The hardest weeks for me are when I get to a course that I've never been to before or one that has been through a redesign.
Mostly I built golf courses the way I played golf, which was left-to-right. But I learned very rapidly that people wanted to see more than just the way I played golf and that I had to balance up what I was doing, right-to-left, left-to-right, etc.
For amateur golfers, I think one of the biggest mistakes is to model their play on professionals.
I've had the luxury of playing golf around the world, and I've spent a lot of time evaluating how to play all kinds of courses.
I've been in some seriously bad places playing golf and it's just part of the game. You're going to hit bad shots, you're going to be in bad spots, and each course, when you learn it, you learn where not to go.
As a rookie, I need to play a lot. I need to know what courses I like and adjust to the atmosphere and the lifestyle of playing at the highest level.
Golf is evolving, every day, every shot.
If I had one golf course, from a design standpoint, one that I really love, it would probably be Pinehurst. There's a totally tree-lined golf course where trees are not a part of the strategy.
I always go to the Masters knowing I'm going to play well.
