Hiya,
Just wondering out loud, if given the emerging wisdoms and realities, do "Lush," "course beautiful" "Augusta-Muirfield" - style conditions have any place in what constitutes interesting or stimulating architecture any more, (or for the immediate future)?
I mean it seems with economic & maintenance & sustainability pressures (and responses), as well as the desires of the golfing-paying-watching-caring public, I'm left to consider if the idea of any cool, green, juicy uniform grass cut into rows or diamonds or stripes is disqualifying under emerging standards...
Will it ever be acceptable to have a "mix" of conditions -"this hole is this way, these four are like that, that stretch is dusty, Fisher-Island like, but then the next three holes are quite trim and manicured..."
Of course I'm the moron meathead who thinks it would be OK to have a course's 18 greens run at a few different speeds (from 6 - 10), so please be gentle with my hair-brained questions or notions...
cheers
vk