Conor Mallaghan, host of the Irish Open.
"I suppose you could say it's controlled chaos for the next few days. We've done it before, hosting the 2005 Irish Open, last year. And that's a whole different feeling in your stomach when you're doing something for the first time.
"We can't control the weather, so we're wearing out the knees on our trousers praying that it will be good. There are hardy golf fans who'll come out even if the weather is bad, but spectators are much more likely to come if they see a good day.
"We have a great golf superintendent, John Plummer, and his brief is that the course has to be Open standard all year round. So really we've been preparing the greens since the last competition finished. We do tweak it and tighten it up a bit. The grass will be double-cut every morning before play.
"It's always a bit worrying, bringing 165 of the world's best golfers together. We try to ensure that the facilities will be what they expect. We don't open the hotel until June, so they are all staying off site, but they will have locker rooms and bag storage, and we want to make them feel as welcome as possible.
"Most of the professional golfers are genuinely very nice people. There are no prima donnas, and they're very respectful of the course.
"In the middle of all that I have to balance family life. We have three kids, aged six, four and one. They get excited because I'm excited about this. A very understanding wife is an essential element. Then there's big family involvement in the operation. I have two sisters and a brother on the team.
"I'm captain of the Carton House golf club this year, so that involves representing the club and playing a little bit of golf. It's one of the happy perks of the job that we get to play a pro-am. Playing golf is always better than not playing golf."
In conversation with Catherine Cleary.
Conor Mallaghan is managing director of Carton House, Maynooth, Co Kildare, which hosts the Nissan Irish Open from Thursday to next Sunday