3 years ago when I started covering college baseball, I would travel in an RV. The grind was real. At the time, a really creative friend of mine mocked up this graphic. It drove me
This weekend it becomes reality. So unbelievably grateful!
See yall in Starkville
After the conclusion of the 2025 @RBC_Heritage, Harbour Town Golf Links underwent an extensive restoration project overseen by Davis Love III and his design company. That project rebuilt all the greens and bunkers, tees were laser levelled and bulkheads replaced.
The restoration intended to refurbish the course to secure championship-level conditions for both TOUR players and resort guests while preserving the classic shot values and design. The restoration stayed true to Pete Dye’s famous design while making improvements to agronomy and maintenance.
This is a full list of the hole-by-hole refinements that were made during this process.
Hole #1:
- Added 10 yards
- Moved greenside cart path 14 yards away from green’s edge
Hole #2:
- Moved fairway bunker 7 yards into fairway, steepened bunker face
- Added a new bunker at the back of the green
- Added a stacked-sod bunker face to the existing bunker
- Added 200 square feet to the green complex
Hole #3:
- Replaced fairway cart path with crushed sand and shell (removed black top)
- Reduced the left green-side bunker size by 35%
- Reshaped right-side green-side bunkers to original, larger size and positioned closer to the green complex
Hole #4:
- Expanded all tee complexes
- Removed bridge crossing lagoon 50 yards short of the green complex
- Rerouted cart path to the right side of the lagoon and the hole
- Added back-stacked sod bunker behind green
Hole #5:
- Removed cart path crossing the middle of the fairway
- Expanded left lagoon 10 feet closer to the fairway (where the cart path was)
- Added waste area cart path on the right side
- Added stacked sod-bunker greenside on the left side of the green complex
- Lowered the green complex 16 inches and restored it closer to its original shape, approximately the same size as the original green complex
- Moved Live Oak on the right side of the green to 18 feet closer to the fairway with the canopy reaching out to the right third of the green complex
Hole #6:
- Back of green expanded
- Greenside bunkers reshaped
- Added stacked sod to existing left bunker
Hole #7
- Removed bridge and rerouted cart path around the right side of the hole
- Added a bulkhead around the pond
- Expanded bunker around green to the edge of the bulkhead
- Expanded the back-left portion of the green
Hole #8
- Left green-side bunker expanded to the edge of the bulkhead closest to the tee
Hole #9
- Raised entire green complex 14 inches
- Added stacked sod to two bunkers behind the green
Hole #10
- Removed cart path and created a waste area cart path on the right side of the fairway
- Front-right bunker changed to stacked sod
- Expanded back portion of green
- Added trees on the right side of the fairway
Hole #11
- Removed cart path from the middle of the hole to 40 yards short of the green
- Created cart path in waste area on the right side of the fairway
- Front-right bunker changed to stacked sod
- Expanded back portion of green
Hole #12
- Bunkers enlarged to their original shape and size
Hole #13
- Removed cart path from the middle of the hole to the 14th tee
- Created waste area cart path on the left side of the fairway
- Lowered the green surround to be more level with the cypress planks bordering the bunker short of the green
Hole #14
- Doubled size of the raised Heritage tee
- Existing green-side bunker changed to stacked sod
- Added one additional pot bunker to the one that was there; both bunkers are stacked sod bunkers
- Removed cart path close to green
Hole #15
- Removed cart path in the middle of the hole
- Created waste area cart path on the right side of the fairway
- Green slightly reshaped, making more hole locations available at the same square footage
Hole #16
- Expanded fairway waste bunker about 10 feet toward the fairway on the right side
- Existing pot bunkers changed to stacked sod
- Cart path on the right changed to a waste area cart path
Hole #17
- Slightly expanded back of green
Hole #18
- Added retaining wall around the back portion of the tee
- Tee moved closer to the marsh about 10 yards back and left
Shane Beamer asked how his South Carolina program can sour on a recruit:
"Don't be a prick and have things that you want to come to Carolina for other than just who's going to give me the most money."
Life so much more than a game. Than an outing.
@josh_davis41202 is an incredible leader, ballplayer & human being
Much love to one of the best families on the planet!
I fear Nike has gotten lost in the sauce.
Leaning HARD into story telling and alternate branding. Built around marketability and merch sales.
Blatantly ignoring the incredible history and traditions of franchises across ALL sports.