DJ on short Harbour Town: 'Just like any other golf course'

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HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Dustin Johnson, who was born in Columbia, S.C., and went to college at Coastal Carolina in Myrtle Beach, returns to the state’s only PGA Tour event this week with mixed emotions.

Coming back to the Heritage, which is sponsored by RBC, which also sponsors Johnson, is nostalgic, but in his two career starts at Harbour Town (2008 and ’09) he’s missed the cut.

As one of the game’s preeminent bomber’s of the golf ball, some say Harbour Town is not a great fit for his game, although he dismisses that idea.

“I mean it’s a different golf course than we play, [but] it’s just like any other golf course,” he explained. “There’s a spot you’re supposed to hit it to…