MikeY:
You're absolutely right about that. I just happened to be there the day he was shaping that green and I certainly didn't ask him to shape something in my honor. He got off his dozer and I asked him if maybe that big mound in the center was going to effectively dominate all play around it. As he was thinking about that I therefore asked him if we could just name it Mont Paul and he said go for it. At that point the director of the Museum/Library showed up and I told him about Mont Paul. His reaction to that was a literal no comment! (non verbal).
Therefore that big mound in the center of that enormous green will hereinafter and for all time to come be known as Mont Paul.
I also proposed the USGA should sell names of various contours in that green for contributions to the Museum/library of not less than $10,000 minimum, but to my total surprise that idea has not yet generated any traction. I figure it can't have anything to do with my brilliant suggestion and it must have more to do with these dreadful economic times!
One must latch onto these rare opportunities when they present themselves and I would suggest that the architectural passionistas on this website and elsewhere send in their contributions anyway and request a contour to be named after themselves. The putting green is very undulating and imaginative and it is also around 11,000 sf, therefore I just can't imagine it would raise less than a million dollars in name request contributions. Of course since I thought of the whole thing then naturally Mont Paul should be on the cuff; however, I might be willing to consider selling a name change on it for offers starting at something over $72,000 before the green actually opens for play. After it's open for play offers will have to begin at something over $200,000.
Again, opportunities to memorialize one's name in architectural history in this manner may not come again in our lifetime.