M. Shea:
If you want to compare the styles of myself and Mr. Nicklaus, I think it would be more informative to do so by comparing Ballyneal and Dismal River Club -- although that discussion seems to be considered unfair here as well. On those projects we both had clients who let us build pretty much what we wanted to build, and the results are very different golf courses in my opinion. I wish I could participate more in that discussion, but I probably should not, since political correctness seems to be in order on that subject here.
The problem I have with your suggested speculation about Sebonack is that it would be almost entirely SPECULATION on everyone else's part, and thus keep perpetuating the stereotypes of our work instead of actually analyzing our differences. We did have quite a few differences in what we wanted to do over the course of building Sebonack, but my account of them would be different than Jack's, and we both agreed from the start that if we were going to work together on the project, we wouldn't do that to each other.
I would merely suggest that if you ever were going to have that conversation about Sebonack, the starting point should not be what Jack or I might have done separately, but how different would it have looked if somebody else had built it other than my associates and construction guys? I think that was a big part of its success, and it's one of the main differences between Ballyneal and Dismal River, as well.