But then just don't click the link ?
I assume Jon had permission from the club (I think it's something he always gets) so who's decision is it to make? We don't need parental controls for a website that discusses golf architecture and is starved in recent years for exciting new projects.
Maybe you do need a dietitian. From my perspective, you're starving yourselves, because every time we build something new, everyone gorges themselves on photos of it before even a handful of people have played and commented on the course ... and then after a few days of indigestion, you're hungry again.
It bothers me. I think a good piece of work deserves better than, "It's stunning. Here's a million pictures." I've said as much about other projects in the past, but it doesn't seem to be sinking in.
We've had this discussion on here many times before, and I understand and respect the fact that there are people who don't want to see photos of golf courses. On the other hand, there are many who do, and as I've always said, as long as people want to see them, I'll post them if I have them. And no one has been clearer than me that even the best photos can't replicate the experience of playing a great course (which Mulligan undoubtedly is).
In this case, I did so via a link rather than posting the photos in the thread. I thought this was the best way to account for both those who wanted to see the photos and those who do not. In my view, and as Alex notes, you can choose not to click the link if you don't want to see the photos. Free choice and all that.
Tom, you know I respect you a great deal, and that I am a huge fan of your work. But I must say, I find your position on this more little confusing, coming from the guy who wrote the original Confidential Guide and who is now publishing an updated version (for which I supplied photos and of which I am a huge fan) in a five volume set, and which features both photos and paragraph-sized blurbs of hundreds of courses, some of which hadn't even opened at the time of the writeup.
People obviously love the CG, as do I, and those who don't can simply refrain from reading it. I fail to see the difference here.