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2020 RBC Heritage (The 24th of 36 events in the 2019-20 PGA TOUR Season) Hilton Head Island, SC June 18-21, 2020 Purse: $7,100,000 ($1,278,000 to the winner) Harbour Town Golf Links Par/Yards: 36-35—71/7,099 Final-Round Notes – Sunday, June 21, 2020 Weather: Partly cloudy with a high of 87. Wind S 5-10 mph. Due to a dangerous weather situation, play was suspended from 2:35 p.m. until 5:21 p.m. (2 hours, 46 minutes) Final Leaderboard Position Name Score 1 Webb Simpson 65-65-68-64—262 (-22) 2 Abraham Ancer 69-64-65-65—263 (-21) T3 Daniel Berger 67-69-63-65—264 (-20) T3 Tyrrell Hatton 71-64-63-66—264 (-20) Things to Know • Webb Simpson claims second win of 2019-20 season, sets RBC Heritage 72-hole tournament record • Simpson moves to No. 1 in the FedExCup for the first time since the 2013-14 season • Abraham Ancer falls a stroke shy of becoming the fifth consecutive player to earn first TOUR win at RBC Heritage • Daniel Berger birdies three of last four holes in bid to become second player to win in back-to-back starts this season • Tyrrell Hatton led the field in Strokes Gained: Putting in bid to win in back-to-back starts • Dylan Frittelli posts career-low 9-under 62, one stroke shy of 18-hole tournament record Webb Simpson – Following RBC Heritage Age 34 (8/8/1985) FedExCup 1 Starts at RBC Heritage 11 Top-10s at RBC Heritage 3 PGA TOUR starts 290 PGA TOUR wins 7 Starts in 2019-20 7 Top-10s in 2019-20 5 • Claims his seventh career PGA TOUR title in his 290th start at the age of 34 years, 10 months, 13 days • Overtakes No. 1 position in the FedExCup standings for the fourth time in his career and first since the 2013-14 season • Sets the 72-hole scoring record at 22-under 262, previously 20-under 264 (Brian Gay/2009) • Win comes in 11th RBC Heritage start; previous best was second in 2013 • Has now claimed seven top-25 finishes in the event • Has now converted four of 10 54-hole leads/co-leads into victory (2011 Wyndham Championship, 2013 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, 2018 PLAYERS Championship, 2020 RBC Heritage) Abraham Ancer (2nd/-21) • Marks his second runner-up finish of the season (The American Express) • Comes off a T14 at last week’s Charles Schwab Challenge • Led the field in Strokes Gained: Approach the Green (11.824) • Hit a career best 65 of 72 greens in regulation; most GIR by any player at the RBC Heritage since 1980 Additional Player Notes • Daniel Berger (T3/-20) was looking to become the first player to win consecutive TOUR events since Brendon Todd (2019 Bermuda Championship and Mayakoba Golf Classic) • In five starts this season, Tyrrell Hatton (T3/-20) now owns four top-10s, highlighted by his first career PGA TOUR win (Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard). Led the field in Strokes Gained: Putting (9.256) • In his last start at the RBC Heritage, Justin Thomas (T8/-17) closed with an 11-over 82 to finish 75th in 2016. This week’s 63 marks his 14th career round of 63 or better, the most of any player since 2015 • In his bid to become the fourth player to successfully defend his RBC Heritage title and first since Boo Weekley in 2008, C.T. Pan finished T52 at 9-under 275 Toughest Hole R1: par-3 4th (3.252) R2: par-4 11th (4.060) R3: par-3 7th (3.160) R4: par-3 14th (3.240) Cumulative: par-4 3rd (4.093) Easiest Hole R1: par-5 2nd (4.457) R2: par-5 2nd (4.400) R3: par-5 2nd (4.173) R4: par-5 5th (4.253) Cumulative: par-5 2nd (4.386) Scoring Averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1: 34.993 35.159 70.152 -- R2: 34.393 34.487 68.880 69.518 R3: 34.133 33.893 68.027 69.221 R4: 34.493 34.227 68.720 69.137 .

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