RJ,
No, no budget stories. Here at Wolf Point we have some big greens, average size greens, and some small greens. All the greens here have short grass around them so you can putt, chip, flop, bump, whatever you want in your attempt to get close.
No, my rant is directed at those who think that going big is a sure way to get good marks. We've known for awhile that modern large courses in large settings get more recognition. Now, it seems like going big in everything is a sure way to success and I think it's being overdone, a lot.
I think it takes more talent to design and build really good average sized (6k) to smaller (4K) greens. You certainly need to know, or rely on someone who knows, good agronomics. You need to know how to site a green. And, here's the big one since large contours seem to be all the rage, (and very poorly done in many cases IMO) it's a lot harder to build really cool internal contours in a small green. But, it can be done. But first one has to show enough restraint not to think the new average sized green is 10K.