It's always been a hole I really loved the look and movement of, even dating back to the days when a cart path cut right across the fairway. The severity of the green last weekend surprised me, as I didn't recall it being quite so stringent. My understanding is that most of the greens on the course weren't altered too heavily in the renovation, but I have a theory for why this one seemed scarier...
I heard from a credible source that the greens were running around 14.5 this weekend. And I believe it. In those conditions, a hole like 7 grows some serious fangs. But back the greens down to 11.5 or so, and I think you'd both open up some "less-tucked" pins while also allowing for balls to stay a little closer to one in the back left corner.
I'm a fan of the hole. I think it sits on a really attractive piece of land. I love the skyline approach. I love the tension created by the false front and severely uphill final 50 yards and the slopes of the green. And I respect it as a severely uphill hole in general, because it's just harder to design uphill holes that really work well. Given that Harvester was hosting the most significant match play event contested between regional teams that will visit the Midwest in 2021, I loved seeing it in lightning-fast conditions. But if I were an everyday member at Harvester, I might ask the superintendent to just single-roll the greens once in a while. I'm sort of a wuss like that.