What makes a well-designed golf course?
A truly well-designed golf course, in my opinion, is one that uses nature. A course looks natural because you incorporate the trees and the lakes and the undulation and whatever is out there. Do you ever go hack around a public municipal course just for fun? I have been to public courses. There are several courses that I’ll just go and hit some balls because they are closest to where I am, and I really don’t mind. It makes you appreciate the good places. That’s the rule of golf. Not everybody gets to see the beautiful courses, I know that. There are world-class courses, and there are simple, everyday courses. I know that there is a lot out there, and we need all different kinds of courses. It’s nice to see it from another perspective, for me [being] a player and a course designer. There is so much about golf courses that I love and appreciate. Is that to say that sometimes you just go out and play for fun? Not many times, but yes, sometimes. I love what I do, but it is work and so I tr
