Dave Moriarty,
"Minimalist" can be a misleading term because so much depends on the site.
I believe even natural appearing sites, like Bandon, had their fairways capped.
If you walked NGLA in reverse, starting behind the 18th green, you'd be hard pressed to call the golf course a minimalist course.
C&C moved about 40,000 cubic yards at HC, mostly at the green ends.
Bill Coore, to the shock and dismay of some, told us that almost everything at a course of his was artificial, that the site was virtually as flat as a pancake, and any and all movement in the golf course was created.
Is that the work of a minimalist ?
I think the term is overused and may not be accurately descriptive of the work on a specific site
Or, should a new term or series of terms be used.