It appears to be that you think the distance issue, such as it is, is due to natural progress, better coaching and better fitness, and not necessarily technology. Is that the case? (And that the effects of the increase in distance are exaggerated, but that's a different argument).
I don't think there's a distance issue. I think a small group of people (a high concentration is here) give too much weight to the pro game and the distance a tiny percentage of golfers hit the ball, and bemoan that the Tour can't play classic or great courses… while simultaneously pointing out that the PGA Tour doesn't really even play "great" courses.
On the PGA Tour, the ball goes farther. For the average golfer, the ball goes farther. Why? Everything. Technology. Understanding. Instruction. Fitness. Agriculture/maintenance practices.
If players were still hitting balata balls with steel-shafted metal drivers, they'd be hitting the ball farther now, too. Not as far as they are hitting it, but farther. Tiger in 1997 hit it far. We understand the physics of launch angle, spin, etc. to maximize carry. Players are more fit. The lighter shafts and larger heads only further increase that, as does the ball.
Everything contributes.
I just don't think there's an issue, because I don't really care about a tiny fraction of the golfers playing PGA Tour level golf. While I can appreciate the added skill of having a 4-iron to a green, over an 8-iron, on TV you see a player hit a ball, you see a ball against the sky, and you see the ball land on the green. With an 8-iron it's likely going to land closer, and the player is more likely to birdie, and that's more exciting.
About the only thing I wish the rules makers had done was limit the size of the driver clubhead a bit more. 460cc is big. But that still wouldn't change much on the PGA Tour. Those guys still hit their 3-woods far (with relatively small heads).
6500 yards is plenty for the vast, vast majority of golfers, and courses that want to chase the PGA Tour are free to do so, but it's not like the average golfer has to play the same tees as the PGA Tour players. They can still play their 6300 yard tees, or whatever. When the average golfer goes to the Old Course, they don't play a bastardized course - they play where the pros play, one of the oldest courses in the world, and a great course… from 6300 yards. Or 6700. Or whatever.
So who cares what the PGA Tour does? It's entertainment, and if you don't find it entertaining, go PLAY golf. You probably aren't playing from 7700 yards. Can you still go play Interlachen and have a good time?
If they played Augusta as it was in 1986 today it would be a pitch and putt.
And it was for Tiger in 1997, pre-ProV1, pre-graphite-shafted-drivers. Tiger swung faster.
I suppose the only answer to the distance issue is to ban Trackman, prevent players from using the gym and have McDonalds provide all the meals. That way we'd see the driving average plummet back to around 275yds because it obviously isn't the ball or the clubs.
I've never thought that there was/is a "distance issue."
The issue as I (and others, it seems) see it is that such a list excludes all those courses that have been bastardised by lengthening, tightening and green changes to retain a place on Tour: TOC & ANGC front and centre.
So build a few different lists.