Okay, I completely misread your initial post. My bad on the comprehension level.
I wouldn't say it doesn't reward skill, merely that in an event filled with out-of-towners it tends to reward familiarity more than skill. All players having a week or prep-time and you're looking at a course that definitely rewards skilled shots.
Yep, sounds like we agree on that. My post was just in response to the guy who wanted to know which courses to spend practice time on. As much as I like Kereiakes, it's not going to reward you as much for extra practice time as the CC and Hobson.