Tom,
My comments were not intended to offend anyone here on this site, though, as I've expressed before, I believe that there is a tendency here to glorify the old and demean the new. Fazio and Jones are two guys who get personally whacked, often for reasons which I don't understand. I've played some extremely mediocre Ross and Tillinghast, as I have Fazio and Jones. We are all free to criticize, something about the first amendment. But I think that when the critique goes beyond the work and is incessant, it becomes a tirade. I just think that it is important to recognize that our tastes and preferences are not widely shared, and perhaps we need to think of ways that we can change that.
In terms of putting our money where our mouth is, I am thinking in terms that since we have strong opinions on what constitutes good architecture, desirable maintenance, and ongoing operation of a course, we ought to look into ways of bringing it into fruition. It is my understanding that Mr. Jones was unhappy with the country club scene in Columbus so he founded The Golf Club. It is probably unrealistic, but could a group of 300+ similarly oriented individuals from all over the world put a golf project together incorporating many of the principles we hold dear?