PGA Tour: RBC Heritage
The 90 or so players have scattered all over the world from Augusta, Georgia, 42 are just up the road to Hilton Head, SC for this week's RBC Heritage on the Harbour Town Links at the Sea Pines resort designed by Pete Dye and again later by Jack Nicklaus.
Stewart Cink emerged from his mid forties to win in 2021, Davis Love won it 5 times, Arnie won the first one in 1969 when he was 40, and most all the greats have their names on the trophy since.
The RBC is one of the PGA Tour's strongest sponsors, apart from the Canadian Open they stepped in to sponsor the Heritage in 2012 after it had lost it's title sponsors MCI and then Verizon.
RBC has a stable of top pros it sponsors, so you will see 7 Canadians in the field this week including Corey Connors who T4th here last year, 6 shots behind Cink with rounds 67 64 72 68.
The others are Mac Hughes, Adam Hadwin, Roger Sloan, Michael Gligic, Nick Taylor, and Adam Svensson.
Notables: Dustin Johnson is also an RBC Client so he's playing as is Shane Lowry off his T3 at the Masters who has T9 here in his last 2 outings, Cameron Smith, Justin Thomas and Collin Morikawa are also in a top class field for a regular tour event. Tyrrell Hatton after venting at the Augusta set up and a final round 80, was T3 here last year, Sungjae Im and good old Matt Kuchar who won in 2014 are also in play.
WEATHER: I looked up the weather and it's for overcast skies, rain is forecast Friday-Sunday but not a lot, with the breeze up to 18kph the heaviest on Thursday at this ritzy famous South Carolina resort.
LPGA Tour: Lotte Championship
Brooke Henderson and Maude Aimee Leblanc are in on Oahu in Hawaii for the LOTTE Championship where Brooke won in 2018, 2019.
From a devout Christian family like Scottie Scheffler, she talked about his win, and his relationship with God.
" I just loved the things he had to say about how a big win, will or won't affect you as a human being with the Lord leading him, and how he approached the Sunday after not feeling his best in the morning, I learned a lot from that actually."
After holidaying in California after the Chevron Championship at Rancho Mirage she talked about Hawaii.
"I just love coming here, it's just beautiful everywhere, the mountains, the ocean and the flowers and the people are so nice. Obviously I won here twice, so many great memories and I love that trophy."
In 6 starts this year she has 6 top 15's and has never been worse that 27th at the LOTTE.
This year however is a different course, Ernie Els designed Hoakalei CC. "It's a great golf course and I think the wind will definitely be a factor. I think that length will be a bit of an advantage on some of the longer holes like #6, very long with a long skinny green. The water is in play more than any other course we've played in Hawaii, so that will be something we'll have to contend with.
Overall it's a great course, in great shape, the rough is really sticky. I'm looking forward to the challenge this week"
The DP World Tour is off as is the Champions Tour this week.
Bryan Angus
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