Will The Golf Gods Punish The R&A?

Just a question heading into Open Championship week. I ask for a simple reason: Turnberry has hosted three Opens and produced three Hall of Fame winners who were arguably the best or second best player in the game at the time they won. Bill Fields did a nice job reviewing those three wins, as did Larry Dorman who also mentioned the epic Nicklaus's v. Watson's 1994 pitch and putt battle he witnessed (Jaime Diaz wrote about in Golf Digest).

Yet the poor dame couldn't be allowed to face today's players without underoing a reconstructive surgery with input from Peter Dawson. Then it had its 9th hole trashed by Peter Alliss and was attacked by folks because the past winners posted low scores. Even in complimenting the course, Ron Whitten addressed its lack of resistance to scoring.

Oh and the plan is to redo it again after the Open, this time by Greg Norman. Assuming Leisurecorp still has the desire to spend.

Tim Rosaforte wondered if the combination of the setup and the Open's recent track record adds up to an unpredictable winner. And I'm wondering if the Golf Gods have had enough with all of the recent Open Championship setup boondoggles and in particular the Turnberry tinkering. Just enough to give us a singular champion that helps commemorate the fifth anniversary of Todd Hamilton's win?