When I married Wilnelia, one of the first things I wanted to know about Puerto Rico was the quality of the golf courses.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've had the luxury of playing golf around the world, and I've spent a lot of time evaluating how to play all kinds of courses.
In the '70s, Florida-style golf communities started to be built for America's baby-boomers who were doing well and taking up the game but couldn't get into exclusive golf and tennis clubs and were looking for a nice place to live and raise their families.
I like going there for golf. America's one vast golf course these days.
If you take my entire golfing life, my favorites are the older courses, the more traditional and the more authentic.
Golf course design is exciting.
I experienced American golf courses when I was younger and played a lot of USGA and AJGA tournaments.
Everyone I built a course for thinks they have the best golf course in the world and I'm very pleased and proud of that.
Puerto Rican culture is very lively; very lively people; very warm people; and the food is really great. We're all about cooking a lot of food and having family around, we're kind of loud. It's that sort of vibe and it's great.
PGA of America has been very good to me; played some of the Junior Ryder Cups, and those go down as some of the best experiences I've had on a golf course.
Almost all the golf courses in Staten Island double as something else.