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By: Jay Flemma, Cyber Golf

In 2005, Golf Digest''s Ron Whitten famously asked, "Is Tom Fazio good for golf?" But Whitten wasn''t the only one with that question. In his piece Whitten noted, "Golf''s leading designer is beloved by many, yet his courses have lifted expectations - and costs - to troubling levels." He went on to say that Fazio''s strategy-light, budget-bursting designs should not be the enduring standard for golf design into the future. "Hope not," wrote Whitten, "if you''re one who believes that golf should still be a test of thought and skill rather than just a walk on the beach where you never get sand in your Shoes."

But this year, I began to notice a disturbing pattern" Fazio telling sportswriters and golf course raters to pay less attention to - and indeed deduct points when rating - classic golf strategies that came over from the U.K., for example - and these are his words - "perpendicular hazards."

Fazio could not be more horribly, horribly wrong. Perpendicular hazards are the lifeblood of the game''s strategy for better players and such hazards can easily be routed around by the architect for poorer players so they may still enjoy the course.

First, Fazio went to Atunyote at Turning Stone Casino during the week of their woefully attended Fall Series event (3,500 per day is a dismal attendance figure), and said the following head-scratchers:

 

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