Being a nerd is a self conscious decision you as an adult choose to make. The 'my way or the highway' is both tiresome and wrong.
In the past couple of months, I have discovered and played a reputed to be old Ross course, Sewell's Point in Norfolk, VA. Not even close to his 50 best, but something tells me it is close to its original design simply because the Navy has been too cheap to re-do it. It has to be on the list of best values. I have come to like the course.