Par often makes NO sense
I agree that a course like Torrey Pines would be a harder course with the same par as many easier course, but thats a Gold vs. a Red Course: Same par, but more difficult. However, often a very inconsistent rule is used on courses.
case in point, my home course has a hole that is posted as 380ft on the tee boxes, but the basket has since been moved 150-200ft further away (and uphill, i might add). I talked to the assistant course designer, and he said all the holes are par 3s. What can you do? Par is not posted anywhere, but seriously? a 600ft uphill par 3? That strikes me as very bogus. Even some course designers seem to embrace the "all 3s" notion, which I think takes alot of flavor out of the game. Just as some holes should be significantly longer and harder than others, they should have different pars. Instead of just having an impossible hole that 99% of players will double bogey or worse, then have to "catch up" the rest of the round to break even, vary it up. Thats not the purpose of par.
What would ball golf be like if it were all par 3s, on every course, not just the short executive courses? You would have no way of judging how hard a hole was. It makes the learning curve for courses much steeper, because the ones who have played there before know which "easy" holes you have to birdie or eagle, to make up for the impossible ones that wreck your score later. This is a stupid state of affairs.
Ball golf courses have par 4s and 5s, and its never disputed. There is no reason why we shouldn't as well. If this means making the difficulty of the holes more varied on a course, then i'm all for it. No golfer wants to play executive courses all the time, likewise for DG. Dg has executive courses too, but most are at middle schools.