Proper locations, proper seed mixes, proper maintenance- all good and logical solutions to the issues brought up in this discussion.
The main point, though, is that we seem, as a sport or industry, to have gone way overboard in our desire to re-create the links look and experience- go back to golf's roots, etc.- where, in many cases, it just doesn't make sense and is a detriment to the game. Bandon Dunes? Chambers Bay? Sand Hills? Absolutely. But a traditional mid-western or eastern parkland course which has neither the maintenance meld history or soil type or any reason other than keeping up with the current fashion to justify installing the stuff? Nothing but poor self image, IMO.