Michael:
In feel also, Mackenzie just about did it all at Cypress! More than a few times I've said Cypress, in my opinion, may be the highest point ever acheived, before or since, at blending the architecture with nature or the overall natural look of that site!
You asked me if I was serious. I always try to be serious but I post so much on here I do try to throw some subtle humor in here from time to time. It hardly ever seems to come off, though, and that may be because subtle humor doesn't seem to translate that well over the Internet or else I'm just not a funny guy--probably both!
Anyway, I really have great admiration for the painting work you do and particularly your book with GeoffShac, "The Art of Golf Design". Your work in combination with the writing is truly wonderful and I've found the book, interestingly, to be one of the best instructionally, when attempting to educate people like members of things important about architecture.
I also found your explanation of your art in the beginning of the book exceptionally good. As for GeoffShac, to me he is the absolute best there is today at verbally presenting historic architecture, it's concept, principles, strategies and all the other things about the architecture and essence of the game that make it interesting.
One facet of GeoffShac's presentations on architecture is unlike many of the older guys who wrote (by no means all but some) who sort of regurgitated the same things over and over in slightly different words, he's extremely original in his ideas and presentations.
And of course Max Behr's articles are unbelievable.