Mark
I'd hazard a guess that most if not all the green complexes at Brora are built rather than completely natural which basically puts them on a par with Turnberry even if Turnberry's were done by machine rather than say horse and scoop/men with a wheel barrow. The key aspect for both in terms of the running game is having them firm and fast. As I said before, the issue you had with Turnberry regarding it being less than F&F might have to do with the turf being new or it may just be the Donalds preference. It doesn't necessarily mean the ground movement isn't there, although I will qualify that by saying again that I haven't seen the new Turnberry.
With regards the examples you cite, NB and RD both have a number of approaches requiring lofted approaches rather the running shot.
Niall
Niall,
I do appreciate you pushing back on this a bit, because it would be quite easy for me to overstate my criticisms of Turnberry for the sake of a dramatic thread. But that's really not what I'm intending to do. I was genuinely disappointed with the golf course.
I have nothing against lofted approaches either. Some of my favorite golf memories ever, like many on here, involve hitting over the wall at North Berwick, or over the Himalayas or Alps or Cardinal bunker at Prestwick, or heroically carrying any number of burns throughout the country. (My home course is Bethpage Black, where long/high/straight is the requirement.)
And of course there is ground movement at Turnberry, and it's possible to play ground shots, it's just not very exciting or unique, especially considering the highly-regarded name of the course. But again, I would immediately walk back some of my criticism if just one person could remind me of a terrific bold and exceptional feature at Turnberry that compares with those listed above and doesn't involve rocky cliffs, lighthouse views, or irrelevant dunescapes.