RBC Heritage fans will have new food choices this year from popular Hilton Head group
Move over, hot dog man, there’s a new chef in town.
The SERG Restaurant Group of Hilton Head will provide food for the concessions for the first time at the RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing to be played April 13-19 over the Harbour Town Golf Links in Sea Pines.
The local chain of popular restaurants plans to introduce menu items from a number of its restaurants, to include Poseidon’s Fish Tacos, One Hot Mama’s Boneless Wings, and Skull Creek Boathouse’s shrimp and grits, the tournament announced.
Local nonprofits and civic groups will continue to operate the concession stands at the PGA Tour event, and continue to share in profits that amount to tens of thousands of dollars each year.
Tournament director Steve Wilmot said it will bring a new level of professionalism to the concessions operation, and the logistics have been in planning for more than two years.
The traditional hot dogs, hamburgers and barbecue sandwiches will be available, but will be supplemented by menu items from nine SERG Group restaurants.
The SERG Group started in 1984 with Guiseppi’s Pizza and Pasta.
Today, the group is among Hilton Head’s largest employers, and its restaurants include Giuseppi’s Pizza & Pasta on Hilton Head and in Bluffton; One Hot Mama’s American Grill; The Black Marlin Bayside Grill & Hurricane Bar at Palmetto Bay Marina; The Lodge; Skull Creek Boathouse; and WiseGuys Restaurant and Wine Bar; Char Bar Co.; Marleys; Holy Tequila Tacos and Tiquila; and Frankie Bones.
“They are a local company who knows the importance of the tournament to this community,” Heritage Classic Foundation chairman Simon Fraser said in a news release. “We look forward to offering our fans a wide variety of unique culinary options at the 2020 RBC Heritage and beyond.’”
C.T. Pan family together
Defending champion C.T. Pan of Taiwan will have a special guest at the Heritage this year: his wife.
Michelle Lin was not here a year ago for what Pan said on Monday was a win “that turned out to be a life-changing moment.”
Lin was with her husband at the annual Media Day at Harbour Town on Monday.
She said they moved their personal tournament in Taiwan a week later so they both could be on Hilton Head for the Heritage.
Last year, she stayed home to run the tournament but insisted he come to Hilton Head.
Their tournament, like their foundation, is designed to help young Taiwanese golfers improve enough to win college scholarships.
Lin is a good golfer herself, and has even caddied for her husband on the PGA Tour.
“I fired him because he did not win the tournament,” she said.
But she will be glad to caddie for him in the Par 3 tournament at The Masters this year — one of the many perks Pan won with his first PGA Tour win here last April.
“I have been dreaming about that my whole life,” she said.
2020 RBC Heritage
April 13-19; Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head
Parking
Free parking is available at the Coastal Discovery Museum at 70 Honey Horn Drive on Hilton Head. Motor coach shuttles will run to Harbour Town from 6:30 a.m. until 9:30 p.m. each day. General spectator parking is not available in Sea Pines.
Free shuttles are also available from Coligny Beach parking lot from 6:30 a.m. until 9:30 p.m. each day. Bicycle parking is also available at Coligny.
Bicycle parking is available inside Sea Pines at the tennis courts next to Harbour Town Golf Links clubhouse parking lot and also near the 13th green. Bicyclists must have a tournament ticket or volunteer badge to enter Sea Pines.
Cameras/Phones
Mobile devices can be used to take video and photos or record audio in all areas throughout tournament week. Phone calls are allowed only in designated areas. Cameras are allowed from Monday through Wednesday during practice rounds and at the pro-ams but not allowed during tournament rounds Thursday through Sunday.
Tickets
Tickets are available at www.rbcheritage.com. Daily grounds tickets are $65 in advance or $85 after March 31. Weekly grounds badges are $155 until March 31 and $175 after that. A week-long clubhouse badge is $230 in advance or $250 after March 31.
Children 15 and younger are free with a ticketed adult.
Reporter Stephen Fastenau contributed to this report.
