The US Open flag eliminates a lot of players. Some players just weren't meant to win the US Open. Quite often, they know it.

It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus.

We [with my wife] felt like we had the ability to help people not just on a local basis, but on a national basis.

I've wanted to design golf courses ever since I was a kid. I suppose it comes from the way I've played the game. To find the proper way to play any hole, I've always begun by asking myself what the architect has tried to do with it.

I never used golf as a job. I used it as a game. I always thought if I played the game well, my financial rewards would be there, but it came from, because I played well. But I had to play well to get the financial rewards.

It's difficult to excel at something you don't truly enjoy.

The game is meant to be fun.