What Garland doesn't understand is "human nature".
Accomplishments make us happy.
Achieving goals makes us happy, including on the golf course.
In golf, the object of the game is to get from point "A" to point "B" in as few strokes as possible.
The architect crafts a field of play upon which, we pursue the above endeavor.
Making pars and birdies is an inherent goal .....and lure of the game.
Making MORE pars and birdies makes us happier.
Scoring is directly related to distance.
While Garland didn't understand the reason I selected courses of different lengths (7,400, 6,400 & 5,400), the example was obvious to all but a few "Supreme" morons. Scoring for EVERY level of golfer improves as you move up from 7,400 yards to the shorter distances.
The big jump from 7,400 to 5,400 was to demonstrate a significant gap that even he could understand, in terms of "concept" and "scoring"
Moving up 30 yards per hole as someone suggested, brings a 6,700 yard course to a 6,160 yard course, and if Garland doesn't think that a 540 yard reduction in distance won't produce more pars and birdies for every level of golfer, he's transitioned from a "Supreme" moron to the most "exalted" of morons.
It's clear and Irrefutable, that playing from shorter distances produces lower scores.
Hence, if you want to make more pars and birdies, reduce the length of the course you play by moving up.
Bogey golfers can play all the match play rounds they want from 7,400 and it won't bring them the fun, thrill and sense of accomplishment that playing from 6,400 or 5,400 will bring them.
Will someone who's adept at communicating with morons, explain that to Garland.
P.S. Why would a 22 handicap be so quick to accept a match with a 16 handicap without shots ?