Kyle's scene was funny, but not sure what it had to do with this thread. I must be dull like a used saw blade.
Mike makes a good, collateral point. If "the" thing is non-golf and golf is ancillary, the land may remain mute.
Tom may (or may not) have misspoken, but it is the words that were questioned, that matter to me. The land doesn't have to speak to an architect. There might be a wonderful Spanish-language textbook or methodology, but if it doesn't speak to me, it won't be in my classroom.
It alarms me a bit that people question someone's own words on this DG. This wasn't a misquote, or an errant citation.