Horses for Courses: RBC Heritage April 13, 2021
Patrick Cantlay will be one to keep an eye on at Harbour Town this week. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
Another tradition returns to the TOUR this week as Harbour Town Golf Links and the RBC Heritage returns to its normal spot on the calendar.
Every event since 1982 at Pete Dye s Hilton Head Island design had followed the green jacket presentation before last June as COVID-19 rearranged the schedule.
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Every event since 1982 at Pete Dye s Hilton Head Island design had followed the green jacket presentation before last June as COVID-19 rearranged the schedule.
For the second week in a row, rough won t be an issue. The second cut of over-seeded Bermuda doesn t even reach an inch here. The major difference off the tee will be tight driving chutes and only 22 acres of fairway compared to 100 acres last week. TifEagle green complexes are on average only 3,700 square
The First Look: RBC Heritage April 11, 2021
Webb Simpson’s Round 4 highlights from RBC Heritage
The RBC Heritage returns to its traditional post-Masters spot on the schedule after serving as the second event in last year’s Return to Golf.
While Dustin Johnson missed the cut at the Masters, the reigning FedExCup champion and South Carolina native will be headlining the field at Hilton Head. Webb Simpson is the defending champion.
FIELD NOTES: Collin Morikawa looks to improve on his T64 finish at last year’s Heritage… Current FedExCup leader Bryson DeChambeau returns to Hilton Head after finishing T8 last season… Will Zalatoris, who was in the final group Saturday at the Masters, will make his RBC Heritage debut… In the absence of the RBC Canadian Open for the second consecutive year, Canadian Michael Gligic is among the sponsor exemptions… Other sponsor exemptions include former college standouts John Auge
Happy Gilmore Is Adam Sandler s Best Comedy
On its 25th anniversary, we look back at an early Sandler hit that is not only full of great performances and memorable lines, but also changed the way we enjoy golf.
After finishing up a successful stint on
SNL in 1995, Adam Sandler launched head first into a movie career that is still going strong in its third decade. One of the earliest entries in the Sandler catalog is the golf comedy
Happy Gilmore, about a wannabe hockey player who finds unexpected success as a professional golfer. And even though it’s just one in a long line of fish-out-of-water comedies that define the early part of Sandler’s big-screen career, the film ultimately changed the face of sports movies or at the very least, the sport of golf and has attracted a legion of fans unlike any of this other comedies.
Wife, Teil Duncan, is a well-known painter based out of Charleston, South Carolina.
Is an avid guitar player himself and has played onstage with O.A.R. and Darius Rucker at PGA TOUR events.
Superstitions include never talking about a score in an upcoming round.
Bucket list includes skydiving, visiting Italy and winning the Masters.
Established Kevin Brown Celebrity Classic Golf Tournament to benefit the Macon Rescue Mission and FCA which gives medical care to those in need in his hometown.
Special Interests
CURRENT YEAR HIGHLIGHTS
THE CJ CUP @ SHADOW CREEK: Held the 54-hole lead at THE CJ CUP @ SHADOW CREEK before finishing T3. Marked the third 54-hole lead/co-lead of his PGA TOUR career (fell to 1-for-3). Led the field in Par-4 Scoring Average (3.75).
you know, you re from pensacola. i ve known about you for years. i m sorry about that. exactly. but you worked through that. but it s made me be a better person, not be like you. exactly. oh, god, i m going to hear about that at home for a long time. thanks, bubba. you re welcome. no, it s all the people, like we said earlier, boo weekley, heath slocum, watching them grow up, same high school, wanted to play golf like them. joe durant, ben bates, another golfer from that area. all my teachers from high school, all my teachers from college. i mean, just all those people that have influenced me in the right direction. isn t it amazing, you look at the pensacola area, you re from there, emmitt s from there, roy jones is from there, of course, alabama had a pretty darn good running back. derrick brooks. clay richardson. i talked to derrick the other day. such a great, decent man. of course, jerry pate who is a pretty darn good golfer himself. it s amazing what comes out