Friday’s 2-minute rundown of the leaders and locals at Hilton Head’s 53rd RBC Heritage

The third round of competitive play starts Saturday at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island.

It’s the 53rd RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing, and Saturday is the typical “party day” of the tournament.

Here’s what you need to know about the day and where the golfers ended up Friday afternoon:

2-minute Heritage rundown

THE LEADERS: Stewart Cink was on fire and, at 16 strokes under, he was atop the second round leaderboard at the close of play Friday.

Cink broke the 36-hole scoring record at the Heritage with a pair of 63s at 16-under 126 (Previous: 129 by Phil Mickelson/2002; Jack Nicklaus/1975), according to the PGA Tour.

Cink, 47, of Duluth, Ga., won the Heritage in 2000 and 2004. He is making his 22nd consecutive start in the Heritage.

Corey Conners, of Listowel, Ontario, is in second at 11 strokes under, followed by Cameron Smith of Australia and Collin Morikawa of Las Vegas, tied for third at nine under.

THE LOCAL PLAYERS: Bryan Wesley of Columbia will have a chance this weekend after shooting a five-under 66, giving him a two-day total of 134, eight strokes under and tying him for eighth.

Bryson Nimmer of Bluffton and Keven Kisner of Aiken did not make the cut. Nimmer was six strokes over par, and Kisner was three over.

NOTABLE PLAYERS: Will Zalatoris, who finished second at the Masters, is seven strokes back. Webb Simpson, last year’s winner, is three under. No. 1 Dustin Johnson is five under par, tied for 19th.

NOTABLE HISTORY: The youngest winner of the Heritage is Davis Love III (23 years and 6 days), who won the first of his five Heritage titles in 1987. The oldest winner is Hale Irwin in 1994 (48 years, 10 months and 14 days).

CUT: 65 of the 132 players in the field made the cut of two under par.

SHOT OF THE DAY: Bill Haas of Greenville holed out from 55 yards from the primary rough on the 9th hole for eagle.

BEST BACK NINES: 31 by Tommy Fleetwood and 30 by Matt Fitzpatrick, both of the United Kingdom.

SELECTED THIRD ROUND SATURDAY TEE TIMES (all Tee 1): Matt Kuchar and Si Woo Kim, 11:05 a.m.; Branden Grace and Dustin Johnson, 11:45 a.m.; Ian Poulter and Robert Streb, 12:30 p.m.; Matt Fitzpatrick and Will Zalatoris, 1:10 p.m.; Billy Horschel and Wesley Bryan, 1:40 p.m.; Stewart Cink and Corey Conners, 2:10 p.m.

This story was originally published April 16, 2021 at 12:00 AM.

Karl Puckett

The Island Packet

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Karl Puckett covers the city of Beaufort, town of Port Royal and other communities north of the Broad River for The Beaufort Gazette and Island Packet. The Minnesota native also has worked at newspapers in his home state, Alaska, Wisconsin and Montana.