Quoting Jones from Herb Wind's piece in "The New Yorker" dated 5/18/68
"The point I set out to make was that on the old, hard fast courses golf was a more exacting game and, in a way, a more exacting one. I was discussing this with Arnold Palmer the other evening, and my position was that we've permitted ourselves to go too far in the other direction. With our soft, holding greens today, golf has become almost entirely target golf. You fly your shot right to your target and it settles where it lands. Of course, mine may be an old fashioned view, but I believe that the bounce of the ball should be part of the game, and when you play a fast, resilient course, it is."
Enough said!
And you guys all thought that Tom Paul is the true disciple for "firm and fast"!