Quote Originally Posted by Jazz18 View Post
And as always, it's based on (or should I say biased by) personal opinion. Why do you think there are so many differing opinions on golf course design? Because there's no right or wrong, it's personal opinion. It's not about understanding anything, it's about what you like or want in a golf course.
It's not personal opinion though. Have a read and you start to see there are defining principles to each design style. It's generally easy to see if a hole fits a penal / heroic / strategic mould (as per the fried eggs examples). There is no opinion to that, there is demonstrable analysis and logic to his conclusions.

Now if you like or don't like a certain style, of course that's personal opinion. But you can't say 17 at sawgrass being a penal hole design is "opinion".