Tom,
Is this your first course to host a major?
Mac:
The course isn't all mine, of course, but yes, this is the first really big professional tournament on one of my courses, never mind a major. I haven't had many clients who had that as a priority -- really the only one was The Renaissance Club. In fact, the whole time we were building Sebonack, there was never any thought about hosting a professional tournament. [As you can probably tell if you are out here this week, trying to follow the action around a lot of obstacles. It's a lot easier to walk inside the ropes!]
They did play the Curtis Cup Matches at Pacific Dunes, and that made-for-TV event at Cape Kidnappers, but those were a lot smaller than this. I can see where most architects would pride themselves on having their course chosen for a tournament. Personally, I'm just enjoying watching players who can hit the ball where they want to, and seeing what happens when it lands. It's like they are play-testing the course just for me.