Mike - you seem like a very decent fellow, but I think you're missing something here, i.e. what the hell is the point of golf course architecture if not to encourage feelings of snobbishness and condescension! I mean, where's the fun in discussing a bump in the grass or a hole in the ground if Coore & Crenshaw weren't the ones who found them? And what's the point in bogeying a short Par 4 if Tom D didn't design it, and if you didn't have to pay $6000 to play it? You see what I mean? And then, even if you did find a C&C bump or an easy (but far flung) Tom D gem, it would only feel truly special if most of the others on this board hadn't. Frankly, I'm surprised that I have to explain this all to you, i.e. the very basis and foundation of what gca is all about. (Are you sure that Ran let you in here? You didn't get here under an assumed name, did you?) Good god, man -- next you'll be telling me that you enjoy playing public courses that no one has ever heard of!!
Peter