Mayday,
I agree in a sense. With any course, if there is no wind, your challenge remains the same, static. The conditions can only be changed as the course is maintained (fast/firm vs. moist/slow) and your ability on that given day. If you use Flynn's three constraints on the golf shot, carry no longer becomes a varying factor. Length depends on the conditioning of the course still and Accuracy still depends on the player. Without wind you do lose that third dynamic factor and it does limit the potential of any given site in my mind. So lack of wind, because of the static factor of carry, could lead to a designer creating a much more heroic or penal course. And as we know that might be good for a hole or two, but it does get repetitive unless you're someone who truly enjoys getting your head bashed in repeatedly, as some low handicappers do as the challenge is what they pursue. The lack of wind takes "luck" out of the equation and creates a "fair" challenge of the man vs. the course straight up. The player sees a predictable playing field and knows exactly what it takes to score well on a course every day.