William Flynn once stated that great architecture demanded and tested first and foremost Accuracy followed by Carry and then Length. Forget what Brandel has to say even though his points have merit for the professional game, I think most of us would agree that the way golf is played today has turned this around. First and foremost is now Length followed by Carry and then Accuracy. This is especially true for the professional and highest level players.
Be clear, I am totally for smart use of width (can’t name a single course I have worked on where we didn’t add width somewhere on the golf course as most courses playing areas tend to shrink over time). But we are not designing golf courses for tour player. As I said in my example about the guy I played with at Lehigh, you would screw up the golf course for the other 99% of us if you designed things for players like him.