Create folders on master node if don't exist - ansible

Question

I need to run task that would check and create if missing folders on Ansible Control Node (where the ansible-playbook command is run) - next tasks will copy some specified files respectively to these local sub-folders:
I have a task:
tasks:
- name: Create local directory
file:
path: "remotes/{{ inventory_hostname }}"
state: directory
recurse: yes
delegate_to: localhost
tags:
localfolders
however when I run with --check it is going to "change" (create folders) on each remote:
TASK [Create local directory] ****************************************************************************************************************
changed: [ansible -> localhost]
changed: [remote1 -> localhost]
changed: [remote2 -> localhost]
Why it not runs task on local only?
Expected result is that on ansible host (only), following folders are created:
remotes/ansible
remotes/remote1
remotes/remote2

Answer 1

To get a better understand of Controlling where tasks run: delegation and local actions and run_once works, I've prepared a small test with an inventory file of
[test]
remote01.example.com
remote02.example.com
and a playbook local.yml
---
- hosts: test
become: false
gather_facts: false
tasks:
- name: Check where I am running on
delegate_to: localhost
shell:
cmd: "hostname && hostname -i"
register: result
run_once: true
- name: Show result
debug:
msg: "{{ result.stdout_lines }}"
run_once: false
executed on control.example.com node via
sshpass -p ${PASSWORD} ansible-playbook --user ${ACCOUNT} --ask-pass local.yml
resulting into an output of
PLAY [test] ********************************
TASK [Check where I am running on] *********
changed: [remote01.example.com -> localhost]
TASK [Show result] *************************
ok: [remote01.example.com] =>
msg:
- control.example.com
- 192.0.2.1
ok: [remote02.example.com] =>
msg:
- control.example.com
- 192.0.2.1
PLAY RECAP *************************************************************************************************
remote01.example.com : ok=2 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
remote02.example.com : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
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