Robert Trent Jones, Sr. was the only person I've ever met who actually spent a day with Alister MacKenzie and a day with A.W. Tillinghast.
Pete Dye knew Mr. Ross a bit from Pinehurst, but not the other two. I would think Pete has met all of the main architects of the postwar generation.
I've met a lot, because I've met so many of the Australian guys and a few of the Japanese architects ... even though there are quite a few from America I haven't met. I've also met a lot of the 20- to 30-year-olds who I think are most likely to be the architects of the next generation, but hopefully I'll be around long enough to find out for sure.