This is a good question, and I'll be very interested in the different views. Personally I think in a lot of instances, members of private courses have focused so much on getting greens speeds ridiculously fast that the enjoyment of playing great greens is diminished.
When I played Myopia Hunt, I just loved the course but it seemed like the greens were running at least 12. Now when that course was built over 100 years ago, you know the greens were designed for speeds a fraction of that. Now we all know that those would be way too slow now, but at speeds in the 9-10 range at least you might have a decent chance. I like fast greens, but when you're 4 feet above a hole, barely touch it, and then it rolls off the green 40 yards away because you missed it- to me there's something wrong there. Sure there's nothing wrong with Augusta having linoleum speeds for the tournament and maybe Oakmont and Merion doing the same thing for the U.S. Am, but what's up with the urge to make greens unputtable for the rest of us?