The RBC Heritage has been a part of the PGA Tour schedule since 1969, and in its 54-year existence it has only been played at one course, Harbour Town Golf Links at the Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head Island.
Some of the biggest names in the game have won the RBC Heritage, including Jordan Spieth, Davis Love III, Payne Stewart, Jack Nicklaus, and Arnold Palmer.
The RBC Heritage takes place during an interesting time on the PGA Tour schedule. For starters, it’s held the week after the Masters, and spectators often enjoy watching how the newly crowned major champion performs. In addition, the event is part of a swing that runs through the Carolinas and Louisiana prior to the PGA Championship.
In 2024, the RBC Heritage will take place April 18-21 and as a Signature Event, the purse is set to be $20 million.
Harbour Town Golf Links
Harbour Town has strategic, and sometimes diabolical, bunkers guarding greens. When the wind is calm, high ball hitters can feast on the pin positions. Being located right on the ocean, however, makes for some breezy rounds.
The finishing hole is one of the most famous in golf, a par-4 where players take aim at the famed white and red striped lighthouse in the distance. The hole moves from right to left and the green is buried right against the water, forcing players to earn their win all the way to the very end.
When you go through the list of the best courses in the U.S., let alone the state of South Carolina, Harbour Town Golf Links at Sea Pines Resort is one of the premier places to play. Located on Hilton Head Island, it’s a public course that anyone can play, which is not always the case for PGA Tour host courses. Speaking of, all three courses on the property are incredible but it’s Harbour Town Golf Links that’s tour-worthy.
The great golf course architect, Pete Dye, designed the course which opened in 1967, along with a consultant by the name of Jack Nicklaus. The course is a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary and it’s as challenging as it is visually spectacular. When the PGA Tour tees up, the course plays 7,191 yards with a 75.6 rating and 148 slope.
RBC Heritage Cut Line
The top 65 players, plus ties, through 36 holes make the cut at the RBC Heritage. Over the past 10 years, the RBC Heritage cut line has shifted dramatically. From 2012 to 2016, even par or over par could get you to the weekend. Since 2016, however, scores have gone way down and the lowest so far came in 2020, when the cut line was -4 with 75 players advancing.
| Year | Cut (Total) | Players to Make Cut |
| 2023 | -2 (140) | 73 |
| 2022 | E (142) | 71 |
| 2021 | -2 (140) | 65 |
| 2020 | -4 (138) | 75 |
| 2019 | E (142) | 70 |
| 2018 | E (142) | 77 |
| 2017 | -1 (141) | 74 |
| 2016 | +2 (144 | 82 |
| 2015 | E (142) | 76 |
| 2014 | +4 (146) | 78 |
RBC Heritage Fun Facts, Results and Payouts
- The event had operated under the name The Heritage Classic for many years and is still put on by the Heritage Classic Foundation.
- Other names the tournament has held include the Verizon Heritage, MCI Heritage, WorldCom Classic - The Heritage of Golf, and the Sea Pines Heritage.
- Webb Simpson’s win in 2020 is both the lowest to par in tournament history (-22) and the lowest aggregate (262) in tournament history
- Arnold Palmer won the inaugural RBC Heritage in 1969
- The RBC Heritage is one of only five tournaments on the PGA Tour with invitational status
- The 2020 tournament was rescheduled from April to June because of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Davis Love III has won the event more than any other player, with five wins (1987, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2003).
- Hale Irwin and Stewart Cink each have three RBC Heritage wins and seven players have won twice
- Irwin’s win in 1971 was his first PGA Tour victory
- Luke Donald has five runner-up finishes in the event
- The RBC Heritage winner has been decided in a playoff 15 times, including in 2022, when Jordan Spieth defeated fellow American Patrick Cantlay.
| Year | Winner | Score | Purse | Winner's Share |
| 2023 | Matt Fitzpatrick | -17 (267) | $20,000,000 | $3,600,000 |
| 2022 | Jordan Spieth | -13 (271) | $8,000,000 | $1,440,000 |
| 2021 | Stewart Cink | -19 (265) | $7,100,00 | $1,278,000 |
| 2020 | Webb Simpson | -22 (262) | $7,100,000 | $1,278,000 |
| 2019 | Pan Cheng-tsung | -12 (272) | $6,900,000 | $1,242,000 |
| 2018 | Satoshi Kodaira | -12 (272) | $6,700,000 | $1,206,000 |
| 2017 | Wesley Bryan | -13 (271) | $6,500,000 | $1,170,000 |
| 2016 | Branden Grace | -9 (275) | $5,900,000 | $1,062,000 |
| 2015 | Jim Furyk | -18 (266) | $5,900,000 | $1,062,000 |
| 2014 | Matt Kuchar | -11 (273) | $5,800,000 | $1,044,000 |
| 2013 | Graeme McDowell | -9 (275) | $5,800,000 | $1,044,000 |
| 2012 | Carl Pettersson | -14 (270) | $5,700,000 | $1,026,000 |
| 2011 | Brandt Snedeker | -12 (272) | $5,700,000 | $1,026,000 |
| 2010 | Jim Furyk | -13 (271) | $5,700,000 | $1,026,000 |
| 2009 | Brian Gay | -20 (264) | $5,700,000 | $1,026,000 |
| 2008 | Boo Weekley | -15 (269) | $5,500,000 | $990,000 |
| 2007 | Boo Weekley | -14 (270) | $5,400,000 | $972,000 |
| 2006 | Aaron Baddeley | -15 (269) | $5,300,000 | $954,000 |
| 2005 | Peter Lonard | -7 (277) | $5,200,000 | $936,000 |
| 2004 | Stewart Cink | -10 (274) | $4,800,000 | $864,000 |
| 2003 | Davis Love III | -13 (271) | $4,500,000 | $810,000 |
| 2002 | Justin Leonard | -14 (270) | $4,000,000 | $720,000 |
| 2001 | José Cóceres | -11 (273) | $3,500,000 | $630,000 |
| 2000 | Stewart Cink | -14 (270) | $3,000,000 | $540,000 |
| 1999 | Glen Day | -10 (274) | $2,500,000 | $450,000 |
| 1998 | Davis Love III | -18 (266) | $1,900,000 | $342,000 |
| 1997 | Nick Price | -15 (269) | $1,500,000 | $270,000 |
| 1996 | Loren Roberts | -19 (265) | $1,400,000 | $252,000 |
| 1995 | Bob Tway | -9 (275) | $1,300,000 | $234,000 |
| 1994 | Hale Irwin | -18 (276) | $1,250,000 | $225,000 |
| 1993 | David Edwards | -11 (273) | $1,125,000 | $202,500 |
| 1992 | Davis Love III | -15 (269) | $1,000,000 | $180,000 |
| 1991 | Davis Love III | -13 (271) | $1,000,000 | $180,000 |
| 1990 | Payne Stewart | -8 (276) | $1,000,000 | $180,000 |
| 1989 | Payne Stewart | -16 (268) | $800,000 | $144,000 |
| 1988 | Greg Norman | -13 (271) | $700,000 | $126,000 |
| 1987 | Davis Love III | -13 (271) | $650,000 | $117,000 |
| 1986 | Fuzzy Zoeller | -8 (276) | $450,000 | $81,000 |
| 1985 | Bernhard Langer | -11 (273) | $400,000 | $72,000 |
| 1984 | Nick Faldo | -14 (270) | $400,000 | $72,000 |
| 1983 | Fuzzy Zoeller | -9 (275) | $350,000 | $63,000 |
| 1982 | Tom Watson | -4 (280) | $300,000 | $54,000 |
| 1981 | Bill Rogers | -6 (278) | $300,000 | $54,000 |
| 1980 | Doug Tewell | -4 (280) | $300,000 | $54,000 |
| 1979 | Tom Watson | -14 (270) | $300,000 | $54,000 |
| 1978 | Hubert Green | -7 (277) | 225,000 | $45,000 |
| 1977 | Graham Marsh | -11 (273) | $225,000 | $45,000 |
| 1976 | Hubert Green | -10 (274) | $215,000 | $43,000 |
| 1975 | Jack Nicklaus | -13 (271) | $200,000 | $40,000 |
| 1974 | Johnny Miller | -8 (276) | $200,000 | $40,000 |
| 1973 | Hale Irwin | -12 (272) | $150,000 | $30,000 |
| 1972 | Johnny Miller | -3 (281) | $125,000 | $25,000 |
| 1971 | Hale Irwin | -5 (279 | $110,000 | $22,000 |
| 1970 | Bob Goalby | -4 (280) | $100,000 | $20,000 |
| 1969 | Arnold Palmer | -1 (283) | $100,000 | $20,000 |
