Tiger on Course Design (Again)

[Jfaspen]

From his Masters Press Conference:

TIGER WOODS: Well, I certainly would love to get into course design. That's something that I'm looking forward to in the future.

I think some of the greats golf courses in the world are right down there in Melbourne, that sand belt. I absolutely love the face of the bunkers and the shape of the greens. I think that's how the game should be played. I just enjoy that type of golf to me. I don't enjoy elephant burial grounds out there.

Q. How long would your course be?

TIGER WOODS: Depends, actually what the people there want it. It's up to them and my job and my responsibility is to provide a product that suits their needs.

Some more good quotes proving again that he seems to "get it."

[Chris Kane]

Hopefully next time a professional tournament is on the sandbelt (excluding Huntingdale), Tiger will be so keen to play that he'll come for nothing.  I'm more than happy to arrange games for him at the other sandbelt courses over the weekend should he miss the cut!  

[Larry_Rodgers]

I was told by a design firm involved with routing golf for the Ginn Company that Tiger was offered "a Nike level fee" to be the designer of one of their upcoming developments. Tigers' people commented that his first work would not be in the United States, where it could be severely criticized. If my information was true look for Tiger's first design work with IMG outside the USA.

[Paul_Daley]

Seems like Tiger is reading the book in his spare time. Forget "mates" rates, from memory this was a freebie!
He's married now: needs to save his pennies for a rainy day.  

[Ryan Farrow]

I’m really not sure how I would feel about Tiger the architect. It does seem like he has a good grasp about what is important. But if he does become a great architect I think it could hurt the rest of the design community's business. Does anyone else think clients would wait 3-4 years just for woods to begin starting their design? Would he be in that high of demand to make people wait for years before it’s their turn?