Since the article focused on 'championship golf', the author's idea may work. His lobbying for shorter courses to bring strategy more into play is an unique solution.
Golfing friends in the DFW area are lamenting the quality of fields in recent years has been deteriorating for the Nelson and Colonial. The one benchmark I'm going to refer to is the Colonial and it is played on a shorter course by today's standards. The driver is not used as many times in a round, especially by the bombers. Thus, the field is missing some of the long knocks because some refer to it as a 'shot makers' course and not attractive to the long hitters because the playing field has been levelized. Again, we are referring to 'championship golf' so the 'bomb and gouge' crowd are going to show for these events even if it a short course.
Good discussion material in the article.