I thought it might be fun to have a thread dedicated to architects and architects only.  

If and only if we can stick to asking tasteful questions; those which will not drive away Mr. Brauer, Doak, Engh, et al.... or possibly compromise their professional image.

So I offer up the following question:

Can you speak of deriving pleasure or any other emotional response from watching great players in big tournaments play on a course you designed?

Okay

Does the prospect of having a big tournament played on your course invoke any particular reaction?

In other words, how would you feel watching Tiger and Ernie do battle down the back nine over a course you designed for the PGA Championship?

I forgot...just like the rest of the world.

To date, the Curtis Cup is the biggest event that's been played on any of my courses.  I had the pleasure of attending the event and helping Mike Davis set the hole locations for the four rounds.

It was gratifying to see the course played the way you imagined it could be played.  I don't always hit all the shots the way I intended them.  The best shot I saw in the event was a 4-wood from 250 yards, played perfectly to bounce and run up onto the 15th green, by one of the English players who was 3 down with 4 to play in her match.

I love to watch great players come out to tackle our courses and see what kind of shots they can hit, but I don't care much at all whether it's in a tournament setting or just a friendly round.

Michael....I've had the opportunity twice.

The first was when the Canadian Tour held its opening tournament on the Love Barefoot course one year and the second was/is the PGA tour event that has been held at Forest Oaks CC the past five years.

It was decided that the Forest Oaks course needed a renovation to stay challenging for the Tour players and we were given a ten month window to totally redo all the green complexes, tees, bunkering and shift a few holes to new configurations. I stationed myself their to during this period....a period that also saw 82" of rain, making Greensboro NC the wettest place on the east coast that year.

Somehow we pulled it off and its been great fun to see the players tackle the course. We also have access to all the Shotlink stats that the tour collects.
We have made only a few minor tweaks and the course that has stood up well with the tour players, while still being a good members course the other 51 weeks of the year.

Davis missed the cut the first two years and was injured for the third...and he was starting to receive a little ribbing....so it was immensely gratifying when he won the event on his forth try.

This year he was again injured and couldn't defend.

"Gentlemen, I believe the hole is eminently fair."