Davis Love III 'didn't mess up' Harbour Town, pros say

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S. C. – Don’t mess it up!

Those were the instructions that World Golf Hall of Fame member Davis Love III was given by PGA Tour pros before he began a restoration of Harbour Town Golf Links , the Pete Dye design with consultation from Jack Nicklaus, which has hosted the pros since 1969 at what is known as the RBC Heritage these days. “It’s a different process and pressure, because, you know, it’s a Mona Lisa, so we needed to just restore it and make sure we don’t mess it up,” said Love, who is a five-time Tour winner at Harbour Town alone. Jordan Spieth said he hit into one of the pot bunkers at Harbour Town, situated on the southernmost tip of the island, and was cursing Love under his breath until he saw his lie.

Spieth offered the highest compliment of Love's handiwork, saying, "To make a course more playable for the average player but just as difficult for us is really hard. I’ve not seen it done yet and I think he did it. " Golfweek's architecture director Jason Lusk highlighted the changes made to the Dye classic in an article here and PGATour.

com listed out changes hole by hole here . Well, the early returns are in from the pros at this week’s RBC Heritage, who usually can’t even agree if the sun is out, and Love appears to have delivered the goods. “It's one of the rare nothing-has-gotten-worse, which is awesome,” said Max Homa.