Golf really excites me only when the course is difficult and challenging. I love competing. The pressure of competition against fine holes and fine players makes me feel very much alive.

I'm more proud of the good rounds I've played while hitting the ball badly than of the great rounds while hitting the ball well. I understand my swing well enough to get myself through a tournament and win it. I've made it work.

I think my boys handled it pretty much the same way with their children, but my grandsons all ended up playing football or lacrosse.

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.

I think Tiger Woods is a determined young man who really wants to play.

I'm probably the only bottom-heavy golfer in the country.

I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.