Lipstick on a pig...White meat or moss peat?

[John Kavanaugh]

I kinda like but am a bit scared of the work done at TPC of Boston.  After getting use to the trend of Fazio and Jones wrecking the look of great courses we get a FNS architect dressing up a piece of crap.  We now have leading pundits declaring that theater is good for architecture.  Has this ever happened before and we didn't know it because the "look" wasn't there?  What are other examples of lipstick on a pig?

[George Pazin]

Is it fair to simply call it lipstick on a pig when there were substantive changes like the 4th?

[John Kavanaugh]

Is it fair to simply call it lipstick on a pig when there were substantive changes like the 4th?

I think it is perfecly fair given there are often substantive changes in the length of holes during a "renovation".   I am not knocking the work done by Faxon/Hanse...I am curious if this is really a new trend.

I am not sure but I beileve that Tom Weiskopf may have made a par 4 at Olympic Lake into a signature short 4 during his work there.  That would not be an example of lipstick on a pig.

[John Kavanaugh]

Chocolate drops with fescue.  When did these become a classical feature worthy of celebration?