" 'Frank discussions on golf course architecture' get pushed to the back pages."-- DMoriarty
Well, there can't be frank dicussions of architecture if most of the people complaining about OT threads aren't willing to contribute anything to the obviously GCA-related threads that occupy the majority of the front page -- today, and most days.
Is a 9-hole course in Youngstown, OH, too beneath your GCA tastes to comment on? Or a really interesting-looking 18-hole course in Oil City, PA? (both courtesy of the tireless Rich Hetzel, whose chronicles of golf courses I always look forward to viewing).
Nothing to add about speed slots? Others have found a way. No thoughts on template holes (two front-page threads, currently)? What about the bunkering at Augusta National? Any thoughts, at all, about Whistling Straits?
Ever a word of thanks to those, like Sean Arble, who spend countless hours documeting courses through pictures for, presumably, those of us here to enjoy, and comment on?
Or are all of these threads taking time away from posting on the Merion threads, which -- as Philip Young astutely notes -- many of us might like to participate it, but don't, largely to avoid the vitriol expressed by you and others on those threads.
I'll end by repeating what I said on a related thread -- those who can't find archirtecture-related threads on the Discussion Board aren't trying very hard.
P.S. Thanks for the photos of the 14th at Rock Creek Cattle -- they've helped further my understanding and education about the course.