Mark;
Exactly to point! I have never played a Doak, a C & C, or none of the great Ross, MacKenzie, Colt, McDonald etc. Of the ones that have been available to play, i will name 2 whom I have played more than one of worth.
Tim Liddy, from whom I loved Sultan's Run and Trophy Club, and look forward to others in Indiana by him.
And Michael Hudrzan. Why? Because before he started getting large jobs, he produce a lot a very good courses quite inexpensively and with great design, in the area in which I live and am familiar. I have never played a poorly done Hurdzan ..... all are very playable.
I am glad to give these 'lesser' reputed architects a bit of deserved recognition! And perhaps i will someday soon play some Doak, C & C, or [as i strongly hope] Brauer (sp?) courses. I love what I see here and in other places of those. as for the 'Old Masters', most are completely beyond my purse, sadly. Possibly I will someday play an origional Ross in McDermit Ohio, but most are no likely to happen.
Doug
Age 55 [played golf about 5 yrs], I have no handicap, I have a total disability!