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Sunday 18 April 2021PGA TourYear in Review
Cink wins RBC Heritage
Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 April 2021 · Stewart Cink’s win no. 8 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,100,000 USD · RBC
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/18°C · wind 25 km/h WSW, gusts 48 · 2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/15°C · wind 20 km/h NNE, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/16°C · wind 19 km/h SSW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/18°C · wind 21 km/h SW, gusts 37 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Harold Varner III USA · 269joint second, four shots behind Cink's 19-under 265 Golf News Net: 2021 RBC Heritage final results: Prize money payout, leaderboard and how much each golfer won
- Emiliano Grillo ARG · 269joint second, four shots behind Cink's 19-under 265 Golf News Net: 2021 RBC Heritage final results: Prize money payout, leaderboard and how much each golfer won
134 started · cut -2, 65 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
RBC Heritage
Harbour Town Golf Links, Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Stewart Cink
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 April 2021
It was pretty spectacular the first two days, just like could do no wrong, and then the week was just -- it was just a bunch of solid hitting, nothing exciting but enough.
ESPN (Associated Press)
18 April 2021
To have a posse like that waiting at the end to celebrate with
ESPN (Associated Press)
18 April 2021
it's just an experience you don't get to have in your life that often.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stewart Cink | 63 · 63 · 69 · 70 | 265 | −19 |
| T2 | Harold Varner III | 66 · 68 · 69 · 66 | 269 | −15 |
| T2 | Emiliano Grillo | 68 · 64 · 69 · 68 | 269 | −15 |
| T4 | Maverick McNealy | 71 · 67 · 66 · 67 | 271 | −13 |
| T4 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 71 · 64 · 68 · 68 | 271 | −13 |
| T4 | Corey Conners | 67 · 64 · 72 · 68 | 271 | −13 |
| T7 | Chris Kirk | 70 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 272 | −12 |
| T7 | Collin Morikawa | 65 · 68 · 67 · 72 | 272 | −12 |
| T9 | Shane Lowry | 70 · 65 · 72 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
| T9 | Cameron Smith | 62 · 71 · 74 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
| T9 | Russell Henley | 69 · 70 · 67 · 67 | 273 | −11 |
| T9 | Webb Simpson | 71 · 68 · 64 · 70 | 273 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1973-05-21, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1995; age 47 that week; tour wins to date: 8; majors to date: 1; world No. 115 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet