Whether or not the restoration has an impact in the world of golf, it still, in my opinion, is a restoration with incredible potential. When I first started playing golf forever ago, I was (like most, I imagine) focused on getting better. Most of the courses I played were perfectly fine, because I wasn't much focused on the course. I was trying to get the ball in the hole in fewer shots than I had the day before. And then I played Yale with a friend who worked at the university. And even though it was in horrid shape, I saw something completely different than any course I had ever played. I'd heard about the 9th hole. But the bunkers on the left of 2 and 8, the tee shot and second shot on 3, the 10th hole that was both ridiculous and awesome, the 18th that I hated the first few times I played and and then came to love it. Over the years, the course conditions improved as trees were removed, but even so, you could see that it was operating at only about 60% of its potential. Because I saw what was there in the mid 90s, I couldn't be more excited to see what it looks like once the work is finished. It's an amazing design on an equally amazing piece of land.