It is an interesting thought to think about the US Open and USGA will be the ones leading Augusta back to no rough.
that was exactly what I immediately, initially thought. Now, what will the repercussions be of that? The 'Augusta Syndrome/Factor': how does it change? Will it soon become the fad to have wide fairways, more short grass than long grass? Will the Doak, Nuzzo, C&C 'look' be more exploited than what it is now? Will Ron Whitten get his new movement of architecture or will architecture continue to plod along as Whitten proclaims?
In my mind, the actions of USGA are huge, but it just gets me thinking of the sequence of events that can unfold because of it. More importantly, how that will effect the future of design...