Anytime a course is created that seems to push the golfer to thinking about trajectory and bounces vs yardages, that gives true options with center hazards, is challenging without over use of hazards, provides abundant variety in the short game, and feels under foot like TOC, golfers will like it no matter where it is and no matter who designs it.
Make the golf compelling with abundant variety, and they'll love it.
But lets just call it like it is. Aesthetics is how courses are mostly judged, with a little extra credit if the golf is interesting. Courses like TOC start with the golf, how they look comes second.