That image, with the exception of the pond or lake or whatever you want to call it, crossing in front of the tee, well it looks to be the same hole as Shadow Creek #4 which looks similar to an aerial I saw of a hole @ Wade Hampton. Glad to see Faz has got the memiograph machine working again.
Tommy - What is your point? Are you saying a great hole design that an architect finds works on one course should never be copied on another? That would have prevented a lot of great Northeast courses from being built, wouldn't it?
Michael,
I'm not neccessarily putting any of it down, I'm just making note of how these holes all look and play the same. However, the holes you are comparing them to in the northeast by Seth Raynor and Charles Banks have their own individual character that are characterized where they fit in the round, as well as how they fit into the land. I have yet to see any two alike in any of the ways I've explained. But I'll admit my Raynor vocabulary is VERY small.
The King's are almost exact copies of one another and he can recreate them anywhere, anytime for you for a handsome price. The firm actually tells their clients this. You want Shadow Creek, they'll giv eyou Shadow Creek. It is my opinion those type of Fazio holes are about as interesting as a white-bread, American (processed) cheese sandwich. (dry)
But I'll give you this, that John's Island looks like its a pretty swell course. I don't know much about it, but from the looks, I'll say that Vic Nat and John's Island are the cream of the crop that I would very much look forward to looking at someday. (If the opportunity should ever arise)