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Sunday 17 April 2022PGA TourYear in Review
Spieth wins RBC Heritage
Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 April 2022 · Jordan Spieth’s win no. 13 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,000,000 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 52 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/20°C · wind 26 km/h SSW, gusts 37 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/18°C · wind 28 km/h NE, gusts 51 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/18°C · wind 16 km/h S, gusts 29 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/19°C · wind 18 km/h SSE, gusts 30 · 5.7 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
- Patrick Cantlay USA · 271missed a 15-footer for birdie on the 72nd hole, then hit into the front bunker in the playoff and lost on the first extra hole (No. 18) ESPN: Jordan Spieth wins RBC Heritage in playoff for second straight Easter Sunday title victory
132 started · cut E, 71 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
Jordan Spieth
Margin and runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 April 2022
I never missed a cut at the Masters before and very rarely had not had a chance to win on the weekend. So I hated it. It was the worst feeling.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 April 2022
I legitimately thought Patrick was going to make it from 35 feet.
ESPN (Associated Press)
17 April 2022
I needed a lot of things to go right.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan Spieth | 69 · 68 · 68 · 66 | 271 | −13 |
| 2 | Patrick Cantlay | 66 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 271 | −13 |
| T3 | Cam Davis | 69 · 73 · 67 · 63 | 272 | −12 |
| T3 | J.T. Poston | 68 · 72 · 68 · 64 | 272 | −12 |
| T3 | Cameron Young | 63 · 73 · 70 · 66 | 272 | −12 |
| T3 | Sepp Straka | 66 · 71 · 67 · 68 | 272 | −12 |
| T3 | Matt Kuchar | 68 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 272 | −12 |
| T3 | Shane Lowry | 66 · 72 · 65 · 69 | 272 | −12 |
| T3 | Harold Varner III | 67 · 72 · 63 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
| T10 | Tommy Fleetwood | 71 · 70 · 64 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| T10 | Erik van Rooyen | 69 · 67 · 67 · 70 | 273 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1993-07-27, Dallas, Texas, U.S.; USA; turned pro 2012; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 13; majors to date: 3; world No. 20 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet