Tony:
That was a few years ago, and Jack has seen a few other courses since that time. I know he played National with Jim Lipe a few years back, he also played in events at Ballybunion and at Royal County Down, presumably not just because he was trying to win money there. I would guess that if you went down the list of the top 100 courses in the world, Jack has played more of them than 80-90% of the people on this board -- and he is MUCH more familiar than most of us with places like Pebble Beach and St. Andrews.
While we were working at Sebonack, he did go out of his way to take some of his associates to Friars Head ... but that is the only Coore & Crenshaw course he's seen, and Sebonack is the only one of mine. I don't think he believes he has much to learn from other practicing architects, and it puts him in an awkward position when he goes to a new course, because no one will let him just play and not tell them what he thinks.