If I may, this thread started with the question of how much weight a club should put on the opinion of a pro after a single round. It has devolved into whether the readers like Gary Player or not. I know many of you are architects, and likely most others read, think and breathe golf and design. Why would any club or designer care what any pro has to say about their course after one round? Pros are great, they play the game better than we do. But does that mean they know much about design? Or, in many cases, anything? They know how they hit the ball. They know what shots and styles they like. And, as pros, it has been shown that they almost always criticize the lie, the weather, the super, or the layout when they hit shots that don't work. It's a defense mechanism to allow them to believe, really believe, they can always hit the shot that's needed and withstand the pressure of play at that level. It's not their fault! Many big name pros who "design" build courses that suit their game.
So to the original question, ignore what the pro says after his round unless he is also actually knowledgeable about architecture, and you have asked him to your club for that purpose.