RBC Heritage

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The Heritage is one of only five tournaments given "invitational" status by the PGA Tour, and consequently it has a reduced field of only 69 players in 2024 (as opposed to most full-field open tournaments with a field of 156 players). The other four tournaments with invitational status are the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the Charles Schwab Challenge, the Memorial Tournament, and the Genesis Invitational. Invitational tournaments have smaller fields, and have more freedom than full-field open tournaments in determining which players are eligible to participate in their event, as invitational tournaments are not required to fill their fields using the PGA Tour Priority Ranking System. Furthermore, unlike full-field open tournaments, invitational tournaments do not offer open qualifying (aka Monday qualifying). For the 2026 tournament, it will serve as the Tournament of Champions featuring all 2025 calendar year PGA Tour winners. ==Field==

The field consists of 70 or more invited using the following criteria: • Top 50 in the previous year's FedEx Cup Standings. (BMW PGA Championship qualifiers) • Top 10 in the current year PGA Tour FedEx Cup standings as of the Masters Tournament that were not in the previous year's Top 50. • Aon Swing 5 (Puerto Rico Open, Valspar Championship, Texas Children's Houston Open and Valero Texas Open) • Current year PGA Tour full FedEx Cup points tournament winners. • Top 30 Official World Golf Rankings • 2026 Only – All 2025 calendar year winners on the PGA Tour (full field and opposite field events) will participate. ==Playing history==

The tournament has been played in the month of • November (1969–72) • September (1973) • March (1974–82) - usually two weeks before The Masters • April (1983– ) - usually the week after The Masters • Exception: In 2020, it was postponed until June due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ==Winners==

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records. Sources: ==Multiple winners==

Through 2026, eleven have won this tournament more than once. • 5 wins • Davis Love III: 1987, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2003 • 3 wins • Hale Irwin: 1971, 1973, 1994 • Stewart Cink: 2000, 2004, 2021 • 2 wins • Johnny Miller: 1972, 1974 • Hubert Green: 1976, 1978 • Tom Watson: 1979, 1982 • Fuzzy Zoeller: 1983, 1986 • Payne Stewart: 1989, 1990 • Boo Weekley: 2007, 2008 • Jim Furyk: 2010, 2015 • Matt Fitzpatrick: 2023, 2026 ==Highlights==

• 1969: Arnold Palmer wins the inaugural edition at 283 (–1), three shots ahead of Richard Crawford and Bert Yancey. • 1971: Future three-time U.S. Open champion, Hale Irwin, makes Heritage his first PGA Tour victory, one stroke ahead of Bob Lunn. • 1976: Hubert Green wins by five shots over Jerry McGee for his third consecutive win in as many weeks. • 1980: George Archer sets a PGA Tour record for fewest putts in a 72-hole tournament with 94. The previous mark was 99 set by Bob Menne. Kenny Knox broke Archer's record at the 1989 MCI Heritage Golf Classic. • 1984: Nick Faldo wins his first PGA Tour event by one shot over Tom Kite. He is the first Englishman to win on United States soil since Tony Jacklin at the 1972 Greater Jacksonville Open. • 1987: Davis Love III wins by one shot over Steve Jones. Jones led by one shot at the 72nd tee, but made a double bogey after his tee shot went out of bounds. • 1990: Payne Stewart becomes the first Heritage champion to successfully defend his title, defeating Larry Mize and Steve Jones in a sudden-death playoff. • 1994: Hale Irwin collects his 20th overall and last PGA Tour win at Harbour Town, two shots ahead of Greg Norman. • 1998: Davis Love III becomes the first four-time Heritage winner, seven strokes ahead of runner-up Glen Day. The next season, Day won at Harbour Town for his only PGA Tour win. • 2003: Davis Love III wins his fifth Heritage by defeating Woody Austin in a sudden death playoff. To get in the playoff, Love chipped in from off the green at the 72nd hole. • 2005: Peter Lonard wins by two shots over Darren Clarke, Jim Furyk, Billy Andrade, and Davis Love III. Clarke was tied for the lead when teeing off on the 72nd hole, but like Steve Jones did in 1987, he hit his tee shot out of bounds and made double bogey. David Frost breaks Mark Calcavecchia's record of 93 putts in a 72-hole tournament by hitting only 92 putts. • 2007 Boo Weekley chips in on the last two holes for his first ever PGA Tour victory. He wins by one shot over Ernie Els. • 2010: Jim Furyk defeats Brian Davis in a sudden death playoff. On the first playoff hole, Davis calls a two-shot penalty on himself after he touched a loose impediment in a hazard with his golf club. • 2013: A PGA Tour record-tying 91 players make the 36-hole cut, (a record set at the 1981 Greater Hartford Open). Jesper Parnevik bogeyed the 18th hole, giving Parnevik and 21 additional golfers entry into the third round. • 2017: Wesley Bryan earns his first PGA Tour win by one stroke. • 2024: Scottie Scheffler becomes the first in 39 years to win the RBC Heritage after winning The Masters. ==References==