Sven,
I think one of the problems today, is the lack of movement with the ball, particularly the drive.
There was a time when you had to shape a shot to take advantage of the terrain and architectural features.
To a degree, I think that's been lost due to the combination of distance/launch angle and straighter ball flight.
In the mid-60's I played with a fellow from North Carolina in the North-South Amateur.
I forget his name, but, he hit a low pronounced draw, maybe even a hook, and it ran forever.
I thought, maybe, I had learned something new, then, two days later, I saw Moss Beecroft and others fly it over the right side bunker on # 18 at # 2, and realized that what I had just learned, had just been made obsolete.
I think one of the reasons that ANGC has remained relevant over the years as a test for the best golfers in the world has a lot to do with the topography and the amorphic nature of the architecture, not to mention the greens.