"We might have some pros shaking their heads about a putt"

Let the moaning begin!

The pros arrive at remodeled Doral this week and Gil Hanse warns in a Golf Digest Stix Q&A that they may be flustered by the totally revamped greens.

Ryan Herrington offers highlights and leftovers from the Q&A to be published Wednesday, including Gil's revelation that Dick Wilson sketched out something more interesting on paper than was originally built. And some of those ideas were reflected in the greens rebuilt by Gil and Jim Wagner since last year's WGC Cadillac Championship at Doral.

2.) What Dick Wilson first designed wasn't what was actually built.

"I have no idea why," Hanse says. "[But] what his plans showed were much more interesting and more exciting."

Rather than have fairway bunkers positioned down the left and right sides of holes, as they ultimately evolved into, Wilson wanted them positioned more diagonally to force players to shape shots into landing areas. In turn, being in the right spot off the tee would set up a better angles to approach the greens. Hanse reapplied this idea, but modernized the strategy by positioning the bunkers farther down the fairways to take into account the added length of modern tour pros.

Hanse noticed as well that Wilson's original greens were "more eccentric in their shape." In many cases he attempted to restore them while also adding more contour.

"We might have some pros shaking their heads about a putt," Hanse says. "Obviously guys like Tiger and Phil have played there for 15 or 20 years, they have a knowledge bank about what the greens are going to do. But these are brand new greens, so they're going to have figure out how to putt them."

Tuesday's Morning Drive will feature a segment with yours truly walking around the Blue Monster with Gil talking about the changes.