Tom,
Jeepers your tough! 
The one course I said something definitive out of the 20 you jump on?
Jeff:
My comment wasn't meant to be specific to Scottsdale National or to you, really; I played it a couple of years ago myself, and I would personally recommend it to you. Of course, I played with David Kahn, so that might bias me a bit, but as you say I am tougher than most.
But restaurant critics do not write up their reviews after sitting at the Chef's Table. [Or before.] There are many, many new courses where I am more skeptical of the reviews because so many of the reviewers gained access via the architect, and would therefore be even more hesitant than normal to say anything negative.
I have been on all sides of this equation, obviously. I remember when I thought that Stonewall would be my big break and contend for a GOLF DIGEST Best New award, only to be told by Ron Whitten afterward that not a single panelist had seen it. [That was one of the cases that made them to start assigning panelists to go see certain places.] So, I can't blame architects for trying to get people to come and see their courses. But some seem more determined to become the focus of the story than others!
P.S. Apolgies; this should really be a whole separate topic, although one that's been covered extensively before, so I won't start a new one. But I don't mean to thread-jack, so, everyone just move along!