2019 RBC Heritage (The 26Th of 46 Events in the PGA TOUR Season)

2019 RBC Heritage (The 26Th of 46 Events in the PGA TOUR Season)

2019 RBC Heritage (The 26th of 46 events in the PGA TOUR Season) Hilton Head Island, SC April 15-21, 2019 Purse: $6,900,000 ($1,242,000 to the winner) Harbour Town Golf Links Par/Yards: 36-35—71/7,099 Completed Second-Round Notes – Saturday, April 20, 2019 Weather Partly cloudy, windy and cooler. High of 69. Wind WSW 15-20 mph, gusting to 30 mph. Second-round play was suspended at 12:48 p.m. ET Friday due to dangerous weather, with severe afternoon storms bringing wind gusts up to 45 mph. Play resumed at 4:31 p.m., with the total delay lasting 3 hours and 43 minutes. Play was suspended due to darkness at 7:47 p.m., with 56 players yet to complete their round. Those players were back in position at 7:45 a.m. Saturday, with the round ending at 10:13 a.m. The last time play was suspended at the RBC Heritage due to weather was in 2014, when the second round was suspended due to heavy rain at 2:54 p.m. 36-Hole Cut 70 professionals at even-par 142 from a field of 131 professionals and one amateur Second-Round Leaderboard Position Name Score 1 Shane Lowry 65 -68 —133 (-9) 2 Trey Mullinax 66-68 —134 (-8) T3 Emiliano Grillo 68-67—135 (-7) T3 Dustin Johnson 68-67—135 (-7) T3 Daniel Berger 66 -69 —135 (-7) Things to Know • 56 players returned Saturday at 7:45 a.m. ET to complete the second round • Shane Lowry holds his first second-round lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR • Emiliano Grillo’s albatross on No. 5 was the second at the tournament since 1983 and fourth on TOUR this season • Among the players missing the cut: Bryson DeChambeau, Ernie Els, Jim Furyk, Charles Howell III, Cameron Champ • Nine of the 12 RBC Ambassadors in the field made the cut, led by Dustin Johnson (T3) Second-Round Lead Notes • Through 24 stroke-play events this season, 12 second-round leaders/co-leaders have gone on to win, most recently Paul Casey at the Valspar Championship • The 36-hole leader/co-leader has won twice (Jim Furyk/2010; Brian Gay/2009) in the last 10 years at the RBC Heritage • The last eight winners of the RBC Heritage have trailed by at least two shots after 36 holes Shane Lowry (1 st /-9) Age: 32 (April 2, 1987) Entering the Week #203 FedExCup #50 Official World Golf Ranking 87 PGA TOUR starts 1 PGA TOUR win 6 PGA TOUR starts in 2018-19 0 PGA TOUR top-10s in 2018-19 1 Starts at RBC Heritage (T44/2017) • Parred his final two holes (Nos. 17-18) Saturday morning to maintain his overnight one-stroke lead • Leads the field in Strokes Gained: Tee To Green; T1 in Sand Saves (3 of 3), Scrambling (4 of 4) and Putts/GIR • Holds his first 36-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR • Seeking second PGA TOUR victory (2015 World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational) • Three-time winner on the European Tour, with his most recent win coming at the 2019 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship; opened that week with a course-record 10-under 62 • Has four missed cuts in six starts this season, with his best finish a T24 at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play • Missed the cut last week at The Masters (78-73) • In search of his first top-10 finish on the PGA TOUR since the 2017 Wyndham Championship (T7) • Hoping to become the fifth international winner of the RBC Heritage in the last eight years (Satoshi Kodaira/2018, Branden Grace/2016, Graeme McDowell/2013, Carl Pettersson/2012) Trey Mullinax (2nd /-8) • Making his second start at the RBC Heritage (T70/2017) • Looking for his first PGA TOUR victory in his 70 th career start; has four career top-10s on TOUR • Should he go on to win, would become the 14 th player to record his first TOUR victory at the RBC Heritage • Season-best T15 at the Waste Management Phoenix Open; best TOUR finish came at the 2018 Valero Texas Open (T2) • Advanced to the FedExCup Playoffs for the first time in 2018, ending the season No. 102 in the standings Emiliano Grillo (T3/-7) • Fast facts about his albatross on the fifth hole: Hybrid from 254 yards; second of his career; second at the RBC Heritage since 1983 (Nathan Green/2007/R2/No. 2); 4th on TOUR this season: o Emiliano Grillo / RBC Heritage / R2 / No. 5 o Russell Knox / Valspar Championship / R1 / No. 11 o Harris English / THE PLAYERS Championship / R1 / No. 11 o Roger Sloan / AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am / R2 / No. 2 • In 13 starts this season, has four top-25 finishes, with his best result a T2 at the CIMB Classic • Looking for his second win on TOUR; won the 2015 Safeway Open to become the first player to win in his first start as an official TOUR member since Russell Henley at the 2013 Sony Open in Hawaii Dustin Johnson (T3/-7) • World No. 1 and RBC Ambassador tied his lowest score at this event with a 4-under 67 in round two • Best finish in four previous starts at the RBC Heritage is T16 in 2018; missed the cut in 2008 and 2009 • Coming off a T2 at the Masters Tournament (his best result at Augusta National) • Has six top-10 finishes this season, led by his 20 th PGA TOUR victory (WGC-Mexico Championship) • Seeking to join 2017 champion Wesley Bryan as the only South Carolinians to win the RBC Heritage • Has won at least once in all 12 seasons on the PGA TOUR, the current best streak on TOUR Additional Player Notes • Daniel Berger (T3) is in search of his second top-10 finish of the season (T2/Puerto Rico Open) • Defending champion Satoshi Kodaira sits T49; the only three players to successfully defend an RBC Heritage title are Payne Stewart (1989-90), Davis Love III (1991-92) and Boo Weekley (2007-08) • Two-time RBC Heritage champion Boo Weekley is T26 after rounds of 69-70; due to injuries, he has made just two starts on TOUR since missing the cut at the 2017 RBC Canadian Open (2019 Puerto Rico Open/T35, 2019 RBC Heritage/TBD). • Ollie Schniederjans was disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard Miscellaneous Notes Team RBC: Dustin Johnson (T3), Ryan Palmer (T10), Matt Kuchar (T19), Graeme McDowell (T26), Adam Hadwin (T42), Ben Silverman (T49), Nick Taylor (T60), Webb Simpson (T60), Brandt Snedeker (T60), Jim Furyk (MC), Corey Conners (MC), Roger Sloan (MC) Past RBC Heritage champions: Matt Kuchar (T19), Graeme McDowell (T26), Brian Gay (T26), Boo Weekley (T26), Satoshi Kodaira (T49), Branden Grace (T60), Brandt Snedeker (T60), Stewart Cink (MC), Aaron Baddeley (MC), Jim Furyk (MC) Bogey-free rounds: R1: Patrick Cantlay (67), Billy Horschel (67), Andrew Landry (69), Ryan Moore (66), Shane Lowry (65), Boo Weekley (69) R2: C.T. Pan (65), K.J. Choi (66), Brian Gay (68), Kevin Kisner (68), Danny Lee (69), Scott Piercy (70), Billy Horschel (70) Scoring Averages: Front (36) Back (35) Total (71) Cumulative R1: 35.481 35.550 71.031 --- R2: 35.380 35.721 71.101 71.065 R1: Morning scoring average (71.68) vs. afternoon scoring average (70.39) R2: Morning scoring average (71.15) vs. afternoon scoring average (71.05) .

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