The Saturday Interview: with golfer Nick Dougherty WHEN Nick Dougherty makes his first million, he will buy his parents a house in Hawaii before heading off to LA to lure Jennifer Aniston away from Brad Pitt.

But if Brad proves difficult to get rid of, as Nick suspects, his affections could easily switch to Catherine Zeta-Jones, whose husband-to-be Michael Douglas, at 56, might be easier to displace.

Teen star Nick laughs and jokes about his childish affection for the world's most beautiful women.

But the 18-year-old from Chorley, who is widely tipped to be the next big thing in world golf, could soon find himself a bigger star than Hollywood's top actresses.

As a former World Junior Champion and protege of Nick Faldo, Manchester United fanatic Nick knows superstardom could be just a few years away.

But his talent hasn't appeared by accident. Young golfing prodigies often show potential but go 'off the rails' in their late teens.

"When I was a kid people used to say to my dad 'Wait until he gets older and the drink and girls come along'," says Nick, who could never be described as your typical 18-year-old lad. "I can see now what they meant.

"When I was younger I used to say I was going to do this and that and my mum and dad would say 'you are not!'. Now I know for myself what I should or shouldn't be doing.

"You can't afford to be out every night getting absolutely hammered. I do have a drink like everyone else but my mates are out all weekend and I just can't do that.

"I have to be focused. I get told that all the time. If going to bed at 4am and getting up three hours later didn't have an effect that would be great but it does.

"I have grown up quickly and I think ahead all the time. In four hours of golf you only spend three minutes hitting golf balls. The rest of it is about making the right decisions.

"My dream is to be a top tour professional, and ultimately the best golfer in the world and to be the best you have to be different from the rest."

Nick's talent was evident before he even hit his teens.

He won his first Junior tournament at 12 and won the Faldo Junior Series, one of the top British junior prizes, in its first year, when he was 15. And then he won it again at 17, and again at 18.

He is a former World Junior Champion and current amateur international.

Nick Faldo, who set up the Junior Series to unearth the country's best young talent, immediately identified Nick as a potential star and took him under his wing.

Dougherty now lives in America for six months of the year, training at the Faldo Institute in Orlando. While the rest of Britain's golfers are taking a break during the harsh British winter, Nick is improving his game in the warm weather of Florida, and taking lessons from his mentor Faldo.

"It is such a privilege to have someone like him helping you. It depends on his schedule, but whenever he is in Florida he usually comes over to have a round with me.

"You wouldn't see Nick Faldo going out drinking before a tournament, and that is why he has made it to where he is.

"He says you have to have a bit of fun, but I think when you make it, when you've been on the tour for a few years and have £5million in the bank then you can think about having fun.

"But it is no good coming back when you are 24 and saying 'Well, I have had a good time for the past six years, but now I am going to concentrate on golf'. It doesn't work like that.

"I would like to pay Mum and Dad back one day. I think they would like a little house in Hawaii."

Nick was practically born with a golf club in his hand. All the family "except the dog" are golfers and, at their former home in Lydiate, Liverpool, where Nick was born, there was a par three hole in the back garden.

The family were members at Shaw Hill, where many of Nick's father's work colleagues played, which was a 40 minute drive from their home.

So when Nick and dad Roger saw the 'For Sale' sign on the converted gate house at the entrance to the club seven years ago, they knew it was the perfect place for them.

"Even though the old house was fantastic, with a swimming pool and a golf green in the back garden, this house was perfect.

"When we first saw it it was all overgrown, but the location was perfect. I used to come home from school every day and go straight out on the course.

"But it makes it hard to get away from the golf.

"I am back here about three to five months of the year and I need something to take my mind off it.

"I love watching films and I am Friends-mad.

"Jennifer Aniston is my favourite. I love comedies programmes like Harry Enfield, and I will watch anything with Will Smith in it.

"In fact, I'll watch anything with a good looking woman or a cool guy in it."

As well as the more 'normal' hobbies, Nick is also keen on joining the jet-set -- literally.

"I am learning to fly at the moment.

"I have doing that for about a year. I really enjoy it even though I don't have much time for it. It is good fun.

"Obviously, I also like to spend time with my friends and I spend as much time as I can with my girlfriend, Sophia.

"She is great because she has a pretty hectic lifestyle too.

"She is a presenter on Galaxy Radio in Leeds and is up for Donna Air's job on MTV Select. She has been down to see them and she thinks it went really well.

"It is good that she has such a busy life. "My ex-girlfriend, with no disrespect, just had a normal type of life, so it was difficult for her to understand why I sometimes had to do certain things instead of see her.

"But Sophia is back and forward all the time doing different things. She's great, she is really focused on her career and understands mine."

Apart from golf and Sophia, Nick's great passion is his beloved Manchester United.

"I love them. I went to watch them against PSV Eindhoven the other night and it was really good.

"I am really into them, but I never used to able to see much of them because my dad is a mad Liverpool fan.

"The only time I could see United was when they were at Anfield or at Blackburn Rovers. My dad refused to take me to Old Trafford! But now that I can drive he can't stop me."

Nick has travelled the world playing junior golf and will go full-time on to the amateur circuit next year. He will turn professional 'within the next two years' but before that has one major ambition.

"I want to win the Walker Cup next year. It is the highest accolade for an amateur golfer and we have never won it in America, where it is being played next year, so it would be even more of an achievement."

Then he'll get to work on that first million...