Small world: Unfortunately I had no idea until now that Lukas is a GCAer!
I caddied for the son on a client in the US MidAm. The day before the qualifying rounds we played a practice round at CommonGround. This nice young Aussie and good player named Lukas Michel was in our group. We had a very pleasant afternoon--Lukas and I chatted about his course Metropolitan as well as Royal Melbourne and Sand Hills, which he'd just visited before the MidAm--and wished each other well. As it turned out, three of our foursome made the cut, including Lukas and my player, who went from +1 through 32 holes to +6 through 35 holes only to make a 35 foot putt with a 6 foot break on the last hole to make the cut on the number at +5 (he made the final three in an 18 for 6 playoff for the final match play spots before losing out on the 5th hole). The other player in our group who made match play lost in the first round and turned to caddying for Lukas. I went out to watch Lukas play Stewart Hagestad in the semifinals, where Lukas made a great late round comeback to win. He's a fine fellow with a lot of game, and if he is a golf course architecture geek all the better!
PS CommonGround showed very well in the medal qualifying rounds; the greens there are terrific. The par 3s played particularly difficult--I think the 6th and 17th holes played as the hardest holes during qualifying. Coore and Crenshaw's Colorado Golf Club played firm and fast and is a great match play course. The par 3 second is one of the great short par 3s I've seen, requiring the precision one might expect of a hole that length; however, a couple of the holes--the par 5 16th and par 3 17th in particular--seem over the top in the fashion of Bandon Trails #14. Some players were putting off the 17th green into a hazard er "penalty area" during qualifying...