So let me get this straight. This great NLE course was taken by the navy and nobody tried to bring it back when the war ended. Why was the effort not made to bring it back.
Also, I've seen a lot of people that never played the course talk about what a wonderful design it was. What features were wonderful? Do you know? From what I've seen people post, the evidence has been posting articles and quotes where people have said it was a great course. Golf Digest might say what a great course Valhalla or the goofy Art Hills course here in KY Persimmon Ridge is, so does that make it great?
So this course was basically man made, moved a lot of earth, and in the case of the 8th apparently, was unsustainable. Who even knows how sustainable the rest of it was. Nobody made an effort to bring it back to life after the war, so that probably tells you the kind of condition it was in. With all the minimalist talk here, not to mention talking of sustainability here, I am surprised to see all the praise. Additionally, everybody talks about "width" and "forced carries" and those features on Lido seem to go against the GCA line of thinking around here.
My opinion? If Fazio, Art Hills, or some randoms name was on this course it would be ripped to shreds. I haven't dug into this deeply, but first impression, that is what I am seeing.