Q Will you, like many other tour players, start to design golf courses?
A I always wanted to play golf courses all over the world before I turned to course design. Now that I know what I like best, I probably soon will start to design golf courses.
I like links golf, the type of golf where they just put a flag somewhere and started to play. I don't like artificial golf courses. On most American courses, you're fine as long you get the ball in the air and land it on the green. That isn't the way the game was meant to be played. I like it when you have to hit golf shots.
Tiger Woods, Play Better Golf Magazine. March/April 2005.
As if he wasn't already a hero on GCA! If he follows his words (and so far that seems to be how he operates) he's going to have an incredible influence on future trends.
My only concerns are that the fees he will command and the type of land/soil he will require, mean's he will work at the luxury end of the market. These and the necessary 'Augusta standard of conditioning' don't sit easily with "put.. a flag somewhere and start to play" ethos.