Quail Hollow Club president Johnny Harris met with Phil Mickelson Wednesday and, among other things, they discussed Mickelson's sharp criticism of the greens during the Quail Hollow Championship in May.
Harris told Mickelson that significant changes are planned for two, possibly three, of the greens that most concerned the world's second-ranked player.
Plans are underway, Harris said Wednesday, to make changes to the eighth, 12th and possibly 18th greens at Quail Hollow.
"We had a very positive discussion," said Harris, who is in the Pebble Beach area this week for the U.S. Open. "We've always encouraged feedback from the players and we appreciate what they tell us."
Mickelson called the Quail Hollow greens among the most poorly designed putting surfaces on tour in comments he made after the third round. He specificied the 12th green, a sharply sloping surface, and the 18th, where he was forced to putt away from the hole in the third round.
The short eighth hole, with its three-tiered green, has been controversial among players and members because it seems out of character with other greens on the course. Harris didn't specify what changes would be made to the greens but various alterations were under consideration before Mickelson's comments.
Course designer Tom Fazio, who did the major renovation to Quail Hollow in the late 1990s, has been on site studying the greens.
Harris also said approximately 60 trees have been taken out on the 18th hole, part of the club's continual process of evaluating the course.