How nice to see an interview with Brian Morgan, the first guy who made his living at golf course photography.
Mr. Dye introduced me to Brian at the TPC in 1982, just weeks before I was headed off to spend my year in Scotland, and Brian graciously offered to let me use his office in Glasgow as a mail drop, as well as providing a critique on my photography skills. His ex-wife, Dorothy, ran the office for him, later to be helped by their daughter Kirsty, who was a couple of years younger than me. [The verdict: that I obviously had "no technical training in photography at all," but that I was a natural at composition and putting the subject of the picture in the right place ... a skill which has proved to be very useful in my day job.]
It was Brian who recommended me for my second design job, at The Legends in Myrtle Beach, when he was there on a photo shoot and the developer told him he wanted to find someone to help build a "Scottish-style course." And when I first showed him the manuscript of The Confidential Guide, it was he who told me to keep it a limited edition, because limited editions were of immense value in the golf business -- a wisdom I have applied to golf architecture as well.
We got to play golf together at Stone Eagle last year when I was out in the desert, and had dinner with our wives. All the ladies love Brian ... he was a fashion photographer for a while before the golf gig, and he knows how to make the girls feel beautiful.