"Tom,
Isn't that the real irony and crux of the matter here?"
I think so, Mike. I have no idea what this fellow just above is talking about nor have I ever known except to continue to be argumentative for no purpose other than for the sake of argumentativeness alone. As I've always said, my suggestion would be for him to stop endlessly parsing the meaning of words and telling all of us his interpretation of them is the only one and get out in the field for a couple of months or weeks or at least days and learn something about the way these things happen in golf course architecture, particularly routing, both back then and even today. All I hear and see on every post from him is Wayne and I are withholding source matereial, I'm doctoring or recanting something, and you're being disingenuous!
BLAH, blah, Blah, BLAH!
Sounds to me more like a freshman college law class rather than a discussion on the accurate evolution and history of golf course architecture.