Five of world’s top 10 players coming to Harbour Town Golf Links for RBC Heritage
Five of the top 10 players in the world are in the field for the RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing at Hilton Head Island’s Harbour Town Golf Links next week.
The top-ranked player in the field is No. 2 Collin Morikawa, who finished in fifth place at 4 under in the Masters, which concluded Sunday.
Also competing are No. 6 Patrick Cantlay, No. 5 Cameron Smith, No. 8 Justin Thomas and No. 9 Dustin Johnson, a native of Columbia.
Other notables are defending champion Stewart Cink, Davis Love III, Ian Poulter, Charl Schwartzel, Jordan Spieth, Harold Varner III, Matt Kuchar, Graeme McDowell, Webb Simpson, Brandt Snedeker, Abraham Ancer, Daniel Berger, Matt Fitzpatrick and Tommy Fleetwood.
Among the players with South Carolina ties in the tournament are Bluffton native Bryson Nimmer, Wesley Bryan of Columbia, Ben Martin of Greenwood, Aiken native Kevin Kisner, Matthew NeSmith, who grew up in North Augusta, and Greenville’s Lucas Glover.
The first round of the PGA Tour event is Thursday but preliminary events begin Monday.
The PGA Tour announced the field for the RBC Heritage by Boeing late Friday afternoon. But Tournament Director Steve Wilmot said at 6 p.m. that a couple of changes to the field still are expected.
Ancer, Abraham
Berger, Daniel
Brehm, Ryan
Brown, Scott
Bryan, Wesley
Byrd, Jonathan
Cantlay, Patrick
Cink, Stewart
Clark, Wyndham
Conners, Corey
Dahmen, Joel
Davis, Cam
Deneen, Morgan
Donald, Luke
Duncan, Tyler
Fitzpatrick, Matt
Fleetwood, Tommy
Fowler, Rickie
Frittelli, Dylan
Furyk, Jim
Garnett, Brice
Gay, Brian
Ghim, Doug
Gligic, Michael
Glover, Lucas
Grace, Branden
Griffin, Lanto
Grillo, Emiliano
Haas, Bill
Hadley, Chesson
Hadwin, Adam
Hagy, Brandon
Hahn, James
Harman, Brian
Hatton, Tyrrell
Henley, Russell
Herman, Jim
Hickok, Kramer
Higgo, Garrick
Higgs, Harry
Hoffman, Charley
Hoge, Tom
Horschel, Billy
Hossler, Beau
Howell III, Charles
Hughes, Mackenzie
Im, Sungjae
Johnson, Dustin
Johnson, Zach
Kanaya, Takumi
Kang, Sung
Kim, Si Woo
Kirk, Chris
Kisner, Kevin
Kizzire, Patton
Knox, Russell
Kodaira, Satoshi
Kokrak, Jason
Kuchar, Matt
Lahiri, Anirban
Lashley, Nate
Lebioda, Hank
Lee, Danny
Lee, K.H.
List, Luke
Long, Adam
Love III, Davis
Lowry, Shane
Malnati, Peter
McCarthy, Denny
McDowell, Graeme
McGirt, William
McNealy, Maverick
Merritt, Troy
Morikawa, Collin
Muñoz, Sebastián
Na, Kevin
NeSmith, Matthew
Niemann, Joaquin
Noren, Alex
Norlander, Henrik
Ortiz, Carlos
Pan, C.T.
Pereira, Mito
Perez, Pat
Piercy, Scott
Piot, James
Poston, J.T.
Poulter, Ian
Putnam, Andrew
Ramey, Chad
Reavie, Chez
Redman, Doc
Riley, Davis
Ryder, Sam
Schenk, Adam
Schwartzel, Charl
Simpson, Webb
Singh, Vijay
Sloan, Roger
Smalley, Alex
Smith, Cameron
Snedeker, Brandt
Spaun, J.J.
Spieth, Jordan
Stallings, Scott
Stenson, Henrik
Straka, Sepp
Streb, Robert
Streelman, Kevin
Stuard, Brian
Svensson, Adam
Swafford, Hudson
Taylor, Nick
Theegala, Sahith
Thomas, Justin
Thompson, Michael
Todd, Brendon
Trainer, Martin
Tringale, Cameron
Tway, Kevin
van Rooyen, Erik
Varner III, Harold
Villegas, Camilo
Walker, Jimmy
Watney, Nick
Werenski, Richy
Willett, Danny
Wise, Aaron
Young, Cameron
This story was originally published April 8, 2022 at 5:27 PM.
