Jim,
Cut that out. Much too "logical". And this thread has never been about conciliation or meshing the opinions of two sides, its all out war and "either or."
BTW, there is some acknowledgement of CBM all the way through the MCC documents. It could be strengthened a bit IMHO, now that more facts have been flushed out. Like you, barring any real evidence, like a string of letters actually found between CBM and Wilson, I doubt it would be wise for MCC to buy into DM's theory competely and say CBM designed MCC and called all the shots. It just isn't there to make that bold a statement.
Besides, the record also shows that Wilson did a lot to MCC post initial routing and construction in modifying the routing (holes 10-13) and the features (taking out the Alps hole, continually adding bunkers, etc.) which in addition to his role in construction (if you presume he had a smaller role in original design) should be enough to have created the legend of Hugh Wilson. Oh yeah, and there were those few other courses and the mentoring of Flynn, etc. Wilson's rep should be safe!
But still, my probably wrong opinion is that we ignore some of the basic, real evidence that CBM wasn't calling the shots - only a FEW of the holes look anything like CBM template holes. Just judging by the original aerial photos, it appears to me that they only took his advice in part and still went their own directions in many other areas. When I look at those photos - which BTW I consider source documents - I would expect them to look a lot more like NGLA if CBM was truly calling all the shots.
Of course, there I go again, trying to be logical. I am fairly sure DM will come back and tell me that I misunderstand. He will also ask me what my factual basis if for disagreeing with him, even though I just posted what it is. And, TMac will tell me once again that Barker did it, and all you have to do is look at a third rate newspaper article, even though there is not a single other shred of evidence. And I will be told the meaning of words like blueprint, and laid out and expert.
I don't need to be Carnak to predict my immediate future!
BTW, you make a good point about how MCC feels. We have to remember that WE are making the BFD about all of this. As far as MCC is concerned, none of this has happened! We would be pretty arrogant and full of self importance to think that MCC feels they owe us as a group anything in the way of access, cooperation, etc. Or that they even care. All TePaul is suggesting is that if by some miracle, some true facts come out of this, AND if MCC ever goes to the trouble of a new history book, then the wording might be changed a little bit. And that is just the way it is.