Don't tell PETA but something very good has happened at the Harbour Town Golf Links this year.
The no see-ums, mean little bugs that bite you before you realize they're on you, have been forced to, uh, leave this year.
That's what a heavy dose of chemicals can do.
No see-ums have been as much a part of the Heritage as red tartan plaid. Spend a day or two outside at Harbour Town in April and your arms will end up looking like you have the measles if you aren't adequately protected.
And finding adequate protection is a source of some debate.
Most people favor using Avon's Skin So Soft, wiping it on their arms and necks and heads where the little buggers like to do their work. Don't ask me how someone figured out the stuff works but it does, though everyone smells faintly of the product.
Boo Weekley says splashing yourself with Listerine works. He figured that out somehow. He even experimented and learned that Scope doesn't work on the bugs, just on your breath.
Someone else said it helps to rub your arms with a branch from one of the bushes behind the first tee. If it keeps the no see-ums away, nobody will look twice at you rubbing your arms with a leafy limb.
Thanks to the generosity of Hilton Head Exterminating, the whole place got sprayed last Friday and it's expected to keep the vicious little things away for at least two weeks.
My arms, neck and head thank them.