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RBC Heritage
Golf tournament held in South Carolina, United States
Golf tournament held in South Carolina, United States
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | RBC Heritage |
| image | RBC Heritage logo.png |
| image_size | 200 |
| location | Hilton Head Island, |
| South Carolina | |
| establishment | 1969 |
| org | The Heritage Classic Foundation |
| course | Harbour Town Golf Links |
| par | 71 |
| yardage | 7191 yd |
| tour | PGA Tour |
| format | Stroke play |
| purse | |
| month_played | April |
| aggregate | 262 Webb Simpson (2020) |
| to-par | −22 as above |
| current_champion | USA Justin Thomas |
| coordinates | |
| map | United States#USA South Carolina |
| map_label | Harbour Town Golf Links |
| map_caption | Location in the United States##Location in South Carolina |
| map_relief | yes |
| map_size | 240 |
South Carolina | to-par = −22 as above The RBC Heritage, known for much of its history as the Heritage Classic or simply The Heritage, is a PGA Tour event in South Carolina, first played in 1969. It is currently played in mid-April, the week after The Masters in Augusta, Georgia.
The venue for its entire existence has been the Harbour Town Golf Links at the Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head Island. The Harbour Town course, which frequently appears on several "Best Courses" lists, was designed by famed golf course architect Pete Dye, with assistance from Jack Nicklaus. In 1972, the first two rounds were played on both the Harbour Town Golf Links and the Ocean course at Sea Pines, with the final two rounds at Harbour Town.
Originally played in late November, it moved to mid-September in 1973, March in 1974, and April in 1983. The inaugural champion in 1969 was forty-year-old Arnold Palmer, his first win in over a year. two weeks before his fifth Masters win. Davis Love III leads with five victories in the event, Hale Irwin and Stewart Cink have three, while seven others have won twice.
From 1987 through 2010, it was sponsored either by MCI (under both the "MCI" and "WorldCom" names) or its eventual purchaser, Verizon. The tournament operated without a title sponsor in 2011, and the Royal Bank of Canada has been the title sponsor of The Heritage since 2012. It is currently organized by The Heritage Classic Foundation.
Course
Main article: Harbour Town Golf Links
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yards | 410 | 502 | 469 | 200 | 549 | 419 | 195 | 473 | 332 | 3,549 | 451 | 436 | 430 | 373 | 192 | 588 | 434 | 174 | 472 | 3,550 | 7,099 |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
Source:
- The course length at the inaugural event in 1969 was 6655 yd.
Invitational status
The Heritage is one of only five tournaments given "invitational" status by the PGA Tour, and consequently it has a reduced field of only 69 players in 2024 (as opposed to most full-field open tournaments with a field of 156 players). The other four tournaments with invitational status are the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the Charles Schwab Challenge, the Memorial Tournament, and the Genesis Invitational. Invitational tournaments have smaller fields, and have more freedom than full-field open tournaments in determining which players are eligible to participate in their event, as invitational tournaments are not required to fill their fields using the PGA Tour Priority Ranking System. Furthermore, unlike full-field open tournaments, invitational tournaments do not offer open qualifying (aka Monday qualifying).
For the 2026 tournament, it will serve as the Tournament of Champions featuring all 2025 calendar year PGA Tour winners.
Field
The field consists of 70 or more invited using the following criteria:
- Top 50 in the previous year's FedEx Cup Standings. (BMW PGA Championship qualifiers)
- Top 10 in the current year PGA Tour FedEx Cup standings as of the Masters Tournament that were not in the previous year's Top 50.
- Aon Swing 5 (Puerto Rico Open, Valspar Championship, Texas Children's Houston Open and Valero Texas Open)
- Current year PGA Tour full FedEx Cup points tournament winners.
- Top 30 Official World Golf Rankings
- 2026 Only – All 2025 calendar year winners on the PGA Tour (full field and opposite field events) will participate.
Playing history
The tournament has been played in the month of
- November (1969–72)
- September (1973)
- March (1974–82) - usually two weeks before the Masters Tournament
- April (1983– ) - usually the week after the Masters Tournament
- Exception: In 2020, it was postponed until June due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| victory | Runner(s)-up | Purse | |||||||||||||||||
| ($) | Winner's | ||||||||||||||||||
| share ($) | RBC Heritage | The Heritage | Verizon Heritage | MCI Heritage | WorldCom Classic - The Heritage of Golf | MCI Classic | MCI Heritage Golf Classic | Sea Pines Heritage | Sea Pines Heritage Classic | Heritage Classic | Sea Pines Heritage Classic | Heritage Golf Classic | |||||||
| 2025 | USA Justin Thomas | 267 | −17 | Playoff | USA Andrew Novak | 20,000,000 | 3,600,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | USA Scottie Scheffler | 265 | −19 | 3 strokes | USA Sahith Theegala | 20,000,000 | 3,600,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2023 | ENG Matt Fitzpatrick | 267 | −17 | Playoff | USA Jordan Spieth | 20,000,000 | 3,600,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | USA Jordan Spieth | 271 | −13 | Playoff | USA Patrick Cantlay | 8,000,000 | 1,440,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | USA Stewart Cink (3) | 265 | −19 | 4 strokes | ARG Emiliano Grillo | ||||||||||||||
| USA Harold Varner III | 7,100,000 | 1,278,000 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | USA Webb Simpson | 262 | −22 | 1 stroke | MEX Abraham Ancer | 7,100,000 | 1,278,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | TWN Pan Cheng-tsung | 272 | −12 | 1 stroke | USA Matt Kuchar | 6,900,000 | 1,242,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | JPN Satoshi Kodaira | 272 | −12 | Playoff | KOR Kim Si-woo | 6,700,000 | 1,206,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2017 | USA Wesley Bryan | 271 | −13 | 1 stroke | ENG Luke Donald | 6,500,000 | 1,170,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | ZAF Branden Grace | 275 | −9 | 2 strokes | ENG Luke Donald | ||||||||||||||
| SCO Russell Knox | 5,900,000 | 1,062,000 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | USA Jim Furyk (2) | 266 | −18 | Playoff | USA Kevin Kisner | 5,900,000 | 1,062,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | USA Matt Kuchar | 273 | −11 | 1 stroke | ENG Luke Donald | 5,800,000 | 1,044,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | NIR Graeme McDowell | 275 | −9 | Playoff | USA Webb Simpson | 5,800,000 | 1,044,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2012 | SWE Carl Pettersson | 270 | −14 | 5 strokes | USA Zach Johnson | 5,700,000 | 1,026,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | USA Brandt Snedeker | 272 | −12 | Playoff | ENG Luke Donald | 5,700,000 | 1,026,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | USA Jim Furyk | 271 | −13 | Playoff | ENG Brian Davis | 5,700,000 | 1,026,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | USA Brian Gay | 264 | −20 | 10 strokes | USA Briny Baird | ||||||||||||||
| ENG Luke Donald | 5,700,000 | 1,026,000 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | USA Boo Weekley (2) | 269 | −15 | 3 strokes | AUS Aaron Baddeley | ||||||||||||||
| USA Anthony Kim | 5,500,000 | 990,000 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | USA Boo Weekley | 270 | −14 | 1 stroke | ZAF Ernie Els | 5,400,000 | 972,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | AUS Aaron Baddeley | 269 | −15 | 1 stroke | USA Jim Furyk | 5,300,000 | 954,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | AUS Peter Lonard | 277 | −7 | 2 strokes | USA Billy Andrade | ||||||||||||||
| NIR Darren Clarke | |||||||||||||||||||
| USA Jim Furyk | |||||||||||||||||||
| USA Davis Love III | 5,200,000 | 936,000 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | USA Stewart Cink (2) | 274 | −10 | Playoff | USA Ted Purdy | 4,800,000 | 864,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | USA Davis Love III (5) | 271 | −13 | Playoff | USA Woody Austin | 4,500,000 | 810,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2002 | USA Justin Leonard | 270 | −14 | 1 stroke | USA Heath Slocum | 4,000,000 | 720,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2001 | ARG José Cóceres | 273 | −11 | Playoff | USA Billy Mayfair | 3,500,000 | 630,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | USA Stewart Cink | 270 | −14 | 2 strokes | USA Tom Lehman | 3,000,000 | 540,000 | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | USA Glen Day | 274 | −10 | Playoff | USA Jeff Sluman | ||||||||||||||
| USA Payne Stewart | 2,500,000 | 450,000 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | USA Davis Love III (4) | 266 | −18 | 7 strokes | USA Glen Day | 1,900,000 | 342,000 | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | ZIM Nick Price | 269 | −15 | 6 strokes | USA Brad Faxon | ||||||||||||||
| SWE Jesper Parnevik | 1,500,000 | 270,000 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | USA Loren Roberts | 265 | −19 | 3 strokes | USA Mark O'Meara | 1,400,000 | 252,000 | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | USA Bob Tway | 275 | −9 | Playoff | ZAF David Frost | ||||||||||||||
| USA Nolan Henke | 1,300,000 | 234,000 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | USA Hale Irwin (3) | 266 | −18 | 2 strokes | AUS Greg Norman | 1,250,000 | 225,000 | ||||||||||||
| 1993 | USA David Edwards | 273 | −11 | 2 strokes | ZAF David Frost | 1,125,000 | 202,500 | ||||||||||||
| 1992 | USA Davis Love III (3) | 269 | −15 | 4 strokes | USA Chip Beck | 1,000,000 | 180,000 | ||||||||||||
| 1991 | USA Davis Love III (2) | 271 | −13 | 2 strokes | USA Ian Baker-Finch | 1,000,000 | 180,000 | ||||||||||||
| 1990 | USA Payne Stewart (2) | 276 | −8 | Playoff | USA Steve Jones | ||||||||||||||
| USA Larry Mize | 1,000,000 | 180,000 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | USA Payne Stewart | 268 | −16 | 5 strokes | USA Kenny Perry | 800,000 | 144,000 | ||||||||||||
| 1988 | AUS Greg Norman | 271 | −13 | 1 stroke | ZAF David Frost | ||||||||||||||
| USA Gil Morgan | 700,000 | 126,000 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | USA Davis Love III | 271 | −13 | 1 stroke | USA Steve Jones | 650,000 | 117,000 | ||||||||||||
| 1986 | USA Fuzzy Zoeller (2) | 276 | −8 | 1 stroke | USA Chip Beck | ||||||||||||||
| USA Roger Maltbie | |||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Greg Norman | 450,000 | 81,000 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1985 | FRG Bernhard Langer | 273 | −11 | Playoff | USA Bobby Wadkins | 400,000 | 72,000 | ||||||||||||
| 1984 | ENG Nick Faldo | 270 | −14 | 1 stroke | USA Tom Kite | 400,000 | 72,000 | ||||||||||||
| 1983 | USA Fuzzy Zoeller | 275 | −9 | 2 strokes | CAN Jim Nelford | 350,000 | 63,000 | ||||||||||||
| 1982 | USA Tom Watson (2) | 280 | −4 | Playoff | USA Frank Conner | 300,000 | 54,000 | ||||||||||||
| 1981 | USA Bill Rogers | 278 | −6 | 1 stroke | AUS Bruce Devlin | ||||||||||||||
| USA Hale Irwin | |||||||||||||||||||
| USA Gil Morgan | |||||||||||||||||||
| USA Craig Stadler | 300,000 | 54,000 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | USA Doug Tewell | 280 | −4 | Playoff | USA Jerry Pate | 300,000 | 54,000 | ||||||||||||
| 1979 | USA Tom Watson | 270 | −14 | 5 strokes | USA Ed Sneed | 300,000 | 54,000 | ||||||||||||
| 1978 | USA Hubert Green (2) | 277 | −7 | 3 strokes | USA Hale Irwin | 225,000 | 45,000 | ||||||||||||
| 1977 | AUS Graham Marsh | 273 | −11 | 1 stroke | USA Tom Watson | 225,000 | 45,000 | ||||||||||||
| 1976 | USA Hubert Green | 274 | −10 | 5 strokes | USA Jerry McGee | 215,000 | 43,000 | ||||||||||||
| 1975 | USA Jack Nicklaus | 271 | −13 | 3 strokes | USA Tom Weiskopf | 200,000 | 40,000 | ||||||||||||
| 1974 | USA Johnny Miller (2) | 276 | −8 | 3 strokes | USA Gibby Gilbert | 200,000 | 40,000 | ||||||||||||
| 1973 | USA Hale Irwin (2) | 272 | −12 | 5 strokes | USA Jerry Heard | ||||||||||||||
| USA Grier Jones | 150,000 | 30,000 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1972 | USA Johnny Miller | 281 | −3 | 1 stroke | USA Tom Weiskopf | 125,000 | 25,000 | ||||||||||||
| 1971 | USA Hale Irwin | 279 | −5 | 1 stroke | USA Bob Lunn | 110,000 | 22,000 | ||||||||||||
| 1970 | USA Bob Goalby | 280 | −4 | 4 strokes | USA Lanny Wadkins | 100,000 | 20,000 | ||||||||||||
| 1969 | USA Arnold Palmer | 283 | −1 | 3 strokes | USA Richard Crawford | ||||||||||||||
| USA Bert Yancey | 100,000 | 20,000 |
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
Sources:
Multiple winners
Ten men have won this tournament more than once through 2024.
- 5 wins
- Davis Love III: 1987, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2003
- 3 wins
- Hale Irwin: 1971, 1973, 1994
- Stewart Cink: 2000, 2004, 2021
- 2 wins
- Johnny Miller: 1972, 1974
- Hubert Green: 1976, 1978
- Tom Watson: 1979, 1982
- Fuzzy Zoeller: 1983, 1986
- Payne Stewart: 1989, 1990
- Boo Weekley: 2007, 2008
- Jim Furyk: 2010, 2015
Highlights
- 1969: Arnold Palmer wins the inaugural edition of the tournament. He finishes three shots ahead of Richard Crawford and Bert Yancey.
- 1971: Future three-time U.S. Open Champion, Hale Irwin, makes Heritage his first ever PGA Tour victory. He beats Bob Lunn by one shot.
- 1976: Hubert Green wins by five shots over Jerry McGee. It was Green's third consecutive win in as many weeks.
- 1980: George Archer sets a PGA Tour record for fewest putts in a 72-hole tournament, 94. The previous mark was 99 set by Bob Menne. Kenny Knox would subsequently break Archer's record at the 1989 MCI Heritage Golf Classic.
- 1984: Nick Faldo wins his first PGA Tour event by one shot over Tom Kite. He is the first Englishman to win on United States soil since Tony Jacklin at the 1972 Greater Jacksonville Open.
- 1987: Davis Love III wins by one shot over Steve Jones. Jones had come to the 72nd hole leading by one but made a double bogey after his tee shot went out of bounds.
- 1990: Payne Stewart becomes the first Heritage champion to successfully defend his title. He beats Larry Mize and Steve Jones in a sudden death playoff.
- 1994: Hale Irwin collects his 20th overall and last PGA Tour win at Harbour Town. He wins by two shots over Greg Norman.
- 1998: Davis Love III becomes the first four-time Heritage winner. He wins by seven shots over Glen Day. Day would avenge his loss the next season for his only PGA Tour win.
- 2003: Davis Love III wins his fifth Heritage by defeating Woody Austin in a sudden death playoff. To get in the playoff, Love chipped in from off the green at the 72nd hole.
- 2005: Peter Lonard wins by two shots over Darren Clarke, Jim Furyk, Billy Andrade, and Davis Love III. Clarke was tied for the lead when teeing off on the 72nd hole, but like Steve Jones did in 1987, he hit his tee shot out of bounds and made double bogey. David Frost breaks Mark Calcavecchia's record of 93 putts in a 72-hole tournament by hitting only 92 putts.
- 2007 Boo Weekley chips in on the last two holes for his first ever PGA Tour victory. He wins by one shot over Ernie Els.
- 2010: Jim Furyk defeats Brian Davis in a sudden death playoff. On the first playoff hole, Davis calls a two-shot penalty on himself after he touched a loose impediment in a hazard with his golf club.
- 2013: A PGA Tour record-tying 91 players make the 36-hole cut, (a record set at the 1981 Greater Hartford Open). Jesper Parnevik bogeyed the 18th hole, giving Parnevik and 21 additional golfers entry into the third round.
- 2017: Wesley Bryan earns his first PGA Tour win by one stroke.
- 2024: Scottie Scheffler becomes the first golfer in 39 years to win the RBC Heritage after winning the Masters.
References
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