All architecture is about making design choices within a set of constraints.
Some constraints are the same, like the fact that you have to select grass that will grow in that climate. Others are different, like the ability to travel around the world in hours, not weeks.
The NLG have constraints that are different, like environmental concerns. But, from an equipment perspective, they're working with Ferrari's and the ODG are in horse and buggy. There are just much, much fewer constraints for the NLG.
One could argue that having more constraints, like the ODG, forces more careful planning, closer evaluation of every step of the process and ultimately a better product because they were forced to make many more choices within a larger set of constraints. With each choice they're forced to make, genius is revealed when they make the right decision.
Whistling Straits or Liberty National seem like the outcome when you have zero constraints. Herb Kohler bragged that "I gave him an unlimited budget and he exceeded it."
From my perspective, the main advantage the ODG's have, is that over time the forgettable architects and forgettable courses simply fade away and we're left thinking that all the architects back then must have been brilliant geniuses. The NLG haven't had "fade away" time.