Shel Solow,
I think you have to differentiate the game of amateurs, even great amateurs, from the game of the PGA Tour Pro.
What's difficult for us, is duck soup for them, especially if they're on a putting green.
With today's high green speeds, noone's building super contoured greens, hence the challenge isn't that great from 30 to 60 feet.
Cary & Tom Doak,
Pebble Beach also gets an inordinate amount of play, 365 days a year. I don't know of many resorts that get anywhere near that amount of play, especially 365 days a year.