"Yes, designing golf courses do make reading putts a little easier."

Joy Chakravarty in Business 24-7 talks to Greg Norman about his British Open play and other Dubai-related matters.

I can walk away from here being disappointed, but I can walk away from here with my head held high because I hung in there. It wasn't meant to be, and you've got to take that with a grain of salt.

Any cliches he miss?

You are a prolific golf course architect and are also designing three of the four courses at Jumeirah Golf Estates. Do you think your course designing knowledge had any part in the success at the Open this year?

I think it does help, and the one place where it helps the most are the greens. When you are designing a golf course, you've got to take the water off the green, and in most golf courses you have two to three places where you can take the water off the green. So, when you look at the places where the water will go, it gives you a good idea of where the blades of the grass will grow, and about the slopes. Yes, designing golf courses do make reading putts a little easier.

So that's why so many players are getting into course design. And here I thought it was the money.