Wade Hampton and Forest Creek are renowned worldwide. I'm 54, so with another 20 years of working, I would hope I could do another 10 or 15 golf courses here before my time's over. It would be a wonderful privilege to have my own top 20 that would be as good as anything there is. That says a lot about the pressure under which Fazio works to create masterpieces every time he accepts a project. Unlike in Ross' day, when course were laid out and given time to mature, today's standards are not so forgiving.
Nobody wants to wait for anything anymore.
Opening day a course is expected to be as good as anything you've ever played. Fazio refuses to let a style get in the way of his designs.