Forgot a smiley, Ian, just kidding, but I'm sure more than one person will be stumped at how to react there.
Wayne M: The "anticipation" is not quite what you'd think. After a year and a half of creative work, the thrill is sort of over at this point. (When we finished the last hole at Pacific Dunes there was actually a palpable letdown to be done with the work, because we'd had so much fun.) It's a long wait to actually play the course, with a mixture of frustration (because grow-in happens slowly) and anticipation, but of course I've played it now in rough form, so by the time it opens it's very old news to me and I'll be more excited about what we are building in Montana ... in fact I already am. I think that's the nature of the business, but I'm curious if other designers will share their own perspective.
So, a lot of opening days for me have been letdowns. Pacific Dunes was an exception, as you'd expect ... I spent an hour on the tee with Mike Keiser greeting people, but then I begged off to wander the course and watch people play it, and then Jim Urbina and I played late in the afternoon. Of course, we'd played it a bunch of times by then.
I haven't been nervous hitting an opening tee shot since High Pointe, but if I really play with Nicklaus on the opening day, that will be kind of nerve-wracking for me, but I guarantee I'll be up for it.