I don't hate the application of "rebirth" to Met Links (nee Metacomet.) As words go, rebirth simply means second birth to me. It doesn't need to mean identical to the original.
I had the opportunity to photograph the Metacomet course, a few years before it shut its doors. We had hoped to play, but a scheduling dither placed our round at the same time as an RIGA Links event...alas.
Lynch and I enjoyed our tour, although we wondered how the 13th hole at Dunes Club Myrtle Beach, somehow found its way to Rhode Island, and from Donald Ross, no less. It's a neat property, and I hope that the Met Links course has years of play and success.