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Sunday 20 April 2025PGA TourYear in Review
Thomas wins RBC Heritage
Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 April 2025 · Justin Thomas’s win no. 16 on the PGA Tour · purse $20,000,000 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 57 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/13°C · wind 16 km/h SSE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/18°C · wind 20 km/h SSE, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/19°C · wind 16 km/h S, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/19°C · wind 17 km/h SSE, gusts 34 · 0 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
- Andrew Novak USA · 267Birdied 16 to force the playoff, then misread his birdie putt on the first extra hole (18th) before Thomas holed his ASAP Sports transcript: Andrew Novak, April 20 2025
72 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
Justin Thomas
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 April 2025
When the ball went in, it was pure joy. It was excitement and happy, but yeah, after I kind of had that interaction with Joe, it was just looking around and it was joy.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 April 2025
Unfortunately we had the disappointing walk together as a family in Tampa after I had a couple-shot lead there with a couple holes to go and didn't have a good finish, and Viktor winning there.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 April 2025
Justin just went out and won it. There's nothing you can really do about it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Thomas | 61 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 267 | −17 |
| 2 | Andrew Novak | 68 · 65 · 66 · 68 | 267 | −17 |
| T3 | Daniel Berger | 70 · 67 · 68 · 65 | 270 | −14 |
| T3 | Mackenzie Hughes | 68 · 66 · 69 · 67 | 270 | −14 |
| T3 | Brian Harman | 66 · 69 · 66 · 69 | 270 | −14 |
| T3 | Maverick McNealy | 70 · 65 · 65 · 70 | 270 | −14 |
| 7 | Tommy Fleetwood | 67 · 66 · 68 · 70 | 271 | −13 |
| T8 | Scottie Scheffler | 64 · 70 · 68 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
| T8 | Russell Henley | 64 · 68 · 70 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
| T8 | Si Woo Kim | 68 · 64 · 66 · 74 | 272 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1993-04-29, Louisville, Kentucky; USA; turned pro 2013; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 16; majors to date: 2; world No. 8 that week (OWGR rankBefore for the RBC Heritage week, OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
- Driver Titleist GT2 10° (lofted down; D1 setting), Mitsubishi Diamana Whiteboard 63 TX
- Fairway Wood Titleist TS3 3-wood, Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw Blue 85 TX
- Fairway Wood Titleist 915Fd 5-wood, Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 9.2 Tour Spec X
- Utility Iron Titleist U500 2-iron, KBS Tour Hybrid Proto 95 X
- Irons Titleist T200 4, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
- Irons Titleist T-150 5, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
- Irons Titleist 621.JT 6-9, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
- Wedge Titleist Vokey Design Raw SM10 46 at 47.5 degrees (10 bounce, F grind), 52 at 52.5 degrees (12 bounce, F grind), 56 at 57 degrees (14 bounce, F grind)
- Wedge Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks 60 at 60.5 degrees (T grind)
- Putter Scotty Cameron Tour Only T-5
- Ball Titleist Pro V1x
standard bag, not confirmed for this week