"I have felt terribly from the beginning when I saw the problems and recognized that they would be ongoing. We were hired to put back the contours of the greens as closely as possible to George Thomas's designs and were real proud of what we did. It's a sad situation now"

Ben Crenshaw is revealing his sadness and regret over the current state of the greens he and his group were hired to bring back. He acknowledges that they did their best to return the shapes of the greens as closely as possible to George Thomas's styles, and they were proud of their work. Nevertheless, he has felt horrible given that the start when he saw the problems and recognized that they would be ongoing. He is saddened by the current state of the greens, and wants that the circumstance might have been various. His words reveal his dedication to his work and his dedication to doing the best job possible, although the outcomes may not have actually been what he had actually expected.