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Monday 22 April 2024PGA TourYear in Review
Scheffler wins RBC Heritage
Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina · Thursday 18 to Monday 22 April 2024 · Scottie Scheffler’s win no. 10 on the PGA Tour · purse $20,000,000 USD · RBC · weather: final round completed Monday morning
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 03 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/20°C · wind 18 km/h SSW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/20°C · wind 17 km/h SW, gusts 29 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/21°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 30 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/14°C · wind 24 km/h WNW, gusts 42 · 13.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R518°/13°C · wind 22 km/h N, gusts 37 · 0.4 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
- Sahith Theegala USA · 268Finished solo second after closing 68, one ahead of Clark and Cantlay but never caught Scheffler Golf News Net final results
69 started
Same week
PGA Tour event
RBC Heritage
Harbour Town Golf Links, Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
5 of 5 researched
Winner
Scottie Scheffler
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 April 2024
I didn't show up here just to have some sort of ceremony and have people tell me congratulations. I came here with a purpose.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 April 2024
I felt like today was a day where I hit a lot of really good putts and they weren't really dropping. I felt like I was due for one to drop. So I figured might as well hit it now.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler | 69 · 65 · 63 · 68 | 265 | −19 |
| 2 | Sahith Theegala | 66 · 67 · 67 · 68 | 268 | −16 |
| T3 | Wyndham Clark | 72 · 66 · 66 · 65 | 269 | −15 |
| T3 | Patrick Cantlay | 67 · 66 · 68 · 68 | 269 | −15 |
| T5 | Justin Thomas | 69 · 68 · 68 · 65 | 270 | −14 |
| T5 | J.T. Poston | 63 · 68 · 70 · 69 | 270 | −14 |
| T5 | Patrick Rodgers | 66 · 66 · 68 · 70 | 270 | −14 |
| T5 | Sepp Straka | 66 · 65 · 67 · 72 | 270 | −14 |
| 9 | Collin Morikawa | 65 · 66 · 68 · 72 | 271 | −13 |
| T10 | Chris Kirk | 69 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 272 | −12 |
| T10 | Ludvig Åberg | 66 · 66 · 68 · 72 | 272 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1996-06-21, Ridgewood, New Jersey; USA; turned pro 2018; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 10; majors to date: 2; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore for the RBC Heritage week, OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
- Driver TaylorMade Qi10 8°, Ventus Black 7 X
- Fairway Wood TaylorMade Qi10 15°, Ventus Black 8 X
- Utility Iron Srixon ZU85 3, Nippon Pro Modus3 Hybrid Tour X
- Irons Srixon ZU85 4-iron
- Irons TaylorMade P7TW 5-PW, Dyankic Gold Tour Issue X100 X100
- Wedge Titleist Vokey SM8 50° (12° bounce, F grind), 56° (14° bounce, F grind), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 S400
- Wedge Titleist Vokey Design Wedgeworks Proto 60.5° (T grind), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 S400
- Putter TaylorMade Spider Tour X
- Ball Titleist Pro V1
standard bag, not confirmed for this week