It is more prevalent in the men’s game, where one just has to look at the deep dives, flyovers, conversations and more surrounding Los Angeles Country Club and Royal Liverpool.

However, as the women’s game, rightfully, starts playing more of its biggest events on the best courses, the same is true.

When it comes to major championship venues and analysis of them, few are more maligned than this week’s host, Evian Resort Golf Club.

Carved out of the side of a mountain, the Amundi Evian Championship venue is no doubt visually stunning, yet as the name suggests, a resort course primarily aimed at well-heeled visitors the other weeks of the local golfing season.

A renovation a few years back mean this is capable of testing the world’s best, although an average winning score of better than 14-under-par since the tournament was awarded major status in 2013 suggests it’s no U.S Open.

Add in the fact that money from the title sponsors is what primarily delivered that major status, and you can see how the Evian Championship has the most questions around it when it comes to the majors. Similar to what would be the outcome if those pushing The Players Championship cause got their way.

However, when previewing this week’s event on the Playing From The Tips podcast (Listen HERE), guest so-called expert Tony Webeck raised an interesting point. One that caused consternation from this columnist and Rod Morri.

"In the case of Evian, player, sponsor and governing body support trumps what could be considered by some to be making mountains out of molehills when it comes to major courses."

“To raise a counter argument, does the list of past champions add any credibility to it? Because good players win there,” he said.

The conversation then continued about majors being golf’s chance to put its best foot forward by combining the best players and best courses, although once again Webeck provided interesting fodder when asking whether the general public cared, and if they are not the target market.

Of course, those of us in golf love nothing more than talking golf courses and the iconic venues of the world offer the greatest opportunity to do so. The deeper you are in golf, the truer that statement becomes.

But as needs to be the case more often regarding so many elements, golf has to do a better job of looking outside for answers to the regular questions that are raised.

Are there better courses in France for a major? Absolutely. Yet, in the Evian and its eponymous course there is a sponsor willing to throw big money the game’s way and the players teeing it up certainly consider this a major, world-renowned layout or not.

There’s also the fact that the beauty and scenery that is often the focus of a course’s website and coverage when little architectural merit is on offer might appeal to fringe golf watchers or even non-golfers taking in the action.

By no means did the discussion and subsequent internal thoughts change my mind that playing majors on great courses makes them better, however, it is likely another case that inside the game we make a bigger deal of things others care little for. And in the case of Evian, player, sponsor and governing body support trumps what could be considered by some to be making mountains out of molehills when it comes to major courses.