The original comment, by the way, really applied to the group as a whole. Obviously the group only functions based on its individual members, but its not about whether every GCA'er has the means and ambition to go see every course. No one GCA'er should be compelled to see any course that doesn't interest them. The point is that there are guys out there that would make special trips for Victoria National or Gozzer Ranch, and this site would be better with some of that point of view to create interesting discussions.
In a way though, those of who that have disagreed with me have made me feel stronger about my point. If a certain percentage of GCA'ers are only interested in seeing a certain subset of courses, and every GCA'er that "limits" themselves to what they like and then all like and recommend the same general things, then that's all we are going to talk about. Obviously that's a bit of an exaggeration--some guys do get around to everything and that leads to some discussion of other courses, but its a small percentage of the whole.
Jud,
I'm admittedly curious--you mentioned seeing dozens of those paintings. How many Fazio courses have you actually played? How many that are in the US Top 100 on anybody's list? I'm just trying to figure out where you're coming from a bit better.