Matt Fitzpatrick beats Scottie Scheffler in a playoff at the RBC Heritage, sealing his second win at Harbour Town after a tense finish and extra holes.
Matt Fitzpatrick defeated Scottie Scheffler in a RBC Heritage playoff win, with a strong equipment setup featuring Ping i240 irons, Titleist GT3 driver and Bettinardi putter.
The Masters may be over but the PGA Tour rolls on. From Scottie Scheffler’s red-hot form to Harbour Town’s unique charm, here’s everything to watch at the RBC Heritage.
We’ve thoroughly enjoyed all of the PGA Tour tales that Golf Twitter All-Star Michael Kim has shared with us this year. It’s the exact type of the behind-the-scenes content we all crave as golf sickos.
When the dust had settled on his win at the RBC Heritage Sunday, Justin Thomas rose to No.5 in the world for the first time since 2022, and also bagged his first trophy since the PGA Championship that year.
The headline here, beyond the putt itself, is that Thomas has his first victory after a drought that started after he won his second PGA Championship at Southern Hills in 2022, and lasted nearly three years.
The experimental period will begin at the RBC Heritage just after the Masters, and concluding the week before the PGA Championship at the Truist Championship and the OneFlight Myrtle Beach Classic.
Jordan Spieth had his typical flair for the dramatic late Sunday at the RBC Heritage, but ultimately it was Matt Fitzpatrick who prevailed on the third playoff hole after hitting a 9-iron to a foot for a kick-in birdie on the par-4 18th hole at Harbour Town Golf Links.
Although Fitzpatrick ranked seventh in strokes gained/approach the green, picking up more than six shots on the field with his Ping S55 irons, it was around the green where the 28-year-old Englishman shone.
Beneath the floor of the media centre at Harbour Town Golf Links lies a handful of green clay tennis courts. Not the same quality of orange clay courts that French Open hero Rafael Nadal would be satisfied with. But good enough for a 6-year-old Matt Fitzpatrick back in 2001.
Not for the ace he made at the par-3 seventh at Harbour Town Golf Links on Friday at the RBC Heritage, although that was nice. But for the masterclass in self-trolling he delivered on social media after jarring a 6-iron from 191 yards in the second round.
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