Tim:
OK, I get it better now. You have more fun at PB, and Pasa too I guess.
But you can honestly say with a straight face that either is the better golf course?
I sure as hell don't assess "architecture" - I've stated that many times on here and you have me correct there.
But I do think we can and should look beyond our own games....
See, to me it's one thing to say "I prefer a round at MPCC Shore to a round at PB." Heck, my perfect golf course is a 9 hole par three course called Studio City Golf and Tennis, and I prefer playing there to anywhere on earth, because it's where I grew up and I tend to play it every year or so with my Dad.
But of course I'd never say it's a better golf course than anything else.....
So can you look beyond your own game, your own preferences, and say which is the better golf course?
And I'm not talking basing this on architecture, as all of us not in the business are unqualified to assess that. I'm talking which course provides the most thrill, best test, insert your own definition of greatness, for the most number of golfers.
That to me is a definition of greatness that moves beyond one's own game and preferences, which ought to be necessary.
And under that, no way is MPCC Shore really even close to Pebble Beach.
As for Pasa v. Pebble... same discussion, same result. But there are some here who do defend Pasa as superior.
TH