“The goal for Erin Hills has always been an upscale public course."

I cringed when reading Matty G's quoting of Rich Tock, VP and Director of Operations at Erin Hills which, as you may recall, was most definitely not touted early on as an upscale daily fee but instead as a $50 or less affordable course because of its low-cost, lay-of-the-land design.

“The goal for Erin Hills has always been an upscale public course,” says Tock. “For what we offer, $200 isn’t outrageous in today’s world.”

More power to them if they can charge that. Just don't sell it as something that was part of the original vision for the place!