Barny,
I'm going to disagree; many of the photo tours are excellent - especially since the majority are clearly shot on-the-fly while playing the course. You can always re-size photos to clean and polish the composition, but capturing subtle micro-scale contours - as opposed to bold, sprawling panoramas - often depends on waiting for the optimal light.
It would be interesting to know what sort of equipment Ran is using out there. Generally, there are two schools of thought. One is to get familiar with one sharp lens and move around to capture just the right angle. The other (which I do) is to carry a variety of glass and a meter. Ran seems to get the color temperature pretty close and definitely has a knack for combining angles that are both aesthetically pleasing and still illustrate his point.
Personally, I cannot stand pictures of golfers in the shot. I think it clutters the frame and detracts from the architecture; my taste is probably in the minority here. Yes, it can provide some perspective on slope and the relationship of the elements in terms of size, but contaminating a carefully composed shot with a middle-aged dork wearing ill-fitting khakis and a sweat stained Jim Colbert hat is an ocular offense.
So Ran, as long as we are all having a slurp-fest, fess up! Through sheer repetition, my bet is you've got an aging Nikon with a razor sharp 50mm lens that is like another appendage. Most of the world's greatest street photographers see it, frame it and fire. They are not fumbling around with their Sekonic, trying to decide which lens to snap on - which is why I almost always miss the magic moment on action shots.
Who won the photography contest. Anybody know? I sort of lost interest and never bothered to check. It would be interesting to compare what everybody shoots with - especially what they carry when just walking and shooting. Unless you've got a golf cart, it is a pain in the ass to lug around a bunch of glass, filters and a tripod.