Please, if someone knows of a link to an obituary in coming days, we all would appreciate it. I ran a google search and so far, no obit came up.
As all communities of a population the size of GCA.com with a varied age of members who participate, now online for some dozen or more years, it is inevitable that some of us are going to be passing on. I for one will remember that Tom was a tenacious debater and had very informed views due to his extensive work to research matters about the subject of golf architecture, its history, and the finer points of what may be behind the general historical information and beyond the superficial popularly accepted legend and lore. Maybe his views and interpretations were as bias as others he debated, but he hung in there to defend his beliefs.
I am going to assume Tom had an extensive library and collection of writings, and reference material in addition to his own essays and other notations and written material. I hope that if so, someone that has the type of passion Tom did for the subject will carry it on and preserve what must be there. That would be a nice way for someone close to Tom, family or associate or colleague to honor his years of work and labors of love.