Many years ago, a tube containing unmarked topo maps and no cover letter, showed up at my office. I put it in the corner figuring someone sent it for some reason. A few months later, Jim Colbert and Dee Hubbard called and said they were doing a second course at Big Horn. The reason given was the first clubhouse was too big and they felt they needed the second course and new residences to fill it up, since it seemed like a ghost town. The course was supposed to be designed as an 18 hole loop starting at tunnel under the road, near the clubhouse.
When GE Capital got involved, they brought in Fazio. I was still working with Colbert/Hubbard on other projects and happened on a meeting with them at the club, where I saw Fazio's plans. They included a separate clubhouse. When I asked why, they shrugged and said "Fazio is such a great salesman."
I was chagrined. As course owners elsewhere, those two guys wouldn't overspend on a clubhouse anywhere, but have no such problem at their home club. For sure, they understand the top tier club market better than I do, so I hesitate to comment and offer opinions on it, but I still recall the initial conversations.