
If by a Phoenix site you mean a piece of "re-claimed" land of limited acreage, I really do hope you find that developer. I think it would be one of the best things that could possibly happen to the future of golf and golf course architecture, on several fronts. (It might still be that even if another architect(s) got the chance instead of you; but I think it would send a louder and clearer message to the golfing world if the messenger was well-known and well-regarded.)
I think one of the most important reasons for -- and benefits of -- discussing TOC, or multiple tees, or early iterations of Augusta National, or modern courses, or Max Behr and Joshua Crane, or maintenance practices etc, etc is that in some way these discussions just might coalesce and filter out and start shaping the “conversation” that developers are having about what's possible and feasible/profitable; and I can't help but think that this will produce in the long run more golf courses, better golf courses, healthier golf courses, and (if the supply meets demand) less expensive golf courses/green fees.
All that together should mean the continued vitality of the game at the very broadest “amateur” level; and you don’t need to think “growing the game” all that important to think this a good thing.
Gee, I sure hope “phoenix site” doesn’t mean something else completely.
Peter