Carl,
I'll be honest and say that when I played CTMyers, I was focused on the golf and did not pay special attention to the greater spectrum of the landfill. I remember seeing the vent pipes from time to time and, when I approached one, caught a whiff of something resembling Norwegian fish...it was a knockout punch.
At Renaissance, believe it, I was unaware that it was reclaimed land. I must not have paid much attention. The only sign I worried about was "Don't Leave Anything Valuable Visible In Your Car." I liked the course a good bit, even though I didn't have my clubs with me and was only there to shoot. I suspect that, had I gone in with a different agenda, my images would have reflected the present and former lives of both properties.
At Phoenix, one could look across Jackson Pike and see what the property looked like at its worst. The majority of the course (holes 1-16) plays across an exposed portion of land, mimicking the moors, heaths and links of Europe. The last two holes are much different, a downhill par three over water to a small green and a jungly par four with little room for error.