David and Craig,
I would have to disagree with both of you when you say that playing a course like Annapolis would discourage young golfers. Courses with extreme greens, deep bunkers and undulating terrain lend a sense of adventure to the game, something youngsters (and some oldsters, if they're not too jaded) enjoy.
We have quite a few juniors here at Hotchkiss and we also have a few extreme situations, not unlike those shown in the photo of AR. These kids learn to hit shots from any number of bad, sidehill or uphill lies. They learn to shape their aerial shots to follow the terrain, just in case they hit a grounder. They get comfortable hitting a shot from a sparsely grassed hollow to a green that looms 10' above their heads, and they learn to read the ridges, humps and swales found on them.
For all the bad raps we lay on this generation of urchins, i.e., lazy, poor work ethic, needing to be instantly gratified, it is not uncommon for me to overhear some of them telling a new kid how hard 'their' course is, and yet they come back day after day to give it a whirl. Another common phrase heard here, from young and old alike, is 'learn to play golf at Hotchkiss and you can play anywhere'.
I believe that if more kids learned to play on extreme courses that didn't bore them they'd be more likely to stay with the game. They might also gain respect for certain features that are not so readily incorporated into modern designs.