The toughest job for any golf course architect is updating a beloved classic course without stomping on the unique and timeless elements that make it special.

Now, compound that anxiety with the most modern of concerns, like the impending golf ball rollback, and you get a hint of what the last few months have been like for Davis Love III.

Love is a five-time winner at Harbour Town Golf Links — actually, he will tell you he’s a six-time winner including his Junior Heritage title — and he was an easy choice to lead the redesign efforts when Sea Pines Resort decided it was time to give the tree-lined gem a facelift. But if Love was an easy choice, the actual job was far more demanding.

Harbour Town is regularly cited by PGA Tour types as one of the best layouts on the circuit, and those To

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